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Parvnts are virtually IOU-per wnt t‘unfident ahuut their lt’t’lt~ tigers” abilities to stay safe around want-r. yet almost 50 per cent of those same teens have never taken swimming lessnns or if thcy did. it was mow than fiw wars agu. .m nndtng to a rt-u-nt pull cnmmtsâ€" sinned the chsavtng Society. "It's a fdsc sense of confidence purvms haw that just lx-cauw their thild is olden they'n‘ fine." said Bar- lmm Bwrs. publit education dirn- mr fur the waaving \(X'M‘W. v Ms Byers likened pan-mx .mi tudv tu a rite of pdxsagc. If they dn‘ nld enough to g0 In the mall alum. lht‘ll lh¢‘)"fl‘()khfi10|l){htugnwflm ~ mung nr boating with a friend. "I think parents think the judge mom or maturity they have is trans tvruhkr. It's not that they don' tun-v." Ms Bwn said S’AH UHCN'JSNECI‘ PWANYSHV‘N Nod: Robertson (above) and Marta Wnal make their way towards the pool during a slide-a-thon. raising money for the l-ivesaving Society’s drowning prevention program at the Whitchurch-Stoufiville Leisure (.Zentre ‘last Saturday. 0n the cover. \thl (ireen comes of? the slide. : "3. Teens need water safety help, LifeSag Society says BY SANDRA IOLAN sbolanflrrmg mm (not inckxhg HST) Alihhai. IS. and ht'f best friend (lift [)iii. 16. dmwnod in Muswlman's lake. 3 "'M) wars lulvr then-K slill fami live out [how that it"? sulfvring and we don't have a true undvmand. mg of their grief. I hnpo they haw found peace." and (kguncillnr Phil Bannon. whose ward includes the lakmhnn' (‘nmmunin Ms Nibhdi. who was. Visiting hm father Nash for tht‘ summer and Ms [)iii wvnl nut nn the lake in a dingy. dospiu' Mr. Aliblnuk misgivings. What came nm of it to Surw'wo. were fine. That was shortly before 8 pm. ()1 {how panama menlty poilod by the lJu‘Kaving Society. 28 pm (cm said they holiva thci’r won .agt-l wuuld jump inln .I pun! :0 saw a friend. Hut dropped to 20 pm «on! if it wa< in d lakv. M ' A1815 p.m.. Y6I'i Regional Police arrived a (all n‘ganding missing swimxm-rs. / Witnesses said at the time. Ms Diji. a weak fiwimmcr. went into the water. Ms Alibhai. whn took swim mng k'fiums. fullnwvd and mud to saw her. Ms Alihhdi .md Mx Diii's dmlhx stuck mm Ms Bwrx Mm that sanw year worked with the t‘urmwr's officv rcnvwing dmmungs shv math/ed kids “001’ In be n‘at‘hvd In their pm In early teens with [he ['1055881‘0f water safety LAKE DEATHS H" HOME PUBUCSAFHY wus Swim The program is for Childe in (".radt- 7 and builds upon the skills taught in the original Swim to Sur- vive program for Grade 3 students. which laugh! them to roll into (109p water. tread water for 60 seconds and swim 50 metres. ‘ 'lhe new program teaches the [I‘m-teens to roll. tread water and \Wifl'l w with L'lmhc-s on. It aim (qu‘hm mem'hmv to help a friend who may have accidendy fallen into deep watvr through luv-risk mscuv skills «- talk. thmw and mach. Inst yt'ar‘ the Huxwlman's lakr Rt'sldt‘nts Association installed bright urangt' lalu‘ Watch life rings m six difll'n'm locations around the lake. which "can vasin be won and accessed in case of emergency." said kirk Wignmm pmk‘kmt of the organizatkm. in an email to file Sun-'Ih’huno ( Zhangcs have also been made a: Muswlmam'x lake, , Mr. Ranmm is Mutwm‘king 0n pmviding fmo (IPR training to any ‘ She aiso said it has becunw nu m' M” a family! att‘m‘ty versus 1051 Ihc children. “It’s nice to have in your back pocket in case it‘s ever requirvd” “m the water or on land. he said. (Nerlhepastmvoyears.thenum- ber of people taking swimming ks. 90115 at the Wtchun‘hvSmufiw‘flc Leisure (3mm: has increased. but so too has the town's mmuhnnm. noted M’rcok- Ungman. manage: n! recreation for the town. "If you don't knnw how to an un, why send ynur kid ufl (tn the: puui or beach} because there's nm .1 3m you ran do for them." Mx ()ngnmn said, "11's not an accidc-m. n can by prvvemcd if yuu thmk about it ahead of time." she interested Whitchurchsmufivillv reshkmts. ‘w The xown hosted a slide-a-thon last weekend to raise mum"), fur the [flaming Society's drowning prwemkm program.