HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 1999-04-28, Page 8Et -THE HURON EXPOSITOR, April 28, 1999
A day in the life of...
Van Loon tries to make a difference
a crossing guard
By Susan Hundertmark
Expositor Stall •
To Mary Van Loan, being a
crossing guard Is about mare
thin holding up.a sign to stop
traffic while students safely
.cross,to school
• • Along with parents and
teachers. she thinks of herself
as one more positive .adult
influence in the lives of the
. children she sees every school
-Jay.
• "You can. .have a real
influence just live minutes a
Jav and •I"rot a good listener
above all." ;he says. "If the
kids. test.:walked across and
said nothing; 1 wouldn't have
kept this ioh tong. You can't
,lo this ioh it you don't love
kids;"
• 'A c••rossing guard for
Seatorth Puhlic. School 'since
.1)c). .Van Loon says ;he
- cnfov, .watching children
grnw and change from.shv to
chaffs
and troth childish to
responsible.
"if you Treat kids nice•
they: 11 treat you the same.
. Thcv pays attention." :he says.
\Vith some ;tudents- Van
Lion .tevelnps a real rapport
And tears shout their day.
-heti oatoinphs and failure~
And- :heir 'ikct and Dislikes:
find she always tries to he
,ptimistic and encouraging.
, 'One little hoc "vas crying
on his way in'•school and
•.vhen I asked him what'was
..vrnn_g he ,aid.: 1 hate
:boil'•
1 nca 'o get him , to think Of at
-least ane thing he likes about
'school you know. the glass
calf -full rather than half-
mpt, .car ,t '.stoking .tt
shin►!,~. " .tie ,av>.
One aide 'iii ittiw makes a
-furan ,i .nuwing Van Loon
ur . rniie '.ervday since she
etnar s act taw heautiful a
mile he :!rrl has; cdmpared
u -tie ,coivf she'd beery
yearne same mornings.
She , had to .step in when
:ttildren are heing pushed
round on their way tti'anti .
rom school and she's toed to
each children .o respect other
;Teupielt property. ,
Once. luring an ongoing
1iscusslon r1 city t student
niiuldtt sot tcro]S a
leightior , ;tropert'. ,hvv
e.as
tri! •u •mint out to him 11ow•
t •eft .viten someone played
n :1i awn -without asking.
It always good 'o av
ioneth)nt* When :h!
ipportunhty presents itself,-
she sirs.,' :`Parents cant he
"er• where. Some_ parents
•vas wt .ipprecrate what 1 :ry
to 1 i hut I Think most Jo.' "
Other Imes. she's tried to
rplain sins 1's wrong .to
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V%ory Van _oon has been helping students like Danielle <ruse; stay safe for . utmost seven
years:..
tolsi sine 'attic Inv who
oicked•iny .recuses that if
tc i iskcd enc. I would have
'et aim tare :he rowers hut -
that to ,tmuld tlways ask
first. 'nu. ; .invited. him u,
come sind get" some .bulbs . n
the 'all oyifant n his own
. arclen. • me say,.
She 'reminds autients who
,are riding their rakes to wear
their helmets and talks to
'hem about ,atety. .
\s I' ee told sdrne isarents.
( :resat ,tie ktdsitri hey re •
mile ,%title 'lte4 re Int the'
-bad. • ,he says.
She says she usually: sets to
Know the stragglers really
well and encourages them to
get up .t little earlier i it walk a
little faster.
1 tsuaily tell them to step
on it if the hell'. lust rung and
they always ask., how. long
until t) Canada. is fpiayed
since they-s•e. int 11) minutes
trom the tune.. ►f the hell
heture then a considered
•
late. arae says.
She !hushes , aeh day at -1
n.rn.._walking through the •
scliocil to see if any 01 the
Correspondents
Younger students ,ac ,toll at
school and aced -ter aelp to
.:rciss.•
Crossing, (•idents tin
Highsv ty {..Van Lion says
she's only had :hree .lovers.
tilt of them senior .lttzens.
-that.didn't stop or her-.
Jon t ?honk 1 he l one ..A -en
'saw one. period .tnu .tie I,ther
two saw me atter they'd zone
hv. 1 could see it in their
faces.•- .he says. '
None Of the three situations
was too dangerous however.
because the Children jiad fart
vet stepped out into the -treet
each time.
Because the'sonieumes
• heavy traffic speeding .tip on
the way out Irl `own. Van
Loon says ,he more .viten
stops the kids instead of the
traffic.'
"'Most of the time,. it'.s Safer
lust to wait. You don't kno.s
hew go`oi.rihe-iirakcs are :In
each car and as a driver. sou
realize that not everyone .an
,top on a dime•" she says.
Because a crossing guard is
an all-weather job: Van Loon
says she's worked on blizzards
Grand Cove Choir will perform
Choir: 7 7 p.m..
Friendshtp Friday with
Clare Masse and Andy
Rau; 9..2 p.m. Mother'
Day program with Lorne
McKenzie. Family and
friends are welcome to
attend.
•Res. Ken Knight,led
worship ip service
Tuesday with Bciva
Fuss IS Organist. Res.
Knight ha>7ed services .0
Queensway for tnore than
.(1 years. •
Ethel Dueharme and Ed
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i cmhers Kim Mostrey and
Carol Gascho enjoyed
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Wednesday. We noticed that
several volunteers' that
,crvecit Qucensway were
also hard at. work serving •
the Lhuich.
Thursday evening. an.
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.elchrate the April
hirthdays ,tt•uur party with
Maris Flynn and The Huron
•Strings. Birthday greetings
to Muriel Gunning. Pearl
Taylor. Edna•Stewart, John
Pepper, Edna Caldwell,
Ross `Thompson. Murray
Howe and Dorothy Carrell.
Several family members
and friends wined residents
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Finlayson was especially
proud to have her great •
granddaughter Randi Lynn
Wilson entertain with step
dancing.
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Queensway Nursing Home
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'episodes. 01 the hilarious
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Coming event: flay i,. 2
p.m. The Grand_Cos c
;rad 'ell ;Mita' '.'eine' ,)ilii
Mitt, in `ie -:tacit -id .lays
\las and June:
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angers for uirections fnd
;round ,he had to _o to :own.
hail r( -r 1 snap so she couid he
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'' /rice. t driver .irked !ne
'or itrections to County Road.
and I didn't know where tt
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found out County Road 1,2.• N
Main Street" and that I'd been
,Irisins it wort succi •e,
Kippen.•- she laughs.
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