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Feb 28, 2022
Where is the 2013 Lifeguard of the Year?
After delivering a presentation at the Missouri Parks & Recreation annual conference, I was thrilled to overhear my co-presenter,...
Feb 2, 2022
Lifeguarding Can Be Deep
About five years ago, I sat with my mother on the roof of the Ritz Carlton Hotel in New York’s Battery Park. As we gazed across the...
Oct 23, 2021
Lifeguarding from Miami to Missouri
PART 2 When the St. Louis Praxair plant blew up in 2005, Puerto Ricans watched it on TV. One on-air comment was that the explosive event...
Oct 17, 2021
A Lifeguard in Any Language is Still a Lifeguard
PART 1 As all lifeguards know, and many witnesses discover, most drowning people do not shout for help. But in 2007, that’s exactly what...
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