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Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Lifeguard


Seeing as how he was on the Stanford swimming team, we shouldn't be surprised that Jerry Cooper had a summer job as a lifeguard.at Huntington Beach.  That makes me wonder if he was originally from the Los Angeles-Long Beach area and just went to Palo Alto for college.

 

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  1. Not much of a tan, but maybe it was the beginning of the season!

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  2. I'm sure that Jerry was a big hit on the beach. He looks great here. It would almost be worth getting into deep water to be rescued by him!

    Peter

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    1. Oh, he probably had to deal with a few faked incidents over his career.

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  3. It's still very unlikely that a lifeguard isn't a competitive swimmer. It was the go to summer job for most of us. All you needed was a Water Safety Instructor or Lifesaver certification (easy stuff for a swimmer) for a lifeguards job anywhere. As you can imagine, LA County hired hundreds of us from everywhere.

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    1. True. For some reason I can't fathom, we have a problem recruiting enough lifeguards on the Big Island. Our county has a number of open positions, and those are year round jobs with benefits here.

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