UPBEAT TIMES • May 2012 • 12 65 Years of Coaching Upbeat in Baltimore, MA! ...CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8


of the 1968 Olympic Swim Team


local AAU.


and president of the The Olsons also helped


finance Marion's purchase of Oak Park Swim Club in 1973, a family-friendly local pool and tennis club, which allowed her to continue coaching while raising her four children. In her spare time, Marion also recruited/ choreographed 36 former stu- dents to perform in the 1975 movie "Funny Lady," and Oak Park became the headquar- ters of the Marion L. Kane International Synchro School where she coached athletes from around the world from 1974-1982. She also pro- duced professional water shows at


the World's Fair


in New Orleans (1984) and Brisbane (1988); and another show in Hong Kong (1990). With 65 years of experi-


ence, one change Marion has noticed in the students she coaches in all age groups is that there's so much going on in people's lives now that it's harder to get her students to slow their minds down, feel their bodies, and focus on the task at hand. Children today seem to expect "instant suc- cess," but Marion stresses that it takes time to perfect new skills.


Marion Kane Elston is clearly passionate about what she does, and believes you should keep doing what you love to do. I'll take that as a stated intention to keep coach- ing for years to come (lucky for


her students...including myself!)


In the words of this Wise Elder and gifted coach, if you enjoy it, regardless of your age, "just do it!" In fact, why not head out to Oak Park,


ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Eloise Tweeten is an


elder care advisor based in Santa Rosa, CA. If you know a wise elder who is willing to be interviewed for this column, please contact her Eloise@TweetenEldercare.com


Common-sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom. ~Samuel Taylor Coleridge


Hi Paul at Upbeat Times! I'm At Baltimore Harbor, MA on a business trip and next I'm headed to Spain! The statue behind me is the Katyn Memorial. Great paper! Your friend, John Hejtmanek of San Jose, CA.


Evidence of Our Existence


HEALDSBURG, CA. ~ Quill Ink Productions presents "Evidence of Our Existence," a two-hour workshop by Portland, Oregon Poet Carlos Reyes. Wednesday, May 9, 10 a.m. to noon. $15 at the door or register at quill.ink.pro- ductions@gmail.com. Venue: The Bean Affair coffee shop in north Healdsburg on the corner of Dry Creek Rd and Healdsburg Ave. Take Dry


Creek exit and turn right. In this workshop expect to be immediately engaged in poet- ry readings and we will write, write, write in this enjoyable, relaxed, two-hour workshop.


Carlos Reyes lives in Portland, Oregon. More on Carlos: www.losthorsepress. org See the flyer at www. quillinkproductions.word- press.com


and perhaps you can make your own synchro dreams a reality? At age 89, Marion's most senior swimmer is also a national champion, Barbara Brown of Napa, who was so inspired in her mid-50s to do just that! ~ E. Tweeten


12 • May 2012 • UPBEAT TIMES


The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. ~William James


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