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Let s talk about HORSES Question Could you please tell some or he rules of the road when you re riding horseback on sideroads Answer The horse Is a vehicle just like car or bicycle and must observe the same rules He must keep the right hand side of the rood stop at intersections signal for turns at least the rider signal for the turns I can I visual Ire a horse his left hoof The horse must be under control at all times and observe the speed limits Reckless riding 1 gallopping careering along travelling on the centre of he road Is penalized sols drunken A horse has the right of way so car drivers hove to con cede half the rood when passing just as with bicycle riders Drivers also are obliged to drive carefully when approaching and passing a horse Drivers have been taken to court and fined for lack of courtesy to riders Question Is it better Tor horses to be In the stable when It mining or out in the field Answer Horses prefer to be out in most kinds of especially bod weather They feel freer to run away from danger when they ore out In pasture Confining In stable with thumps and blowing sounds outside is more up setting for a horse than being out and being able to tuck his toll against the rain and wait It out If horses ore kept with free access to a barn such as loose housing you will find the only time they ore in that barn is when hot and the files are bod If you get up in the night find a howling blizzard 1 11 bet you a dollar all the horses arc out In It back lo the wind snow on the quarters head down and quite comfortable Now I referring to the sturdy healthy pony or chunky backyard horse There are hot blooded horses who can t extremes of weather without becoming distressed Fine Arabs or Thoroughbreds arc more comfortable In a stable during storm rain and heat Also those long cold dreary wot days we so often ex In November good for most horses stabling night is ad vlscable Horses ore generally tougher than you think and enjoy cold or blowy weather Summer rains moke the grass taste sweet cool off their skin and chase away the flics Leave them out In it Hard to find school guards School crossing guards seem hard to get in Acton Clcrh Administrator Doug Prltchard told council night that he thought all the Acton crossing guards had resigned He said they were running advertisements tor Ward 1 Acton but if they received no response would either hove to have none or poy travel allowances for guards from Georgetown lo come to Acton Councillor Horry Levy suggested Safety Officer Sgt of Regional Police set up school patrols in Acton as he was doing in Councillor Pat said three of the crossings in Acton were on the highway and he felt a yearold should not be expected to stop traffic on a highway Mayor Turn Hill said the school patrols would be trained before school starts Council lounge Regional clllors may get a lounge or a room that will as a committee room and councillors lounge Members of the 1 administration commute considered the problem at their meeting According to Mayor Anne MacArthur the lack of a place where members could meet and chat over was the cause of some problems the region has today She felt members talk enough to one another on a social level Original plans Original plans for the regional headquarters in eluded a councillor lounge but among other things the lounge was chopped when council reduced the space it would authorize in the new building The Acton Free Press Wed August has more everything you need to make it on your own UP TO OFF Seasonal J SIDEWALK SALE La OPEN 9 am to 9 pm Monday to Friday Saturday am pm I