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Home My WebLink AboutThe Times Advocate, 2004-09-08, Page 44 Exeter Times–Advocate Wednesday , September 8, 2004 zkxna =CNA TIMES ADVOCATE PUBLICATIONS MAIL REGISTRATION NUMBER 07511 We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada, through the Publications Assistance Program (PAP), toward our mailing casts. Jim Beckett Publisher and Editor Deb Lord Production Manager &Published by Metroland Printing, rt Publishing & Distributing Ltd. Metroland 424 Main Street South, P.O. Box 850 Exeter, Ontario NOM 1S6 • (519) 235-1331 EDITORIALS School's in be careful If there was ever a time to emphasize safety on the roads, it's now. With school back in, drivers and students are going to have to remember to be alert and cautious as chil- dren line the streets to and from school every day. Locally, the school year is off to a tragic start, as 14 - year -old Amber Borden of Huron Park died last week resulting from injuries she sustained as a passenger in an Aug. 18 car accident. Amber's family, friends, class- mates and teachers will pay tribute to her at South Huron District High School Friday afternoon. What needs to be learned from the tragedy of Amber's death is that drivers (all drivers, not just young drivers) need to be more careful on the roads. Hopefully this will wake students up to the fact they aren't immortal. Too often news reports contain stories of young lives cut short way too soon. With school back in, the roads and sidewalks will be much busier everyday. Please, remember to be careful and alert. Life is precious. With that in mind, the Huron OPP urge parents to talk to their children about safety on the way to school: • Make sure children are walking on the sidewalks, that they take their time at intersections and look all ways before crossing the street. • Have your children walk with others and take the same route to and from school. Don't accept rides from anyone unless they have been given permission from parents. • If a car pulls up close to your child, have your child stay at least 10 feet away from the vehicle and keep walking. If a person gets out of the car or starts chas- ing the child, OPP urge children to run to the nearest Block Parent home, a home where other children live, or into a business for assistance. • Students riding bikes are to have a helmet on at all times and follow the rules of the road, staying on the right hand side of the road and moving in the same direction as traffic. • Those riding school buses should not shout, move while the bus is moving, push or shove anyone or do anything to distract the bus driver's attention away from the road. • Students waiting for the bus should stay back from the road at least two metres and wait until the bus stops, its lights start flashing and the doors open before they start moving. Enter the bus one at a time, don't push or shove, sit properly in a seat and never leave feet or bags in the aisle. Students should also never stick any part of their body out the bus window. • When crossing the road in front of the bus, look both ways and walk part way across the road and stop before entering the next lane. Look both ways and make sure traffic is clear before proceeding. About the Times -Advocate Editorial Opinion Lamenting the end of summer It will always be the worst month of the year — no, I'm not talking about January or February, when in Huron County it seems winter will never end and the highways are so bad it's not even worth leaving town. I'm talking about September, the month that marks the end of three months of slacking off and the begin- ning of another year. You see, even though I haven't been a student eons, I'll always hate September, and I always start to feel sympathy for students around the midway portion of August, when summer starts to quickly slide away and you can't go anywhere without "Back to School" sales. Of course, the summer seemed to fly by even quicker this year, since we never even really had one. Where were those steaming hot days of oppressive heat when all we hear from Hydro One is how we have to conserve energy or risk another blackout? We didn't get those days this summer and, speaking as someone who's not a big fan of heat or the sun, I'm not complaining. But I am complaining that September is here. The Sears Christmas Wish Book has already been distrib- uted. Soon it will be Thanksgiving and we'll all be scrambling to buy Christmas gifts for relatives we only see once every five years. And for those still in school, it's time to shake the cobwebs out of your heads and put your brains back to work. September marks the beginning of another long nine months of school. For that, you have my sympa- thy. Good to see in In addition to enjoying watching Canada cruise through the World Cup (so far, that is — don't want to jinx anything), it's also nice to see the American team exposed for what it is — a bunch of over the hill has- beens. The Americans were lucky for a while — they man- aged to develop a number of high profile hockey play- ers (in addition to stealing that Benedict Arnold Brett Hull away from us) and were lucky enough to beat Canada in the 1996 World Cup. For those who need reminding, Hull scored the winning goal for the U.S. with a high stick, not that we're obsessing or anything. But those same players are now way past their prime and, unlike Canada and Russia, the U.S. doesn't have a strong core of youngsters to pick up the slack. So far in the tournament, the U.S. team has looked older than the Toronto Maple Leafs, which doesn't really seem possible. But things seem right in the hockey world again, with Canada at the top of the standings and the U.S. far below. As is their custom, the Americans aren't losing with grace. Hull, a healthy scratch who shouldn't even have been named to the team in the first place, even went so far as to rant to a reporter on the weekend, "I don't give a (expletive deleted) about the fans anymore." Oh really, Brett? That's such a surprise. You normal- ly seem like such a caring guy. But this is all good for Canadians. If Team Canada continues to play well and ends up winning the tourna- ment, the disappointing Summer Olympics will be thankfully long forgotten. SCOTT NIXON AND ANOTHER THING Address & Office Hours Times -Advocate, 424 Main Street South, P.O. Box 850, Exeter, Ontario NOM 1S6. Our office is open Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. Closed on Holidays. 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For example, Jim Beckett's e-mail address is <jbeck- ett@southhuron.com> Our general e-mail address is ads@southhuron.com. The Times -Advocate Team Publisher/Editor Jim Beckett ext. 109 Advertising Barb Consitt ext. 110 REPORTERS Scott Nixon ext. 105 Pat Bolen ext. 113 Mary Simmons ext. 107 CUSTOMER SERVICE Sue Rollings ext. 101 Carol Powe ext. 102 COMPOSITION DEPARTMENT Manager Deb Lord ext. 114/103 Sharlene Young ext. 103 Diana Hardy ext. 103 ACCOUNTING STAFF Anita McDonald ext. 104 Ruth Slaght ext. 106 Patty Case .ext. 111 Christina Scott ext. 108 Marg Pertschy ext 208