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Three Contestants

Wolf Creek drivers fare well in local school bus road-e-o

May 11, 2022 | 11:18 AM

Officials with Wolf Creek Public Schools say three contestants of theirs who competed at the local School Bus Road-e-o in Red Deer over the weekend, will be moving on to Provincials next month.

Those contestants include Dodo Freerksen, Sheila Talbott and Jerry Witvot.

The School Bus Road-e-o was held May 7 at Notre Dame High School in Red Deer.

Sheila Talbott (Supplied)

According to Wolf Creek officials, 21 contestants representing five school bus companies, navigated 11 obstacles in a competitive skills course which included: country turn around, right turn, student pick up, railroad crossing, parallel park, curb park, diminishing clearance, left turn, offset alley, straight line and ending with the stop line.

Dodo Freerksen (Supplied)

Drivers were said to be excited to have the opportunity to get together following a two-year delay and were enthusiastic during the walk around to get familiar with the course layout.

Eleven rookie and 12 veteran drivers successfully completed the course with the help of 30 judges that acted as preparation and set up crew, start line helpers to orientate drivers to the bus, judges to score drivers performance at each event, runners to collect score sheets, score tabulators to determine the top drivers, volunteers preparing food, and family and public supporting their competitors.

Jerry Witvot (Supplied)

Wolf Creek Public Schools, Chinooks Edge School Division, Red Deer Catholic School Division, Prairie Bus Lines and Siksika First Nation will have competitors moving forward to the Provincial School Bus Road-e-o June 4 in Nisku.