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Yeah .

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Mhm

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Park rangers , Sanjay Percy Priest Lake

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are teaming up with Nashville shores ,

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lakeside resort every friday for

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another fun filled summer of water

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safety education and what we're doing

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today is we're promoting water safety

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at Nashville shores and just making

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sure that everyone's wearing a

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lifejacket and being safe along the

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water . From noon till two rangers

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passed out water safety bags that have

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a variety of informative and

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educational materials as well as fun

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collectibles kids can use at water

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parks , lakes and at home . So what's

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in the bags ? We have a lot of just

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goodies and stuff , so we have a a cup

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holder here it comes with a pamphlet on

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information , a water phone case . So

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while you're walking through the park

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you're gonna put your phone on that and

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keep it dry . We have some tattoos that

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the kids can put on by setting up a

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table within the heart of the water

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park rangers can reach the community on

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a more personal level , to share this

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life saving information , it gets a

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material into all of the homes because

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person starts with a kid , Hopefully

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the kids more share their parents and

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the stuff for the parents don't look at

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some of the stuff right , kids again

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and had to go Michael material and some

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points of where and help you to middle

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Tennessee has an abundance of lakes and

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rivers , Many residents love visiting

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during the summer , but there are also

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several water related accidents each

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year at these locations by educating

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the local population . These rangers

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are hoping to eliminate any avoidable

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tragedies . Tennessee does have a lot

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of rivers and lakes everywhere . Um so

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I think it's very important to get your

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information of water safety out just

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because a lot of people like to

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recreate on these lakes and rivers .

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Overall , J Percy Priest rangers have

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handed out around 4000 bags through

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local school water safety programs ,

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environmental programs and Y . M . C .

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A . And community center collaborations .

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There were two drownings at J . Percy

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Priest Lake this year , rangers are

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hoping that by informing the community

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of safe water practices , accidents

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like this can be avoided in the future .

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Every year on the lake there's

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something that goes wrong . So we're

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always here to promote safety to

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Children that way when they're growing

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up and they're going out on the lakes

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by themselves . You know , they know

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what to do to help mitigate any sort of

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situation that could occur on the lake .

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Thanks to events like the J . Percy

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Priest Lake water safety booth Children

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and their parents are able to get their

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hands on information they may not

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receive otherwise , making sure that

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people are safe on our lakes and on our

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waterways in Tennessee is very

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important and I know it does save lives .

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So when the kids get home with the

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water safety bags , they love sharing

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it with their parents and their family

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and those are the people that we really ,

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really want to reach to make sure that

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they know to where their life jacket

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and just being safe and aware . Well on

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the water , reporting for the Corps of

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Engineers , Nashville District . I'm

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misty

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Cunningham .

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Yeah . Mhm .