With a bang
kimherlee lnyr.ih.iin. tlirei tor oi Christum education
.mil youth, helps john-Mark (itirnt‘\ oi Dupcne sample
the u ,irrs of the Grate )outh Ministries fireworks
st.uul .it the cornel oi tilth Avenue .md Hily.ini Street
Monti.iv in , ml it ip.it ion oi Independence l)a) tvstivi
tins I'hntn bv Vince Ramirez
Regional
Home fireworks shows may be
facing ‘endangered species list’
\\ A SI II\( n ()\ | API Injov shooting off those
I mirth of |uly fireworks in tile hat k v.ird while
\ mi i an
Pyrotechnics spot lalist John Conkling says
tins fialloweil family tradition is oil Ainerit it's
"list of endangered spet ies" and ina\ lie headed
for exlini lion
"We could have .1 video game Fourth of |ulv
in the not ton-distant future silling in our liv ing
rooms and watt liing animated fireworks displays
on our television si reens " he said
( onkling. exer olive direr tor of the Amerit an
I’vrotet linit s Association blames a "totally irra
tional campaign" bv lobbyists who want to-ban
all fireworks exi ept for public displays b\ li
i ensed professionals
The wax filings are going, lie said, "the pros
per Is are frighteningly real" that families won t
be able to t elebrale Independence Day by lighting
old fashioned goodies like firer r.n kers sky roi k
els. roman candles fountains, pinwheels and
sp.ll k lers
If dial happens I II feel sad that a prohibi
lion w.is adopted that isn't warranted, that the
fortes of exaggeration had won, that a 2 I r> year
old A met 11 an Irarfition had diet) and one more in
dividual freedom had perished, lie said
(tinkling, in is a |ovial chemistry professor
■if Washington College at Chester!uwn. Mri . with
.1 scholarly passion tor fireworks fie published
the firsl authoritative textbook on the sublet t.
The Chemistry ot Pyrotechnics in lflfti and a
( imklillg artir le on fireworks appears in the |ulv
issue nl Si it * nt if it Amerit an maga/me
lie 1 an fell you that charcoal 01 iron will
burn with a brilliant orange, that strontium salts
produce striking reds that barium nitrate gives
oil a bright green anti that t upper 1 hloride is hest
lor making hint- the most dillii lilt and elusive
1 olor in the fireworks spei triim
"Mv hohbifs are fishing .tmf fin* science of
pvrofct hnit s' ( tinkling s.iui with a laugh "I'll
grow up one of these days
fh' was in Washington Iasi work to givtt holi
day sufrtv tips on a media hot line sponsored by
tbi' National Qouncil on Fireworks Safety The
c.ounoil is a publit st'rvire arm of the $200-mil
lion fireworks industry's trade assot ialion. w hit h
(lonkling runs from an offit e in his hometou n
('(inkling's message is th.d backyard fire
works are safe if used with a little common sense
The industry council said fireworks injuries
have declined in recent years, from I2.l>l)0 in
lUHti to 9.700 last year, ai t ortling to estimates In
the (Consumer Product Safely (lommission.
Tlie government has taken tlm bang out of
the I ourtli of July in recent years The Pood and
Drug Administration outlawed high-powered
firecrackers in 1‘ttiti and the product safeti agen
cy issuetl stru t, industry bat.ked regulations lit
years later that severely limited the kinds of fire
works that ran be sold legally in the United
States
rlurteen stales have gone further and banned
I irew orks of any k inti
Uonkling singled out the National l ire Pro
let turn Assot ietion based in Quint \ Mass . tor
its i ampnign to outlaw all fireworks for individu
als.
"I lies bate fireworks " he said
Spokeswoman Itilie Reynolds confirmed that
the non-profit NFPA whose members include
lire marshals insurance t ompanies and sprinkler
manufacturers, believe that "fireworks should be
left in the hands of licensed professions” and
kept out of the hands of amateurs
I ireworks are explosives and they are dan
gerous. Ms Reynolds said "Kven sparklers can
and do c a use serious injuries
Officials fear holiday may spark
new wildfires in parched areas
IDS AM ;i;l.i:s |AP) Infra
red cameras /crui'il in cm tin1
Iasi Iml spills at I!»*• Santa Bar
tiara fin- Monday, and ollii nils
warned that |u!v -1 firt'vvorks
i mild loin h oil a now pla^llr nl
w ildtires in llii' pan hod Wost
I nr nttu nils warn that north
ern (adifnrnia. northern \rvada
and Idaho are exper led to real h
the same level of dryness lalei
this sumniei Those helped ic
new i alls by many tire oftic nils
to han all fireworks, even the
so-railed "safe and sane van
el \
"I hate that term sale and
sane fireworks !>et.arise it’s a
misnomer, said Tountam Val
lev l ire ( fuel Richard Jorgen
sen
Jorgensen .mil other Orange
( omitv lire i hiefs hoyciitled a
fireworks safety new s i outer
ence two years ago when they
learned that manufai tillers ol
legal fireworks were also
scheduled to appear
"First ut .ill they hum .it .1
temperature mn .1 thousand
degrees " lorgensen said "Ur
trill li kills all year limn nut to
|il.i\ w ith fire. then we turn
armnu! on thr Fourth ut 1111\
.mil put them in their li.uuls
■ mil tell them it s fun
Independent e I )u\ ret elers
ullen shuvt lapses in judgment
like sume young Fountain Yal
let adults t aught loblnng fire
works hut k and forth at each
other as tliet stood on a wood
root lie said
Offit nils lowered their .11 res
burned estimate tor the Santa
Barbara lire from 4,‘100 to
■FJOti but doubled the dam
ages to $,r.00 million
Arsonists were blamed tor
that tile and others in Southern
('alilornia s l.os Angeles (It
ange San Bernardino. River
side and Sail Diego counties
that consumed more than >00
dwellings
Anyone near locations where
the blazes broke mil was urged
10 c onlac I authorities no matter
how ski ll In their information
\u matter how insiginlic ant
(lies think il is when linn add
11 to what we've got it mas
break the < ase open, Santa
Harbara sheriffs Sgt Tim (Ira
( e\ s.nd
Southern California, south
ern I ailorado, southern 1 tali
Arizona and \ew Mexico are
seserels affected bs a lour sear
drought, ssith lug "flash fuel"
i rops of drs grasses reads to ig
nite said naticuiid l ire Informa
lion ( enter spokesman Sheldon
U i miner
There have been fires in all
those places in the past sveek
In Arizona I N forest Service
otlicials estimated that a light
nmg lire in the Tonto Forest
did $5.7 million damage and
c ost nearls that mite h in fire
lighting expenses and wages. It
ssa.x the ssoist forest fire in Ari
zona hislors
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Walton said logistii . 111 \
the < oik ert presented ihi
pri iblems
"Everything went unbe
lic\ably wi'll ll was mure of
.1 love test than anything
I'lsi'
Slit' siiid .iIIit thf i om i>rt
the onl\ slimiest ions fur im
|irmeiiients were providing
,i leu more dumpsters <md
ha\ ing ,i duet t i ommunii .i
tion link with Whitebird
medii al i linic
One i am ern that had been
raised b\ uimiiHiniU mem
hers was the reputation of
drug use that characterizes
(Iratelul Dead i oni.erts
"We had .i lot ot drug
use." said Eugene Polii e
(lapt I )ii k I .oveall A lot
were (using drugs) hut a lot
weren't
There were about to drug
arrests outside the concert.
Eoveall said
"Inside the stadium it was
a very quiet group he said
"People were (list listening
to tmisit and having .1 good
time
Most ot the ding arrests
and citations involved the
distribution or possession of
marijuana, LSI) or mush
rooms said KIM) spokesman
( apt Tim Hirr
l.oveall said his main pri
orit\ was crowd manage
men). and in that respei t
there were no problems At
tording to l.oveall there was
no lighting or violent e re
ported
"I'm amazed that that
many people i an get togeth
er anvwhere and have no
problems,' he said ’ ()n the
other hand you have a seg
ment of the polit e commune
t\ that savs there are gist too
many drugs
Walton agreed that there
are two sides to the Grateful
Deatl issue
"f rom a logistics point of
view and the point ol view
ot the police there is no tea
son the Grateful Dead
should not he well ome
hat k she said
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