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Home My WebLink AboutLucknow Sentinel, 2009-04-22, Page 25Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - Page 5 Staying out in the sun on the summer holidays is a thing of the past for kids These days we look atsunburns differently than our parents did. Back in 1975, the prevailing thought in the Thrice household was: Pale is bad. Sun is good. Lots of sun is lots of good. This played out every summer when we took our trailer to Kettle Point Trailer Park. The schedule went like this: { 9 am -Stay oust of the way as parents finish packing trailer. Amuse ourselves by watching two adults try to pack six people's luggage into one trailer through the world's smallest door. 9:45 am -Ail six -of us . pile into the front seat of the pick-up truck for the thirty- minute drive to. she lake. We spend some of that time wondering what "seat belts" are for. 9:53am-Discover that my brother Todd should NOT have been allowed to -eat eggs this morning. 10:39am-Arrive at Kettle Point Trailer Park. 11 am -Stay out of the way as parents finish sit- ting up campsite. "Go to the playground witli your Tonka toys. I'll call you when it's time to eat," my mom would instruct us. "But it's hot!" we'd com- ° plain. "You'll be okay. A little color won't kill you." So off we'd go to the unsupervised, unshad- ed rl i yground to play until six o'clock that night, unprotected by sun screen. 6:05 pm -Return for supper. Discover that the Crayola category for the color of my skin is called "Boiled Lobster." 8:55 pm-Noxema Bathi 9 pm -Try to levitate my body so that I don't have to touch anything asI sleep. Even my breath hurts ,my skin. 1 am -Throw up. Twice. 7 am -Start the cycle over again. Mother assures me there is no need for sun screen because, "You've already got a good base tan." What she really meant was, "You are already bast- ing.". Today, no one is allowedto be 'n the' sun. Instead, we pay to have our skin painted brown. This is much easier oprour flesh but more time consuming, especially_ since you have to have a primer plus. three coats to make a nice, even color. And if you cannot .afford to have ALL of your skin painted rown, you can (as most people under thirty do) pay to get ` the latest slang/logo/song lyric festooned across your body/forehead. Unfortunately, l'm stuck. I'm too pale to ignore the sun, but too cheap to pay for anything artificial and too scared to get something permanent that is guaranteed, at some point, to :droop. My only choice is tanning "old school." This meant that on the first sunny day of spring, T started to assemble our trampoline and invari- ably decided to take off my shirt, subjecting everyone in the neighbourhood to Nature's winter project on my body. ("Add more hair.") By late afternoon, I had rurally gotten the color ` I was looking for. Crayola would call it Gorilla Lobster. Mark Thrice is our nationally syndicated humor cohnimist. And he's : sveldt. • REACH staff excited Photo by Gait :Reid The Senior ARipley their : wolves held end of the year banquet on Friday,Apr�i! 17, where they handed out their ..Taldnng the award for best an was Chad Colling.The award Was presented by head coach Hugh Nichol The Regional Equine and Agricultural Centre of Huron (REACH) staff is pleased to advise that final touches are now being applied to the REACH facili- ty, and they are looking forward to .roving into their offices in early May. The Centre, located in Clinton ; includes an olympic-steed indoor arena, warm-up arena, two oversized outdoor show rings, facilities for show sta- bling and RV parking, and is also home to a full edu- cational facility with classrooms, dorm rooms and a community kitchen. "Things have'moved along quite quickly since our sod turning in July last year," said Melanie Prosser, . REACH's director of pro am= services. "We're pleased to say that the arena mplex and education facilities are now almost com te. Both the staff and school horses are scheduled to move into the centre in the beginning of May." Regarded as the host site for numerous education- al and. -recreational opportunities,; Prosser feels that the development ` of REACH will have a major impaction Ontario's economy in direct support of the equine, agricultural, and agri-tourism industries. "We have several clinics, conferences, and shows already being planned for this year, including major clinicians, horse breed and sport associations, and the agricultural sector," said Ptosser. "We strongly suggest people contact us, directly or, visit our web site, as we are; constantly updating our program schedule with new events from week -to -week." The Regional Equine & Agricultural Centre of Huron (REACH) is a non-profit , Municipal Corporation functioning arra "motel for education" offering innovative : programming, as well as recre- ational activities to support the equine, agricultural and other industries. Child car seat installation important for safety Did you know that a properly installed car seat or booster seat reduces thee)adds of your child being injured or killed in a collision by 75 per cent? The two most common car seat errors are not tightening the harness straps or the seat belt enough. In Huron County, 80 per cent of car seats are not prop- erly installed or used correctly. Public Health Nurse Jos& Cayer says mistakes include moving the child to a forward -facing position too early. It is recommended that children face the rear of the vehiele until they are over a year old and between 22 to 30.lbs (10 to 1351%). If possible, the child should be kept rear -facing longer by using a convertible seat with a higher weight and height limit. When using a car seat or booster seat, the restraint must match the child's weight and age. The car seat clinic is part of Ontario's Spring Seat Belt campaign and is being sponsored by Eric Campbell Ford Lincoln, The Co-operators Exeter, Huron County Health Unit; Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Bruce Power. Trained inspectors will check your car seats for prop- er installation and recalls. They can explain how you can make children as safe as possible in a -car collision. Participants are asked to bring their ;car seat instruc- tions and vehicle owner's manual. They will be provid- ed with information'on child safety, arid be eligible fora draw for a booster seat. Tether bolts will be installed free of charge by a tech- nician on Ford products only. There will also be refreshments and a supervised chil- dren's play area: If you have questions about car seat safety, call the Huron County Health Unit's Car Seat Help Line at 519-482-3416 (toll-free 1-877-837-6143). Rating::* •*' • 5 i 4 '3 4 1 9 2 4 8 .- 6 • Mese at: www.lovatt$pyzziestcom To solve a Sudoku puzzle, every number from 1 to 9 must appear in: • Each of the nine vertical columns • Each of the nine horizontal rows • Each of the nine 3 x 3 boxes • Remember, no number can occur more than once in any row, column or box This wroit's puzzle sponsored by2 You'can Advertise Your Business Here! • CaUPat for information 519-528-2822 See snorter on classified pages