Thirty-one years ago, July 18, 1984, the results of the first-ever county lifeguard tournament were reported in USA Today under this headline: “The Ocean City Beach Patrol won the Cape May County Lifeguard Championship in Wildwood Crest.”
Last summer, the OCBP doubles crew — Matt Garbutt and Dylan Kosten (photo courtesy of David Nahan) — won the rowing race and the OCBP won the team title. Others scoring points for the OCBP were: Brian Pasternak, Mike Kell, Joe Abbate, Bryan Theiss, Ian Kosten and Ray Conover.
The 32nd annual Cape May County Lifeguard Championships will be held on Friday, July 10, 2015 at 6:30 p.m., on the Rambler Road beach in Wildwood Crest.
Fred Miller, Ocean City historian, will be discussing local “FIRSTS” Thursday, July 9, 7:00 p.m. in the Christopher Maloney Lecture Hall in the Ocean City Free Public Library, 1735 Simpson Avenue. This is the first of the Ocean City Historical Museum’s weekly Summer Lecture Series. All are welcomed to the lecture and admission is free.
— By Fred Miller, historian and retired OCBP lieutenant
