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SEailyEdiif: THE COlRlffi.JOLRWU COIRIFRJOIRWL, A 12 WfcDNESDAY, JILV 5, 1972 Officials plan to take closer look at youth-camp regulations would have been graded low by a qualified inspector. A requirement that cots, beds or bunks must be arranged to provide at least six feet between the heads of each camper is solved in crowded cabins or tents by having pillows staggered, one at the head, the jiext at the foot. Few camps meet the requirements for a fully equipped first aid station and provisions for isolating campers with a communicable disease. Most, however, have nurses or first-aid experts on the grounds and arrangements for medical attention in the nearest towns. Safety and accident prevention requirements usually are hardest to obey, camp directors say, mostly because the outdoors areas throw up so many natural danger spots, and because "boys will be boys." can cause rejection of the plans.

Thorough inspections of the proposed camp sites are intended, but no provisions are made for getting the job done with fully qualified inspectors. Routine inspections must be done at least once each camping season by "an authorized representative of the local or state health department." Qualifications of the representative are not spelled out. The regulations specify that a camp director or his authorized representative shall be available within the camp at all times, but no provisions are made for the fitness of the director or any member of his staff. Buildings and sleeping facilities must be arranged for adequate light and ventilation, and shall be kept clean and safe, the regulations specify. Most are, the visits showed, but some, it appeared, them too little time to do a thorough job of inspecting the camps.

One said he has had time to take only a swimming pool water sample from just one camp. Don Dixson, director of the state environmental sanitation program, said that in some cases area sanitarians have been able to help local sanitarians, especially in the matter of training them to make inspections. He said that, although penalties are not provided in the regulations, the Health Department has full power to close down any camp or other establishment as a public health nuisance if conditions warrant. The regulations start out with a demand that plans for any new camps must be submitted to the Department of Health. They give a variety of reasons dealing with health and public safety that to the state commissioner of health, said untreated water possibly was to blame for the outbreaks of salmonella similar to, but milder than, typhoid fever in recent years, and to several cases of severe diarrhea.

Shelby Johnson, director of the department's environmental services program, said the sanitarians "probably are doing a reasonably good job routinely." The Health Department's regulations carry a ring of authority. They are spelled out in eight pages of detail, covering every conceivable means of making individual camps clean and safe and requiring periodic inspections to make sure camp directors meet the demands. Some sanitarians acknowledged, however, that pressures of other duties leave must, the better run camps are providing expert supervision in the more dangerous sports of target practice with guns, boating, archery and horseback riding. Directors of such camps agree almost unanimously that, their own concern notwithstanding, federal and state laws must be enacted and enforced to make all camps as safe and clean as possible. Just 30 camps in Kentucky, less than one-third of those in operation, have qualified for membership in the American Camping Association, the self-styled watchdog of the country's camps which applies all aspects of safety and sanitation in the accreditation of camps.

E. F. Schmidt, executive director of the association with headquarters in Martinsville, said this does not necessarily mean that all others are dirty and unsafe. Some camps do not seek membership. At least once each year, the association inspects member camps and requires corrections among those failing to meet all safety and sanitation requirements.

12 questions for parents The association's guidelines were the basis for The Courier-Journal study of camps, some of which are members and Continued From Page One ditions have failed to prevent a number of injuries and diseases. Outbreaks of salmonella, a mild form of typhoid fever, have closed three camps in recent years, apparently due to impure water or food. The outbreaks were reported too late for food to be checked. Young outdoorsmen. working with hatchets, knives and other sharp tools, have needed hospital treatment for deep gashes.

Other accidents, some serious, have resulted from falls over rocky drops, into unguarded ditches, from horses, and off of swimming-pool diving boards. Severe diarrhea has stricken many campers. Even pillow fights and spank-tail games with boards and belts sometimes get out of hand and result in injuries that need medical attention. Most ready for emergencies Camp directors and their staffs apparently try hard, in most cases to be ready for emergencies. Those with responsible sponsors make arrangements in advance to rush serious cases to doctors or hospitals in the nearest towns.

Almost all have either nurses or experts in first aid to treat those less seriously hurt, or to give preliminary aid to those awaiting emergency treatment. Even Trooper Island, the State Police camp for underprivileged boys on Dale Hollow Lake five miles of water from the nearest boat dock can have an ambulance on a little used road across the lake within 15 minutes. And even- without laws saying that they cfl do Processmg SpecBca some that are not. Where safety and sanitation were the measuring standards, all 10 campsites visited appeared to be seriously concerned and in compliance with state regulations. Even so, few could be found who said regular inspection visits were made by county sanitarians.

Trooper Island, the State Police camp Our New Low, Low Everyday Prices Satin-Finish Color Print You Can Touch! a per PRINT for underprivileged boys, is away from piped running water, but it has set up a water treatment plant and also has its own sewage treatment plant. The Lake Cumberland 4-H camp draws its water from a gushing underground spring, but the water is filtered and chlorinated before use. The Hardinsburg FFA camp like several that are able to tap onto city water and sewer lines. Only the Boy Scout camps among those visited use earth-pit latrines, but they say the pits are pumped once a year and are treated with lye and chemicals regularly. Covered Bridge Boy Scout Camp in Oldham County uses a concrete-enclosed septic tank.

Few of the camps, on the other hand, could shape up suitably under the camping association's recommendation that older, well-trained counselors, responsible for no more than eight campers, be employed. Some still use counselors in their mid-teens, and some have counselors who must be responsible for as many as 16 campers. Older students at 4 II camp The 4-H camp, criticized two years ago for its use of young counselors during a time when some were accused of using ax handles and belts to keep discipline, now uses only college graduates or up-perclassman college students as counselors. All are over 19, according to the di-record, J. M.

Phillippe. Dr. J. V. Skaggs, executive assistant 1 Now that July 4th has passed those memories you capture on film are waitir to be develop So hurry on dc to Rite-Way where the saving; special and our i oping process featuring KODAK quality, professioi en finish paper tually resists fin eliminates annoyi gives the illusion and provides i Staff Photo by Kylt Vanct ANETTE MARSHALL, 12, of Louisville, practices archery at Camp Piomingo, the YMCA camp at Otter Creek Park.

On-agaiii, off -again world chess match is off (again) quality AT NO INCREASE PRICE! and Coupon Good for HCH 12 was unable to sleep during the trip and had spent most of his time looking out the window. His only request, she said, was for a glass of milk. 'Fischer had appropriated a whole row of seats on the jet for himself. Meanwhile, in New York, Col. E.

B. Edmondson, the director of the U.S. Chess Federation, said if Fischer or Spassky fail to show up for tomorrow's scheduled match, the title should go to the other by default. If neither show up, "the title should be declared vacant and they should start all over," he said. AJso in New Y'ork, there was one dis-grunted airline passenger the wife of Benjamin Rauschkolb.

He reported that his wife was told a the last minute she was bumped from Fischer's flight to make room for the chess champion. "He's causing an awful lot of trouble, isn't he," said Rauschkolb, referring to Fischer. A 35 VALUE VAN WZ 111 PIXIE PRINTS with each roll of film developed by RITE-WAY 11 1 Continued From Page One impression that he was acting on Moscow's orders. A dispatch from Tass, the official Soviet news agency, said Spassky demanded that the chess federation take some action against Fischer on grounds he had violated the rules of the match. It did not specify what measures should be taken.

"Spassky is of the opinion that Fischer insulted him personally and the Chess Federation of the USSR by failing to appear at the ceremony opening the match on July 1." the official Soviet news agency said. "Fischer jeopardized his moral right to play in the match." When Fischer failed to appear Sunday as he should have, Euwc allowed him until noon yesterday to show up in Reykjavik or forfeit his shot at Spassky and the world championship. Fischer's refusal to come by Sunday was based on a dispute with the organizers over money. The argument was settled Monday when British financier James Slater offered to sweeten an already record pot with a donation of about $130,000. Fischer then said he would play.

Spassky's attitude yesterday was in sharp contrast to the days of dispute that preceded Fischer's arrival. He had been the picture of courtesy and understanding, with no bad words for his opponent. "I came to play," he said frequently to newsmen. Meanwhile, during yesterday's dispute, Fischer, the American grand champion, was sound asleep in a new two-story villa on the edge of town, resting up from the 4 12-hour flight from New York. "Mr.

Fischer is asleep and is not aware of this." replied Euwc, when asked for the chess player's reaction. The waiting for Fischer had ended hours earlier, when his Icelandic Airlines plane taxied to a stop at the airport five hours and 12 minutes before the disqualification deadline. Fischer stayed out of sight in the plane until two lines of police formed a wall to seal him off from newsmen, so he could avoid answering questions before getting in a waiting limousine. The 29-year-old grand master lurched out of the plane and ran down the steps. He nearly bolted when the president of the Icelandic Chess Federation came up on his blind side and offered a welcoming handshake.

A stewardess on the flight said Fischer Kodak CX 126-12 Pikcvillc hospital receives 810,000 for cancer center Special to Ttw Courier-Journal PIKEV1LLE, Ky. Pikeville Methodist Hospital has received a gift of $10,000 to help build a radiation center for cancer treatment, Lee Keene, hospital administrator, announced. Keene said the gift came from the Pikeville Methodist Guild, which plans to contribute a total of $40,000 toward the project. The center will include a cobalt plant and will cost about $200,000 when completed. The cost includes for equipment and about $52,000 for a building.

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