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Pat Arbuckle Chronicle Staff It was once as sure a sign of spring as the sighting of the first robin â€" young girls skipping rope in schoolyards throughout Ontario. But if the Ontario Heart Foundaâ€" tion has its way, skipping rope will soon become a sign of good health and physical fitness for boys and girls of all ages, thanks to the organization‘s new Jump Rope for Heart program. The program, a combination of precision rope skipping to popular music and supplemented by health and fitness educaâ€" tion was introduced last week to Waterioo County physical education teachers in a meeting at Howard Robertson Public School in Kitchener. First developed in the Unitéd States in 1978, Jump Rope for Heart has involved more than one million schoolâ€"children in all 50 states. Officials of the Ontario Heart Foundation hope to have 20 to 30 schools in Waterloo County participating in the program this year. The program has two main components â€" one educational, the other fundâ€"raising, explained George Henderson, director of fundâ€"raising for the Ontario Heart Founâ€" dation. Jump Rope for Heart serves dual purpose Chronicle Staft Xâ€"rays of the human body may soon be a thing of the past, according to a researcher with the Ontario Cancer Inâ€" stitute. Melodee Martinuk Instead of conventional methods, hosâ€" pitals throughout the world may soon be producing more accurate pictures of what‘s going on inside the body through NMR â€" Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imagery, said Dr. Mark Henkeiman last week in an address to a gathering of University of Waterioo students and facâ€" ulty. The principle of NMR, the biophysigist explained, ‘"is based on magnetic field and the excitation of molecules in the body within the magnetic field. NMR doesn‘t use xâ€"rays at all." 3X NMR imagery may make Câ€"rays a thing of the past Students will have the opportunity to take part in an enjoyable physical fitness activity "that will encourage and promote a lifelong exercise habit," explained Henâ€" derson. o But organizers of the program hope that the Ontario Heart Foundation will benefit from the program, too. Participating schools will be encouraged to hold threeâ€" hour skipathons this spring during which teams of students will earn pledge money for the Ontario Heart Foundation while competing for prizes. Proceeds from each fundâ€"raising event will be shared, explained Henderson, with 90 per cent of the money going to the Ontario Heart Foundation, five per cent to the Ontario Physical and Health Educaâ€" tion Association and five per cent to the participating school. And if the reaction of Howard Robertson students to the program is any indication, the success of Jump Rope For Heart is assured. â€" _ l _ _ d 3B UICU. + They were "keen to learn" said Gerry Baycroft, a teacher at Howard Robertson who worked with the students. o _ "The kids enjoy it. It‘s easy to do and it is unending what they can challenge themselves with." NMR imagery is still very muclfl'ew field, he said, and it is only no at researchers are taking the principles out of the laboratory and into the clinical setting to determine the effectiveness and usefulness of the process. Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto recently acquired an NMR imagery device andâ€"researchers there expect to begin two years of research investigation with it in March. Currently there are only seven such devices being used in the clinical environment the world over. But, Henkelman said, "by the end of 1983 there will be 100 NMR imagers in the clinical environment and from there it goes very, very rapidly.‘" The advantages of NMR imagery over the conventional xâ€"ray, Henkleman said, are many â€" "In xâ€"rays the most, dominant features are the bones and the Council approves Cycling Committee _ \~ to promote safety Pat Arbuckle Chronicle Staff A comprehensive program aimed at total integration of bicycles into the transportation system may make Waterâ€" loo streets safer for bicyclists. In other business, council requested a «report from the engineering committee on cost estimates for the proposed Dearborn Avenue Central Yard Facility. Waterloo city council approved Monday a request by UW student Robert McKay to establish a City Cycling Committee, a five to sevenâ€"member committee of volunteers that would represent the interests of bicyclists and serve as an advisory body to council in formulating of policies concernâ€" ing bicycles. The committee would have three main goals, explained McKay â€" the increased use of bicycles within the city, improved mobility and efficiency and greater safeâ€" Responsibilities of the committee will include the establishment of safety educaâ€" tion and training programs for bicyclists of all ages. The plans also include instructional sessions for motorists in an effort to reduce accidents and encourage greater coâ€"operation between bicyclists and motorists. ty. "It would be involved with developing, implementing and coâ€"ordinating policies so that bicycles can be integrated into the streets rather than on separate biâ€" keways," he said. "It will be a comprehenâ€" sive program that will go on for many years to come." _ Committee members will act as adviâ€" sors to council to ensure that no additional bazards orobstacles are created either in the repair or construction of roadways. Adequate safe parking facilities, regisâ€" tration of bicycles and more effective law enforcement to protect both bicyclists and motorists are other committee goals. _ _ _ Council showed support for the proposed committee. "I‘m impressed with the program from an educational standpoint," said Mayor Marjorie Carroll. "I think there is a great deal of room for improvement in the city." "We have had serious bicycle accidents with cars," she said and cited areas in the city, such as the Caroline Street railway tracks, that have caused problems for cyâ€" clists. Carroll expressed particular interest in the safety programs for adults. o "It would in the long run not cost us a great deal of money but we would reap the benefits," she said. â€" _ ‘"We have to look at the cost of the thing,"" said Alderman Richard Biggs, who requested the report. "I feél very uncomâ€" fortable going ahead with the project when we don‘t know how much it is going to cost,"" he added. soft tissue is very difficult to see. With NMR the bones are transparent and the tissue is much more clearly displayed." Because of this, he said, NMR "holds great promise in the field of cancer treatment ... we hope to be able to differentiate the malignant from benign tissue." Preliminary testing also shows that NMR is without hazard and Henkelman is "confident we won‘t see any serious side effect ... to date 2,000 patients have been imaged with NMR with no unâ€" toward effects."‘ Now, the greatest challenge facing those doing NMR research is to learn how to interpret the images produced, Henkeiman said. ‘"It is not clear how you read an NMR image â€" what you get depends on how the image is taken. There‘ll be a fair period of unscrambling Council also approved a tender valued at WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1983 â€" PAGE 3 (Continued from page 1) $65,000 by Goetz and Prior construction for grading to be done at the Dearborn site. The work will begin immediately, said Terry Hallman, director of purchasing and personnel, to take advantage of lower costs and available equipment. "It will be advantageous to grade now in light of the winter we‘ve had," he exâ€" plained. providing special care for individuals discharged from provincial psychiatric hospitals, residences for mentally retardâ€" ed children and adults :and satellite residences for senior citizens with a maximum of eight residents will be allowed in all residential areas. Halfway homes for alcoholics, exâ€"offenders and the socially disadvantaged as well as commuâ€" nity resource centres run by the Ministry of Correctional Services would be permitâ€" ted to operate with a maximum of ten residents in more diverse areas of the city. while we learn how to take the images and read them." Planners rejected the suggection to limit homes size to six residents,. as was requested by a local residents‘ group, because Deyman said ‘"‘it was stated in reports given to us by group home operators that the optimum size was eight and to decrease that size would impose a severe financial hardship." It is clear that those at Princess Margaret Hospital will have their hands full for the next two years with their research into NMR imagery. ‘"We have to determine if the information in the images is accurate, whether the inforâ€" mation is better than what is available through other means,"‘ Henkelman said. And, not to be ignored, is the costâ€"benefit of NMR imagery. Cost of an imager is now approximateâ€" ly $1 million and Henkelman doesn‘t expect that price to go down in the future. "In Canada now," he concluded, "the cost of medical care is to the point where it exceeds what we‘re willing to g:y for it. At $1 million per institution we ve to see whether the NMR is worth As well, he said, "the provincial minisâ€" tries have guidelines to regulate home size." On the advice of the city solicitor the planners in their report recommended against trying to restrict group home location on the basis of home type because such a distinction would increase the risk of court challenge on the basis of discrimiâ€" nation. it." To help ensure that group homes in the city are being properly run and to moniter home location, the planning report sugâ€" gests that all homes be registered with the city and that a municipal official be designated ‘""to provide information to residents and group home operators conâ€" cerning city policy, refer complaints to the appropriate agency or individual and follow up on complaints to determine if they are being investigated." The planning report will be presented to city council for consideration January 31. Group Homes