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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1981-10-21, Page 19the • erich .SIG AL 133 YEAR -42 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1981 STAFF SECOND SECTION 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) 4.4 Co +f. oto wit • 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) ea. 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.