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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
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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.
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