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Cartwright High School stu- dents jumped rope for two hours on Friday, and raised $2,739.10 for the Heart and Stroke Foundation. February is Heart and Stroke Month, and the Jump Rope Program is just one way funds are raised for Canada's number one killer. The students rounded up pledges and skipped for two hours at the Blackstock Recrea- tion Centre. | "Always having a full day of fun activities and competitions, Cartwright has been support- ing Jump Rope for Heart for ten consecutive years. This is long- er than any other school in Dur- ham Region," said Laurie Rob- inson, co-ordinator of the Jump Rope For Heart Program in Durham Region. The Blackstock School also received a banner from the Heart and Stroke Foundation in recognition of their continu- ous support. The merit banner Cartwright High School students skipped for two hours on Friday, to raise over $2,000 for the Heart and Stroke Foundation. See story for more details. Joint venture will be the first between Ont. Gov't and Durham Durham Region will develop and market an industrial subdi- vision on 185 acres of provin- cially-owned land in Whitby. The deal -- which is being pegged as an innovative joint venture between the two gov- ernments -- will free up land once intended for the Whitby Psychiatric Hospital. Government Services Minis- ter Chris Ward made the an- nouncement to councillors at a recent regional meeting. "The province will recover the market value of the land at the time the sites are sold," Mr. Ward told councillors. "Durham will recover its de- velopment and marketing An Invitation From Oxy-Med (Lindsay) Ltd. Don't miss this special event ... Camp's Naturalwear line is recognized as the finest selec- tion of mastectomy forms and fashions available today. FUNDING INFORMATION AVAILABLE Call: Oxy-Med 1-800-461-2510 15% DISCOUNT on all Bras DATE: February 22nd TIME: 10 AM to 5 PM LOCATION: Pelican Pier, 237 Queen St., Port Perry (next to Port Perry Star) costs. Any additional revenues generated will be divided even- ly between the province and the region." Mr. Ward said the venture will be a win-win situation for both governments. "Both parties benefit under this arrangement. The region doesn't have to pay for the land upfront (and) the province saves the costs of servicing." The joint venture between Durham and the Ontario gov- ernment is a first for the prov- ince, Mr. Ward said. "It is one of several innova- tive approaches my ministry is taking to market and develop provincial lands for the benefit of our communities and the peo- ple wholive and work in them." Regional Chairman Gary Herrema said there is already a great deal of interest being shown by perspective indus- tries. Sales in the business park will be restricted to "end-users for environmentally-friendly light industries, distribution fa- cilities or corporate head offic- es," aregional document states. Mr. Herrema said the devel- opment will create local jobs for local residents "so we don't al- ways have to get on the 401 and head west." The close proximity to the Whitby GO station and High- way 401 will be beneficial for commuters and transporting goods. "With its access to major transportation routes, this site is a prime location to develop a prestige business park and this announcement fits in very well with our overall plans," said Whitby Mayor Bob Attersley. An additional 25-acre site along Lynde Creek will be sold to the Central Lake Ontario. Conservation Authority provid- ing an important open space area, Mr. Ward also announced. New Business in Town ... PVB See Real Estate Section will be hung proudly in the Cartwright high school students skip to the y beat of over $2,000 school. Heart and cardiovascular disease is the number one killer of Canadians. With this pro- gram, the students are learning the physical benefits of skip- ping and how to prevent heart disease through healthy living, while having fun and increas- ing school spirit. According to Kirsten Johan- sen, co-ordinator of the Jump Rope program, also an OAC student at Blackstock, there were 66 students involved in the jump rope program. There were 11 teams of five or six stu- dents, in which at least one stu- dent from each group must be skipping at all times. She would also like to men- tion that the I.G.A. donated ap- ple juice, cookies, spring water, and apples. Also L.J. Jahansen Consulting Services donated a Sharp Scientific Calculator and Parker Pen which went to Jill Van Camp, who raised the most money through pledges, in the Video of Durham fo entice investors Durham's Economic Develop- ment Department hopes to en- tice global investors to spend their money here. The department recently un- veiled a $32,000 video that pro- motes Durham Region as the ideal location for development and investment. The seven minute video will be shown at trade shows in Can- ada and the United States, and copies will also be sent to consu- lates and embassies around the globe. According to regional com- missioner of economic develop- ment Pat Olive, the video covers all sectors of economic develop- ment throughout the eight area municipalities. "It was a hard task to cram eight separate political entities into a seven minute video," Mr. Olive told members of the press, adding that he and the regional mayors are all pleased with the balance of the video. Regional manager of busi- ness development Norm Leigh agreed with Mr. Olive. "It was very difficult to cram 1,000 square miles into a seven minute video, but anything longer than that tends to get boring," he said. The video will be translated into French, German, Chinese and Japanese, Mr. Leigh said. "It's almost as cheap now to send a $10 video than a pamph- let," he said, adding that the video can be updated very easily by "plugging in" new informa- tion and editing out the outdat- ed material. The video will replace a slide and sound visual production which members of the economic development department say was outdated. Entitled "Productivity Plus ...Potential Unlimited," the vid- eo was produced by OMNI cor- poration. The original tender was $28,000 but the region al- lowed an extra $4,000 for spe- cialized computer graphics. R. JM. QUALITY PRINTS 60 Water Street, Port Perry Telephone 416-985-8821 The Image of Perfection