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Norm Bush, right, owner of Mystic Muscle and Fitness, recently donated several pieces of exercise equipment to the YMCA of Winchester. Accepting the equipment is YMCA executive director Bill Pace.

Camp coach Dwain Gay, top photo, demonstrates how to protect the ball during a basketball camp being held this week at the YMCA of Winchester. Six-year-old Isaac Graham, bottom left photo, showed great form and concentration while shooting a lay-up during the camp. Camper Dakota Walker, 11, makes a spin move away from the defender, assistant coach Tanner Banks, 17, during a drill, bottom right photo. Approximately 28 players, from first through eighth grade, are attending the camp.

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Sebastian Pyrek and Daniel Bastin of Danville each finished just out of the top 100 in the YMCA National Long Course Championships Tuesday. Both swimmers exceeded their seeding times in their respective events, Pyrek in the 50-meter breaststroke and Bastin in the 50 freestyle. Pyrek was 105th of 140 swimmers in the 50 breaststroke with a time of 35.27 seconds. Bastin was 114th of 161 swimmers in the 50 freestyle in 26.92 seconds.

The new YMCA facility project is still in the works, but the process has hit a few unseen snags, YMCA director Keith Ball said. "Right now we are kind of redirecting our efforts to get the capital campaign back up," he said. "Our new timeline right now is we'll have the groundbreaking in the spring of '09, and we'll open in the spring of 2010. " To date, the YMCA has $3.5 million donated or pledged funds but still remains $6.5 million short. In December 2006, the YMCA's capital fund campaign got off to a fast start thanks in part to a donation from Toyota on Nicholasville and The Lexus Store of Lexington.

The Jessamine County Fiscal Court voted Tuesday to renew its contract with the local YMCA which authorizes the YMCA to conduct the daily operation of the Jessmaine County Aquatic Center. The contract is renewed annually, and has been approved each year since the YMCA assumed the operation of the Aquatic Center when it opened in the Spring of 2002. The facility, located off U.S. 27, is Jessamine County's first, and only, public swimming pool, and is financed jointly by city and county governments.

Jessamine County's Women's Check-up Day is for scheduled for Monday, May 15, from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. at the Jessamine County YMCA at 220 East Maple Street. Door prizes, a light lunch, and free screenings for blood pressure, glucose levels, bone density, body fat and more will be available during the event; as will free dental screenings. Other free screenings include EKG, pulse, total cholesterol and derma scan. Event participants can also browse through displays presented by the Jessamine County Senior Citizens Center, Mary Kay Cosmetics, the Jessamine County Victims Advocacy Program, Bluegrass Community Action's Senior Companion Program, NIKKEN, and Jessamine Cooperative Extension Services.

The Jessamine County YMCA is once again joining the fight against the winter doldrums with their second session of fall programs. The YMCA youth basketball league is split up into two age divisions, ages 4-5 and 6-8. The "Rookies" league for ages 4-5 will meet a total of eight times; the first two are developmental and the final six consist of a 20-minute skill session followed by an instructional game. The "Winners" league, which is for ages 6-8, are two practices followed by six games.

The second annual Father/Daughter Ball, sponsored by the YMCA of Central Kentucky, scheduled for June 20, was cancelled due to a low number of pre-sold tickets. According to information posted by the YMCA, the ball will be rescheduled for Fall 2009.

Swim lessons available at YMCA The YMCA is offering beginner, intermediate and advanced swim lessons. Lessons will be July 6, 13 and 20. Beginner lessons begin at 5:30 p.m., intermediate lessons begin at 6 p.m. and advanced lessons at 6:30 p.m. Classes are $40 for members and $50 for non-members. For more information, contact Samantha Shimfessel at 749-0699 or the YMCA at 744-9622. Boonesboro Lions hosting cookout The Boonesboro Lions club will host a cookout tonight at 6:30 for prospective members.

YMCA hosts receptions for director The Wilderness Trace Family YMCA will host a reception to introduce new executive director Mark Fryer to the community. The reception dates are: Mercer County, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Monday at the YMCA; and Boyle County, 5-6 p.m. Tuesday at Kentucky School for the Deaf Brady Hall multipurpose room. In addition to meeting Fryer, the receptions are an opportunity to preview fall programming. Refreshments will be served. Sub-Debs reunion being planned The Sigma Delta Chapter of Sub-Debs in Danville are planning a reunion tentatively scheduled for Septtember.

The Jessamine County YMCA is introducing specialty camps this summer, providing weeklong experiences to delve deeper into sports and science. Program director Caitlin Keck said she wanted to start the offerings after seeing the popularity of the organization's activities during the school year and the lack of programming in the summer. “We have our soccer leagues in the spring and the fall, and we have our basketball leagues -  they're all a certain time of the year, and in the summer, we don't have anything for them, really,” Keck said.

Submitted results from the Winchester YMCA¿Basketball League. Girls 3rd-6th grade LYNX (20)  -   Brown 2, Johnson 4, Mullins 4, Tabor 4, Davis 6 STORM (8)  -   Bufill 4, Gay 4   Boys 4th-6th-grade WIZARDS (35)  -   Toombs 3, Raffitt 2, Fugate 1, Davis 6, Wheeler 10, Svoboda 4, Fraley 9. RAPTORS (18)  -   Whiting 2, Biddle 1, Clem 8, Hale 5, Woods 2.   CAVS (26)  -   Fugate 6, Adams 2, Adams 2, Thomas 8, Hayes 6, Gwynne 2. HAWKS (14)

Submitted scores from the Winchester YMCA¿Basketball League. Week 2 4th-6th-grade boys MAGIC (40) - Kerr 10, Brock 12, G. Williams 2, S. Williams 2, DeMichele 14. HAWKS (6) - Israel 6. KINGS (45) - Dawson 8, Sparcil 2, Pelfrey 12, Johnson 2, Austin 5, Faulkner 8, Riddleburger 4, Tackett 2, Haney 2. BOBCATS (15) - Merriman 5, Price 6, Smith 2, Wiseman 2. NUGGETS (26) - Stamper 6, Witt 8, Smith 4, Rogers 4, D. Stanfield 2, B. Stanfield 2. SPURS (22) - Bunch 2, Raines 14, McNiel 6. PACERS (62)

Basketball league set to begin in January The Wilderness Trace Family YMCA will start a Teen Basketball League Jan. 5. Registration deadline is Saturday. There also will be a mandatory clinic at the YMCA for team placement at 10 a.m. Saturday. Division I is 12- to 15-year-olds; Division II is 16- to 18-year-olds. Program fee is $40 and the YMCA membership is $20. Practices will be at the YMCA and games will be at Harrodsburg Intermediate School. For more information, call the YMCA at (859)

HARRODSBURG - Mayor Eddie Long didn't waste any time in buttering up Tuesday's guest of honor on the front steps of the Wilderness Trace Family YMCA. “Every time he comes to town, good things happen,” Long said in welcoming Gov. Steve Beshear. The “good thing” Beshear brought to Harrodsburg on Tuesday was a $500,000 Community Development Block Grant that will help transform the city's outdated YMCA facility - built in 1942 as a National Guard armory - into the heartbeat of what Commissioner of Local Development Tony Wilder described as “health and wellness and family togetherness.” Beshear pointed out the recent expansions at Hitachi, Corning and Wausau Paper as signs that Harrodsburg is a healthy community in terms of growth and economic development.

Submitted scores from the Winchester YMCA¿Basketball League 3rd-6th-grade girls Storm 44, Lynx 12 Storm Lanee Crowe 4, Taylor Curtis 18, Haley Goldhahn 8, Kennedy Kelly 10, Maddaline Mann 4 Lynx Kaitlynn Dotson 3, Courtney Miles 9 Fourth-sixth-grade boys Bobcats 43, Cavaliers 19 Bobcats Caden Easterling 14, Will Henry 7, James Hughes 4, Zeke Poe 8, Tyler Price 4, Brady Turner 6...

Wilderness Trace Family YMCA has released its fall programming. Programs offered include: ( * indicates an on-going class.)   Gymnastics - * 5:30 and 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays. Preschool and beginner classes; $20 per month, four classes a month. Preschool flag football/with Coach Bo - 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Oct. 18 at the Y; preschool ages 3, 4 and 5; fees are $35 plus $20 youth membership or $45 for non-members   Swim team - * Oct. 4 at Centre College Pool, $45 registration fee. Orange team is $50 per month and will swim 3:30-5 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday at McDowellWellness Center.

HARRODSBURG - Wilderness Trace Family YMCA plans to renovate its facility at 130 N. College St. in a potential expansion that will amount to $1.1 million in improvements. “That represents Phase 1A of an expansion that will hopefully include two additional expansions down the road for a total of $5 million in renovations that will change the look of much of the block,” said Mark Fryer, chief executive officer of the YMCA, which serves not only Mercer County, but Boyle, Garrard and Washington counties.