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Council says ‘no’ to bike lanes on section of Erie Street By Mike Thibodeau By the narrowest of margins Leamington councillors have vetoed the plan to install bicycle lanes on Erie St. South, from Oak to Pulford. At. Monday’s (May 14) meeting the vote was 3-3 meaning the motion was denied. The fear for the councillors who opposed the move was the perception of hazards with vehicles and bikes. Councillor Tim Wilkinson said he felt during the budget process months ago it was not a good move. “I made a mistake then .... I would not let my kids ride there,” he said. Councillor John Jacobs said he was not opposed to bikes, “But why is is it necessary for bike lanes to go through a commercial district.” In the design bikes lanes would have been marked on each side of the road, and the street reduced to only two lanes of traffic with a centre left turn lane. As well, the town had planned to install two pedestrian cross walk signals, one at Highbury Canco and the second at Countess St. Despite the traffic study in how to implement the design, Jacobs said he still saw a “great big traffic jam.” But studies suggested drivers would only be slowed up to 15 seconds, southbound, in the changeover. And John Tofflemire noted that the bikes lanes would actually join the new bike lanes on Erie, north of Oak, (Continued on Page A-3)
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St. Louis walks for water By Bryan Jessop St. Louis Elementary School used this year’s Catholic Education Week as an opportunity to teach an important lesson to its entire community. The local school decided to hold back on a global humanitarian organization’s international event for 10 days to combine it with CEW, effectively both learning about and shedding light on an international crisis that few residing in developed countries understand. On April 27, the social initiative ME To WE spearheaded “WE Walk For Water,” a worldwide event launched to spread awareness on the lack of available drinking water faced by the citizens of underprivileged nations. St. Louis students held their own demonstration for the event Monday, May 7 as a means of kicking off this year’s Catholic Education Week. “It’s nice to see the kids being passionate about it,” noted St. Louis principal Kelly Rilley. “They genuinely want to raise awareness about the (drinking water) situation in other parts of the world.” Early in the afternoon on May 7, about 175 Grade 4 to 6 students at St. Louis embarked upon a ‘water walk’ starting at the school. The group was equipped with their own signs brandishing messages reflecting on the plight of inaccessible drinking water in Africa while some students carried 10-litre containers filled with water. After marching westward along Talbot Street, the procession headed south on Princess Street to Mill Street East and then made their way back to Talbot for the return jaunt back to the school. Afterwards, JK to Grade 3 students embarked
St. Louis Catholic Elementary School principal Kelly Rilley leads a group of Grade 4 to 6 students on a ‘Water Walk’ along Talbot Street East on the afternoon of Monday, May 7 as part of both Catholic Education Week and a ME to WE social initiative. The campaign was established to raise money and awareness on the lack of accessibility to clean drinking water in underdeveloped nations. (Sun-Journal Photo)
“They genuinely want to raise awareness about the situation in other parts of the world.” — Kelly Rilley
upon a smaller-scale water walk on the school’s property. Also that day, students of all grades visited workshops located throughout the school to learn about the importance of clean drinking water. Every day,
women and children around the globe spend 200 million hours walking to and from sources of clean water while nearly 900 children per day die from diseases and infections triggered by unsafe water and inadequate sanitation. Presentations, videos and online games also revealed to students the different ways that availability of clean water is crucial to day-to-day life for human populations around the world. To compliment the awareness and education objectives, St. Louis students also set out to raise funds for ME To WE programming that
establishes safe drinking water facilities throughout countries in need. Activities at the school include a Toonie Toss for prizes, with funds added to the pledges collected by students for the WE Walk For Water event. Prior to St. Louis’ participation in the worldwide fundraiser, a goal of $2,500 was established — a collection that at $25 per person, would have provided safe drinking water for life to 100 people. Although the collected sum wasn’t announced until an assembly later in the week, it became evident (Continued on Page A-5)
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