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Commission, which agreed
to study whether guards
were. needed.
One year later, the adult
crossing guards were at
their posts and the traffic
light had been lengthened,
giving students an extra
four seconds to cross the
street.
Some of the delay in secur-
ing the guards was due to a
debate between Southfield,
located on the west side of
Greenfield Road, and Oak
Park, located on the east. •
Neither city felt obligated to
provide guards to work in
the other's municipality,
though in the end Southfield
hired the crossing guards.
Similar problems arose
when Mrs. Waldman sought
guards for Bais Yaakov,
where students cross into
Southfield and Oak Park.
(Both cities eventually
agreed to supply guards for
the school).
Meanwhile, Mrs.
Waldman sought 11 sixth-
grade girls from Bais
Yaakov to assist the adult
guards. The interest was
overwhelming.
"I've already got third-
and fourth-graders asking
me if they can join the safety
patrol when they get in the
sixth grade," Mrs. Waldman
said.
Safety patrollers arrive at
their posts at 8 a.m. and
work until 8:25, then in the
afternoon from 4-4:20 p.m.
Their only bonuses are hot
chocolate in the winter and
the privilege of getting to
morning classes a little late
and leaving a little early in
the afternoon.
Wearing the familiar
bright-orange safety belts,
the girls regularly assist the
adult guards. Rules as to
how they must fulfill their
job are strict. For example,
when keeping -students
waiting to cross the road,
they must stand with arms
outspread and thumbs
pointed down — a measure
that allows them to more
easily grab anyone who
might wander near the
street.
Two city-supplied guards
work at 10 Mile and Church
roads, with Bais Yaakov
girls posted at these and
other posts near the school.
Mrs. Waldman said the
safety guards are of great
help to the students. She
pointed to a 1987 AAA
survey showing that one-
third of all traffic accidents
in Michigan in which chil-
dren were killed occurred as
the youths were on their way
to or from school.
In conjunction with Bais
Yaakov's new safety look,
both the girls' school and
Yeshiva Beth Yehudah will
observe Safety Awareness
Month in November. The
schools will sponsor a safety
awareness contest, with
prizes including bikes,
helmets, reflectors and bike
bags.
The purpose of the safety
awareness program, to be
presented by Oak Park
Police Officer Robert
Jenkins, members of AAA of
Michigan and teachers at
the two schools, is to in-
crease students' awareness
of all kinds of safety, Mrs.
Waldman said. In addition
to learning about how to be
careful when walking to and
from school, the girls will
study the proper way to ride
bikes in the street and why
they should not speak with
strangers.
Some 300 Bais Yaakov
students walk or ride their
bikes to school each day,
Mrs. Waldman said. •
Members of the Bais
Yaakov student patrol are
Naomi Apt, Sara Baum,
Shanna Divinsky, Adina
Eisenberger, Simcha
Ishahis, Devorah Radner,
Shifi State, Henna Tolwin,
Henchi • Wiener, Shoshanna
Ross and Sasha Werenberg.
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COhn Lecture
On Right To Die
"Dying — Whose Right Is
It?" will be the topic at the
next Irwin I. Cohn Memorial
Lectures in Talmudic Law
and Ethics. The lecture will
be at the home of Dr. Jason
and Pearlena Bodzin 8 p.m.
Oct. 22.
The speaker will be Pro-
fessor Irving Breitowitz of the
University of Maryland Law
School. He is also the rabbi
for the Woodside Synagogue
in Silver Spring, Md.
The Cohn series is a project
of the Lubavitch Foundation
of Michigan. For information,
call Rabbi Herschel Finman,
737-7000.
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