“A” and Safety Aideses Dive Trip to Catalina

Sign ups:
Starting Thursday, July 1st.  You may sign up for one trip only.
 
Trip Dates:
Monday July 12th, July 19th, and July 26th
 
Departure and Return Times:
The boat, Great Escape Charters, will depart at 7:00 A.M. in San Pedro Do not be late!  The boat will return at 6:00 P.M.  Each Junior Lifeguard is responsible for their own transportation to and from the San Pedro boat dock.
 
If you have any questions, please call Greg Luttrell or Kyley Morita at 375-5176
 
Directions to the boat dock
From Huntington Beach, head North on PCH to 2nd Street, turn left on 2nd Street by the In N Out and proceed 1.7 miles through Belmont and merge to the left onto Livingston Blvd.  Livingston will turn into Ocean Blvd. and go through all of downtown Long Beach towards San Pedro.  Once through Long Beach you will continue straight and Ocean Blvd. will turn into the 47 Freeway.  Take the 47 South to San Pedro.  You will travel straight over 5 miles as you go over a series of bridges; the largest and last is named the Vincent Thomas Bridge. As you are going over the Vincent Thomas Bridge, merge right and take the Harbor Blvd exit.  Stay in the right lane and turn right on Harbor Blvd. Travel approximately 1.7 miles to 22nd Street.  Turn right on 22nd Street and travel about a ¼ mile and until you see a large sign on the left that marks the 22nd Street Landing which is your final destination.  There is a small parking lot just beyond the building where you may drop off the kids, or you can park across the street in the larger parking lot.  Instructors will be waiting there.  The name of the boat is The Great Escape.  The address for the boat at the 22nd Street Landing is 141 W. 22nd

Safety Aides Requirements – Description of Events

Pier Swim – Swim around the pier.  You may cut through the “T” at tower zero and the baithouse, but you must swim around the entire end of the pier.

Run-Swim-Run – Begin at tower 5, run to the pier and swim around the baithouse, then run back to tower 5.  You may cut through zero “T”, but you must swim around all the baithouse pilings.  You must swim through the pier where there are only three pier pilings on both sides (not 5 on one side, 3 on the other).

2 mile run – Beginning at the pier, run until you are even with tower 19, run back.  You do not need to run around the tower.

Pier Paddle – Paddle around the pier, you may cut through the T’s.

Ironman – Pier paddle, baithouse swim, 1 mile run.  For the paddle and swim, you can cut the T’s, for the run you run around tower 9, then run back.  You may do these events in any order.

Safety Loop:
Run Loop – Pier swim, run around tower 1, baithouse swim, run around tower 3, zero swim, tower 5, zero swim, tower 7, zero swim, tower 9, finish at the pier.
Swim Loop – Pier swim, run around tower 1, baithouse swim, run around tower 3, baithouse swim, tower 5, zero, tower 7, finish at the pier.

Pier-Jetty-Pier – Swim around the pier, run to the jetty at the end of Huntington State Beach, run back and swim around the pier again.

*When you swim around the baithouse or tower zero, you must swim around the entire structure.  You must swim through the pier where there are only three pier pilings on both sides (not 5 or 7 on one side and 3 on the other).

Safety Aides Requirements – 2010

Safety Aides rankings will be determined by the following mental and physical requirements.  For the 13 categories listed below a safety Aides must successfully PASS or EXCEL in a minimum of 10 requirements in order to earn the rank of Safety Aides First Lieutenant.  If a safety Aides PASSES all 13 requirements and EXCELS in a minimum of 9 requirements, they will earn the rank of Safety Aides Par Excellence.  Keep track of your times and don’t lose your timesheet!

Note:   The times displayed are current guidelines that may be subject to change based on instructor’s decisions.

Annual Junior Guard Dance

Our annual Junior Guard dance is back on! The dance will be held Friday, August 6th, 2010 at the city gym, 1600 Palm Avenue. The gym is located on the corner of 17th and Palm Avenue in Huntington Beach. The dance will start at 7:00 pm and end promptly at 10:00 pm. The C’s need to be picked up at approximately 9:00 pm; the B’s at 9:30 pm; and the A’s at 10:00 pm. The cost of admission is $5.00. Profit from the dance will go to support the Junior Guard Program’s new storage facility. The $5.00 fee will also allow the junior guards to have shaved ice, a soft drink and entry into our raffle which contains items from Huntington Surf and Sport and other fun prizes.

The annual dance is very popular among the junior guards. We consider the dance a very important fund-raiser and one of the highlights of the program. This event is intended to be fun, and will be very entertaining to see what costumes the junior guards come up with. Please note there will be a dress code that will be strictly enforced. Junior Guards must be dressed in a minimum of shorts and shirts. No scantily clad costumes or Speedos will be permitted.

Only junior guards have the privilege of attending this function. Non-junior guards will not be admitted into the dance.

Our staff would appreciate it if you would please arrive on time to pick up your Junior Guard. If you wish to pick up your Junior Guard early, please make arrangements to meet your child at the door at your agreed time. Instructor security guards will assist in locating your child, if necessary. If you have any questions, contact me at 374-5079.