The Crandall System "Just Be Safe" and Herb Philipson's Make Education Happen Starting on August 1, 2000 safety education programing for 3 to 12 year olds on T.V. The "Crandall System" is a four-tier system of self-defense for boys and girls, teenagers, women and men and senior citizens. With growing success each year, the Crandall System is becoming a cornerstone for common sense and awareness now being taught by over 20 schools in New York State. The program is designed to be taught to parents, teachers or staff members of health and child care so that they can teach the program themselves year round in their own building and within their own budget. One of the tools that is helping this safety information be disseminated to the community are the 30-second Public Service Announcements that Grand Master Crandall volunteers his time to write and organizes with parents and children to air on public and cable T.V. But with all the work that is done to make these spots available, it is still the sponsors that pay for the T.V. air time that truly make the difference. This time our community and children should thank Herb Philipson's Army and Navy Store. This agency is supporting the airing of these educational spots for eight weeks starting August 1, 2000. Channels you will see these spots on are TNT, TBS, and USA. A special thanks goes out to Tony Bartolotti of Adelphia Cable for putting this cooperative venture together and especially to Mr. David Philipson of Herb Philipson's for his strong commitment to our childrens' safety. The following are a few pictures that were taken during the filming of the seven spots that will be airing. Two police agencies made time in their busy schedules to help with some of the outdoor safety scenes. In the picture below you will see Chief Stephen Verminski of the New York Mills Police Department to the right of Grand Master Crandall in the dark uniform and to Grand Master Crandall's left is Chief Kirk Lanahan of the Yorkville Police Department in the gray uniform. The young boys and girls involved in these spots are all students of the American Martial Arts Institute and are in the picture from left to right: Jon Lyon, Patrick Kilmartin, Sarah Johnson, Anastasja Abraham, and Matthew Senus. Many of the spots were filmed in the main training location for the American Martial Arts Institute. The following are some pictures taken during the filming in the school. Here the students are using up some nervous energy while the cameras are being set up. The first picture is green belt Matthew Senus(on left)doing a down block escape with Mr. Eric Stalloch (black belt instructor) as the attacker. Giving instruction in the back is Grand Master Crandall. The second picture is Patrick Kilmartin(on right) executing a circular arm break away with Mr. Jason Breh (black belt instructor) doing the attacking, again with Grand Master Crandall in the background giving instruction. Everyone was having fun and pretending to be scared became one of the more difficult aspects of the scene. The first picture is Sarah being grabbed from behind and escaping to safety. That is, after everyone stopped laughing. The center picture is Mr. Jason Breh again, this time grabbing Jon Lyon who quickly center kicked to the shin to acquire freedom. The third picture is Anastasja Abraham being grabbed by Mr. Eric Stalloch by the hair, but she quickly spins and runs to safety. Then it is outdoors for some safety tips about helpers, playgrounds and the buddy system. Grand Master Clifford Crandall poses by the swings with the five students who are helping. In the foreground, Grand Master Crandall explains to the audience that helpers are police officers, fire officials and even mail personnel because you can recognize them by their uniform and go to them for help. These boys and girls were approached by a stranger and asked if they would help find a lost pet and they said they could not but would go get a big person to help. They then left the slide and went to the police officer to explain what had happened. A special thanks to Tony Bartolotti (on left, account executive) and Jonathan Lee (on right, production manager) of Adelphia Cable for all their help putting this together.