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Summer activities begin under new rules

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Mavis Fodness

Students participating in Hills-Beaver Creek Community Education summer lifting program are asked a series of questions and have their temperatures taken before each class begins.
The precautions were put into place in response to reduce the spread of the coronavirus.
Dylan Gehrke supervises the lifting program for freshmen through senior students. The three-day-a-week program is in its second week.
On Monday Gehrke asked each of the 17 students entering the high school gym in Hills a series of questions and logged their answers on to a computer spreadsheet.
Questions included:
•Since we last met have you experienced shortness of breath? Sore throat? Cough?
•Have you been exposed to anyone with COVID-19?
Instructor Luke LaRock pointed a device and recorded each student’s temperature.
Any questions answered with a ‘yes’ or a temperature over 100.3 sends the student home.
Students who answered ‘no’ and whose temperatures were under 100.3 washed their hands with sanitizer and picked up a laundered towel to sanitize equipment after use.
“We are learning about doing different stuff that we should have been doing anyway,” Gehrke said.
On Friday, rules governing summer youth sports were loosened. For example, the number of students allowed in a group was increased and guidelines were spelled out for use and sanitation of equipment.
“They can actually shoot and pass the ball to each other,” Gehrke said.
More summer youth sports will begin in July. Individuals must sign health waivers to participate in activities.
More H-BC and Luverne Community Education summer activities are scheduled to kick-off in July.
H-BC summer activities are listed on the school’s website, www.hbcpatriots.com.
The Luverne Community Education updated catalog is available at www.isd2184.net.

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