Local Sea Scouts group begins installation of life-ring stations
By MITCHELLE STEPHENSON, Staff Writer
By MITCHELLE STEPHENSON, Staff Writer
Capital Gazette Communications
Published
07/22/10
In April, Kemp Dawson of West River read the story of Eddie Knudsen Jr., the 15-year-old Lothian youth who drowned in the Patuxent River.
Mitchelle Stephenson — The Capital
Kemp Dawson, left, and his son, Basil, measure the wood to be cut to build a lifes-ring station. Local Sea Scouts have plans to install about 30 of the stations at public waterfront access points in Anne Arundel, Prince George’s and Calvert counties.
As a father of three and someone who loves to spend time on the water, Dawson felt strongly that he had to do something to try to prevent such a tragedy from happening again.
The next day, he settled on the idea of installing life-ring stations near water access points in Anne Arundel, Prince George's and Calvert counties.
And as one of the adult leaders of Sea Scout Ship 1009, Dawson had an active group of teenagers whose enthusiasm and muscle he could tap.
When he brought...
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