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On a steamy, hot morning this week, campers at Oakcrest Cove’s Super Fun Summer Program cool off by playing water games. One group of youngsters is standing in two straight lines to compete against each other in a game involving a soaking wet sponge being passed backward through the line. They alternate passing it over their heads and through their legs until the sponge reaches the end of the line. Then, the “caboose” camper runs to the front of the line and squeezes it onto the head of the line leader. The caboose becomes the leader and the game repeats.

Summer is fast approaching, but the Sandwich Recreation Department is struggling to fill job openings, including a medical position that is required to run the department's popular camp program. Director Guy Boucher said the department is slated to staff lifeguard towers and beach parking lot gates on Friday, June 25. He said a handful of lifeguards are returning from last year, but between six and eight more people are needed. Not having more lifeguards could mean that one of the town's three ponds will not be guarded, he said. Attracting lifeguards has been difficult in many towns for the p...