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Sarasota News Leader July 26, 2013 Page 85 swimming out to Dash and back to the wall. She added, "We want the parents in here; we At one point, he spotted the marker for the want the [Taylor Complex] staff in here. We want to set up a program year-round" to teach depth: "Oh, man. This is 5 feet!" swimming to children and adults at the facility. "I can just see your confidence growing," Dash Fogle told the News Leader he had been imtold him. pressed with the "positive energy" emanating He readily had her move further away from from Dash and her instructors. "They are outhim into the center of the pool — making his standing," he added. laps longer. After one burst of strong strokes, she told him with a laugh, "That [distance] FUNDING FOR A STUDY was almost too short, wasn't it?" Although Dash has been utilizing her Miracle "I am king of the water," he replied, then took Swimming method for more than 30 years, she a deep breath as he prepared to launch him- finally has been able to fund an independent study that will compare her system to others. self away from the wall once again. "What I love is they say what their concerns are," Dash told the News Leader after the lesson. "It's just so precious to watch these children." Michelle Tichy, professor of educational psychology at the University of Northern Iowa and chairwoman of the Holistic Learning Special Interest Group for the American Educa- Garrett Lathan takes a deep breath as he starts to the side of the pool, with Dustin Reed already headed that way.