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This summer, the iconic dam-made swimming hole at Freshwater Park will welcome visitors for the first time in three years. If everything goes according to plan, the pool will be ready to accommodate swimmers next month.
General & Multi Activities Bilingual Theatre Workshop. Thursdays, 9 a.m.-noon. Redwood Raks World Dance Studio, 824 L St., Arcata. Presented by HC Black Music and Arts Association. info@hcblackmusicnarts.org. www.hcblackmusicnarts.org. Camp Cooper. June 14-Aug. 6, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Cooper Gulch Recreation Center, 1720 10th St., Eureka. Environmental education-based, application-based summer camp for qualified families. Free lunch provided by Eureka City Schools. Call for more information. Free. 707-441-4244. Camp Muni. June 14-Aug. 6, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Eureka Municipal Auditorium, 1120 F St. Variety ...
Perilous Plunge participants take the leap for the Redwood Discovery Museum in 2017. Wednesday afternoon was their scheduled weekly supervised visit with their mom; every week they'd come into the same room with the same books and toys, while I sat on an office chair at the door jotting down notes. Before I became a staff writer at the Journal, I worked with Humboldt County youth at an afterschool program, a summer camp and at the foster care agency. Some of my job included monitoring supervised visits like these. "Mom played with daughter. Mom engaged in a conversation with her son and aske...