The Wingham Advance-Times, 1989-08-29, Page 2Page 2A - The Wingham Advance -Times, Aug. 29, 1989
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at did you
The "official Wingham Ad-
vanced -Times kids poll" suggests
most students are ready to go back
to school. Swimming was rated the
number one activity for young folk
this summer.
Ben Maclntyre
Age: 8
Grade:4
School:Turnberry Central
Future occupation: car mechanic
I have been going to my aunt and
uncle's cottage and stuff like that.
I've been going to day camp and
we've painted our taces today.
I'm ready to go back to school.
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Donny Sheisle? ("I don't know
how to spell it")
Age: 7
Grade: 2
School: Wingham Public
Future occupation: policeman
I've been going to play ground
and swimming.
1 am looking forward to going
back to school. This is the last day
of play ground, you know.
Mitchell Skinn
Age: 9
Grade: 5
School: Sacred Heart, Wingham
Future occupation: I don't know.
I've been going to Kitchener and
places like that ... playing and
swimming.
I'm sort of ready to go back. but I
wish the summer was longer.
Mark Bailey
Age: 7
Grade: 2
School: Wingham Public
Future occupation: army man
I have no stories to tell, but I've
been at day camp and swimming.
I would rather go to day camp
than schnnl_
Shawn McKinlay
Age: 8 (and a half)
Grade: 3
School: Wingham Public
Future occupation: policeman
I've been swimming, playing
with my friends a lot, playing with
my boat. I don't know what else.
I'm looking forward to going
back. Summer's getting boring.
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Jonathon Cucksey
Age: 8
Grade: 2
School: East Wawanosh
Future occupation: a chicken
catcher
I've been going to day care, and
swimming.
Summer's good but I'm ready for
school.
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Jessica Bailey
Grade: 6
School: Wingham Public
Future Occupation: artist
I've been going to outdoors alive.
I don't want to go back to school.
Scott Gillespie
Age: 15
Grade:10
School: F. E. Madill
Future occupation: pilot
I've been swimming all summer
and I'm looking forward to going
back to school.
Michelle Bailey
Age: 7
Grade: 2
School: "Wingham pulb ,,, pud
... how do you say that word?"
Future occupation: a cowboy
I've been going to day camp,
swimming; we play in the park.
This is for real ... there was a fox on
the loose and mom says it might
catch rabies.
I'm ready for school but I wish I
had more summer.
SCHOOL BUS VETERAN—Lyle Foerter, a 26 -year veteran of
the school buses in Howick Township, prepares for another year
transporting children to Howick Central School.
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Bridget Cucksey
Age: 5
Grade: 1
School: East Wawanosh
Future occupation: artist
Well ... I've been making these
glasses, swimming, got lots of can-
dy at a party and that's it.
I wish I had more summer.
Scott Gillespie
Age: 15
Grade 10
School: F. E. Madill
Future occupation: pilot
I have been swimming all summer
and I am looking forward to return-
ing to school.
Howick's:'Lyle Foerter:
26 years on the bus
When Lyle Foerter climbs into his
school bus next Tuesday morning,
it will be his 27th consecutive year
driving Howick children to school.
"Every year it's the same thing,"
the lifetime Howick resident says
with a grin. "I don't get much sleep
the night before school starts
because I'm afraid I might sleep in
and get a late start. But I look for-
ward to it every year."
Back in 1963, when Howick Cen-
tral School first opened, the call
went out for school bus drivers.
"My own children were going to be
riding the bus in a few years' time,"
Lyle recalls. "I figured they'd be as
safe with me as with anyone, so I
took the job."
Back then, like now, Lyle had to
pass a driving test, a written exam
and a medical before he could drive
a school bus. He takes a test every
three years to keep his Class "B"
licence current.
When he began driving, the
buses had no power steering or
power brakes, and they were on the
road no matter how bad the weath-
er looked, Lyle recalls.
Like most older Howick resi-
dents, Lyle attended a one -room
school that was within walking dis-
tance of his home. "I never rode in
a school bus until I drove one," he
says. "It was a big Vehicle, with
seating capacity for about 60 chil-
dren. The first 25 who got on would
fill up all the seats. I wouldn't allow
them to save places for their
friends, though. I told them if they
wanted a special seat, they could
come up to the front. I still hold by
that rule."
The first days weren't bad; Lyle
knew ,the local residents and many
of the school children. The big chat-
lenge of the first year came in June
when he took a group to London
for a class trip.
"I had never been to. London
before, let alone with a big school
bus full of children," he soya. "All
the way down there, a song kept
going through my head: 'Give me
40 acres and I'll turn this thing
around ...° and a couple of times I
nearly DID. I was so nervous!"
With two students near the front
studying the mad map and giving
him directions, he managed to get
the class from the CN1I3 to Story-
book Cardene and a few other
places, then safely home again,
without incident.
Class trips have taken him many
places since then, but never to
Toronto. "I've avoided those trips,"
he says. "But there are other
drivers around here who love to
go
"
As liaison driver for Howick,
Lyle is in charge of arranging trans-
portation for school trips. His
favorite? The annual excursion to
Pike Lake.
Children's behavior hasn't
changed since the early '60s, he
says; there are some bad actors on
every bus. Little lost children he
recalls with amusement. "We usu-
ally know what kids belong on
which bus. Sometimes, there's a
strange face in line, and I always
ask the youngster if he's sure he's
on the right school bus. Sometimes
they're not sure how to describe
where they live, but after we drive
around a bit, they usually recognize
the place when they see it." He can
recall more than one incident in
which, after finishing his regular
route, he still had one child left
over.
School buses have changed a lit-
tle in 26 years. They're still big, yel-
low, and have flashing lights, but
today's buses are somewhat safer
than they used to be. Better
padding on the seats and higher
seat backs result in fewer bumps
and bruises when the vehicle has to
stop suddenly. But higher seats
make it harder for the driver to see
the smaller children. "Often the
small fry wind up leaning into the
aisles where they can see what's
going on around them," he says.
'The new features have their dis-
advantages. But I guess a limited
view from a bus seat is better than a
banged up lip when the driver has
to hit the brakes."
The buses may not have changed
much, but the children have grown
up, become parents, and have their
own children to ride the school bus.
`1 can't get over it, sometimes. One
of my neighbors, Doug Harding,
started riding,the bus as a kid back
in the '60s. Now his children are all
going to the same school. I've been
driving two generations of chil-
dren."
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