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All ckmm on HOCV 407/507 Clonei run Friday 12.00-4 SOpm Saturday and Sunday: t QOaay-S QQpm For information please call (541) 346-4231 4 OnQan Omty Ernmm vndrmOay May 79 1906 NEWS BRIEFING A LOOK AT THIS MORNING $ HIAOUNES Musicians world wide come to Oregon man for the ‘impossible' CENTRAL POINT <APJ — An »ll«rtMtt¥» rack guitar pl«y*f In Lm AnMHM TH« wound men for a Rogue Valley country and western band An acoustic harp builder in southern dnem They all war* tanking for kmm kind uf «|m sil mutu eliw t. and Mkcfaaai Putnam made it far them tn hi* garage workshop in this lit* tie southern Oregon town We've (.ante a long way since the tremolo bar and the wahwah pedal," said Putnam, the one men band behind Circuit Design When he want to college in the lt)70a. Putnam played lead gui tar with some bands he can't even remember the names of and built some special sound gw fur himself We got so tow on money that •nything we could build our selves ww rosily growl." Putnam said Whom be started raising a faun ily in 1900, he needed a steady Cvchet k. so ha gave up garage nd* to become an auto mechanic But h« continued tin kertng with music effects in his spam tuns A c lassified ad on America Online was bringing In contacts from musician* as far away at Sweden and South Africa on his custom musk effects, so he turned to it full time, back in his **«•#*> "Most erf them were wanting to know if I could do something impossible " he said of the Inter' net queries Bui time were real g«b». too The LA grunge band L7 hired him to make something tailed a talk box, a device popuuulsad by Peter Krwnpton in the 1970* By tinging into a plastic tube rout ed through some electronic gear into the amplifier, L7 guitarist Donita Sparks makes her guitar sing Time are probably hundred* (of special guitar effects! on the market now that are mass pro dut.ed." said 1.7 manager John Connors from Los Angelos "As far as the mass-produced ones, you are locked into what they sound like " Clinton’! former business partners convicted of freed iJrtTtJP. RfXX. Ark (AP) — In • m«tm blow to Pr**i«i*nt CUn ton'i bop** of putting Whitow* i«r vmuwi Him wmifi ***** nun Day. hit lormitt butiftwa pari ntnt. Iioim and Sutan Mr Don Mai. and hit tuccattor at Arkantat gottroor wart* con• vtitad Tufftday of fraud A fwWal jury in (he firm trial to trnwyu how tha tnvmtigatkm into tint Arkansas real attain van Iora doUbaratad wtghl day* Won c unvultng all thru* dnfondanu. datpiie tho pretidani’t vidao taped imitimony at the Mar wit* n«*»* ktt the defense. "At S pm today, lb* cover-up began to unrevel." Mid Tony Blankiay. Houta Speaker N«wt Gmgrtch* tpokeemen At tba Whita Houm, Clinton Mid ha foal* aorry "on a person al level" for hit three Arkantat friend* Asked whether the verdict meant the juror* did not believe hint when he testified Ite took no pert in discussion* about illegal loans. he taut: "I doubt that I doubt that that * what wm going on. but you ought to ask them " Mf iXntgal was convicted on 18 of 19 count* of fraud and con* •piracy. and Democratic Gov Jim Guy Tuc ker wu found guilty on two of teven count*. Mr*. Mi Dougat wa* convicted on all four fraud related charge* against her The question of whetlmr Tuck er rnu*t step down may have to be decided by the stale court* Tucker and McDougal were convicted of conspiring to arrange nearly $3 million in loan* front two federally becked banks, including the Mi liougal*' Made aon Guaranty Saving and lx»an. via fraudulent appraisal* and u*ing the money for certain buai neaa and oth«a improp er purpoaes. Mr* MrDougal wa* convicted of fraud, misapplication of fund* and other charge* for illegally benefiting from a $300,000 loan made in 1086, when Clinton was governor As of noon, polls show Netanyahu and Pores are running even WQHlO URY AT MAI.ACHI, tkruol (AP) — Ai noon in Israel's mini crucial election. Prim* Minister rmiBum r>m inn cnaiwngit Benjamin Netanyahu walked the *aine flat. sun drenched street», talked the him language of fate and promised the same secure future The difference t ame in their pace and pitch Netanyahu, encouraged by polls showing him breathing down Pen#*’ neck in Wednesday's elections, was buoyant and confident. There * no longer a gap in the polls," he told cheering follow er* Tuesday in Ashkekxt. a work ing class town 12 miles north of the Palestinian autonomy region in the Gaza Strip. "We will win " Peres, however, seemed fatigued as he stumped the same town and pleaded with local labor party faithful lo get out the VOW. "Everybody ha* to roll up their sleeves end go house to-house," Peres said, "Don't view anything as sealed, everything is open " Voters on Wednesday will be making what could lie the most important decision In Israel'* his tory — whether to continue Peres' peace policies or to elect a challenger who opposes further land for peace deals with the Palestinians The stark choice contrasted sharply with those of earlier elec tions. which featured more dif ferences in style than substance The v ictory is not mine or the party's, but a victory of direc tion." said Peres, the architect of Israel's peace agreement with the Palestinians. Peres and Netanyahu froth prophesied doom it the other candidate mm. "I think (terrorism} will increase if the Likud comes to power," Peres said. “Because if the Likud will take over. 1 think the peace process will come to an end." Netanyahu was equally emphatic "Mr Perns says wa ve had four wonderful years. Doe* he live here?” he said "Has he been on a bus recently?” Flamingo ornament nears 40, creator calls It ‘great art’ LEOMINSTER. Mas* (API — One of (ha icons of (ha Amww jm landscape — bo. nol (ha bald eagle or the bison, but (it* plat hr. pink flamingo— u turning 40 And it's (till not fatting any reaped Uosptta Us enduring appeal (IS to 20 million hav« boon sold through lha years) the lawn orna ment can't mmri to escape the T word. a fata that ruffles tho feathers of flamingo (ana People say they're tacky, but all great art began aa tacky.'* aaid Don Featherstona. the Union Products vice president and artist whoae signature la molded in every flamingo body "Art Deco in New York waa torn down Bui now. they're putting it heck up.** Foatherslone himself la a bit of a strange bird A sculptor with a »lassical art background, be and bis wife of 20 years dress alike every day. He attend* many flamingo themed social event* sponsored by groups like the Society for the i‘reservation of the Plastic Lawn Flamingo His plastic company's catalog pict ures page after page of adorn ments suited for any gardener's fancy, a 22-inch black and white penguin, a blue-headed pheas ant. a green-chested rooster. All nice. But |ust not the tom* thing, "1 tried to put some ducks out there because this is duck coun try." said Mary-Elixabeth Buck ham. who has a flock of pink plastic birds on the lawn of her Victorian home in Cantreville, Md. "But nobody wanted to see what they were doing " Buckham dtess«s her 24 birds — curving pink necks, spindly wire legs and reamed hollow bodies with molded feather detail — in homemade doth** and rearranges them every week for an adoring public. At (dinstmas than* was a nativ ity senna with flamingo wise man and a flamingo baby faaua At Thanksgiving then? was a flurkey fl. * k and at Halloween flamingo ghosts Kvnn lawn jock ay* snot that versatile. Tha first pink flamingo oraa mant*. in 1852. wera flat and mada of plywood. They ware made of foam a few year* later, but dog* tended to eat them. They’ve been made of plastic since 1857. Some versions }u*t didn’t fly. A movable leg model some veer* back was a flop. Half a million of the bird* move off store shelves in Ameri ca, Mexico and South America every year, at $8 95 a pair With numbers Uke that. Featherstone say* he'll suffer the sarcasm "A* long a* they keep buying them, I really don’t care.” he says with a smile.
