posted by Jody @ 7:16 AM
Explorers used to go into unknown territory to see what was there; I am going into the realm of blogs to see what I can add, and, in writing posts about my life here in Northeast Indiana, to see what I can discover about myself and the place I live. Maybe this is not so much a new-fangled blog as it is an old-fashioned pot-bellied stove around which stories and news are exchanged and shared.
Yo, there. Okay, I don't exactly look like my picture here. I have written for some papers in different places and at present I am writing for the Kendallville Mall. You may have read some of my articles; you may not have. A lot of the time I write for myself, and sometimes I don't do it on paper. Sometimes I write in my mind where the words can soothe or encourage or firmly establish a feeling in my memory place. Would that be my heart? Maybe. Sometimes I write funny stuff; I think I am at times melancholy. I don't think of myself as a writer or storyteller. I believe I just have a need to attach words to things. Perhaps it is a way of praying , a need such as that expressed by C.S. Lewis in the movie Shadowlands:"That's not why I pray, Harry. I pray because I can't help myself. I pray because I'm helpless. I pray because the need flows out of me all the time, waking and sleeping. It doesn't change God. It changes me."
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I live on Riley Street and currently have three children attending North Side Elementary. Will it take a Police Officer getting struck by a vehicle before the City of Kendallville wakes up and relizes that there is a serious problem that needs to be immediately dealt with before it is literally to late???
Someone is going to lose a child because people are in such a hurry to get wherever they are going and are in no way concerned with the safety of other people.
Concerned parent on North Riley Street.
Currently the posted speed is 30 miles per hour just before the intersection in question which translates to 50 miles per hour with your typical driver. There are no lights flashing that a school zone is ahead.
I appreciate your comments; I saw the accident after the fact and didn't get any information until later the next day. In this case, I think the driver had stopped on Harding Street and then turned south on Riley St. Do you know how far the guard was in the street when she was hit?
Apparently, the car's windows had a lot of snow on them; that is never a good thing.
I agree the crossing needs to be better marked, with signs alerting drivers before they reach the intersection.
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