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Category Archives: August 2010
A Hot Topic
While you provide secure playground equipment, safe ground-covering for spraygrounds and backstops at ball fields, are you protecting patrons from harmful UV radiation? The areas noted above are usually in full sun with little chance of shade. And, since most … Continue reading
Spray-Equipment Safety
Safety is not only a good idea, but it’s a great investment. The financial implications of ignoring safety include increased expenses (workers’ comp, spill cleanups, medical bills, lawsuits, repairs, etc.), lost productivity, employee turnover, impact on customers/public and bad publicity. … Continue reading
Teaching Tennis
In Long Beach, Calif., tennis is called a “lifestyle for a lifetime.” Thousands of tots, teens, adults and senior citizens play each year on the Long Beach Parks, Recreation and Marine (LBPRM) Department’s 35 public-park courts in organized programs or … Continue reading
Mental Notes On Metal Desks
In years past, it was at the heart of almost all recreation centers. Scrapes and bruises were treated on it; kids as well as staff seemed to hang from it. You could kick it, stand on it, and even eat … Continue reading
Tornado Ali
The 9-year-old swimming lesson was going swimmingly. My daughter (so I’m told by my wife) was working on her breast stroke and my 3-year-old twins were busy on the nearby playground. Life was almost peaceful. Then, out of the corner … Continue reading