This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published recently by the Daily Herald:
"It's wonderful," said Norm Olsen, a Woodridge man who visits regularly to hear Spencer play and Kim sing."I think this is great therapy."As the music fills the lobby on a recent day, passersby smiled. Patients checking in at registration turned to watch the duo. Up and back eight times, Bayler, who has been swimming there for 45 years, took roughly 40 minutes to conclude her quarter-mile for the day. It was a momentous quarter-mile.
Bayler joined the YMCA in 1978 when there was a special on their family memberships. She started swimming daily and filling out a record card that the Y kept at the pool to keep track of the miles swimmers logged in the water. They offered a free T-shirt when someone reached 50 miles. She's been keeping track of her distance ever since.