| Dear Penguins and Parents: PENGUIN MADNESS IS A WEEK AWAY! Pizza will be available on Friday, May 16th from 5:15-6pm, right before Penguin Madness. Just $7 for a BIG COSTCO SLICE of pizza and a soda. The madness begins at 6:00pm and continues till 8:00p on May 16th, no regular practice! Use the following link to sign up for your team: 2025 Penguin Madness RSVP. All participants are encouraged (but not required) to dress in their team colors. But don’t worry if you don’t have anything in that color; we’ll provide bandanas for everyone on the team. Teams will be posted at the pool, on the website by Thursday and in next Friday’s email newsletter.Special NotesThis is a family event. Parents and siblings are invited to come and cheer on their favorite penguins.Bring your own folding chairs or blankets to sit on.The coaches will referee the events. ADDiTIONAL POOL RULES: PLEASE READ HOA has asked LPAC to enforce these rules: 1. Children should not be at the pool without adult supervision; the coaches need to focus on the swimmers in the water.Kids should not be playing on the pool deck during practices at all. They are welcome to play on the grass but should not play in the horseshoe pits or around the storage shed area. 2. No one is allowed in the Pickleball courts (Sportcourt area) unless already arranged with the Home Owners Association. 3. Please keep an eye on your children while they play on the grass. Please don’t play with the Giant Connect Four board and pieces. Do not play with the Corn Hole game. Both of these games are for HOA members only to play with during the time the pool is open to members 4. Do not use the colored plastic chairs that are on the grass near the ramp. One has already been broken this year and we do not want any LPAC member to get hurt. 5. Parents, please do not move furniture or adjust umbrellas during practices, and be sure to straighten up the area when you leave 6. Please make sure that you pick up any trash that you might bring in to the pool with you while the pool is closed during the week because there has been some raccoons that knock over garbage cans and scatter garbage over the pool deck. LODGING FOR RAFT TRIP JULY 5 If you’d like to stay over either Friday or Saturday night (or both), the team has traditionally stayed at the Motel 6 in Oakdale (825 East F Street). Members of our team will receive a discount when they mention LPAC or Los Paseos Aquatic Club. The discounted price is between $146.99 and $156.99 (depending on how many adults will be staying in the room) + tax per night for a room with two queen beds. These rooms go quickly, so call 209-847-8181 and mention LPAC to make your reservations ASAP. We have reserved a block of 10 rooms for LPAC, you may want to call now and make your reservation. There are also other lodging options available. Directly across the street is the Holiday Inn Express (209-847-8181), and there is also a Best Western in town (209-845-2500). Each family is responsible for making their own hotel reservations and payments. VOLUNTEER INFO: Thank you to everyone who has filled out the volunteer forms. Responses to the survey have been great. At this point, all recurring home meet positions have been filled. We are assigning positions for away meets and to fill for absences at home meets. The most important thing we need to know at this point is when volunteers and swimmers will be missing a meet. Please email coaches@swimlpac.org AND volunteers@swimlpac.org or Jeannie and Li directly as soon as you know if you or your swimmer will be missing a meet. Final volunteer positions for each meet will be posted a couple days before the meet. PRACTICES:Practices times are as follows: 7 & under: 5:30-6:15 pm 8-10: 6:15-7:00 pm 11-14: 7:00-8:00 pm High school: 8:00-9:00 pm Please arrive on time and ready to swim! |
