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Skippers jump for heart April 12 saw over 70 students from Schreiber Public School participate in Jump Rope for Heart, a cardiovascular health program sponsored by the Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation. Jump-Rope for Heart promotes cardiovascular fitness through 2s jumping rope while raising funds for the Heart and Stroke Foundation through a non-com- petitive jump event. Students skip in teams with team members taking turns skip- ping. Team members secure pledges for the time skipped by their team. The students in Schrciber raised $4,456.33. Mrs. Brend's grades five and six class raised $1,572.62 making them the "top class" fundraisers. The top team was the "Flying ~ Kangaroos" with Scott King, Roy Power, Chris Jordans and Liam oe May 10, 1989 Waters raising $499.15. The "top student" fundraisers were: grade 3, Clinton Berthelot; grade 4, Cherie Costa; grade 5-6, Liam Waters; and grades 7-8, Martin Waters: Honorable mentions go to the following fundraisers: Nicholas Godin, Harry Tymko, Kerry McBride, Wendy Morrison, Roy Powers, Kyle Long, Evan McEwen, Steven Hart, Scott King and Andrew Adey. Congratulations to all the skip- pers and thanks to the generous people who sponsored this worth- while event. - Schreiber Johnny Biosphere has a serious message By Dave Chmara Donning his alter ego, Dr. Jack Vallentyne transformed himself from an internationally renowned scientist to Johnny Biosphere. Vallentyne, senior scientist with Fisheries and Oceans at the Canadian Centre for Inland Waters in Burlington, Ontario, uses his split personality, Johnny Biosphere, to give presentations to elementary school students and to make them more aware of the world in which we live. Biosphere, who has a back- pack with a globe on the top strapped to his back, gave presen- tations to students at Terrace Bay Public School and St. Martin School on Tuesday, May 2. He carries the globe on his back to remind him he is part of the world's environment. It also reminds him his actions affect the environment and in turn, the envi- ronment affects him. "It gives me a sense of being in and part of the ecosystem instead of just looking at it," said Vallentyne. Vallentyne explained the bio- sphere is the outer shell of the earth - the oceans, land and atmo- sphere. The backpack also contains a tape recorder which plays sounds of whales, birds, elephants and other animals of the world. His presentations are geared to specific grades. For the oldcr grades (7 and 8), he speaks about acid rain, the depletion of the ozone layer, and industrial pollu- tants (in both the environment and in our bodies). By discussing these topics, he hopes the students will raise questions with their parents about the state of our environment. The presentation for the younger grades is not quite as serious and ominous and allows for more participation by the stu- dents. Vallentyne touched upon the subject of the harm being done to the earth's ozone layer. He asked the grade 7 and 8 students how many had heard of the problem and well over half the children had heard something about it. He told the students if the world stopped using all the chem- icals that harm the ozone layer, it would take one to two centuries for the damage to be reversed. Dividing the students into two actions affect our environment. _ Jack Vallentyne (alias Johnny Biosphere) gave presentations about the en Public School and St. Martin School. Students heard about problems with acid rain, the ozone layer, and how our Photo by Dave Chmara groups, he told one side they were the United States, and the other was Canada. Telling them pollution from Ohio falls in Canada, he "sent the pollution back" by spraying the United States side with some "acid rain". a vironment to students at Terrace Bay Students on the Canadian side loved it- until they were told acid rain from Ontario falls in New York. Accordingly, they were sprayed with some "acid rain". Of course, teachers drive cars, which adds to the acid rain prob- lem, so they too were squirted with some of the "acid rain". It seemed like all fun and games until Vallentyne told everybody it was real acid rain he was spraying them with. "So if you go to comb your hair tomorrow and it falls out, or your skin starts to turn black and peel off, blame the acid rain," he said, Vallentyne continued, "actually, if acid rain falls on you, it won't hurt you," but when it gets into the environment it kills lake and fish and trees. He told students by using cars less and conserving energy, acid rain could be reduced. Concluding one of his presen- tations,. Vallentyne told a story of his grandfather canoeing on Lake Superior about 60 years ago. His grandfather then went swimming and the sweat from his body went into the lake. "How long do you think it takes for 90 per cent of the salt in his sweat to be removed from the lake?" he asked. The guesses from the students ranged from two months to five years. "It takes about 500 years for the salt to be removed," Vallentyne said. This simple _ illustration showed the students how mankind affects the environment. Vallentyne left the students with this message. "Saving and protecting the environment begins in Terrace Bay and all the Terrace Bays in the world. It starts in your own back yard." Sess Belluz Realty Ltd. Simcoe Plaza Terrace Bay, Ont POT 2W0 Juris Zdanovskis Broker 1-807-824-2933 1-807-825-9393 Tale of a Trip Mary Hubelit tells her story Page 5 E IDE THIS WEE Religion in Schools Reader wants public input Pet Talk Is there a retriever in your dog? 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