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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1981
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V � lunteers made the show
ICU fund and show involved entire community served by hospital
Jon Ginn, an, area captain in the canvass for the Intensive Care Unit fund-raising drive
reported on the success of the campaign in his area on the cable television show Thursday.
With Jon is co -host Gloria Zamin of Toronto. ( Photo by Dave Sykes)
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The fund goes over the top. Gloria Zamin, co -host of the two-hour cable television presen-
tation for the ICU fund-raising campaign, proudly indicates that the fund-raising went over
the;250,000 goal set by the committee. ( Photo by Dave Sykes)
Cable show was a fine production
While a tremendous amount of volunteer labor went into the ICU fund-raising cam-
paign, many people also donated their time to make the two-hour television special a
success. Here Drew Ferguson of Gibson -Shaw Visual Productions keeps a constant
check on the monitors and progress of the telecast. (Photo by Dave Sykes)
Emergency procedures practised at Colborne
Bus monitor system implemented for safety
BY JOANNE BUCHANAN
Colborne Central School has im- •
plemented a school bus monitor system for
safety and last week the 25Grade 7 and 8
students who will act as, the monitors
received a crash course in how to handle
an emergency.
"We want you to be able to keep com-
plete control in an emergency situation,"
O.P.P. Constable Eric Gosse told the
students.
He said there should be five monitors per
Emergency exits through the window were practised by students at The school implemented a bus monitor system this week. (Photo by
a bus safety seminar held at Colborne Central School last Friday. Joanne Buchanan)
At a bus safety semhnar at Colborne Centra` c; oo as "ridag�, O:P Lvonstabre L.rinc
Gosse explained the use of the fire extinguisher, axe, flares and first aid kit. (Photo by
Joanne Buchanan)
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bus with two sitting at the back, two at the
front and one in the middle.
The monitors are not responsible for
discipline on the bus but they should be
well acquainted with. emergency
procedures in case of an accident, he
explained.
The students were shown a film on first
aid which was explained to them by O.P. P.
Constable Gary 'Gaeler. They learned
about artificial respiration, the control of
bleeding and how to handle a person in
shock. They were told to check the first aid
kits on their buses to make sure that the
contents were in order.
On the bus itself, the students practised
exiting , from the windows and -the rear
emergency door. They were shown how to
use the fire extinguisher, the flares and the
axe for breaking windows. They were also
shown how to stop the bus in case
something happens to the driver.
After an accident, the students were told
that at least two monitors should walk to
the nearest farmhouse, call the operator
and ask for Zenith 50,000 which will put
them in contact immediately with the
O.P.P.
Colborne Central School is one of the
first schools in the Goderich area to im-
plement the bus monitor system.
"I had heard such good reports on the
system from Bruce County that I thought
we should try it," explained principal Ron
Jewitt.
trate system-gtves-evertrnrelife; *will
he well worth the effort. In the meantime.
it is teaching 25 Grade 7 and 8 students how
to be prepared and responsible for others.