Late 70s at Camp Boothe

Postby **Pastor Gary** » August 21st, 2009, 12:45 am

It was a blazing hot Alabama summer... July in Greenpond. The humidity seemed as high as the temperature. The first day of camp we learned that we would have no male lifeguard available with a Senior Lifesaving Certification, and, as camp director, I was asked "What are we going to do?"

The choices were pretty simple:

• Allow the girls to swim, since they had an available female lifeguard, but not allow the boys to swim, since they had no male lifeguard.

• Close the pool for the week.

• Have the available female lifeguard serve both girls and boys swim time.

I think you know what my decision was.

RamboPreacher · Postby **RamboPreacher** » August 21st, 2009, 1:18 am

go...... SWIMMING!

macgulley · Postby **macgulley** » August 21st, 2009, 3:28 am

And I, for one, am happy you made the right decision. You would have had a serious mutiny had you decided differently.

Paully_44 · Postby **Paully_44** » August 21st, 2009, 7:36 am

Pastor Gary wrote:• Have the available female lifeguard serve both girls and boys swim time.

One of the first years I worked camp I was a certified life guard. During the girls swim time I was told to sit with my back to the lake approx 50 yards away and if I was needed during I would be called. Is that a lawsuit waiting to happen?

I wasnt about to sit with my back to the lake so I "hid" behind some bushes and watched. Did that make me feel like a creeper or what????

Jude 2