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The Flin Flon School Division wants to ensure students walking to Many Faces Education Centre have safer access to their school. The division has asked the City to install along the south side of Highway 10A a sidewalk, which would allow students to easily access a nearby pedestrian-controlled crosswalk. "It's not as big an issue when there's no snow, but in the wintertime, it's not an easy journey down the south side of the road," said Superintendent of Schools Blaine Veitch. In a letter to the City, the division stated that the sidewalk may not be feasible in the short term and asked that a pedestrian crosswalk be painted across the road at the school's entrance to "at least provide people with a point of entry." Councillor Cal Huntley said he believes it would difficult to have two crosswalks so close together on a provincial highway and added he is unsure whether a second sidewalk could be accommodated, either. Superintendent Veitch said either option would make the situation safer for students. See 'Other' P.# Con't from P.# "We want to (make the situation safer) as economically as possible," he said. The division's letter stated that Highway 10A "has always been busy stretch of road and with the development of the Flintoba Shopping Centre, it has become even busier." Over 200 students and staff utilize Many Faces, based in the former armoury, which is also home to Keewatin Community College and distance university program Campus Manitoba. At their meeting Tuesday, Council referred the letter to the Traffic Commission and the Engineering Services Committee for further consideration. Other matters In another matter at Tuesday's meeting, Councillor Dave Kennedy drew some chuckles when he presented the Fire Chief's Report for April. The laughter came when he noted that a fire alarm was set off at Hapnot Collegiate as the result of a student burning his report card in the school. It was one of nine incidents that firefighters responded to during the month. Others included a furnace problem on Main Street, residential blazes on North Avenue and Queen Street, a diesel spill at the hospital, and a cat spotted on a power pole. Councillor Law commended the firefighters for their work to preserve items in the Queen Street home that caught fire, noting that the house belonged to his father-in-law. A recap of other matters from the meeting: Council passed first reading of a motion to approve the 2004 budget, an outline of which appeared last week in The Reminder. Council passed a motion okaying a new residential construction at 308 Centennial Crescent. Council rezoned the vacant lot last year from parkland to residential.
