One Look At This Stuff, You’ll Never Eat A Snickers Bar Again
Heather Hemmingmore’s Nut Bar bar is mottled green and white, tendrils of fungus waving in the water like a sick man o’war.
One jar over, a butter toffee - her favorite - floats in sickly yellow water. The Snickers is a spongy mess.
“This is what it looks like in your stomach,” said Hemmingmore, a Brentwood Elementary fifth-grader. “The nut bar is the grossest. It’s got the most colors of mold.”
The daughter of a “health food nut” who only gets the bad-for-you stuff when candy bar hawkers come to the door, it’s easy for her to say.
But her school science fair experiment hit a little closer to home for students in a Spokane Community College nutrition class - and a reporter - who heard her presentation.
“This is pretty disgusting to think about,” said one student, sneering at a blue M&M.
Hemmingmore has soaked a smorgasbord of dime store delicacies in water for three weeks, recording the deterioration. According to her research, candy often sits undigested in the bowels for weeks, rotting.
“I guess health food can be pretty good for you,” said Hemmingmore.
Summer school information
Spokane School District 81 summer school information is available at the district headquarters. High school classes run June 19-Aug. 1; the middle school program meets June 24-July 31; elementary school programs meet from June 19-July 24.
Call 353-5242 for more information.
Retirement looming
Among the several retirements in Spokane and Mead school districts are a pair of educators with a combined 66 years of experience. Colbert Elementary chief Conn Wittwer and Rogers’ Ken Pelo predate electric typewriters.
Renaissance at Holmes
The Renaissance is descending on Holmes Elementary tonight.
Performers from clarinetists to folk dancers, painters to actors, will perform at the West Central elementary from 6 to 8 p.m. as part of a focus on fine and performing arts at the school.
Call Lisa Samuels for more information at 325-1199.
, DataTimes MEMO: Education Notebook is a regular feature of the North Side Voice. If you have news about an interesting program or activity at a North Side school, or about the achievements of North Side students, teachers or school staff, please let us know. Deadline is Monday. Write: Jonathan Martin, Education Notebook, North Side Voice, P.O. Box 2160, Spokane, WA 99210. E-mail: jonathanm@spokesman.com. Call: 459-5484. Fax: 459-5482.