Lifeguards providing coverage every day

All three beaches in Holiday Shores have passed inspection and are now open and ready for residents to enjoy all the outdoor lakeside activities.

Five lifeguards have been hired to provide coverage daily from 11 a.m. until dusk at Votruba Beach, the largest of the three beaches within the community. The other two smaller beaches, Tamarach and Cedar Beach, do not have lifeguards present.

Lifeguards for the 2013 swimming season are: Sarah Antoff, Marcia Quinn Gaddy, Kenlea Herndon, Calen Lacy and Todd Walkington.

Association Manager Glenn Dalton said, All but one lifeguard returned this year. We always have a good history with our guards. We have a very good crew. A lot of our guards are college students. The thing that people need to understand, is the lifeguards are there for their safety."

"If a lifeguard wants you to do something, please do it, Dalton said.

Each lifeguard is Red Cross certified and equipped with whistle, a cell phone provided by the Holishor Association and a walkie-talkie radio which allows a guard to contact the on duty Holiday Shores public safety officer. A first aid kit is also nearby.

Lifeguards are instructed to contact public safety officers if there is a discipline situation.

Whenever there is a lifeguard on duty a public safety officer is on duty, Dalton said. My lifeguards focus is the water. They are there to lifeguard not to discipline people.

Lifeguards clean off the swim platform located in the cordoned off area for swimming at Votruba Beach before each shift. Diving is allowed from the front side of the platform only. A regulation volleyball net is also set up on the beach and residents are encouraged to bring a volleyball.

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Beaches now open at Holiday Shores