; A6 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, June 7, 2006

Local tragedy serves
asa lesson for us all.

Dear Sir:

The tragic accident that
took the young life of Ja-
son Mattenly and narrowly -

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_CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE TERRACE STANDARD

Spared that of Joel Manning

7 has touched our family, as it
has many, many others. .

Being a parent of a son
the same age who knows the

", boy has really brought this
Closetohome.
Watching your child go |

through the grieving process

“is a difficult one for any par-
ent. All I can do is be there

for him as life’s realities and

° lessons hopefully take hold. .

Hundreds of people, es-

pecially these boy’s parents,
are grieving, although ‘dif-—

ferently than others and our
thoughts and ‘prayers are
with them all.
Amazingly though, some
kids and/or their parents just

‘don’t getit. . .

On June 1, 2006 at about
5:40 p.m., I was on my way

. down Thornhill , Street and
_ tragedy. nearly reared its:
-. ugly head once again...

...AS. “approached the.
Thomhill Pub, a young boy,

about 1 lor 12 years old, on

- ared dirt bike came speed-
. ing “uncontrollably around.

the corer off Old Lakelse

"Lake Road:

Skidding on the gravel on
the side of the road, the boy

~ came close to wiping’ out
_' on the road.in front: of my

cates:

truck. “

As . my - heart ihearly

stopped, [looked at the boy. —

The Mail Bag_

To. my “horror, he * was not °

‘wearing a helmet to protect —

his‘little blonde head. —

As he looked at me, I
~ pointed to my head, mouth-
_ing to him.“Helmet!” The

young boy gave me a smirk,
sped up his bike and popped
a wheelie not once, but
“twice as he. passed me, all .
the while looking behind
him‘as though making sure,

Looking for a place to ©
turn around,.I lost sight of
him. I had every intention
of finding out where this boy
lived, so that I could speak
‘with his parents. Since this
did not take place, I am do-

_ ing the next best thing in

writing this letter.

_ A message to the boy:

How dare you put me and

my family ina position where -

things could have turned out

_ much differently where you
could have wound up under-
neath my truck.

You will be caught even-

tually and your daredevil fun .
will end. My only hope is it
will happen without lights,
sirens and sadness, for the
sake of yourself, your family
_and quite possibly the lives
of others who just innocently
happened to be there tending

~Tsawhim. —_

ing.

to their day.

A message to the parents
of this boy:

I hope I. have given you
enough details and descrip-

- tion to help you in determin-

ing whether or not this was
your child. If so, I would
like to think you would do
the right thing in talking to

_ your child about the’serious-

ness of this incident.

Don’t get me wrong, I
have nothing against dirt
bikes. I used to love going

* outback on dirt roads, tear-
ing up the dirt when I was |

younger, too.
The only difference is 51

wore a helmet — I rode my.

dirt bike. away from the

Streets, which made for a.
better day of riding. -Now
my ‘son does the same.
. Taking .a look ‘at .what

happened to Jason and Joel,

we have learned that sadly, ~
tragedy can strike at any-

time, anywhere, under the

-most unexpected — circum-
‘stances.
But if one kid or adult for :

that matter, just gets it, then
maybe we wouldn’t feel as
moun} it happened for noth-

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