RUMFORD – A state official gave a green light for the Greater Rumford Community Center’s summer day camp at Black Mountain to continue unimpeded Thursday after a follow-up inspection of water problems.
Issues about plumbing, low water in the resort swimming pool, and lack of a license were resolved Wednesday with the Department of Health and Human Services’ Bureau of Health, said Gary Dolloff, chairman of the GRCC board.
“The camp will be open tomorrow, we have the water back, and we’ve got our license, so everything is back to normal,” Dolloff said Wednesday night.
Rebecca Vigue, program director for eating and lodging under the state health department, concurred early Wednesday night with Dolloff.
“We have conducted a follow-up inspection at the site today, and everything appears to be in order, and all plans have been approved,” Vigue said.
“It is OK for them to be issued a license, and they will continue operations,” she added.
On Tuesday, Vigue said the camp did not have a license to operate a day camp.
Dolloff and GRCC board member Dave Dearborn said a misunderstanding occurred a few years ago when a state official reportedly told camp officials they didn’t need a license, because the day camp was considered an extension of the organization’s in-house recreation program.
“We didn’t fall under the same licensing as do day camps and summer camps,” Dearborn said.
Today, about 50 youngsters in the program were away on a field trip to the Washburn-Norlands Living History Center in Livermore. The day camp is in its third two-week session, which ends Aug. 12.
Dearborn and Dolloff said that Black Mountain of Maine officials had a large new water pump installed Wednesday to ensure that plenty of water would be available for bathrooms, showers and to replenish the swimming pool.
Dearborn said that even though there was low or no water pressure last week, and Monday and Tuesday, they had bottled water on hand and outdoor chemical toilets.
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