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Orchard Pool offers adaptive swim lessons
Water play • Ollie Robertson (right) reacts to water splashed in his face during adaptive swim lessons at the Orchard Swimming Pool. He worked one-on-one with lifeguard Rogan Robertson during the mini session, which ran June 30 to July 3.
August Janke took a leap last week-not just off the diving board at the Orchard Swimming Pool, but into uncharted waters of courage.
With lifeguards cheering him on, he tiptoed to the board's edge, nerves rippling like waves beneath the surface. Then, with a burst of bravery, he jumped into the deep end.
"The guards told him, 'This is for the Huskers.' That's how they got him to jump off," said his mother, Dani Janke, who co-manages the pool with Angie Robertson.
That moment marked more than a splash. It signaled the success of a pilot adaptive aquatics program, held June 30 to July 3-a four-d...
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