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kes far safety to the kids
by Pat Livingstone
rLucknowwricultural Sociey,
th generous spon-
sorship from many area
businesses, as taking an
important message to four
schools in its service area
-- farm safety. Ian Clarke,
a member of the
Agricultural Society, is
spearheading the project.
Three hundred and fifty
Farm Safsty for Kids
books were distributed to
Grades 6, 7 and 8 at
Lucknow Central !Public
School, Lucknow District
Christian School,
Brookside Public School
eased St. !Joseph's Roman
Catholic School,
Kingsbridge.
"The book pretty wrell
covers lots of safety issues
that would be for faann and
home," says Clarke. "1 felt
it was sensible to broaden
that a little and emphasize
the home part of it."
Students were encoaar-
aged to work on the books
in classas well as with
their parents. "There are
some home ,and farm sur-
veys in the book that the
kids could work aat,' says
Clarke.
He has been busy mak- . .
ing rounds of the schools
highlighting some of the
areas of major concern
with farm and home safe-
ty.
In January, the students machinery, around augers,
watched. a video called Do lawn- mowing. tractors and
it Right that features ATVs.
young people promoting -. J Clarke described the:
safety on tractors, farm o See °ffi[�sisey', paage M
Ian Clarke, a member of the Lucknow Agricultural Society, is spearhead-
ing a safety project in four area schools. Students are shown participat-
ing in a poison look -a=like session. (Phyllis. Helm photo)
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