10 — THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2016
Local
Walk to School Day
Samantha O’Conner/ The Baker County Press
Students from across Baker City met at the Geiser-Pollman Park Wednesday at
7:30 a.m. for the area’s fi rst Walk to School Day. Bottom left: School Resource
Offi cer Lance Woodward (who is likely going ice cream shopping soon.)
BY SAMANTHA
O’CONNER
Samantha@TheBakerCountyPress.com
On Thursday, Baker
City held its fi rst Bike/
Walk to School event that
encourages student safety
when walking or biking to
school. Students, par-
ents, and volunteers met
between Geiser-Pollman
Park and the Museum
before school to join in the
international event.
Jodi Tool, Transportation
Options Coordinator for
the Baker, Wallowa, and
Union area, organized the
event.
“I got up this morning at
5:30 and it was raining. I
expected it to be small the
fi rst year, and hopefully it
will build up for next year
and maybe we can get the
bus coordinated in here
somehow next year, but
I’m happy with how it is so
far,” said Tool.
Students walked down
Grove Street to Wash-
ington then to Brooklyn
Elementary. Sorbenots do-
nated coffee for the event
and students were given
grapes and muffi ns. When
signing in for the event,
students were able to sign
a banner for the event that
will be given to Brooklyn.
Volunteering for the event
were high school National
Honor Society students
and the Baker Bulldog.
Tool also explained the
Lions Club and Baker City
Rotary helped with the
event.
“The National Honor
Society is coming to help,”
said High School science
teacher Sharon Defrees.
“They’re coming out to
support safe schools and
safe kids, and walking to
school to encourage move-
ment and activity. I’m
really excited about the
turnout with Honor Society
kids.”
Offi cer Lance Woodward
and Baker County Sheriff
Travis Ash also volun-
teered at the event to escort
students.
“I became involved
because Jodi from Com-
munity Connections is
organizing this and it’s im-
portant for kids to be safe
as they’re commuting to
school and this encourages
kids, not just to take the
bus, but to walk or to bike,
to get some exercise, and
so I think that is valuable
for kids,” said Woodward.
“I think it’s a great turn-
out,” said Ash at the event.
“As far as the number of
kids here, there’s a lot of
kids here, for its fi rst year.
I think it’s a very positive
experience, positive for the
kids, positive for the young
adult helpers, and for the
parents as well...”
Kassaundra West-Nich-
ols, the President of the
local 96 SEIU Childcare,
brought the daycare kids
who go to school with her.
“I think it’s coming togeth-
er pretty good, we have a
lot of people who are still
showing up and I think it’s
a good eye awakener for
the kids to know they can
go to school safely without
being in a car—you just
need to take appropriate
actions and be aware so
this is a good learning tool
for them and I think it’s
going to be really good,”
said West-Nichols.
Students who brought
bikes were the fi rst group
followed by the students
on foot and on scooters.
Leading the kids was Billie
Jo Deal with the Oregon
Department of Transpor-
tation. “I work with Jodi
Tool and a lot of the Safe
Kids North East Oregon
activity, so I was really
excited to be here today,”
said Deal.
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