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Answering the Call
By Gary Thurber, President, Indiana Conference
of Seventh-day Adventists
Once during summer camp, I heard a call over
the camp radio that sent chills down my spine. The camp nurse
and doctor were urgently needed at the waterfront for a medical
emergency. As any camp director would, I dropped what I was doing
and quickly headed over to the waterfront as well. As I listened
to the medical staff and waterfront team converse over the radio,
I learned that they were dealing with a neck injury. My mind raced
through a series of grim images that might be waiting for me at
the waterfront. Was the camper conscious? Was the camper paralyzed?
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Summer Sports—Add the Spice Without
the Heartburn
By David Rawson, Director, Field Services
Time is speeding by as you and your leadership team prepare for
the start of a new camp season. Facilities are aired and repaired,
programming is finalized, and the staff is selected, all with
the goal of making this the best year yet. Every good camp is
committed to making each year a little better than the year before.
Amenities are added that are more enticing than the past year’s;
programming is developed to foster just a little more excitement
than the year before. All these enhancements are laudable, but
sometimes the extra spice comes with added risks. Here are some
of the pitfalls and concerns you should be aware of as you prepare
your activity schedule for the upcoming season.
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If you’ve done any camping at all, you’ve
probably experienced a few thunderstorms while you were huddled
in your tent or hiking and enjoying the outdoors. All thunderstorms
generate lightning. Sometimes there’s only a flash or two,
while at other times storms produce lightning continuously, with
lots of flashes to the ground. Although the flashes from the cloud
to the ground (CG flashes) constitute only a small percentage
of the total flashes produced by a thunderstorm, it takes just
one CG flash to zap you!
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Risky Business Cartoon
By John J. Dougan, Risk Control Consultant
The
activity director’s whole career flashed before his eyes
within seconds after the third bungee jumper of the morning leapt
into the gorge.
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