Clint Van Dusen came to the June Meeting representing the Highland Park Barracudas, a local swim team composed of children from East Liberty and Highland Park who swim at the Highland Park pool. Clint sought money to pay for team T-shirts, citing the fact that the team had none last year even though all of the other teams did. Clint arranged for Kress Shirts on Bryant Street to produce the shirts with a simple design. Several members of the club and community contributed money toward the shirts, and as a result, Clint was able to have 15 shirts printed. Clint said that Divehards International (a business owned by Highland Park residents) contributed generously. The swim meet was held on August 2nd. Unfortunately Clint does not know the final outcome, but the team did get their shirts. So what about next year? Well, the team's coach was one of the lifeguards laid off when the City closed most of its pools in early August. And Clint has been trying to convince the head lifeguard from the Highland Park pool to accompany him to ask for funding from Calvary Episcopal Church, but the remaining pool staff are uncertain whether the swim meet will even be held next year. If there is a meet next year, Clint says the team will need 40 shirts total (that's how many kids ended up on the team this year!), and Kress shirts told him that 40 shirts would cost $240. So if Clint is unable to get funding from his church, the team would need at least this much for shirts next year. If anyone would like to help Clint now (perhaps by talking with the head lifeguard at the Highland Park pool sometime this week on Clint's behalf, as he feels that having someone from Highland Park talk to them would strengthen his position), please call Clint at 412-xxx-xxxx. In the event that he is unable to get funding from his church in September or October, he will start looking for funds in May and would appreciate help (organizational as well as monetary) from the community. Rudy