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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Health
- Yahoo
Goldfish Swim School encourages early swim lessons to prevent drownings
AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) — Goldfish Swim School in Amherst is joining a global effort to raise awareness about swim safety as part of The World's Largest Swim Lesson, an annual drowning prevention event. The school offers free lessons to local families while sharing water safety tips. General Manager Nick Patterson said starting children in swimming lessons as early as four months old is critical. 'That's why we open our doors at four months old and continue up to 12 years,' Patterson said. 'Getting kids involved in the water early means that by age one to four, they're able to swim on their own, without floaties of course, with parent supervision.' According to Patterson, drowning is the leading cause of death among children ages 1 to 4. He said lessons can reduce the risk by 88 percent. Instructors teach practical life-saving skills, including the 'sea otter back float,' which helps children float and breathe if they find themselves struggling in the water. 'All they need to do is roll over to their back so they can get that rescue breath and continue swimming to safety,' Patterson said. Children are also taught how to safely exit the pool using a technique called the 'fin-fin belly flipper.' 'It's grabbing the wall with both arms, putting their belly against the wall, and guiding their leg out of the water to push them up to safety,' he said. Beyond physical safety, Patterson said early swimming education helps build confidence in the water, especially for families where parents never learned to swim themselves. 'A lot of parents bring their kids here because they grew up scared of the water and don't want that for their children,' Patterson said. The school also recommends parents dress their children in bright-colored swimsuits for visibility and ensure they wear a U.S. Coast Guard-approved life jacket near open water. Whether heading to the pool, lake, or any body of water this summer, experts say ensuring your child can swim is one of the best ways to keep them safe. For more information on swim classes, click here. Gwyn Napier is a reporter who joined the News 4 team in 2025. See more of her work by clicking here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
CTV News
2 days ago
- General
- CTV News
Historical home gets modern upgrade
Atlantic Watch A nearly 200-year-old house in Amherst has been transformed with affordability in mind.
CTV News
2 days ago
- General
- CTV News
Historic home in Amherst, N.S., converted to affordable housing
A nearly 200-year-old home in Amherst has been given new life as an affordable housing complex, thanks to a local construction company's innovative approach to preservation. 'This house was originally constructed in 1857,' said contractor Tom Mattinson. 'Originally, when this house was lived in as a single-family home, it was heated with a combination of wood and oil, with portions of the house closed off to make it more heatable.' Mattinson and his wife, tired of seeing the historic Victoria Street home decline, purchased it with the goal of restoration and modernization. 'We stripped out the interior walls, built a whole other wall structure, we retrofitted all the windows, upgraded ventilation systems, upgraded heating systems,' Mattinson explained. 'We are probably closer to, in terms of carbon, we're probably closer to around 30 per cent of the original, what it would have taken to heat this house. The former owner told me they burned about 11 quarts of wood and a couple of tanks of oil every year.' Construction manager Tim Stevens noted the challenges of the eight-month renovation, particularly the roof. 'One being the absolutely ridiculous adventure it was to build this roof,' Stevens said. 'A mansard roof with elliptical windows in it all done with sheet steel Americana style is a feat that not many people would even take on or know how to approach to begin with.' Despite the difficulties, Stevens emphasized the long-term vision. 'We're trying to meet codes that are going to be in place in like 2035,' he said. 'This is an almost 200-year-old home, and we want it to be another 200-year-old home.' Local artist Jackie Wheaton was brought in to preserve the home's character. 'When it comes to these kind of places, especially Victorian homes or any old homes, I don't like when too much modernization comes into it. I don't like taking away the character because we only have so many limited homes that have that kind of character,' Wheaton said. 'There was a lot of washing to the walls originally being done. And as we were washing, we noticed that it wasn't all coming off, and also that it was taking away some of the original details of the mansion. And so, what we decided to do is just match as much as we could. And how I did that was I made sure that each part, if they had a pattern to copy it, like the bricks themselves.' The renovated building now offers seven affordable housing units. 'This project alone is 7 units so that compromises of three 2 bedrooms and four 1 bedrooms,' Stevens confirmed. Mattinson added, 'Our one bedrooms, all included here, are 850 and the two bedrooms, all included here, are 1000.' This project serves as an example for modernizing historic homes in the region. For more Nova Scotia news, visit our dedicated provincial page
San Francisco Chronicle
2 days ago
- Sport
- San Francisco Chronicle
Today in Sports - Week Ahead, June 27
July 1 1859 — Amherst defeats Williams 73-32 in the first intercollegiate baseball game. The game is played by Massachusetts Rules, a wide-open form of the sport commonly known as roundball and Amherst wins by reaching the pre-established score of 65 runs. Amherst exceeds 65-run limit during a 10-run 26th inning. 1903 — Maurice Garin wins the first stage of the first Tour de France bicycle race. Garin finishes 55 seconds ahead of Emile Pagie. The first stage, from Paris to Lyon, is 467 kilometers long, and takes 17 hours and 45 minutes, riding both day and night. Only 37 riders of 60 are able to complete the day's race. 1920 — Suzanne Lenglen of France becomes the first player to win three Wimbledon titles in one year, taking the singles, doubles and mixed doubles. 1932 — Helen Moody wins her fifth women's singles title in six years at Wimbledon, defeating Helen Jacobs 6-3, 6-1. 1938 — Don Budge defeats Henry Austin 6-1, 6-0, 6-3 to win the men's singles title and sweep the singles, doubles and mixed doubles titles at Wimbledon for the second straight year. 1947 — Basketball Association of America (BAA), which later became the National Basketball Association (NBA), holds its inaugural college player draft. 1951 — Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians pitches his third career no-hitter, beating the Detroit Tigers 2-1. 1951 — Beverly Hanson wins the Eastern Open by three strokes over Babe Zaharias in her first start on the LPGA Tour. Hanson is the only golfer to win a tournament in her first professional start. 1961 — Mickey Wright beats defending champion Betsy Rawls by six strokes to win the U.S. Women's Open. 1977 — Britain's Virginia Wade wins the singles title on the 100th anniversary of Wimbledon, defeating Betty Stove 4-6, 6-3, 6-1. 1982 — Cal Ripken Jr. makes the first of his record 2,216 consecutive MLB starts at shortstop for the Baltimore Orioles. 1990 — Cathy Johnston completes a wire-to-wire performance, beating Patty Sheehan by two strokes to win the LPGA du Maurier Classic. 1995 — The NBA locks out its players at 12:01 a.m., the first work stoppage in league history. 1997 — Nevada Athletic Commission suspends Mike Tyson indefinitely & withholds $20m purse for biting Evander Holyfield's ear during their heavyweight title fight 28 June. 2007 — Cristie Kerr wins the U.S. Women's Open by making only two bogeys over her final 45 holes. Kerr finishes at 5-under 279 for her 10th career victory. 2011 — The NBA locks out its players, a long-expected move putting the 2011-12 season in jeopardy. 2012 — Spain wins its third straight major soccer title, beating Italy 4-0 in the European Championship final in Kiev, Ukraine. The Spanish, who won the Euro 2008 title and World Cup title in 2010, posts the largest score in a Euro final. 2012 — Tiger Woods wins the AT&T National at Congressional in Bethesda, Md. for the 74th win of his career. That moves him past Jack Nicklaus into second place on the tour list, eight short of Sam Snead. 2018 — NBA super star LeBron James agrees to a 4-year $154m deal with the LA Lakers, moving from Cleveland Cavaliers. 2018 — Park Sung-hyun wins the PGA Women's Championship at Kemper Lakes Golf Course in a playoff with Nasa Hataoka and Ryu So-yeon. 2018 — David Toms wins the Men' US Senior Open at Broadmoor Golf Course by one stroke ove Miguel Angel Jimenez, Jerry Kelly and Tim Petrovic. _____ July 2 1921 — The Jack Dempsey-Georges Carpentier heavyweight match at Rickard's Orchard in Jersey City, N.J., becomes the first million-dollar gate in boxing history. The receipts total $1,789,238 with $50 ringside seats. In front of 80,183, Dempsey knocks out Carpentier at 1:16 of the fourth round. 1927 — Helen Wills becomes the first American to win at Wimbledon since May Sutton in 1907, beating Lili de Alvar 6-2, 6-4 for the title. 1937 — Don Budge beats Gottfried von Cramm, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon. Budge sweeps the championships winning the singles, the men's doubles title with Gene Mako and the mixed doubles crown with Alice Marble. 1938 — Helen Wills Moody wins her eighth and final singles title at Wimbledon, defeating Helen Jacobs 6-4, 6-0. 1966 — Billie Jean King wins the first of her six singles titles at Wimbledon, beating Maria Bueno of Brazil 6-3, 3-6, 6-1. 1967 — Catherine Lacoste of France becomes the first foreigner and first amateur to win the U.S. Women's Open golf championship. At age 22, she is also the youngest champion. 1976 — Chris Evert beats Evonne Goolagong, 6-3, 4-6, 8-6, to win the women's singles title at Wimbledon. 1988 — Steffi Graf ends Martina Navratilova's six-year reign as Wimbledon champion with a 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 victory. It is the first time in nine finals that Navratilova loses a Wimbledon singles match. 1989 — Jockey Steve Cauthen becomes the first rider in history to sweep the world's four major derbies after winning the Irish Derby with Old Vic. He had previously won the Kentucky Derby with Affirmed (1978), the Epsom Derby with Slip Anchor (1985) and Reference Point (1987) and the French Derby with Old Vic (1989). 1994 — Colombian defender Andres Escobar, 27, is killed outside a bar in Colombia in retaliation for deflecting a ball into his own goal in a 2-1 loss to the United States in the World Cup. 1995 — Tom Weiskopf withstands a charge by Jack Nicklaus to win the U.S. Senior Open by four strokes. 1995 — LA Dodgers pitcher Hideo Nomo is first Japanese player to be selected for a MLB All Star game when he is named in the NL squad. 1999 — Alexandra Stevenson becomes first qualifier in Wimbledon history to reach the women's semis. She beats another qualifier, 16-year-old Jelena Dokic, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3. 2000 — UEFA European Championship Final, Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam, Netherlands: David Trezeguet scores in extra time to give France a 2-1 win over Italy. 2005 — Venus Williams overcomes an early deficit and a championship point to beat top-ranked Lindsay Davenport 4-6, 7-6 (4), 9-7 for her fifth major title and her first in nearly four years. 2010 — The United States beats Japan 7-2 to win its seventh consecutive world softball championship. 2010 — FIFA World Cup: Ghana, only African team remaining in last 8, are beaten 4-2 on penalties by Uruguay; Netherlands upset Brazil 2-1. 2011 — Wladimir Klitschko wins a lopsided unanimous decision over David Haye, adding the WBA title to his heavyweight haul. Klitschko and his older brother, Vitali, hold all three major heavyweight titles. Wladimir already had the IBF title (and minor WBO, IBO belts), while Vitali is the WBC champion. 2016 — Sam Querrey ends Novak Djokovic's quest for a true Grand Slam in the third round at Wimbledon. In a match interrupted by three rain delays after being suspended in progress because of showers a night earlier, Querrey ousts Djokovic 7-6 (6), 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (5) at the All England Club. 2017 — Home town underdog Jeff Horn upsets Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines on points in a highly controversial WBO welterweight title fight in Brisbane, Australia. 2018 — A wild brawl breaks out between Australia and the Philippines during the Basketball World Cup qualifying game in Manila. Thirteen players, including four Australians, are ejected for their part in the brawl. The game is won 79-48 by Australia. _____ July 3 1920 — Suzanne Lenglen beats Dorothea Chambers a second straight year (6-3, 6-0) to win the women's singles title at Wimbledon. 1925 — Suzanne Lenglen wins her sixth and final women's singles title at Wimbledon, easily beating Joan Fry, 6-2, 6-0. 1931 — Max Schmeling knocks out Young Stribling at 2:46 of the 15th round to retain the world heavyweight title in Cleveland. 1951 — Sam Snead wins his third PGA Championship with a 7 and 6 victory over Walter Burkemo at Oakmont (Pa.) Country Club. 1966 — Atlanta pitcher Tony Cloninger becomes the first National League player to hit two grand slams in one game. He adds a single for nine RBIs in a 17-3 triumph over San Francisco. 1976 — Bjorn Borg beats Ilie Nastase 6-4, 6-2, 9-7, to win his first men's singles title at Wimbledon. 1981 — Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Chris Evert beats Hana Mandlíková 6-2, 6-2 for her third and final Wimbledon singles title. 1982 — Martina Navratilova begins her streak of six straight singles titles at Wimbledon with a 6-1, 3-6, 6-2 victory over Chris Evert Lloyd. It's the third Wimbledon singles title for Navratilova, all against Evert Lloyd. 1983 — Calvin Smith sets the 100-meter world record at Colorado Springs, with a run of 9.93 seconds. He breaks the previous record of 9.95 set by Jim Hines in 1968. 1983 — Wimbledon Men's Tennis: American John McEnroe wins 5th career Grand Slam title; outclasses Chris Lewis of New Zealand 6-2, 6-2, 6-2. 1994 — FIFA World Cup: In a huge upset Romania eliminates Argentina 3-2 from the round of 16 at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California. 2004 — Maria Sharapova, 17, wins her first Grand Slam title and instant celebrity by beating Serena Williams 6-1, 6-4. For the first time since 1999, none of the four major titles is held by a Williams. 2005 — Roger Federer wins his third consecutive Wimbledon title by beating Andy Roddick 6-2, 7-6 (2), 6-4. Federer is the third man since 1936 to win three straight Wimbledon crowns, joining seven-time champion Pete Sampras and five-time winner Bjorn Borg. 2006 — Annika Sorenstam wins the U.S. Women's Open after 10 years of frustration and wins her 10th major championship. Sorenstam, who shot a 1-under 70 in the 18-hole playoff, beats Pat Hurst by four strokes for the largest margin of victory in a playoff at the major since Kathy Cornelius won by seven shots 50 years ago. 2006 — Detroit Red Wings legend Steve Yzerman officially retires from the NHL, finishing with 692 goals and 1,755 points. 2007 — The Alinghi team from Switzerland — a country more often associated with Alpine skiing and winter snowscapes — successfully defends sailing's coveted America's Cup, beating Emirates Team New Zealand 5-2. 2010 — Serena Williams wins her fourth Wimbledon title and 13th Grand Slam championship by sweeping Vera Zvonareva in straight sets in the women's final. Williams, who finishes the tournament without dropping a set, takes 67 minutes to win 6-3, 6-2. 2011 — Novak Djokovic wins his first Wimbledon, beating defending champion Rafael Nadal 6-4, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3. Djokovic, already guaranteed to take over the No. 1 ranking from the Spaniard on July 4, extends his mastery over Nadal this season with a fifth straight head-to-head victory. 2016 — Serena Williams overwhelms Annika Beck 6-3, 6-0 in just 51 minutes on Centre Court at Wimbledon, advancing to the fourth round with her 300th career Grand Slam match win. 2018 — Feliciano Lopez makes history just by taking to the court at Wimbledon. The 36-year-old Spaniard breaks Roger Federer's record by appearing in a 66th consecutive Grand Slam singles tournament, continuing a run that started at the 2002 French Open. Lopez beats Federico Delbonis of Argentina 6-3, 6-4, 6-2. 2020 — The Major League Baseball All-Star game planned to be hosted by the Los Angeles Dodgers is cancelled due to governmental restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
CTV News
3 days ago
- CTV News
Four people from Amherst charged with drug trafficking: N.S. RCMP
An RCMP vehicle can be seen in this file photo. (David Prisciak/CTV News) Four people from Amherst, N.S., are facing drug trafficking charges after drugs and a weapon were seized in the community. The Cumberland County Integrated Street Crime Enforcement Unit executed three search warrants at a property in Amherst on Thursday. Investigators seized quantities of cocaine, methamphetamine, prescription drugs, and a prohibited weapon, according to a news release from the Nova Scotia RCMP. George Robert Saunders, 41, Jennifer Donna Gabriel, 46, Keilie Amanda Gabriel, 25, and John Baker, 45, were arrested and charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking. They've been released on conditions and are scheduled to appear in Amherst provincial court on July 28. The RCMP says three other people from Amherst were also arrested in connection with the investigation and have been released without charges. For more Nova Scotia news, visit our dedicated provincial page
