Calling all Junior Lifeguards

The city of Huntington Beach’s 2005 Junior Lifeguard Program will be

holding tryouts this May.

Open to boys and girls ages 9 to 17, this program teaches ocean

and beach safety, lifesaving techniques and procedures for safe body

boarding, bodysurfing, board surfing, development of swimming skills,

competitions with other Junior Lifeguard programs, volleyball and

miscellaneous beach games, activities, field trips and ecology.

The purpose of the Junior Lifeguard Program is to acquaint youth

with the experience of ocean swimming and its hazards. This summer

program will run Monday through Friday from June 27 to Aug. 18. There

are two sessions each day: from 8:30 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 4:30

p.m.

Applicants for the Junior Lifeguard Program must possess a basic

swimming ability. Tryouts will consist of several prerequisite exams:

applicants must be able to swim 100 yards in less than 1:50, tread

water for 5 minutes and swim underwater for approximately 10 yards.

The tryouts will be held at the Fountain Valley High School pool,

which is between Talbert and Slater avenues on Bushard Street.

Tryouts will be held from 8 a.m. to noon on May 7, 14, 21 and 22.

After the swim tests have been successfully completed, applicants

can register for the program. Returning Junior Guards may register by

returning the forms mailed to the previous year’s participants.

New applicants must register and receive their new uniforms at the

Junior Lifeguard Headquarters on the weekends of June 4 and 5 or June

11 and 12 from 8 a.m. to noon. Proof of age is required to register.

The fee for the program is $475 for Huntington Beach residents,

and $515 for nonresidents. It includes a beach parking pass,

T-shirt, sweatshirt, hat, backpack, patches and several field trips

and events. Costs for group photos, swimsuits and rash guards are not

included.

For more information, call 374-1501.

Easter Egg Hunt underway

The 15th annual Easter Hunt will be held on March 26 this year.

The event is coordinated by the city of Huntington Beach Community

Services Department and the Huntington Beach Kiwanis Club.

This is an event for the entire family to come out and enjoy

spring in Central Park. It will be held off of Edwards Street near

the picnic shelter.

Hyatt names new Marketing Manager

Julie Mash has been named marketing manager of the 517-room Hyatt

Regency Huntington Beach Resort & Spa. Mash moves to Huntington Beach

from Hyatt’s corporate offices in Chicago.

“With Julie’s strong background in marketing and promotions, I am

excited to welcome her to our team,” Robert Wentworth, director of

sales and marketing, said in a prepared statement. “She will be an

integral part of the continuing marketing efforts for our beautiful

resort.”

Mash has spent the last six years at the Hyatt corporate offices

in various positions from pricing coordinator to manager of Gold

Passport International marketing operations helping to implement

individual hotel promotions.

In her new role at Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach, Mash will be

responsible for managing the direct mail, advertising, collateral and

e-mail campaigns in support of the marketing efforts at the resort.

A graduate of the University of Toledo in Ohio, Mash holds a

bachelor’s degree in business administration.