Drivers, take extra care to avoid kids having summer fun

By JIM BUTLER

No more books and studies,

Everybody’s gonna have some fun,

Everybody’s gonna jump and run,

School is out at last!

With apologies to Gary U.S. Bonds, the words are out of order but the message clear — kids are out of school beginning today and motorists are urged by agencies to increase their vigilance.

From now until classes resume on August 8 there will be more youngsters out and about in neighborhoods ordinarily relatively quiet from 7 till 4.

Youngsters will be on bikes, skateboards, or running about in driveways and on sidewalks, and often in streets.

Police urge extra caution going to and fro, particularly in residential areas.

Keep summer streets as safe as possible, they urge.