Close to $10,000 in fraudulent activity uncovered on Canyons tax return!

First off, many thanks to the gutsy tipster who posted a recent comment (now published) which lead to further investigation... which sadly verified that fraudulent financial activity has occurred.

A PDF of that tax return is available here for all to download and scrutinize.

CANYONS TAX RETURN

Head to page 23 for the "fraudulent charges" line entry.

And what is really bothersome, this is from a couple years ago.

What will we uncover in the near future?

From this last year?

And what about the I.R.S. audit?

Canyons Informer

Proof of life... the board responds to a concerned parent!

This is good news. Today I was contacted by a parent who personally reached out to the Board of Directors regarding some concerns they had and they received a warm and caring response. Wanting to personally address any and all concerns they were experiencing.

And here at Canyons Informer, we hope the board member (who penned the email) will allow us to post it here in its entirety. As it would go a long way toward healing our club.

Here is our request to that specific board member.

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Dear -------,

As you may know, we are leading a grass roots effort for change within the Canyons organization. And you recently sent a well worded email to a concerned parent.

I feel strongly that posting this on the blog would inform people that the board is in fact approachable and wants to work with parents to address their concerns.

Would you grant Canyons Informer permission to publish your email unedited and in its entirety?

Look forward to hearing from you.

Best wishes,
Canyons Informer

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And we will stay plugged in throughout the week.

Fight for change.

Canyons Informer

Rate your "Olympic Coach" votes have been tallied!

First off, Canyons Informer would like to thank everyone who wrote in and voted. And secondly, in the interest of not singling out the coaches who didn't fare so well... we are only listing the TOP TWO.

Over a hundred fifty people voted. So in regards to getting an accurate statistical sampling, these results really telegraph who we think is doing their job, and doing it well.

And the results are:

1st - Mike Bechtholdt
2nd - Guido Gomez

Interestingly, a lot of people wrote in and cast their vote with stipulations like I vote for "------" assuming they will not own an iPad during my training. Or I vote for "------" assuming they won't be texting on their phone.

But it should be noted that Mike and Guido had no such stipulations mentioned.

Remember, this was a call for parents and swimmers to vote for the coach they would pick if they could only have one coach (from Canyons of course) guide them on an Olympic quest.

A bit of a surprise here was Guido Gomez. Obviously swimmers and parents love him, and he's one of our more qualified coaches, but Guido is primarily known for coaching the younger swimmers. Yet, parents and swimmers alike rated him a close second to Mike. 

Canyons Informer ventures to guess this could be a result of his degree in Sports Psychology. Parents and swimmers must have really responded to that as it came through in his coaching.

Remember, at the highest levels in any sport, what goes on in the psyche of an athlete sets the stage for performance in practice and competition.

Another interesting point that should be noted. Mike and Guido BOTH swam at the Collegiate level. They know what it takes to perform on an elite level, and from personal experience. And they have the work ethic and coaching skills to convey that to the swimmers they coach.

Please remember Coach Coley was left out of this vote tally. Despite his qualifications, he simply hasn't been here long enough for the parent/swimmer base to get an accurate feel for his style and skills.

And regarding the coaches who did not place in the TOP TWO?

You can do better.

Simply take a cue from Mike and Guido.

But leave the iPad at home!

Canyons Informer