01-27-2010 11:35 AM
Spokes
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Date Dec 2009 Location Kitchener Posts 2,036
01-27-2010 11:36 AM
Spokes
Senior Moderator
Date Dec 2009 Location Kitchener Posts 2,036
Kinda cheesy huh haha
02-04-2010 12:17 AM
UrbanWaterloo
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Date Dec 2009 Location Kitchener-Waterloo Posts 1,665
WW Meet 2: Saturday May 29 4-7 PM
Originally Posted by Spokes 
01-27-2010 11:35 AM
Spokes
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Date Dec 2009 Location Kitchener Posts 2,036
Region releases ‘Roundabout Dance II’ video
January 26, 2010
Record staff
The Region of Waterloo has released its latest ‘how to’ navigate a roundabout. Roundabout Dance II is now available on the region’s website.
http://news.therecord.com/News/Local/article/662331
January 26, 2010
Record staff
The Region of Waterloo has released its latest ‘how to’ navigate a roundabout. Roundabout Dance II is now available on the region’s website.
http://news.therecord.com/News/Local/article/662331
05-06-2010 10:59 AM
UrbanWaterloo
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Date Dec 2009 Location Kitchener-Waterloo Posts 1,665
Region of Waterloo unveils new roundabout at the Children's Safety Village
Donors make an investment in safety of region’s children
May 5, 2010 - http://www.region.waterloo.on.ca/web...1?OpenDocument
Cambridge, ON – The Children’s Safety Village officially opened the Roundabout and Wally-go-round – the latest addition to the Waterloo Region Children’s Safety Village and a key part of the Village’s commitment to training children in traffic safety. On hand to assist were Waterloo Region Children’s Safety Village Chair Lee Fitzpatrick, Region of Waterloo Departments of Design and Construction and Transportation and Planning, Regional Chair Ken Seiling, and representatives from the Waterloo Regional Police Service.
Built with donations of time and materials from The Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Conestoga Heavy Construction Association, Steed and Evans Limited, Capital Paving, J Weber Construction, Ersman Construction, Harold Markle of Canadian Towing Equipment and Wally Wolff of the KW Civitan Club, the roundabout and interactive tool referred to as the Wally-go-Round provides educators with a unique opportunity to demonstrate roundabout safety in a fun, hands-on way that children will find easy to remember.
Local grade one students will also join the celebration and help kick off the new roundabout safety component of the grade one traffic safety program.
“It’s essential that children in Waterloo Region learn good traffic safety rules and habits,” said Ken Seiling, Chair of the Region of Waterloo. “I thank the Children’s Safety Village and its partners for including education on roundabouts in their program.”
Over 250,000 children have already participated in safety programs at the safety village where they have had the opportunity to practice real life skills that reduce the risk they will face injury due to a preventable incident. “We, at the Children’s Safety Village are proud to be part of a learning experience for the children of Waterloo Region which represents the first roundabout training initiative at a Safety Village in the Province of Ontario,” said Lee Fitzpatrick, Chair Waterloo Region Children’s Safety Village. “I would like to thank the Region of Waterloo for approaching the Village early on in 2009 with this wonderful opportunity to partner with them in this unique initiative.”
About The Region of Waterloo and the sponsors
The Region of Waterloo is generally responsible for services and programs that cross municipal boundaries while the local tier is responsible for the services and programs that are community specific and local in nature. Its services include Water, garbage and recycling, roads, public transit, Public Health, Emergency Management, employment and income support, community housing and the Region of Waterloo International Airport. Since 2004, roundabouts have been an important part of our roadway landscape in Waterloo Region. These circular intersections improve road safety, manage increased traffic demand, and help improve air quality by eliminating unnecessary stops and idling. The Region's roundabout education campaign has been recognized throughout North America. For more information on roundabouts, please visit www.goroundabout.ca
About the Waterloo Region Children’s Safety Village
The Waterloo Region Children’s Safety Village is a non-profit organization dedicated to teaching children in grades 1-6 about safety education. The focus at the Village is on experience based learning where children receive classroom instruction and have an opportunity to practice what they have learned in a “hands on” environment. The Children’s Safety Village reaches approximately 20 - 25,000 students each year. Grades one, three and five are taught by a uniformed police officer who teaches the fundamentals of traffic, bicycle and pedestrian safety and the newly developed “Stranger Danger on the Internet”. Grades two, four and six are taught aspects of fire safety by a uniformed fire education officer. With the use of videos, an interactive Hazard House and “Sparky’s Apartment”, children are educated on the importance of working smoke detectors, having a practiced fire escape plan and how to identify hazards in their home environment.