HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1996-09-04, Page 1L.1.23 • WK. 'a6
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EPTEMBERA1996
65.' INCLUDES GAN.
by Pat Lavin ston;
... .Gatting children who whcridethe bus;_
to' and from school safelyisdurrespan-
`stbrltty,says Thelma Bigney, general
.,
manager
of
Gordon T. 'Montgomery
ry
Lymrted. �dthat`responsibility, is one
..
-that is not taken :lightly, by ,,Bigney . and
her 42bus drivers.
Bigney instills upon' her crew that
busing in, not only fi;anspBortation y
drivers are an important part of the edu-
cation system,,," she says. "They' have a
responsibility 'that can never. be'paid
,
I
for." t sonal interview..The. must attend three.
This >year,;:.hlontgomery'sr, will hL,ve , seminars per, year to 1 ligible to.come
32 buses on the "road travelling about ' back the follow%ng Septernnler. It keeps
3;200 kilometers per day tO schools people°in tauGh,"' Says Bigy:
-within the Bruce, ,Huron., Grey and, Last Thursday, dri`vers'`attended
u al
Berth .sys� s l '.bout ,840 .:st d'ents � l day sernxnar.: Deputy Fire Chief
will ride Montgomery.buses' during the .Gary'Austin demonstrated' the proper
1996/97. school year. use of "a, fire extinguisher to reinforce
Because of school, board cost reduc- this area of emergency procedures.
tions,. Bigney -says, "Buses are nowi Divers. were given..their routes and
doing longer routes with more children prior to school ,opening, they had, to
on then ." Montgomery's now has 20- drive the route to become familiar with
72 passenger buses: Routes'' have been residence locations and the time they
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�: Rick Hill and Ctrs
Staff i : � : i M ►,ntg mwery
by Pat Livingston The school will also have employees at Mont-
'
When. area ,children another assistant ,who gomery bus. lines
returned to school •yester hasn't been, hired yet. .` . were busy last week
amalgamated and school board policy
states' that `children within a mile
of
their school must walk "inaperiod
of
fiveyears, Bgo ° said they number.
of buseava been reduced by about 2
•
,
'per cent . however the territory s
p a istill
same. Fiveseven a,rn years:ago, s en per
centoftheca pie wasfor trans-
portation;
r n -
edu tion ahs •
portation. Now it's three per cent."
All :drivers, the 32 regular and 10.
licence. spares, must. have a "B" licence. `'`Once'
year they are given a driving test, .°
written test and, evaluated with as per -
day,, they found some Enrolment is sitting making sure all the .
buses were safe for
changes in staffing. around 300 at'GPS, up students tike Tucker
At Lacknow.Central„ from, 289 ;last year
colleen Stadelman' is a The Lucknow and and .Kyle Do.rscht,:
_ new education assistant. ' •turn'to page 3 who ,started back to
school yesterday.
arrived, at each. Each family on, that
-route was then called by the. driver and
given art approximate. time of pickup
Bigney says five minutes leeway IS -
allowed either~ way; "Vs' all part of
cY
�milri.iGatin'n. she said. I feel
because of t is (training) our drivers
are keut above others." ,
Summer vacationis overand v
ers
4 i
'e cautioned ��d o Watch for the ora
ng
school buses. Please • remember' when
you meet a stopped s. oYthat :.as`,
you • 1?p rho I bush
its red si naliig hts' flashing, you should
� g g�
stop. 20 meters before reaching the bus
and shall not ,proceed, until the school
bus . _ ovos orthe signal lights have
stopped flashing. That is the law!
`':'.?':':!i �'•_:..':::1:?: is
coach
st�atczeit�
coni
wont aloe
heit
The Lucknow Ladies
Auxiliary to Winter
Sports has proved to be al.
sr ccessful venture and
one that has.benefitted
children involved in the
winter sports programs.
Last year, the group
paid outra total of $9,259
from monies raised. from :•`
operating the arena food'
booth with a staff of :par-
.
. ents/guardians. These.
expenditures included.
S -• 00. kat�`�nh$1��
Minor Hockey Banquet °
1;S, Midget Sweaters. .
X650, clod $43, and.
5,000 to the Lucknow
Joint Recreation Board.
The balance of $1`,558
went .for capital pinrchas-
es, and other miscella-
neous expenses.
Prom .previous year's
/
efforts 'the ro has
h• g up
donated $31,40 to Phase
II and spent $5,337 .on.
booth improvements. •
It was decided byl. the'
committee, and a roved
Pp'
by the , Recreation :Board,
that beginning in ',1'993y'µ
'when parents/guardians
register their athletes, for
hockey, (including town °.
league) and figure •skat
ing, they should write
cheque °for $50 Made
payable.to the Lucknow
Ladies' :Au ili
arY to
,: t
. W;inter Sports.
If 'the
parents/guardians are not
willing or able to work: in
i.
the' booth, this cheque is
to be dated N,v. 1, 1996.
This money will be used
to hire replacement staff.
If . the parents_. 'to
. or
guardiansa�e.
,., w'i in,�� g
work in the booth this
cheque would tie: dated
April 11 1957. If the'par-
ents/guardians WKrk.
when needed throughout
the winter, . depending .on
the length of the season
lt
c . e '�-il be
then yythe ��u �r 1
destroyed.
In addition to
regular
-
lY scheduledgames and
public skating,
there are
tournaments which will
need staffing and/Or bak-
ing
ak in.. donated, There will
be plenty of opportunities
c work, uo-
to accomplish k q
,tas♦ Lists will be' posted
in the arena with work
weeks marked. Please
feel free to call your team
captain in advance to
arrange 'mutually cony -9- .
mien schedules. •
t
The Auxiliary meets
. t.
be second Tuesday uesda
y of.:.
•
each month= and the
meetings .are open to,
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