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Bob Walter: Fire camp fizzles

By Bob Walter
[email-masked]

Published: Thursday, Jun. 19, 2008 - 12:00 am | Page 1G

Maybe next year: Fire Camp, a short-lived tradition at the Cosumnes Community
Services District, fizzled out quickly this year. But officials hope better
economic times will let the camp be reborn.

Last July, 48 young campers learned first aid, hose operations, water safety,
rappelling, water rescue and fire operations from CSD firefighters at the
training yard on East Stockton Boulevard.

But spokesman Steve Capps said the district's lean economic situation
– and this year's remarkably early and ferocious fire season – made camp a
luxury that the district can't afford.

Firefighters volunteered to run the camp, Steve said, but others would have
to backfill some of their regular shifts – sometimes at overtime rates.

The salary cost would have been about $10,000, and supplies would have been
another $5,000. That would have been offset by some $6,000 in fees from the
campers. So the deficit would have been about $9,000.

Gee, sounds like a great thing for somebody or some group to subsidize. If
not this year, then maybe next. …

Striking out autism: Led by a precocious young pitcher, a local family has
spearheaded a very cool fundraising drive to help combat autism.

Strikeouts for Autism was created by Mickey Coyne, a 9-year-old Elk
Grove Cal Ripken baseball player, in honor of his younger brother, Alec,
who also plays Cal Ripken and and has autism.

(In the interest of full disclosure: I coached Mickey last fall.)

Mickey and Alec teamed up with cousin Brooke Coyne, who pitches in the
Elk Grove Girls Softball League, and seven other players from Rancho Cordova to
Fairfield. The kids got sponsors to make pledges, mostly based on how many
strikeouts the young pitchers could ring up this spring.

Mickey's proud mom, Faith, said last week that the group has raised
more than $2,700. She expects that to grow to about $4,000 when all the pledges
and strikeouts are calculated.

The money goes to Autism Speaks, which sponsors research and provides a voice
for families affected by autism. Next spring, Faith said, they hope to recruit
even more pitchers. For more information, e-mail Faith (and Mickey) at [email-masked].

Nice pitch. …

Historical potluck: Foulks is a pretty common name, or word, around here.
Foulks Ranch, Foulks House, etc.

But how many folks, pardon the expression, know that Elk Grove pioneer Guy
Foulks and his father, George, established Elk Grove Regional Park, where you
can find a monument that honors Guy? Or that Guy was a member of the sadly
defunct Elk Grove Winery, until Prohibition shut it down?

Anyway, the first day of summer (Saturday, if you are not keeping score at
home) will be highlighted by a rededication of Guy's monument. The Elk Grove
Historical Society, along with the Native Sons of the Golden West, will host the
ceremony at 11:30 a.m. on the grounds of Elk Grove Heritage Park, 9941 East
Stockton Blvd., the new location of the monument.

Attendees are asked to bring a hot dish or salad for a potluck luncheon.
Drinks will be provided, and ice cream treats will be sold to raise money for
the restoration of Guy's old house, which also is at Heritage Park.

For more information, call (916) 685-8115 (leave a message; they will return
your call, honest) or e-mail [email-masked].

Call The Bee's Bob Walter, (916) 478-2860. Back columns, www.sacbee.com/walter.

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