by Katie Bean | Aug 7, 2024 | Blog, Community, Features, News
Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.— After a grueling 16.5-hour-long swim across the Santa Catalina Channel, Dr. Bryan Huffman has become the first Michigander to complete what is known as the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming. Dr. Huffman and his support crew met at 7:00pm...
by Katie Bean | Jul 1, 2024 | Blog, Community, Features, Instructional, News
Port Colborne, Ontario, Can.— Bryan Huffman, M.D., a Holland-area ophthalmologist, swam across Lake Erie in the early hours of Friday, June 28, 2024. His journey began off the coast of Dunkirk, New York, and ended at Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada, where he crawled on...
by amanda.duimstra | Nov 20, 2023 | Blog, Features
Patty at the wheel If you want to find a jack-of-all-trades at HAC, look no further than Patty Cyrus, a 25-year veteran of the HAC staff. While you’ll find her mostly behind the wheel of a school bus these days, driving hundreds of Holland public schoolchildren to HAC...
by amanda.duimstra | Sep 28, 2023 | Blog, Features
Jen Ritsema has spent her career helping people, initially in education and then in the field of health and wellness. First as a school psychologist for seven years, followed by 10 years in university recreation and now as HAC’s...
by amanda.duimstra | Sep 5, 2023 | Features, Therapy/Rehab
HOLLAND, Mich. – Holland Aquatic Center has invited Grand Rapids-based The Center for Physical Rehabilitation (The Center) to bring their well-established reputation and expertise to town. Beginning Tuesday, October 2, The Center’s therapists will offer...
by amanda.duimstra | Jun 15, 2023 | Features
In 2022, Doug Knox came out of retirement and got back in the pool. And it was a decision that floats our boat! After teaching 8th grade language arts in Oregon for 30 years, Doug and his wife returned to Michigan (they both grew up on the east side of the state...
