Presbytery
of Coastal
Well I haven’t sat down and
written anything about
Well now for some news on the downside! We’ve run into an infrastructure
problem this year. The 50+ year old water system composed of iron pipe is
springing leaks on a regular basis – four leaks in as many weeks. Unfortunately
we don’t have a map showing where the pipes are so when we see water bubbling
out of the ground we can safely assume that it is a broken pipe and not a new
spring working its way to the surface. Most pipes are about four feet deep so
staff is spending a considerable amount of time digging, replacing pipes,
filling holes and flushing the water system. My personal view is that the whole
system needs to be replaced no later than this fall.
The pool has also had some problems. This past weekend the motor on the
pump malfunctioned so the pool was out of service throughout most of holiday
period. Speaking of Northside Baptist, over 40 kids of the 140+ group at camp
got sick resulting in a visit by the Pender County Health Department along with
a group of nurses from the hospital. Jerome had just the kitchen inspected and
receive an “A” grade so we were pretty sure that food was not a problem. The
pool met standards so we didn’t see any issue there so all we were concerned
about was the water which takes several days to check – results came back
negative on Tuesday of the following week so we were in the clear. After a lot
of data collection (old fashioned epidemiology) it was determined that a sick
child came to camp on Monday and spread his illness around. As a result, Northside
had to end their week at camp earlier than planned.
There is one other event that I want to let you know about. Several weeks
ago we found a newly purchased deer stand up in one of the trees out by the
“Cliffs.” Jerome had heard a few shots coming from that direction so he called
the Sheriff’s Department who came out and told us that they really couldn’t do
anything unless we knew who the perpetrator was. We took down the deer stand
and stored it away so when this individual comes to claim it we will have a
Sheriff’s deputy there to meet him/her. So far no one has made a claim!!
Well I started this Blog at least a week ago and am finally getting
around to finishing it today (July 15th). As far as I know we
haven’t had any new water leaks but the day is still young. The “Y” summer camp
program seems to be picking up and Jerome has been really hard at work trying
to keep everything cleaned up. Unfortunately I had to terminate two of his
support staff last week – we simply ran out of budget dollars. That means that
Jerome is on his own when it comes to mowing grass,
fixing the plumbing, cleaning the cabins and doing all the other chores that
come with being at camp. Sorry no pictures this week! A group is going out to
Till next week,
Bob