BEWARE!
Right now, South Jackson Street is the gateway to the south part of Boone and, when the new Ledges Elementary building opens next year and Hancock Drive is extended all the way out to Corporal Snedden Drive, even more high volume traffic will be added.
We've seen the start of preparation for that coming onslaught in recent days as a new STOP sign has been placed on South Jackson at Hancock. That gives drivers plenty of time to "learn" of the new responsibility before school construction is completed.
We'll assume there may be more such activity coming......and with it, the possibility of a stop sign on two more sides, or, perhaps just one more side of that intersection??
Believe me, so far, drivers are NOT seeing the new stop sign. Conservatively, I'd say nine of 10 are driving through without a stop. My definition of a stop is that a vehicle is stopped BEHIND the sign. Now we've noticed some drivers are slowly driving through or eventually creeping beyond the sign before making a stop as if to say, "did I just see something different here at this intersection?"
PERHAPS THEY DID SEE SOMETHING DIFFERENT SINCE I'VE NOTICED NOW THAT A COUPLE OF FLAGS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE STOP SIGN.......IN AN EFFORT TO PROVIDE MORE VISABILITY.
A final solution will come through. It will just take time to get used too.
In the meantime, pass the word to folks you know who travel that direction.
K-----K
Hey, he's 90 and has been around the block a time or two, so why not take advantage of his wisdom on tackling the challenges of these more modern times.
Vern Modeland, BHS-50, has this to say, "It's becoming harder and harder to stay focused on anything these days. Especially for the younger Booneites who must feel assaulted any time they try to attempt anything. I recommend a decade or more without television being turned on as one way of reclaiming sanity. Avoidance of podcasts is another. This new-age technology is certain to foster a focus on just what you want to know, instead of what you should know. Some nice digital sound from the reader's personal CD library or its equivalent is recommended. That, and a walk around the block, around McHose Park or the Ledges or somewhere else where it is quiet. Listening to one's self form original thoughts and then, test their logic. That's what the doctor orders. An old doctor. One with lots of gray hair and a kindly smile. And a name known widely, like Longworth or some of the others that kept us put together when we were young. How about that?
K-----K
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