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Show uirmii ran i'u ut 1 1 JL..N .f Participating in the Green Pennant Traffic Safety Program kickoff at Orchard Elementary were, from left, school principal princip-al Arvel Beckstead, Mayor of North Salt Lake Jake Simmons, and city police chief Val Wilson. Traffic safety program besrins at Orchard Elem. will be taken from the flag pole and placed in the school foyer for 30 days, to dramatize the need for safety. The green pennant is to focus attention on safe walking, bicycling and driving habits. The program has helped to reduce accidents in other cities, and it can do the same here in North Salt Lake if everyone will be just a little more safety conscious. con-scious. A school which completes the entire school year without an accident acci-dent is eligible to receive a "Perfect Safety Award" certificate. It is hoped that Mayor Simmons can return re-turn next spring to present this certificate cer-tificate to the school. The Green Pennant Traffic Safety Safe-ty Program is aimed at making every ev-ery student of the school conscious of the vital need for traffic safety. At the same time, it provides recognition recog-nition to schools with oustanding traffic safety performances. The program, in effect 24 hours a day, seven days a week, is sponsored nationally by General Motors and locally by Clark Buick and the 4-H clubs of North Salt Lake. A large green safety pennant embossed with the image of a school safety patrol boy and girl was given to the school by 4-H club member, Shannon Welty. It will fly over the school as long as the students stu-dents in the school are not involved in student-related traffic accidents. That is an accident involving any vehicle automobile, truck, bus, motorcycle, motor scooter, bicycle, bicy-cle, etc. which results in bodily injury or extensive property dam-. dam-. age and in which, in the judgment of A the police department, a student did not exercise good safety practices. prac-tices. Accidents in which students are vehicle passengers, and injuries of any kind on private property, are not counted. If a student is involved in an accident the North Salt Lake police department will notify Mr. Beckstead, Orchard Elementary , principal, and the green pennant |