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RANKIN INLET
Close to 40 children got some great tips on how to keep safe while having fun on their bikes in Rankin Inlet earlier this month.

The program was a joint effort between the Rankin Inlet detachment of the RCMP and the local Department of Public Health.

A number of the youth had taken the bike-safety program the year before and were quite animated during a lecture and video presentation given by health worker Cielo Smith.

Smith revisited the previous year's pointers and many of the children who attended in 2012 shouted out the answers with her as she covered such topics as the importance

of always wearing a helmet while biking and

making sure it fits properly.

Once the presentation inside the wellness centre was completed, the children got some more pointers while riding their bikes in the safety of the parking lot in front of the public health building.

The young children also received some cool prizes and were treated to a special barbecue for the occasion, cooked and prepared by health staff workers.

RCMP summer students George Dunkerley III and Austin Ford-Rogers represented the detachment at the event and gave the kids a number of safety pointers.

Rankin RCMP Sgt. Kim Melenchuk said the bike-safety course gave the two summer students the chance to represent themselves and the detachment on and above their regular duties.

He said the two have spent the summer doing everything from filing paperwork and attending calls, to answering phones and taking care

of the front counter.

"Our students have been very helpful to us with their various duties all summer and this was another example of that," said Melenchuk.

Melenchuk said Rankin should have more events like the bike-safety course.

"I'd like to see some sort of followup to see if the kids are applying what they've learned and always wearing their helmets."

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