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Junior lifeguards course concludes second successful year
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Junior Guards observe water samples from San Luis Reservoir and learn about the local ecosystem during their training. - photo by RYAN MCLAUGHLIN/The Journal
The San Luis Reservoir Junior Lifeguard Program wrapped up its second annual three-week long training course at the San Luis Creek State Park on Friday. This new program to the Central Valley offers boys and girls age 9 to 14 years old a chance to learn a variety of skills pertaining to the lifeguarding profession, as well as the aquatic environment. Participants learned basic skills in CPR, First Aid, rescue techniques and other lifeguarding procedures.
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Local Catholics excited about new American-born Pope Leo XIV
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Anissa Crivelli’s kindergarten class at Sacred Heart School in Turlock watch as Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost is chosen on Thursday to become the Catholic Church’s 267th pontiff (Photo contributed).
Between class periods at Turlock’s Sacred Heart School on Thursday, the news that white smoke could be seen coming from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel sent shockwaves through the hallways.
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