Newsday (Suffolk Edition) from Melville, New York • 80

DENNIS THE MENACE C16 Tjfti ftM ftiw i tz7 we'ee aw tsei' is- 7I i'll 66 01 rrr- iet most jse almost Br WW- -vpHeWD vou ee ecic iNft -tomorrow-im THE LOCtORNS jL I 1 STUFF KIDS DO Making a difference for kids by kids mostly DID YOU KNOW? Disposable batteries contain metals that can be harmful to the environment When they are thrown out in garbage and then end up in our landfills the toxic metals can seep into our water supply For more information about where to properly dispose of old batteries in our area visit earth911org BY ZAMERRAH GREEN Kidsday Reporter Our school's Project Character Club encourages students to have positive attitudes and be good citizens One way we are doing this is by working with our town (Islip) by collecting disposable batteries Club members made posters and flyers to encourage all students to bring old batteries and put them in a barrel supplied by our town At the end of the school year the town will pick up the barrel and batteries and dispose of them properly We've learned that we can make a difference in helping our community This week features Laurie Addeo's fifth-grade class at South Country School in Bay Shore OUR REPORTERS Stephanie Adams Kenneth Bradley Rushi Brahmbhatt Merissa Claudio Jordan Dwyer Sarah Edwards Jacque-lyn Elshazly Monica Embleton Kendall Fortune Zamerrah Green Tyler Kramer Joseph Madeska Sara Murphy Erika Pimental Nicholas Santiago Ashley Shaw Jonathan Sokol Robert Squicciarini Christopher Temple Jennifer Tineo What did the lemon say when it was asked to jump into the lake? "I can't I'm too yellow!" Jonathan Sokol Where does the Army keep fish? In a tank Nicholas Santiago Why was the puppy so well behaved in school? Rush Brahmbhatt WAY TO GO! Congratulations to Kidsday contest winner Alyssa A What's the main difference between a duck and George Washington? One has a bill on his face the other his face on a bill Christopher Temple Wong 10 of Mt Sinai who won a Answer in tomorrow's Kidsday UJ copy of "Swordbird" autographed by author Nancy Yi Fan 17 fjr 6 'A 4i KIDSDAY ILLUSTRATION CHRISTINE KASPAROV 11 EAST MEADOW.