Yahoo News, July 9, 2009, reports that a group of African American kids were denied access to a suburban Philadelphia private swim club that their group had contracted with for weekly use this summer because of complaints from certain members. And to make matters worse, the Swim Club thereafter refunded the money paid by the group after they had relied to their obvious detriment by contracting with this swim club instead of others and said the decision was not based on "race". If this is true, it is an Outrage !
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/index.php?cl=14414863
"County Recurrent" wishes there was something we could do to provide an alternate pool facility for these kids. This cannot happen.
We are shocked, outraged and heart broken and are praying that a resolution will happen quickly.
Sincerely,
"County Recurrent" News
*** The views and opinions expressed hereinabove are solely those of the undersigned.
William E. Maguire
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Thursday, July 9, 2009
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Happy Fourth of July !
"County Recurrent" wishes you and yours a safe and fun filled Fourth of July as we celebrate the birth of our nation !
(Photo shows Avalon Bay on Catalina Island on July Fourth Weekend, 2009 with Old Glory waving in the foreground. Photo by LACo Recurrent Lifeguard, Peter Halenbeck. Copyright Peter Halenbeck 2009. All Rights Reserved. Used here with permission.)
Subscribers to this Blog and LACo Recurrents may recall our April 27, 2009 blog post featuring Peter and some of his memories from his days on the beach saving lives for LACo. See: http://countyrecurrent.blogspot.com/2009_04_01_archive.html
Many Thanks to Peter for sharing this Rockin' Fourth of July Photo with us !
Until next time.....
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(Photo shows Avalon Bay on Catalina Island on July Fourth Weekend, 2009 with Old Glory waving in the foreground. Photo by LACo Recurrent Lifeguard, Peter Halenbeck. Copyright Peter Halenbeck 2009. All Rights Reserved. Used here with permission.)
Subscribers to this Blog and LACo Recurrents may recall our April 27, 2009 blog post featuring Peter and some of his memories from his days on the beach saving lives for LACo. See: http://countyrecurrent.blogspot.com/2009_04_01_archive.html
Many Thanks to Peter for sharing this Rockin' Fourth of July Photo with us !
Until next time.....
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Wednesday, July 1, 2009
"Work's A Beach !"
Summer is officially is full swing and what better to grace the pages of this Blog than an Absolutely Outstanding Photo of the Beach, aka, our workplace.
Check this photo out below, brought to us by S.O.L., Kevin Curtis, who had this to say about this particular photo: "It's Tower 58 El Segundo. The lifeguard is Pat Volosin. It was a random, lucky shot. It was taken at Grand Ave. in late August of 2003. I was waiting for Jon Van Duinwyk to get off work and noticed the 58 guard standing on his deck. It was one of those late summer tropical sunsets."
(Photo by and courtesy of Kevin Curtis. Copyright Kevin Curtis 2003. All Rights Reserved. Used here with permission. Reproduction without consent is prohibited).
Many Thanks, Kevin, for sharing that absolutely stunning photo of the beach and this lifeguard tower. And now some extra credit background on the photographer/lifeguard, Kevin Curtis, for the curious County Recurrent:
(Photo of Kevin Curtis above. Photo courtesy of Kevin Curtis. Photo by Phil Navarro. Copyright Phil Navarro 2008. All Rights Reserved. Used here with permission.)
Kevin grew up in Malibu on the north end of Zuma. He got on with the State lifeguards at Leo Carillo in 1990 and with L.A. County in 1996, the same year he graduated from U.C.S.B. (Go Gauchos !), with a degree in History. Remarkably, Kevin also had a marine kinesiology course at Campus Point that met only during southern, west and northern swells, all four years ! He worked as a recurrent at Zuma and was voted Northern Section Lifeguard of the Year in 1997. He was promoted B-item in 2001 and worked mostly in Hermosa and Redondo as a B-Item. He went back up to Zuma in 2004 and in 2005 transfered to Central Section and worked at the Venice Breakwater for three years. He now works in the Call Car at Santa Monica. (editor's note/cross-reference: Central Section Shout Out ! Woo Hoo !)
His rookie school instructors were Steve Page, Steve Moseley, Terry Yamamoto, Chris Linkletter, Chris Hammond, Greg Lee, and Lee Davis. He was voted Most Outstanding Candidate. His buddies in rookie school were Dylan Jones, Richard Lee, and Chris Frohoff.
His most memorable rescue was in 1997. Kevin and Simon Snyder were doubled in Tower 4, Zuma. As Kevin tells it, "The surf was 10-12' with 15' sets. A huge southern hemi swell. Two Chinese kids got sucked out on their boogie boards. Simon and I swam out to the two. They were panicking and yelling at us in Chinese. We wanted to take them onto Baywatch, but neither they, nor the beach units could see us because of the huge surf. We ended up swimming them in. As I said, we started out at Tower 4. We ended up back on the beach north of Tower 11. A distance of over a mile."
Many thanks to Kevin for sharing his LACo lifeguard background and experience with us, not to mention his exceptional sunset photo above.
And so, we now leave you with the closing photo below of the Central Section (woo hoo!) Call Car, Code 3, westbound or north on Santa Monica North a couple of years ago on Labor Day.
(Photo by Will Maguire. Copyright Will Maguire 2007. All Rights Reserved).
Until next time.....
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Check this photo out below, brought to us by S.O.L., Kevin Curtis, who had this to say about this particular photo: "It's Tower 58 El Segundo. The lifeguard is Pat Volosin. It was a random, lucky shot. It was taken at Grand Ave. in late August of 2003. I was waiting for Jon Van Duinwyk to get off work and noticed the 58 guard standing on his deck. It was one of those late summer tropical sunsets."
(Photo by and courtesy of Kevin Curtis. Copyright Kevin Curtis 2003. All Rights Reserved. Used here with permission. Reproduction without consent is prohibited).
Many Thanks, Kevin, for sharing that absolutely stunning photo of the beach and this lifeguard tower. And now some extra credit background on the photographer/lifeguard, Kevin Curtis, for the curious County Recurrent:
(Photo of Kevin Curtis above. Photo courtesy of Kevin Curtis. Photo by Phil Navarro. Copyright Phil Navarro 2008. All Rights Reserved. Used here with permission.)
Kevin grew up in Malibu on the north end of Zuma. He got on with the State lifeguards at Leo Carillo in 1990 and with L.A. County in 1996, the same year he graduated from U.C.S.B. (Go Gauchos !), with a degree in History. Remarkably, Kevin also had a marine kinesiology course at Campus Point that met only during southern, west and northern swells, all four years ! He worked as a recurrent at Zuma and was voted Northern Section Lifeguard of the Year in 1997. He was promoted B-item in 2001 and worked mostly in Hermosa and Redondo as a B-Item. He went back up to Zuma in 2004 and in 2005 transfered to Central Section and worked at the Venice Breakwater for three years. He now works in the Call Car at Santa Monica. (editor's note/cross-reference: Central Section Shout Out ! Woo Hoo !)
His rookie school instructors were Steve Page, Steve Moseley, Terry Yamamoto, Chris Linkletter, Chris Hammond, Greg Lee, and Lee Davis. He was voted Most Outstanding Candidate. His buddies in rookie school were Dylan Jones, Richard Lee, and Chris Frohoff.
His most memorable rescue was in 1997. Kevin and Simon Snyder were doubled in Tower 4, Zuma. As Kevin tells it, "The surf was 10-12' with 15' sets. A huge southern hemi swell. Two Chinese kids got sucked out on their boogie boards. Simon and I swam out to the two. They were panicking and yelling at us in Chinese. We wanted to take them onto Baywatch, but neither they, nor the beach units could see us because of the huge surf. We ended up swimming them in. As I said, we started out at Tower 4. We ended up back on the beach north of Tower 11. A distance of over a mile."
Many thanks to Kevin for sharing his LACo lifeguard background and experience with us, not to mention his exceptional sunset photo above.
And so, we now leave you with the closing photo below of the Central Section (woo hoo!) Call Car, Code 3, westbound or north on Santa Monica North a couple of years ago on Labor Day.
(Photo by Will Maguire. Copyright Will Maguire 2007. All Rights Reserved).
Until next time.....
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Friday, June 26, 2009
"295 McGowan and Dickson 10-7 68 Pier Ave."
Dateline: Thursday, June 25, 2009, 1800 hrs - 2300 hrs, Sangria Restaurant, 68 Pier Avenue, Hermosa Beach, California.
Re: Larry Dickson and Rob McGowan Retirement Dinner
It's now Official ! McGowan and Dickson are 10-7, e.g., out of service, retired, and otherwise on their own recognizance. Both of these LACo Lifeguard Captains were feted, fed, and swarmed by well wishers toasting and roasting to their multiple decade careers in service for the County. One on the boats (Dickson) and one who preferred to have sand between his toes (McGowan).
"County Recurrent" News attended with its press pass and a digital camera and was able to snap some timeless photos of this event, so sit back and enjoy !
Until next time.....
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Re: Larry Dickson and Rob McGowan Retirement Dinner
It's now Official ! McGowan and Dickson are 10-7, e.g., out of service, retired, and otherwise on their own recognizance. Both of these LACo Lifeguard Captains were feted, fed, and swarmed by well wishers toasting and roasting to their multiple decade careers in service for the County. One on the boats (Dickson) and one who preferred to have sand between his toes (McGowan).
"County Recurrent" News attended with its press pass and a digital camera and was able to snap some timeless photos of this event, so sit back and enjoy !
Until next time.....
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Monday, June 22, 2009
Lights, Camera, Action and the LACo Lifeguards
(Photo by John Longenecker. Photo courtesy of Greg Bonann. Photo shows Al Roker, at center, foreground, back to the camera, as he opens up his segment about "A CHANCE FOR CHILDREN").
Dateline: Monday, June 22, 2009 at approx. 0500 hrs - 0900 hrs.
What: NBC's THE TODAY SHOW with Al Roker and their "Lend A Hand" Annual Charitable Program (http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/31447842/) which donates funds and equipment, etc. to select, deserving charities.
Where: Will Rogers Lifeguard HQ
(Photo by John Longenecker. Photo courtesy of Greg Bonann. Photo shows the kids of ACFC with Greg, Tai and Al Roker).
(Photo by John Longenecker. Photo courtesy of Greg Bonann. Photo shows, L2r: Lifeguard Chief Mike Frazer, Al Roker, Tai Collins and Greg Bonann).
The recipient Charity turned out to be none other than "A CHANCE FOR CHILDREN" (ACFC), previously known as 'Camp Baywatch', the charitable foundation started by Greg Bonann and Tai Collins. The Donations included equipment, cash and a rockin' silver Mazda 5 wagon, totaling over $400,000. ACFC focuses its charitable efforts on supporting kids in the homeless community.
http://www.achanceforchildren.org
And just in from Greg Bonann:
"HERE ARE A COUPLE OF VIDEOS YOU MAY LOVE":
Opening Segment - 7min. 6 sec.
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/31486298#31486298
Second Segment - 4min. 46sec.
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/31486298#31486900
We hope you will enjoy these photos which were taken at the request of Greg Bonann for inclusion in "County Recurrent". Participating in this live coverage of The Today Show were our own LACo Dept. of Lifeguard Operations, the U.S. Coast Guard, the LACo Fire Dept's Fire Operations, the LAPD, with public safety personnel and first responders from each of these safety agencies, as well as staff from such corporate sponsors as MAZDA, OFFICE DEPOT, SCHOLASTIC, TYR, SPEEDO, CROCS, BULLFROG PENSKE Truck Rentals, OCEAN KAYAK, MALIBU MAKOS Surf Camp, DOCKERS, and many others.
Until next time.....
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