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Entertaining traffic cop performances
The Heads Up column by Joel
Palacios on Friday October 10 reminded me of the policeman, Mr.
Valentine Santiago, who studied law at the Far Eastern University.
He was an amiable traffic copy at Plaza Lawton where did a kind of
traffic direction ballet. The old Sunday Times Magazine of the
60s—or was it in fact the Times’ Mirror Magazine?— featured
him.
Mr..Palacios said “In Romania,
instead of hiring actors, traffic officers take ballet classes to
make them do their work gracefully. ‘The aim is to develop an
ability to regulate traffic and achieve elegance in their movements,
which will not only be agreeable to the eyes but could also help
drivers waiting at a red light get rid of their stress or
sadness,’ the Romanian town police chief said.
Here in New Jersey, there is a
performing traffic cop too—in South Orange. He didn’t take
ballet lessons, like your Valentine Santiago.
They make life a little bit
bearable.
Carol Ahrens
carolahrens@live.com
South Orange, NJ USA
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