YMCA Holding Registrations for Youth Swim Lessons

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Pittsfield Family YMCA announces open registrations for its youth swim lessons in Central Berkshire County’s largest indoor swimming pool.

Lessons are for all boys and girls 6 months to 12 years old. Sessions run for seven weeks with half-hour lessons weekly. Classes meet Tuesdays, Jan. 12-Feb. 23, or Saturdays, Jan. 9-Feb. 20.

Swim categories are based on age and ability:

1. Our Parent/Child Level (children 6 months to 3 years old) allows a child to grow comfortable in the water with a parent. (Saturdays 8:30-9 a.m.)

2. Our Pike Level (children 3-5 years old) is for beginner swimmers who need a floatation device. A swim bubble is required. (Tuesdays 4:15-4:45 p.m. or Saturdays 9-9:30 a.m.)

3. Our Eel Level (children 3-5 years old) is for children who are comfortable in the water and need little to no assistance with floatation. (Tuesdays 4:45-5:15 p.m. or Saturdays 9:30-10 a.m.)



4. Our Polliwog Level (children ages 6-12 years old) is for beginner swimmers who need a floatation device. A swim bubble is required. (Tuesdays 5:15-5:45 p.m. or Saturdays 10-10:30 a.m.)

5. Our Guppy Level (children ages 6-12 years old) is for children who are comfortable in the water, need little to no assistance with floatation. To participate in this level, children need to be able to demonstrate alternating arm action. (Tuesdays 5:45-6:15 p.m. or Saturdays 10:30-11 a.m.)

6. Our Minnow Level (children 6-12 years old) is for children who can swim a half lap confidently and are able to float without assistance. Children will learn stroke development and increasing endurance in this level. (Saturdays 11-11:30 a.m.)

7. Our Fish/Flying Fish Level (children 6-12 years old) is for children who want to learn how to refine performance with rhythmic breathing. Strokes, turns and diving levels will be taught. Children must already know how to swim a full lap confidently. (Saturdays 11:30 a.m.-noon)

To register, visit the Y or go to www.pittsfieldfamilyymca.org. Swim lessons cost $60. All participants must also be Y members. An annual youth membership is $36. Swim bubbles can be purchased at the Y for $10, plus tax. All swim lessons take place at the Y’s indoor swimming pool. Parents are asked to watch from the pool balcony. For more information, contact aquatics at 413-499-7650.

 


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North Adams Regional Reopens With Ribbon-Cutting Celebration

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff

BHS President and CEO Darlene Rodowicz welcomes the gathering to the celebration of the hospital's reopening 10 years to the day it closed. 
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The joyful celebration on Thursday at North Adams Regional Hospital was a far cry from the scene 10 years ago when protests and tears marked the facility's closing
 
Hospital officials, local leaders, medical staff, residents and elected officials gathered under a tent on the campus to mark the efforts over the past decade to restore NARH and cut the ribbon officially reopening the 136-year-old medical center. 
 
"This hospital under previous ownership closed its doors. It was a day that was full of tears, anger and fear in the Northern Berkshire community about where and how residents would be able to receive what should be a fundamental right for everyone — access to health care," said Darlene Rodowicz, president and CEO of Berkshire Health Systems. 
 
"Today the historic opportunity to enhance the health and wellness of Northern Berkshire community is here. And we've been waiting for this moment for 10 years. It is the key to keeping in line with our strategic plan which is to increase access and support coordinated county wide system of care." 
 
Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, under the BHS umbrella, purchased the campus and affiliated systems when Northern Berkshire Healthcare declared bankruptcy and closed on March 28, 2014. NBH had been beset by falling admissions, reductions in Medicare and Medicaid payments, and investments that had gone sour leaving it more than $30 million in debt. 
 
BMC was able to reopen the ER as an emergency satellite facility and slowly restored and enhanced medical services including outpatient surgery, imaging, dialysis, pharmacy and physician services. 
 
But it would take a slight tweak in the U.S. Health and Human Services' regulations — thank to U.S. Rep. Richie Neal — to bring back inpatient beds and resurrect North Adams Regional Hospital 
 
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