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The Ohio Jewish Chronicle
Serving Columbus and the Central Ohio
Jeioish Community since 1922
VOLUME 71
NUMBER 2
JANUARY 14,1993
21 TEVET 5753
DEVOTED TO AMERICAN AND'JEWISH IDEALS
Congress approves support
for Arid Lands Consortium
page 2
14 Jews join Congress
page 3
Jews and blacks and
a Shared dream
page 4
Mandelkorn Fund proposals
requested by Foundation
page 7
JFS Vocational Counseling
tailored to individual
• page 8
'The Woods' on hold
page 9
Family Roots Adventure
being planned for summer
page 15
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COMMUNITY FEATURE
Students get miniature view of nature's wonders
By Ina Horwitz
For those who don't know
what a skink, swift, gecko or
fire bellied frog look like, just
ask the fifth and sixth grade
students in Kathie Fedun's
science classes at the Columbus Torah Academy. For over
three months, they have had
the opportunity to observe
about 16 reptiles and amphibians living in a terrarium donated permanently to the
school by Steve Glirhcher,
owner of Aquatic Fanta-Seas
and the founder of PACE
(Public Awareness for Conservation Education) — a $30
million project which he
hopes will eventually become
an educational and conservation resource center for Columbus.
Glimcher, 29, who intends
to complete the PACE project
with corporate funding, plans
to begin with a small center,
once he has about $7 million
raised. It will be a non-profit
project, with Glimcher as its
director.
"We'll be different from the
Center of Science and industry (COSI), which is scientifi
cally based," he said, "since
our facility will be mostly ecol-.
ogy based." "-   „
To raise public awareness
about his project and the environment, Glimcher. speaks to
school, nature and youth groups.
on a volunteer basis. He brings
along forms of ocean life, such
as sea urchins, as well as species
of lizards and frogs, found in
rain forests. He is very familiar
with aqautic and terrestrial life,
as his work requires designing
custom aquariums and terrari-
ums for private homes and businesses.
The students at Torah Academy were very excited to receive
more than a verbal presentation frbm Glimcher. By being
able to watch their own miniature rain forest in the 48 by 18
by 22 inch terrarium, the children can see the interaction between living species and their
surroundings; they have also
gained a greater understanding
and appreciation for environmental issues, according to
Glimcher and Fedun.
"Being Jewish myself, I decided to donate a living display to the Torah Academy to
further the study of environ
mental education," Glimcher,
said. "It's great to be able to
show kids something they may
not have an opportunity to
otherwise see."
Steve Glimcher
He added, "The best time to
plant the seeds of conservation and environmental interests is when you're young. And
I believe this is definitely the
age of the environment."
The terrarium has made a
great difference in the students' lives, said Fedun. She
noted they are always learning
something new from it, adding
that when they're finished
with their class work, they like
to study what is going on inside, whether it is a chameleon
changing color or a "suction
frog" hanging tightly to the
side of glass or a tree frog
jumping as high as four feet in
the air.
"Different species will blend
into their surroundings so as to
get away from their enemies,"
said Ron Shulman, 11;.-
Feige Chinn, 11, remembered
how "neat" it was when the tail
on a gecko (a form of lizard),
which had fallen off, began to
grow back. She also noted how
interesting it was to watch some
of the species sleep on top of
each other to keep warm and
how the chameleons shed, their
skin.
In addition to learning about
the creatures, Feige has become
much more alert to the environment. "Did you know there are
only two percent of all the rain
forests left in the world?" she
asked. "We must not let them
become extinct. A lot of medicines come from rain forests. If
we destroy them, we destroy the
help these medicines can bring
to human lives."
see WONDERS pg. 4