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School farm safety program stabilizing accident rate _ By Heather Buchanan' workshop has been plan- Emphasis on farm ned for March 26 at safety in schools isama- Western Ontario jor reason behind reduc- Breeders Inc., just north ' ed accident rates of Woodstock. throughout Ontario. The OCFSA 1986 ex- . _ Oxford County Farm ecutive are Past Presi- Safety Association dent Allan Bond, Presi- F (OCFSA) members were dent Ed Butt, First told farm accidents Vice-President John among younger age Lansdale, Second Vice- . groups were becoming President Norma Howe, I stable since the insertion Secretary-Treasurer i of farm safety programs, Ruby Bulter, Directors 3 which emphasized rural George Dakin, Marg 1 . community safety, dur- Klosch, David Woods (D _ ing its annual meeting and Brian Armstrong. [ on February 5. Featured speaker for Steve Matisz, farm the meeting was Marg ', safety consultant for the Fleming, Women's In- Farm Safety Associa- stitute representative, tion Inc., said credit for discussing Agri-kits. the reduction rested Mrs. Fleming said the , . with area boards such as kits, which were approv- , Oxford for their work ed for use in both public providing safety pro- and separate sc ools, grams for schools were developed by Ox- throughout the count . ford Women's Institute Past President Alien and Women for Support Bond said the associa- of Agriculture mem ers tion would continue to during the summer of promote the safety pro- 1985. gram in schools. Ontario Farm Safety She said the Oxford Association President kits were unique because Jim Gibb, Oxford direc- six teachers, three each tor, suggested it would from se arate and public ' be a positive step for Ox- school hoards, prepared ford to host an area spr- teaching guides to help I ' ing workshop. The coun- integrate the kits intol . Eh, association approved regular curriculum t e suggestion and the work. it“. 3, '3‘.\12=1.;' _,..-,l l'il'll ""‘4v3l-l‘! 8 _ Voice of the Oxford Farmer, Thursday/Feb, 20, 1986. liege '7 _ if: Il?, 'g " "iFii, " I l) tll-ll 'ItllNllllil lirl " . ESS, ' i, V _ it a“ BiEiia'1'ili, - «retiree»? ltil'i8, 'l - IIE) at I Tii “We » Illlllli$iilg ' "I': .-" w', , I lr. l ~. " ry 'i' Ir j" vs-ti. -. ::, Bt 'il2,ttYea , Mm8g)lit_ :," ' J ll , . 'igi " a» . l, lifi’f’; fig? f r ; 'iT, yer-tame; 'rt), Witt 'l.F..r. l (g,, g 5-,?!" My." .5; it". - wt» , 5"?) . . V W, Ite, TC",. T't"' ia " . . g; f . . - Illia'! (silall , I Bl " t Il8llllil ". I . “In? ' " Bti, 'Ma ~ I r i - . _ _ g 3 'l.! tr, Il" _ " I i ' I t', ht r'i'irilffil,?,l'?ii' d ,- " = Illttit ' .3 E y it: . . t l tlt fii'ilf'l _ or. Bll - ’ ' . . = g . .' _ . .. .. " ' "*6. Mr' , . at; F . , " 3 . .,S d ~-- -. ___ Mat"' . . . elated to ics could be In- AGRl-KIT DEMONSTRATION -- Jean Christopher egggégdwitri‘aé agrlge.rfd'2trgl. This was the f.ir.st from Ingersoll, a part-time teacher at St. 2r/,'irl'i.'. such workshop held in Oxford County. Judy 1/)/ilk..in-. Separate School in Thamesford, goes throug li son, ROS specialist OMAF Woodstock, and pilot ferent sections of the Oxford l/l/tttn en s Institute 82d project representative Beth Deslippe, RR. 4, Women for the Support of Agriculture sponsoguc Thamesford, led the workshop. Agri-Kits which have been approx: ”£356 Puma , ) _ F and se arate schoo s In . . . er Buchanan Thamestgrd‘s shcool held an in-service workshop to 7 (Staff Photo Heath c, l . ”he