LIFEGUARDS: A Cd'A necessity

I grew up in the Fort Grounds in the ’50s and there were quite a few less people in town, but we always had lifeguards at City Beach. (Actually, if I remember right, there were the same number of guard stations then as there were the last year we had them.) I understood the explanation last year that there were no lifeguards available. However, the Kroc, Sandpoint, and all the pools in Spokane seemed to find them.

Since the city has invited two Ironman contests, as well as providing a return of the Carousel to the park area, it would seem that providing lifeguards for this influx of people would be a no-brainer.

I have not had the pleasure of meeting the new parks director, but I believe that he was in charge when this decision was made. I would ask that he and the “powers that be” reconsider that decision.

When I was a kid, we were only allowed to go to the beach by ourselves when the lifeguards were present, so make a kid’s day and bring back the lifeguards!

PATRICIA KOVATCH

Coeur d’Alene