About Town
A Thank You to the Crossing Guards
With the school year coming to a close, it’s time to give our thanks to the crossing guards that have endured a year of bad weather to keep our kids safe.
Here we are in late May and the weather continues to fluctuate. It taunts us with a nice day and then quickly it changes to rain or colder temperatures. It’s been one of those years in the weather department. Everyone I talk to is ready for nicer temperatures and sunny days. Throughout the winter I wanted to write a column about the crossing guards in our area. I passed them daily when it was snowing, sleeting, raining and everything in between. I’ll be honest though, whenever I passed them and thought about taking a picture for the column I kept on driving—which means I would not make the cut as a crossing guard. I would like to thank all of the crossing guards that braved the horrible weather this school year. It takes a special person …
Erik Bloecks
7:05 pm on Thursday, June 2, 2011
I don't know why but I still Remember the names of the first crossing guards that help me get to Ogden Ave School. There was Ernie at Brainard and Bell then George at the coner of Ogden and Waiola. There were other later on but they are the one I remver most. It was 30 years ago and I remember thier friendly good nature. more ›