 You need a financial advisor with the freedom to focus on your specific needs. Whatever your goals, Reid Potter can create a game plan tailored to you. Call Reid at 432-0777 at Pikeville, Kentucky to learn more. As the season races toward spring, Pikeville YMCA will be offering swim lessons beginning this month. Tuesday Mountain Top spoke with Executive Director Shelley Justice Fouts about swim lessons and why they may be right for your child. Well, we're excited to get back into the swing of swim lessons. Took a little break because the weather is kind of unpredictable in that winter period. But excited to be able to offer that again in March. And so we're kicking off with water discovery, beginner swim lessons and intermediate. And we're going to try to keep those on a rolling basis. So like the second week of every month will be water discovery for those children six months to two years. Parents or adults will get in the water with the child and will work on getting acclimated to the water. And that next week, the third week, we'll really focus on beginner swim lessons. So children between ages three and seven, and they can be a little older, will work with them on skill development, getting used to the water, being able to submerge their face. And then that last week of the month, we'll focus on intermediate and stroke development. So those children who are used to the water want to develop some skills, refine their skills and really start working on learning various strokes for swimming. Fouts continues to add that Kentucky has many waterways and that knowing how to swim is important for developing kids. I think it's very important for families to get their kids up here and get them used to water. Eastern Kentucky especially has a lot of waterways. We have a lot of lakes, a lot of ponds. And we find ourselves out in the community and really close to water. So I think with these lessons, you get kids used to it in a controlled environment. That way if they find themselves out on a lake and fall off the boat, then you know, they'll have some skills that can help them get turned around and get out of the water. If you're interested in enrolling your child in swim lessons, you can call the Pikeville area YMCA at 606-433-9622. For Mountain Top News, I'm Joel Chorjol.