Category Archives: July 2008

Catchall

One of the challenges the PRB staff faces each month is deciding what to cover. As you can imagine, the choices are endless. After all you, our typical reader, are a multi-tasking master responsible for maintaining and operating/programming several aquatic … Continue reading

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The Right Stuff Part 2

In Part 1 last month, it was suggested that typical job-candidate selection methods may not adequately assess a prospective staffer’s internal and external job awareness–that is, the ability to recognize and rectify current problems, as well as an ability to … Continue reading

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Superintendent Of Youth Sports

I’ve been around youth sports for a long time, and to be perfectly honest, there are some things that I just don’t get. Here’s one of them: Why don’t we have superintendents of youth sports in every community across the … Continue reading

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Light The Torch

It is often said that an investment in our children is an investment in the future; in many respects the same can be said for our senior population. With today’s seniors’ life expectancy growing every year, this demographic is a … Continue reading

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Q & A – Age Restrictions at Fitness Centers

Editor’s Note: Occasionally, we run across questions posed by Parks & Recreation professionals regarding policies used by others. We suspect our readers may have some of the same questions, so we are supplying the answers. Here’s one example: QUESTION: Hello … Continue reading

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