The Mail-Journal, Volume 23, Number 27, Milford, Kosciusko County, 2 July 1986 — Page 18

THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., July £. 1986

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SEASONED VETERAN — Serving as head lifeguard at Syracuse Lakeside Park Beach. Shelly Weiss has three years experience at the post, with this being her first assignment in Syracuse. The Milford resident is a music major at Case Western Reserve College, Cleveland. (Photo by Mark Huffman'

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Lifegaurds have an important job

While many people envision brawny men strolling on the beach with their chins pointed skyward as the standard for lifeguards, Milford and Syracuse beachcombers are finding that ability outweighs physique at Lakeland area beaches. Outgoing personalities is another characteristic the park board took into consideration when hiring three youths to police the Syracuse Public Beach (Lakeside Park Beach) and one to man the Milford Public Beach (Waubee Lake Beach). Shelly Weiss, Milford, acts as head lifeguard in Syracuse, with Dave Ridings, Syracuse, and Becky Hite. Milford, rounding out the Syracuse Lake crew. Bill Scott is the lone lifeguard at Milford Beach. “It’s fun to meet all the dis-

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SUN WORSHIPERS — It’s a crowded day at Syracuse Lakeside Park Beach, something that requires a certified lifeguard to keep a constant count of those people in the water and help police those on the

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ferent people and watch the girls,” Ridings said of the job benefits. However, “watching” can also become strenuous, as Ridings has discovered. “It’s hard to sit there sometimes and watch everything. ” With inexperienced swimmers often running the gamut of the beach, watching can also turn to action, with a potential lifesaving situation always evident. “I haven’t had to use it yet, but I’m always ready,” Ridings stated. “It” is the lifesaving and water safety instruction courses lifeguards are required to pass to be certified. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is also taught to potential lifeguards, as well as offshore and onshore assistance. “I took a lifesaving unit at the YMCA in Lombard (HL),” stated Weiss, who is a native Hlinoian. Wawasee High School also offers

courses during the winter months. However, one course that can’t be taught is discipline. “It’s tough sometimes because that’s not what I’m here for, but people have to be kept safe and sometimes disciplining them becomes a part of that,” Weiss explained. The Case Western Reserve College. Cleveland, music major is indicative of lifeguards, preferring to work outside as opposed to an “air conditioned office.” Ridings is at the other end of the scholastic pendulum, attending Wawasee High School as a junior, where he is also a member of the boys’ swim team. A second-year lifeguard, he also teaches a swim class at the beach. The other lifeguards also sprepg» their knowledge of the water, often answering questions

outside. Three lifeguards split duties in Syracuse, with one keeping watch at all times from a chair posted near She center of the beach. (Photo bv Mark Huffman >

Full slate of activitie s on July 4

The Nappanee Fourth of July Activities are nearly complete, with the schedule full of activities for all ages. The fun-filled day will begin at 8 a.m. with a waterball invitational contest with the Nappanee Fire Department hosting at the city parking lot. Everyone is invited to attend. At 9 a m. the Rotary-sponsored Junior Olympics will begin at the middle school track Preregistration is preferred for the first and fifth graders competing Events include races, an obstacle course and frisbee toss. The pool will be open all after noon for a free open swim to Nappanee residents The Little League Ball Game will begin at Stauffer Park at the Little League Diamond at 1 p.m. The Old Timers Game is set for 3 p.m. at the same location. Concession stands will be open all

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from inquis five sunbathers. Maintena ice is also something the diction try left out when it described i lifeguard as “a person employ ?d at a beach or pool to protect bathers from drowning,” as Rii lings notes. “The first lifeguard oi i. duty also has to rake the beach e jtch day. ” Rotating shifts are offered to a majority o the lifeguards, with each one working three hours every three days. "We work six days out cf the week, with the time divided evenly,” Weiss explained. With 40 to 50 sun worshipers staking-( ut the beach on weekdays, and 70 to 80 frequenting them on Sundays, the lifeguard < Iso has to keep count of the people in the water, keep fights from breaking out, and be a mediatoi to the beach populace — something that takes more than just b:awn.

day so participants can enjoy a quick me al or sna ck. The Fourth of July Parade will start from the American Legion at 4 p.m and will end at Stauffer Park. All Star and Major Exhibition games will start at 5:30 p.m. at the park. Entertainment. free of charge, is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m., and the fireworks display will prompt!; begin at dusk. Committee chairpersons include Judy Burns, volleyball (773-7064 1; Jim Clouse, junior Olympics (773-4924); Linda Thompson, parade and prizes (773-3173); Doug Bitting, little league (773-7331); Ray Warden. Old Tim rs game 1773-7672); and Maynard Miller, entertainment (773-7028). The rext meeting is set for Tuesday June 24 at 7 p.m. at the Municipal Building The public is invited to attend.

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WATCHFI'L EYE — Second-year lifeguard Dave Ridings keeps watch over sunbathers at Syracuse Lakeside Park Beach. A junior at Wawasee High School, the Syracuse resident also teaches a group of young children to swim each summer. (Photo by Mark Huffman)

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Black and white

A summer outfit in black and white is always a mark of sophistication, whether it is a two-piece dress or three-piece suit Bright, sunshine yellow is used as a dramatic accent this season. A black and white striped dress, with big dolman sleeves, featuring yellow accessories, was seen recently.

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U.S. Ports of entry

As the symbol of our nation and our freedoms, the flag of the United States provides a welcome greeting to travellers from other countries and to American citizens returning home. Many, however, enter our country at night when the flag was not flown becausee of the nearly universal custom of displaying colors from sunrise to sunset This was corrected by Presidential Proclamation of May. 1972 which extended the welcome by the flag to 24 hours a day at all U.S. Customs ports of entry, except when the weather is inclement

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