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ItPf,,1iy,tittftT,yte!yrtts COMPUTER TRAINING F Along the way, she discovered that the Hospital for Sick Children in 1 Toronto had launched a Children's Bike Wearing bike hel- mets could cut injuries by as much as 85%, she claimed. But how to per. suade children to wear hel- mets was the burning ques- tion. She spent hundreds of hours researching the problem. "About a dozen children in Ontario are killed this way every year, another 1,000 require hospi- talization and 150 i have permanent l brain injuries." It could have been a lot worse, said Cunningham. And it could have been prevented had her son been wearing a helmet. "Almost 80% of all bicycle-related deaths are from head injuries," she said. Not that Peter suffered permanent injury. He didn't. But after being examined at Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital, he did experience a temporary loss of memory, vomited during the night and became lethargic. our years ago, Claudia Cunningham's son fell off his bike and therein sparked the formation of the Halton Bicycle Helmet Coalition. Today, Cunningham voices her regret that her son, now seven, wasn't wearing a helmet at the time. It might have saved a lot of grief. LOTUS - and many more Oakville Beaver Staff By BARB JOY Oakvtlle‘s Business School Mom supports helmet legislation Ontario's Best _. Retirement Community Also Offers Ontario's Best Value! Safe cycling 338-6600 $129, Freehold Bungalows from an incredible unningham learned that a child is four times more likely to be serious- ly injured in a bicycle crash than to be kidnapped by a stranger; that 93% of children 6 to 16 years of age ride bicycles but only 2% to 3% wear helmets: that more than half of the children injured on bicy- cles had received no specific safety instruction on cycling. These were some reasons Cunningham was concerned. She decided to form the Halton Bicycle Helmet Coalition. modelled on the organi- zation founded at Sick Kids. Through the Halton District Health Council and sponsored by OTMH and the Halton Council of Home h) and School Associations, she applied LS l for a health promotion grant from the Ontario government and received _ $9.600 in September. . \. And so the Coalition was _ ae formed. dedicated to increasing SLS' bicycle helmet use in children lie -' and decreasing bicycle-related CCI/di' head injuries by a hopefully -- 50% to 857 m Halton. I , Cunningham justified the Eiit'"C: grant by pointing out that I just one brain-injured , child. handicapped for Il life. can incur exorbi- ( , tant health care " " lo, __ Costs. C? Helmet Workshop followed by a Bicycle Safety campaign that had been set in motion by a public health nurse in Toronto. A successful bike safety week was held at a Toronto public school and a school in Barrie and another in East York held Be Bike Smart campaigns for school-aged children and their parents. At least some children were becoming aware of the importance of protecting their heads while cycling. ’FOC US 'I'iiIE'i’ HEOAKVILLE BE P.-iifs _ ” $526245! & ,1 . _ 'i6i8tilNiatai .. .. I .... kN TMggia8 _. . _ - - lgaéWaiiBiltitt' V "Mm" __ ggMilililiBM6wt, - _ ""' - "ittlqqfht b" safety ($0096qu 939012 EAVER " Theresa Greer, executive director of Halton Women's Place, and John Hyslop, commu- nity service director for the Rotary Club of Oakville North, are getting ready for the club's second annul bike-a-thon, Rotary Ride for Shelter, on May 30th, for the new Halton Women's Place Shelter. For information see page " (Photo by PtrterMcCusker) WEDNESDAY, MAY 12. 1993 PAGE 11 'Full basements in Phase V 00215 heat 'Downtown location oWalk to shopping 0Fully complete rec centre oOver 400 residents We'll help you sell your current home. Call l-800-265-5709 for more information View Our Newly Designed Models ohh, land lease/condo fees 0 38' and 45' lots q l 100 to 2179 sq. ft. 0Ovcrsized garages Hopedale Mall Monday to Friday 10(1) am to 900 Saturday 10:00 am. to 60) pm *Sunday D. Noon to 5:(I) pm PNa all m may be open) Located at 3rd Une and Rdeaa in th . 827-0229- Manda Saving Oak Mr) am to 9.il0 pm for Over 30 year )akville