 Local attorney and civic activist Virginia Sherlock provides a recent Associated Press story about another child that was lost to PAM this week, an 8-year-old South Carolina boy who died after tubing in a lake near Sumter. Sherlock adds, “Sadly, the dangers of freshwater lake recreational activities are real, not imagined. A silver lining in the Extreme Sports cloud is that awareness was raised in our community about this risk and precautions that must be taken to protect our children.” … Click here to read more
 Stuart News columnist Rich Campbell recently made fun of those who have raised concerns about the PAM amoeba in connection with the Extreme Sports water ski lake proposal — and his insensitive column has drawn a comment from Kyle Lewis’ mother, who made the following post. … Click here to read more
 On this day in 1976, Walt Disney World’s River Country (a water park adjacent to Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort and Campground) opened, inspired by Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. Disney’s first attempt at a themed water park was positioned on the shore of Bay Lake near Discovery Island. In 1980, a 10-year-old New York boy died after contracting primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) after visiting the River Country water park. The boy was the fourth child to die that year from PAM infection contracted in Florida water bodies. See news article … Click here to read more
 The administrator of the Martin County Health Department has issued a fact sheet providing information on the Naegleria fowleri amoeba in response to public concern over the potential health hazards associated with swimming in freshwater lakes as it relates to the Extreme Sports proposal. … Click here to read more
 Civic activist and local attorney VIrginia Sherlock discovered a Martin County Health Department memo warning about the risk of Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM), a fatal infection which is contracted in freshwater lakes, rivers, and other water bodies exposed to high heat (especially in Florida in July and August), in connection with the proposed Extreme Sports Water Ski Park. (Health Department memo attached) … Click here to read more
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