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MfcDrORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON Bed Cross Aquatic Course Starts at SOC Campus Today SUNDAY. JUNE . 198 J Rogue valley residents will benefit this summer from the j training their young people will be receiving at the Jack ion county Red Cross youth aquatic course which will open this afternoon at South ern Oregon college. Registration will be be tween 1 and 3 p.m. for stu dents at Cascade hall on the campus. The program will be conducted through June 15, according to Mrs. Roy Wilkes, director of the course. Forty students are enrolled for the program and will live on the campus for the week, during which time they will be given instruction in first aid, canoeing, basic boating, sailing, junior or senior life saving, or training as water safety aides or water safety . instructors. Throughout the week of in struction, the students will be required to work hard. They will do their water work at Emigrant lake, with theory classes and written examina . tions being done in the eve ning at the college. To Qualify as Volunteers " The training program was established in an effort to qualify youngsters to serve as volunteers at youth camps, pools and recreation areas throughout the community, and local officials have been advised that it is the only program of its type in the United States. National aquatic schools are conducted throughout the country by the American Red Cross, but students must be 18 years of age before they are eligible for admission. The local chapter hopes to make Jackson county water ways safer by training young jjeuiiie xo years oi age ana older. The pilot program last year was conducted jointly with Klamath Basin chapter of the Red Cross; however, the dis tance between the two chap ters made coordination diffi cult and the local demand for the training has increased to the extent where it was deem ed advisable to sponsor the program individually. Real Community Effort This year's program has be come a real community effort with support coming from pri vate individuals and many of the United Crusade organiza tions who will be benefiting from having these youngsters trained and qualified to serve. Dr. Elmo Stevenson, presi dent of Southern Oregon col lege and Red Cross chapter chairman, made it possible for the program to be conducted on the campus. They are keep ing the facility open for use during the. week and main taining the staff in the cafe teria and dormitory. A bus Ho transport students back and forth from the cam pus to the lake is being do nated by the Medford school district, with a volunteer driv er, Bill Johnson, coming from the Ashland school district. ' R. T. Johnston, of Johnston stores, is donating rowboats for use during the training session and these will be transported to Emigrant lake and back by Mitchell Broth ers Truck line. The Boy Scouts of America are provid ing canoes and are bringing these down from their camp at Lake of the Woods. Canoes also are being loaned by the Rogue Valley Girl Scout Council and will be transport ed from their campsite at Lake of the Woods through the courtesy of the Reter Fruit company trucks. Will Patrol Area The sheriff's safety patrol has been contacted and have offered their services by pa trolling the area during the week of the course. The cost of the program will be $40 per student; how ever, the local Red Cross chap ter will take care of $20 of the fee, with the balance be ing paid by the individual stu dent. This fee will cover the cost of room, board and text books utilized in the instruc tion. The instructors are all Red Cross qualified and are participating in the program on a volunteer basis. Instructors will include Robert D i o n n e, instructor trainer and Red Cross area representative in water safe ty, first aid and small craft; Robert Bennett, assistant pro fessor of physical education at Southern Oregon college; Dan Lewis, student at the college; Mrs. Charles Darling, water safety co-chairman for the Jackson chapter; Clint Eck stein, of the Rogue Valley Snowmen; George Wooding, first aid instructor for Jack son county; and Miss Linda Wilkes, student at Medford High school. Taught at Schools Qionne has taught at sev eral national aquatic schools and will be leaving at the end of this program for California where he will participate in the national aquatic school at Tulequoia. 'near Fresno. Mrs. Wilkes, water safety chairman for the Jackson county chapter of the Ameri can Red Cross, who was di rector of the course last year and will serve in that capacity again this year, has attended two national aquatic schools and will serve her second year director for the YMCA girls camp at Diamond lake in August. Bennett is an assistant pro fessor of physical education at SOC. He served as a water safety and first aid instructor last year and will be instruct ing a lifesaving course at this time. He will attend the Red Cross national aquatic school in Tulequoia in August at which time he plans on be coming certified as a small craft instructor. Receives Training Lewis received his training during last year's youth aquatic course and is return ing as a fully qualified in structor now. He will be wa terfront director for the YMCA boys camp at Dia- - sHm rnond lake this summer. Mrs. Darling previously in structed for the Tualatin Hills park and recreation dis trict, but Is now a volunteer instructor at the Medford YMCA and co-chairman for water safety services in Jack son county. She will serve her second year as waterfront director at the August YMCA girls camp. Wooding, first aid instruct or, recently completed a class for Girl Scout leaders and will be volunteering his serv ices to instruct first aid dur ing the week long course. Previously Trained Eckstein, also a first aid In structor, is an active member of the Rogue Valley Snow men and has' been serving as instructor for that group throughout the winter. Miss Wilkes, the youngest member of the staff, received her boating instruction during last year's aquatic course, but had previously been trained in life saving and as a water ssfey aide. She served as an assistant on the waterfront in the Y program at Diamond lake last summer and also volunteered her services at Klamath Falls Campfire girls camp and the Rogue Valley Campfire girls camp. She will be assisting instructors on the waterfront during the course. Dr. John Reid, of Ashland, will be the school doctor and will be on the campus to check the students as they register Sunday afternoon. He will be on call to the school throughout the week. Purpose of this school is to train young people in safety skills for use in swimming and related aquatic activities making them capable of assist ing others in trouble. They will be given training In the water as well as a thorough grounding in theory. Students can earn Red Cross certification in these fields, thereby beginning their training to qualify themselves to serve in camps, play grounds, pools and other sum mer activities of the commu nity. Successful completion of the course provides a founda tion for students to go for ward to Instructor status after reaching 18 years of age. Adults to Attend Five adults will be attend ing this course to receive training as instructors. Three of these individuals already have definite plans regarding community participation. Two plan on volunteering at the Medford YMCA and the third A 3 will be serving with the Girl Scouts in their summer pro gram. Several students who par ticipated In last year's course air returning for additional study. Among the returning students will be John Reid, Jr., who was responsible for saving a life within a week after his training last year. Because water can be a good friend or a deadly enemy, the community will benefit by having its young people trained by specialists. This training is possible be cause of the community sup port given the various' agencies involved through contributions to United Cru sade. Every graduate of this school will go home more safety conscious and with the skills and knowledge to help train others. LOANS UP TO $1500 Her it it-a HANDY HUNDRED or More! Call Crater Finance ffjf "Moiwy From Crater Finance J? l Like Monty From Ho.' CRATER FINANCE g 135 PINE ctL 664-1213 g r I rv 1, I T- The Gfa off COf&FORT.... HE'LL ENJOY THE YEAR 'ROUND! FAMOUS RECLINER In Heavy Duty Naugahyde Green Beige Oxblood Toast Gold Black .THOMAS J.ADAMS T ) M"'',li' tj 1 ( 1 --L.LJ ' '4 TERMS HE'S A GRAND OUYI Maybe he . likes a big redlining chair . . . maybe a modern or an Early American en. 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