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. 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