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. As. wanner approaches,
children will •take off on
their bikes more and more.
Parents take caution. Rote
than 300,00 poet seek
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emergeney room c.a * for
bicycle injuries e •oear
Rost of them are between
the ages of four to II.•
In Ontario. there are
bCtWeett 250 and 300 chil-
dren per year that are
treated at the Children's
Hospital of Western
Ontario's emergency mein
for injuries related, w bicy-
cle aceidents, with about
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zwr cent of the injured
being between the ages of
five auft 14,
Children who have
been riding fur less thz a
year and don't know the
hasie rules ef the road are
at the greatest risk for
accidents. Most injuries,
occur on quiet side streets,
less- than five blocks from,
home. flat even parents
whose children are experi-
eft= bicycle riders should
be watchful..
Adolescent dare devils,
particularly boys with 4
penchant for jumping
ramps, riding down steep
hills or practicing the lat.,
est stunts, they've seen on
television, frequently end
up in the hospital enter-
geney room.
Unsafe riding practices
account for most prob-
lems. Head trauma is the
most injury and
erten the most fatal. fol-
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off their bikes. while try
in to avoid trees and pot, -
holes.
Falling onto hard pave-
ment, even at slow speeds,
can
we serious brain
Parents can protect
their children by insisting
they wear helmets, Studies
•repeatedly show that hel,
mets ean prevent as 'Ma
as 85 per cent of all head
and brain injuries and sig-
nificantly reduce injuries
to the *eyes, ears. nose and
cheeks;
Helmets are Mandatory
in Ontario for cyclists'
under 16. Still, too manY
older children, are embark-
rassed to wear helmets
because they think they're
uneool. •
• Parents should insist
that wearing.ltelmets is an •
• integral pail of biking, just
'as wearing them isa nec-
essary and accepted part
of playing hockey �r foot,
ball, It is agood idea to
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her fitted fo a helmet by 4
sales petsons with experi-
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AISQ, bikes for very,
young chilthen should
have foot brakes, since
kids may not be strong
enough to grasp•only the
band brakes witert they
need to stop. For many
?Ohildren, there is no
greater Sens0 of freedom
or adventure. than taking
off en -their lakes, Ilut they
need. ti understand the
consequenees .of riding
••tinsafely anti with wait .
helmet,
Mite telt:nett are safety
tested for the type of falls
• cyclists have.. Don't use
football,: hockey or other
sports hehnetS. They are.
aot:de'signed to- protect
your head in a bike ad'ci.
tient, Look. for • safety.
approval stickers inside.
the helmet, The Canadian
Standards Association
(CSA), AmericattNatienal
Standards lo.stitUte or the
Snell • - •-14ernorial
Foundlition ali have UAW
dards - for. bike helmets.
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Should fitsatisfy on your
head, It -shouldn't •fit'So
tight that it hurts or be so
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with four soaps ate best,
• Parents can promote
helmet use by wearing a
helmet themselves. You
sheitki then make the'ruIe
"NO ligLIVtleT. NO
•BIKE!" Remetriber the
most important safety
device Tor all cyclistS,
regardless of age, is an
approved helmet,. which. is
worn properly anti fits cor-
rectly. , •
AdditionalSafety
*Ride in the same direc-
tion as traffic
•Whep riding in the dark.
use a, headlight, reflectors
on the beek and spokes,
wearing reflective t:lothing
also helps.
•Qbey the sante traffic.
rules as cats
oRide a bike that is the
appropriate size •
*Don't weaehead phones;
they keep you. from hear-
ing truffle •
*Always leave your hands
free to steer
'Use a raa to tarrypack-
es and don't (wry pas,
• sengers
•Pay attention, to all
cies ••
*Don't drink alcohol and,
ride.
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pro ueers
Qrltario Pork .has
announced a new tnat•ket-
•ing ,tool for ,pork producers
Which will benefit bOdi the • •
producers. and the prodes.
sors. ' .
Prider the "Pool Phis.
Marketing Program," pro •
'titters an eornMit to
deliver a certain:v(14mo of
• hogs iria. coutrat.q
OntariotPOrki. Ontario
Pork can uso. these prede-
• terminediargerV011inieS to
. negotiatea better Price by
offering these pooled hogs
• overlongterm periOds to
• its .rriany customers. One
• such, agreement, is the two
lots. of 5000 hogs/week,'
' with Quality Meat •
Packers, ' each at 103.25
ePrreaSwillrm.c.°11 receive tvhee. 2."11p. ure
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mittra for every.:
pro-
gram.
1 4, •
price.
This, benefits all users
of -the pool with a lOnger
, term, more :stable pool
• price. In' addition,, produc-
• • Pkrno:w9.isnsi:)r
by ,
nines of (tuality hogs are
available, at a negotiated
price to •keep, their pro
eessing,lines at full eapac
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This. program is avail,
al*. for rosiwred prodne,;
ers that currently have, arty
market hogsthat are not,
already c,ohlirtitted,, to
other.rnarketing optionS,'