The city of Winston-Salem yesterday announced new safety rules and procedures for the city’s eight pools. Ja’Nae McCullum, a 6 year old, died on June 26 while she was on a day out with the Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club. Her family said that she did not know how to swim. Her death is the third at a city pool in recent years. Police enquired that there were 2 adults from boys and girls club supervising 21 children before she drown. To avoid any more incidents Safety measure has been implied for swimming as follows:

New rules, one adult required for every 10 children in the water and if in Groups they are required to have at least two adults for every 10 children, so that the ratio is always maintained.

New pool rules

■ Red wristbands recognize children at an age of 5 and younger. Children wearing red wristbands are banned from the big pools.

■ Yellow wristbands recognize weak swimmers. Children wearing a yellow wristband will be permitted to play in the shallow areas, which are 3 feet deep.

■ Green wristbands recognize the swimmers. Children wearing a green wristband may swim anywhere in a pool and can use the diving boards.

UVA and UVB rays may be harmful to both adults and children. Both children and adults forget to apply sunscreen lotion. To remember this, they can wear sun sensitive wristbands. The sun-sensitive wristband turns to dark orange-brown color when it’s time to reapply sunscreen and light orange or salmon when it’s time to cover up or get out of the sun. Major advantage of this wristband is you will remember its time to apply sunscreen lotion and reduce your chances of painful sunburn. It can be used in water and is cheaper than similar wristbands.

New Street Station has introduced a wristband scheme to keep kids sage inside the busy station. Network Rail decided to launch the child safe scheme, which allows parents to collect free wristbands, during half term. Any lost child can go to the reception and staff can track down parents who have provided contact numbers for the wristbands. Further information on Birmingham’s Child Safe Zone is available at www.birmingham.gov.uk/childsafe

Hampshire soldiers will be arriving home this weekend after their journey from Iraq. Local Army recruitment office is telling people to buy Tiger wristbands to show their support. The Wristbands cost £2 and £1 goes to the Daily Echo-backed services charity Help for Heroes and £1 goes to regiment.

Rotary club of Monkseaton Centenary is conducting a campaign wherein it will distribute free wristbands to local charities. On these wristbands, parents can write the mobile number of their children before tying it around the child’s wrist. The band is made of special paper that will not disintegrate in rain and cannot be removed and re-fastened. Monkseaton president Tahir Rashid said: “As a father of young children I know the great anxiety experienced by parents if a child becomes separated from them at an event attended by a lot of people.

Today is Melanoma Monday, a day wherein you are taught about skin care cancer prevention as well as early detection. This day was established by American Academy of Dermatology. One of the common diseases in U.S. is skin cancer. Nearly one million people are diagnosed with this disease every year. One person dies every hour of melanoma in U.S. Always wear a sunscreen lotion if you are out in sun. There is a new way of reminding you to reapply sunscreen and let you know if you’re getting too much sun exposure. It’s called the UV Sun Sense wristband.

Olympia Entertainment will sell tickets in the form of wristbands for Kid Rock’s July 17 show at the baseball stadium. Tickets are priced at $30, $46.50, $69.50 or $99 can also be purchased at OlympiaEntertainment.com. Some of the details regarding wristband system are as follows: First 500 individuals can pick up wristbands at the Tiger Club at Comerica Park, on Witherell Street next to the ProShop, starting at 3p.m. Friday. Wristbands will be numbered 1-500. Numbered wristbands will be drawn randomly.

A new study says Acupressure wristbands can help cancer patients get 25% less nausea during radiation treatment. Wristbands put pressure on a “nausea point” identified by traditional Chinese acupuncture. The pressure acts to change the flow of universal chi energy, according to the Eastern belief. The study found that 88 people who experienced nausea after radiation treatments for cancer. Some were given wristbands to wear, and the others were not. And about half of those in the wristband group were also given information that explicitly said the wristbands cut down on nausea, whereas handouts given to the others with wristbands contained more neutral information. Those with wristbands experienced a 24 percent decrease in nausea, regardless of which set of information they were given before the experiment. The group without wristbands reported just a 5 percent lessening of nausea.

Billabong Pro Tahiti event will be using woven wristbands to identify various people involved with the event including media, VIP’s, production crews and more. The Billabong Pro Teahupoo is the third event in the 2009 ASP World Tour. Woven wristbands are being used in major events, concert and festivals and to identify the different participants such as performers, media, VIP’s and staff. Woven wristbands are used for multiple day events because of their look, durability, longevity and increased security features. These bands are weaved on a large highly specialized machine.

Ocean Beach Pleasure Park has introduced wristbands alongside traditional tokens. The bands will help visitors to have unlimited rides on the fair’s attraction. Michael Sheeran, operator of MJ Sheeran Amusements, said: “We wanted to give our customers good value for money this year and the new wristbands will provide this. It means people just have to pay once and can spend the full day at the fair. But we do still have tokens for those who want to just go on a couple of rides.” Wristbands cost £15 each or £13 if bought online, they cannot be used on bank holidays.