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Family of drowning victim hires lawyer Hershewe said his office is subpoenaing witnesses, including between 40 and 60 people who were attending a corporate party for the Olive Garden restaurant on the day of the accident. In addition to the party, the park was open for regular summer business.
While the Joplin Boys & Girls Club has declined to comment since the accident, the Boys & Girls Clubs of America did provide a list of guidelines it recommends for taking children on field trips. Those guidelines include a child-to-chaperone ratio of 8-to-1, a lifeguard-to-swimmer ratio of 1-to-25, and a spotter-to-swimmer ratio of 1-to-10. A message left for Burt was not returned Wednesday. Calls to Skip Drouin, executive director of the Joplin Boys & Girls Club, and Rodney Blaukat, president of the club’s board of directors, were not returned. John and Lauren Cory could not be reached for comment. Background On July 17, Ethan Cory’s body was pulled from about 5 feet of water — the shallow end of a pool that sloped to a depth of 12 feet at the Swimmin Hole private water park. Ethan, who was just under 4 feet tall, was part of a group of 34 children ages 5 to 7 from the Boys & Girls Club of Southwest Missouri in Joplin who were on a field trip at the Swimmin Hole. 
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