European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 19, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse June 1985 the stars and stripes Page 17 modern living new York times photo the lightning Loop roller by Patricia Mccormack United press International no horseplay on the you Tell the kids at the amusement Park As they skip and jump through the entry similar caveats Are screamed at other rides that launch the kids into right Side wrong Side whatever which but since the kids Are about five feet off the a Normal hype excited state for such a your words probably dont knowing that Doest help your when they take off on the roller you May close your Pray and then curse for not having bundled them in football helmet Complete with padded body hockey shinguard and a Christophers ready for any eventuality falling for such fears Border on the in View of the fact that the consumer product safety commission says to amusement Park injuries Are chalked up each year including 10 deaths but on the amusement Parks Are relatively Safe places when moms and dads see that their kids heed the safety rules posted by the management rules that Are backs topped by family rules of Safe a code of conduct parents have been instilling for the National safety Council director of Public and youth Todd who on the Point about relative safety of amusement said the real Good ones invest a lot of time and Energy in safety and Are Good at but when an Accident happens on a theres usually a lot of Media he and in his Esti mation that is Why a trip to an amusement Park May strike some parents As High danger the Council gets the idea that parents Are quite scared of amusement Park safety standards from Many letters it to ease fears and smooth the Way for a Happy and Accident free Turriff recently put Down some guidelines in a new National safety Council amusement Park safety aside from says cleanliness and courteous assistance Are Hallmarks of the amusement Park believe it or blisters from the wrong kind of upset stomachs from the wrong kind of food and other seemingly Small troubles Are the most common at Erma Bombeck o or children Are getting fatter and and one of the reasons cited is that Only 36 percent of the nations kids Are enrolled in daily physical education classes at some experts who should know better dissected that statistic and put the blame on the emphasis of Basic subjects like math and school budget and a soft sell by Hogwash its How worked up can you get Over a course that promises to run you around a room until every sweat gland in your body bubbles perspiration through the causes your underwear to cling to your your hair to straighten and creates doors that makes an entire zoo restless 35 Miles away when will someone realize you simply cannot treat physical education like just another its one thing to conjugate verbs with its quite another to protecting children at amusement parts amusement proper planning and Normal safety Pecau including buckling up in the ride to and from the Are the keys to a relatively Safe Turriff the Normal safety precautions recommended by the Council include dont be careful in areas that May become watch for tripping hazards such As litter and in even walking help by properly disposing of use handrails on stairs and consider personal ride How Are you affected by movement obey warning signs age and height medical warnings and so listen carefully to verbal warnings and instructions from ride note location of ride exits and emergency routes children know where you will meet secure Loose glasses and other pos sessions while dont remove ride belts or restraint dont show while remain seated at All times and Al ways keep arms and legs inside the never allow children to sit on your Lap during a allow time to take Breaks for refreshments and for Protection from the upon arrival at the control the children by giving a Good example of being an Alert also anticipate being most Parks have a most parents the coun cil Check the location on instruct your children to go to the nearest Park employee if they become separated from on read distributed Park informational literature and note guest guest services first Aid picnic accommodations for the recommended child safety considerations at amuse ment As at other Public include the Fol lowing carry current photos and descriptions of make sure children know the full name of their if supervising a be aware of potential medi Cal know All addresses and phone select a common meeting place ahead of time in Case of youngsters scream in the 360degree Loop on the Shock wave roller a photo stand there in the Buff and borrow their High school physical education is the most intimate course a student will Ever i would rather have taken conversational metric or Alaska Flower arranging than sign up for a gym everyone else Felt the same it never we would always come from a class in logic where everything depended upon reasoning Only to go to gym and have the instructor we Are going to climb one rope 35 feet to the top of the Transfer to the other rope and come what is my motivation i would to graduate or not to she would sometimes we would jump Over do somersaults on a mat or hang like bats from a ladder on the my favorite was jumping two Steps and leaping All the Way across the gym in time to a handheld All this was a preamble to the big event there was Only one girl in the entire class who liked she would run through the water like a Nymph under a Waterfall while the rest of us stuck one Arm under the there was a reason for she looked like an inflatable who had gone to every prom since she was knowing our repugnance for the teachers considered them a part of our if you didst show you flunked the the excuses were in catching a rash enjoyed popularity for a couple of there we rent any towels played for three Days until the instructor found where we hid i thought i heard the fire Drill Bell was r my minister is opposed to showers was ii cd Only by those new to the i empathize with the kids of in for physical mind but when someone do you want to shorten your life or Shower with Dot amoral you dont even have to think about c c los Angeles times Syndicate
