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Children will soon be going to school and even with social
Public Safety is Everyone's Concern distancing more pedestrians are on the streets.
Slow Down, Be Alert
Cross at Crosswalks

emember these
signs back in March
RĂƚ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚĞƌƐĞĐƚŝŽŶ ŽĨ
Hiawassee and Silver Star
ZŽĂĚƐ͍ >Ăǁ ŶĨŽƌĐĞŵĞŶƚ
agencies throughout Cen-
ƚƌĂů &ůŽƌŝĚĂ ŚĂĚ ƌŽůůĞĚ ŽƵƚ Ă
new initiative called Opera-
tion Vision Zone. KĨĨŝĐĞƌƐ ĨŽ- ĐĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ^ŚĞƌŝĨĨ :ŽŚŶ DŝŶĂ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐƐƵĞ ŝƐ ĞƐƉĞ-
cused on areas where peo- ĐŝĂůůLJ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ͕ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƐĐŚŽŽů ĐůŽƐĞĚ ŝŶ DĂƌĐŚ͕
ƉůĞ ǁĞƌĞ ŐĞƚƚŝŶŐ ŝŶũƵƌĞĚ ĨŽƌ multiple school crossing guards were struck by cars. Looking
ũĂLJǁĂůŬŝŶŐ͕ ǁŚĞƌĞ ďŝĐLJĐůŝƐƚƐ ƌĞƉŽƌƚĞĚ ƉƌŽďůĞŵƐ ĂŶĚ ǁŚĞƌĞ ĨŽƌǁĂƌĚ ƚŽ ƐĐŚŽŽů ŽƉĞŶŝŶŐƐ ǁŝůů ĂůƐŽ ŵĞĂŶ ŶĞǁ ƐĐŚŽŽů ĐƌŽƐƐ-
ƚƌĂĨĨŝĐ ĂĐĐŝĚĞŶƚƐ ƐŽĂƌĞĚ͘ ing guards will be on duty.
KǀĞƌ Ă ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ LJĞĂƌƐ͕ ŶƵŵĞƌŽƵƐ ŝŶŝƚŝĂƚŝǀĞƐ ŝŶ KƵƌ ƉƵďůŝĐ ƐĂĨĞƚLJ ŝƐ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽŶĞ͊ Best Foot For-
Pine Hills by community partner Best Foot Forward, together ward recently held another public awareness event at tar-
ǁŝƚŚ KƌĂŶŐĞ ŽƵŶƚLJ WƵďůŝĐ ^ĐŚŽŽůƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ^ŚĞƌŝĨĨ͛Ɛ KĨĨŝĐĞ ŐĞƚĞĚ ŝŶƚĞƌƐĞĐƚŝŽŶƐ ǁŚĞƌĞ ŵŽƚŽƌŝƐƚƐ ĨƌĞƋƵĞŶƚůLJ ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ƐƚŽƉ
targeted these very same issues. ĨŽƌ ƉĞĚĞƐƚƌŝĂŶƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐƌŽƐƐǁĂůŬ͘ ^ƵƌǀĞLJƐ ĚŽ ƐŚŽǁ ƚŚĂƚ ŵŽƌĞ
/ƚ͛Ɛ ƐĐĂƌLJ͊ WĞŽƉůĞ ŐĞƚ ŽĨĨ ƚŚĞ ďƵƐ ƚŽ ĐƌŽƐƐ ϲ ůĂŶĞƐ ŽĨ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĂƌĞ ďĞĐŽŵŝŶŐ ĂǁĂƌĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŝƐƐƵĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĂƌĞ ŵŽƌĞ ĐŽŵ-
ƚƌĂĨĨŝĐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƉĂƐƐŝŶŐ ĚƌŝǀĞƌƐ ĐĂŶŶŽƚ ĂůǁĂLJƐ ƐĞĞ ƚŚĞŵ͘ ^ŝŶĐĞ pliant. A ĐŝƚĂƚŝŽŶ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ĨŽƌ Failure to Yield to a Pedestri-
the pandemic, these problems have decreased as more peo- an in a Crosswalk ǁŝůů ĐŽƐƚ ŽĨĨĞŶĚĞƌƐ Ă ŵŝŶŝŵƵŵ ŽĨ Ψϭϲϰ͘ϬϬ
ple stayed home. But now more people are going to work. ĂŶĚ ƚŚƌĞĞ ƉŽŝŶƚƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƌŝǀĞƌ͛Ɛ >ŝĐĞŶƐĞ͘ ƌŝǀĞ ^ĂĨĞůLJ͘͘.–

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