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Terrace Bay Public School students all joined in on a rather unique parade of floats that travelled down to the Simcoe Plazla for all to see. Wednesday Mar 7, 1984 by The Grade 6 Class The Carnival began with a parade along Simcoe Plaza. It was led by Marshall Bagdon, a Grade 2 student. Music was provided by the Senior Kindergarten class. There were many ' beautiful floats made by students from grades 1 to 7. Each grade was represented by a King and Queen. They were: S.K. - Julie Anne Reid and Michael Matson; Gr. 1 - Lori Fenton and Rory Singleton; Gr. 2 - Crystal Mc- Lean and Jason Laidley; Gr. 3 - Rachael Cun- nington and Kelly Maenpaa; Vol. 19 No. 10 errace Ba cchreiber : a e Public Library Terrace Bay POT 2WO Will "buckling up' benefit students? The Ad Hoc Trans- portation Sub-Commit- tee of the Lake Superior Board of Education held its "Presentation Night'? on Tuesday, February 28 in the Li- brary of the Terrace Bay Public School. The sole purpose of Tuesday's meeting was to allow the opportunity for indi- viduals or groups to make written or oral pre- sentations to the sub- committee. Mr. Gerry Armour chaired the evening and immediately asked if any of the concerned citizens attending had presentations. He was handed a petition re- questing that high back seats and padded arm- rests and seat belts be installed in all area school buses. Karen Park then asked the committee if they would accept a written present- ation later in the week as she had just received some information but had not had time to pre- pare it. The meeting was then silent and Mr. Armour was about to close it when Lynne Badger rose and quoted one of the articles to which Ms. Park had referred. She read: "The fact is, many studies have been car- ried out on the advisa- bility of seat belts in school buses by the Am- erican Society of En- gineering, the Canadian Standards Association, The Institute of Trans- portation and Traffic En- gineering - University of California and the Unit- ed States Department of Transportation. All of the above groups sup- port the premise that seat belts at this time do not effect greater pas- senger safety on school buses." She added that she personally was not convinced that seat belts were the answer and what she had read so far, indicated that they weren't. She was in favour of the high back seats and more padding in the bus. Suddenly, where there had been silence, there was discussion and_people made state- ments concerning their stand on the issue. Mr. Don Burton felt that seat belts should be install- ed in the buses. Gerry Armour stated that he "supported the recom- mendations of the coro- ner's jury." Judie Cooper also favoured seat belts saying that any damage to child- ren caused by seat belts would be less than if they were not wearing them. Lynne Badger dis- agreed saying that in a recent bus accident in Thunder Bay where an empty bus tipped over on its side, had there been children on the bus in seat belts, they would have been dangling from their waists six feet in the air. Mrs. Stachiw asked Mrs. Badger if a six feet fall on the other hand could have broken some necks? She added that her daughter was seriously hurt because she didn't have a seat belt on in the Terrace Bay bus accident. Mrs. Badger suggested that padding on the ceiling may have minimized her injuries. As the discussion pro- gressed, it was clear that the majority of peo- ple in the room favored seatbelts being installed in the buses. Mr. Chris Ray felt that since cars had seat belts in them, giving people the option of wearing them before it became law, perhaps the Board should give the student that option. Then if seat belts in buses are required by law in the future, this area will already have them. He felt that if the belts were there, the kids would at least have the choice of wearing one for their protect- ion. The discussion then turned to how to assure that the students buckle up. Many suggestions were put forward includ- ing: having the bus driver check each pas- senger; hire monitors to check each passenger; fine parents whose children refuse to wear belts and simply not allow children to ride the hus if they object to buckling up. Mr. Tardiff, owner of North Shore Transit was questioned as to costs involved in installing the seat belts and how long it would take to have them installed. He esti- mated that it would cost $6,000 per bus and though some compa- nies refused to install them, he thinks the job could be done in Thun- der Bay in a matter of two or three days. The Ontario CoCoT FN price did not include the cost of high back seats at $200.00 each and the reconstruction of the floor. It was suggested that perhaps the old buses could be_ replaced even though they have three years of service left. The matter was - dropped when: it was indicated by Wayne Anderson that even on the new buses which are equipped with high seat backs, the floor would still have to be altered. Mr. Tardiff also ex- pressed concern over in- surance as the company with which he deals has informed him that they will not be responsible for injuries caused by the seat belts. Karen Park asked if the committee would be making recommenda- tions regarding driver training and retrain- ing. Mr. Armour said they would be but the committee did not feel that they should make their other recommen- dations public until they had been presented to the Board. The Ad Hoc Trans- portation Sub-Commit- tee must now discuss all information and pre- sentations regarding the recommendations of the Coroner's jury and make their own recommenda- tions regarding the poli- cies they believe the Board should adopt. The next meeting of the Lake Superior Board of Edu- cation will be held March 19th in Mara- thon. All interésted peo- ple are urged to at- tend. Cross-country skiing was one of the special events held for the students. This avid skier hammed it up for the photographer. Gr. 4-- Renee Kaizer and Nathan Speer; Gr. 5 - Alana Harper and Steven Smeltzer; Gr. 6 - Tara Kraeh- ling and Tom Bigelow; Gr. 7 - Sherry Gagg and Terry Singleton; and Gr. 8 - Lana Phil- lips and John Gosselin. Crowns for the Kings and Queens were made by the S.K. class. Following the pa- rade, the Junior Kinder- garten, Senior Kinder- garten and Grade 8 classes went skating. The Grades 1, 2, 3, and 4 classes went tobog- ganing. The Grades 5, 6 and 7 students went cross-country skiing and games of snow soccer were played in the field. Hot dogs were provi- ded for the students at lunch time. Along with the staff members, a special committee was set up to help plan, serve and clean up at lunch break. The com- mittee members were: Michael Clements - (Gr. 6); Wayne Slawson, Jody Speer and Terry Singleton (from Gr. 7); and Lana Phillips and Mandy Ray (Gr. 8). The afternoon events were set up similar to play day. The Grade 8 class was in charge of the events. The students were divided -into 18 teams with the Grade 7 class acting as captains. The following were the first 6 teams who received ribbons: 1st: Team 6 - Sherry Gagg; 2nd: Teams 1 and 8 - Andrew Bonnema and Betty Hopper; 3rd: Team H - Jamie Semple; 4th: Team 3 - Sheri- Younger students participated in snow soccer. Anne Deschamps; Sth: Team 7 - Shane Harper; 6th: Team C - John Mark. Congratulations to all classes who worked so hard on snow sculpt- ures. All entries re- ceived a_ participation ribbon as did all the students who worked on floats. A special "thank you"' to all the staff members for their as- sistance during the car- nival; acting as super- visors, score keepers, chefs, providing hot chocolate, and as. parti- cipants. We would also like to thank the stud- ents who set up events, worked on the lunch committee, ran errands, helped with the clean- up and took pictures throughout the day. eS . Local business upset over peddlars Prior to the regular Council meeting on February 27th, a dele- gation of local business- men comprised of Mike Moore, Terry Korzinski and Bob Churchley met with Council regarding the subject of peddlars' licences. They spoke out in reference to the various peddlars who come into the town of Terrace Bay and set up _ business (through rentals of var- ious halls, etc.) for periods of 2 to 3 days throughout the year. They expressed con- cern over the fact that these "fly by night' peddlars offer discount- ed merchandise to the citizens of Terrace Bay but aren't available at.a later date to honour faulty or damaged mer- chandise. The-residents then take the faulty arti- cles to their local mer- chants, expecting them to repair the item which was purchased else- where. It was felt that the people are getting stuck with virtually no protection. The local merchants in turn can't honour warranties or guarantees on merchan- dise which is not pur- chased from _ their stores. Some of the resi- dents of Terrace Bay have become upset when the store owners refuse to handle these articles. Since ruling was made in 1970, peddlars of this nature have paid (to the township) a fee of $100. This one time fee will allow that peddlar to come into town on var- ious occasions to sell his wares for a period of one year from the purchase date of the licence. This peddlar's licence fee has continued from page 2