As a former resident of Lacombe, with five children in the schools there, from Grades 1 to 12, I know first hand of my children crossing a railroad and highway, one block west of the town creamery, from September to June.
My eldest daughter froze her legs many winters walking when I nursed in Red Deer Hospital and all five walked in -45 degree weather. A school bus, of course, stopped at the crossing, but would not pick her up, therefore now and for her entire life, her legs drive her to her wit’s end with pain and swelling.
Come on school board and Lacombe County members — wake up before a family finds police at their door with a message for them that their child has lost their way in a blizzard and frozen to death.
Eilean Waldern
Red Deer