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* »• r r r . V r t t »,• e’r r r » • ■«►» • ♦•R rrrrrrr Y h y r » ., A u g Rapid ignition seen as possible solution for field burning problem Researchers believe that they have documented what may be a breakthrough in the field burning air pollution * problem. Although they stress that th e ir findings are prelim inary and that much more study is needed, Charles Craig and Mike Wolf of OSU’s A ir Resources Center say a rapid ignition technique applied to the fields may be a solution to the excessive low level smoke that is generated by present fie ld burning methods. With the system the smoke that normally travels along the ground or in the lower altitudes is pulled effectively to much higher altitudes where it causes little harm, the researchers expained. Wolf cautioned though that “ we really need to qualify our results because we don’t really know if we can get good results under all con ditions.’’ But the pair believe that if more extensive trials with different grasses and under v a ry in g atm ospheric con ditions show promise, rapid ig n itio n could be a breakthrough in field burn ing “ It seems to us that if the technique could be im plemented on a broad scale, virtually all of the acreage in the Willamette Valley could be burned without an air q u a lity p ro ble m ,” Craig predicted For the past six weeks the team, supported by funds from the State’s Department of Environmental Quality, has evaluated the plumes from rapid burning and other ignition methods such as backfiring and striplighting on acreage owned by Venell Farms south of Corvallis. The field sizes ranged from 50 to 350 acres. The fields fired with rapid ign ition methods were ignited in only a few minutes and took less than half the time to burn than those lighted by more conventional methods The secret of the rapid burn technique is a very intense fire and more organized v e rtic a l smoke column generated by simultaneous ignition of all side of the fie ld , the researchers said. The heat creates a strong ce ntral thermal current which draws nearly all of the smoke up with the main plume and into a stable layer of a ir aloft where it cannot mix back down to the ground The resulting smoke cloud has a narrow vertical stem with a broad top and looks sim ilar to a mushroom from a nuclear blast. In the past, rapid burns were considered impractical because of the large number of people and vehicles needed to light the fire quickly. But the new studies have shown that four or five to rc h -e q u ip p e d tru c k s backed by water trucks for safety are enough to get a large field burning in two to three minutes The study has also shown that the method works for fields as small as 50 acres and under a t mospheric conditions when burning is c u rre n tly prohibited But further development of the method is needed, Craig stressed. At present there are few people with ex perience using the technique, and substantial safety preparations are made before each burn “ Only experience and experimentation can tell us how much preparation w ill But according to the state Department of Forestry's .Linda Gabrielson, woodland owners had better hurry. Seedlings are being reserved quickly, and most of the seedlings reserved for non industrial woodland owners may be gone before October. Private owners of forest land, who own fewer than 5,000 acres, can reserve seedlings now if the seedlings are going to be used for ^reforestation. Other persons and co m m ercial tim b e r companies must wait until October to order seedlings from the nursery. Order blanks are available from the Public Affairs office of the Oregon State Department of Forestry, 2600 State St., Salem 97310; from any district office of the department; or from any cooperating agency in cluding the Extension Ser vice, Soil Conservation S e r v ic e , A g r ic u l t u r a l C o n s e r v a tio n and S tab iliza tion Service, and soil and water conservation districts. The minimum orders are for 400 Douglas fir or 100 h ybrid poplar seedlings. Prices have not been set yet, but they w ill be about $60 per thousand for Douglas fir and $89 per thousand for hybrid poplar. Small deposits must be made when the seedlings are reserved T elthon anchorm an Ed McMahan on the Labor Day Spectacular, w hich w ill originate from the Sahara Hotel in I>as Vegas. The show begins, Sunday, Sept 3, at 7:30 p m. and runs non-stop for 21 hours until Monday, Sept. 4 at 4:00 p.m. Celebrities signed on to appear with Jerry Lewis are Cheryl Ladd, Sammy David Jr., Ray Charles, Dolly Parton, Donald O’Conner, Sally Struthers and Dionne Warwick. Funds raised by the Telethon support MDA m edical service and research program . The association sponsors an MDA clinic at Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland and annually provides a research grant to Dr. Clarrisa Beatty at the Oregon Regional Prim ate Center. Lose 17 to 25 lbs. in just six weeks The Center I did it! Diet Way And now. because I'm a Oiet Center counselor. I Can Help You! If you had started the Diet Center program just last week you could already be notlcably thinner The c i m b i n i l i i n i l a nutritiMally DiltncGd d id a 100 natural food supple meni and a counaator »tip rtally carat make It work Last those astra pounds and keep them atti DIET ¡ENTER 5 3 2 N M o ln C r o a h o m 6 6 7 5 8 3 3 If N o A n s w e r 658 3582 this method C raig and Wolf have completed about 90 percent of their work in the fields and w ill now be spending a great deal of time analyzing the date collected from their studies Both agreed that the results are prelim inary but are “ very encouraging ” PO RTLAND — The C o lu m b ia R e g io n Association of Governments board w ill listen to citizen comments on the proposed T ra n spo rta tio n Im pro ve ment Program Thursday at 7:30 p.m. CRAG staff has listed 130 transportation projects in the P o rtlan d area th at the agency w ill attempt to find money for in the 1979-80 fiscal year. Three projects in the Sunnyside-Clackamas area are liste d : w idening of * * * Sunnyside Road from Stevens Road to 122nd Avenue, straightening at S- curve in Sunnyside Road east of 132nd Avenue and in stallation of a signal at High way 212 and Evelyn Street. The lis t is im p orta nt because “ the federal government w ill not allocate money for projects not ap pearing” on ft, said CRAG officials. The hearing w ill be held in conference room C in the CRAG building, 527 SW Hall St., Portland. * * ★ Sudden Service M aster Charge SALEM — The Oregon D ep artm en t of Energy (DO E) and a P ortland recycling group have found a way to help Oregon in dustries turn garbage into dollars. Oregon’s first Industrial W a s te I n f o r m a t io n Exchange is m atching buyers w ith sellers of an unusual product: industrial waste. These wastes cost industry millions of dollars annually in warehousing and disposal fees and puts pressure on the s ta te ’s dwindling land fill sites In the firs t fu ll month of operation, the Exchange helped transfer more than 46 tons of waste that otherwise would have been burned or dumped adding to the state’s solid waste pollution problems. The Exchange’s current newsletter lists more than 40 companies looking for buyers or sellers of waste. With DOE financing, the Exchange provides a free and c o n fid e n tia l lis tin g se rvice which describes unwanted waste material, how much is available, and where it is located. A firm interested in buying or selling a waste product contacts the Exchange which in turn contacts a potential client. When the Exchange makes that connection, its part in the transaction is concluded Not surprisingly, the idea fo r a waste exchange program came from a trash can Jerry Powell of the Portland Recycling Team picked up a magazine from a trash can one day last year and noticed a story about waste exchange It gave him the idea for a statewide program. The Exchange has been operating since A pril with a one-year $11,624 DOE grant. Sim ilar exchanges have been formed in five other states and several m ajor cities. The fo llo w in g is an example of how the exchange might work: An Eastern Oregon bakery wanted to dispose of 650,000 mislabeled pie boxes. Disposal cost to the company would have been about $500 The Exchange found a buyer who paid the bakery $320 for the boxes Powell says he is delighted with the support Oregon industries have given the ♦ ★ ★ Flat Repair on Passenger Tires * * * Exchange “ This is a service that benefits everyone It helps get n d of waste problems, provides cheaper recycled materials to the businessman, and helps keep our environment clean,” he said. Ray Miller, salesman for the Van Waters & Rogers Company in Portland says his company is in the market fo r acetone waste The company reprocesses the waste and sells it. M iller says that chemical prices have escalated more dram atically than most raw m aterials and looks at the Exchange as a way industries can recycle chemicals and keep costs down. The types of waste listed in the Exchange newsletter include: acids and alkalis, organic chem icals and solvents, metals and metal c o n ta in in g s lu d g e s , minerals, oils and waxes, food, paper and wood products, plastics and rubber, catalysts, textiles and leather, and inorganic chemicals. Persons interested in learning more about the program should contact the Exchange at 227-1319. S uperm arket prices »1 * A EXCELLENT VALUES FOR VOU BACKED BY OUR FAMOUS WARRANTY 03 O 3 SEIBERLING 110 POLYESTER Its SCHWAD ------------ SIZE Muscular Dystrophy ¡Telethon airs Sept. 3-4 For the eighth straight year KPTV Channel 12 w ill • air the Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon to benefir the M u s c u la r D y s tr o p h y ’ Association. Co-hosting duties w ill be shared by Channel 12’s Rod ; Anders, KPAM M ichael O’Brien, and Channel 2 Margie Boule of “ AM North- ■ west” . Live segments of ' the Telehton w ill be telecast | every hour from the Benson Hotel's M ayfair Room with over 500 local MDA sup porters making on-camera appearances. An a d d itio n a l 1,000 volunteers w ill man 160 phones, and perform various other administrative func tions in 14 phone center towns in the KPTV viewing area Jerry Lewis w ill again be backed up by Veteran DOE finds buyers for recycled industrial waste CRAG sets road projects hearing * * 4 Free Tire Rotation Forest seedling reservations set The D.L, Phipps State Forest Nursery has set up a special reservation system to help owners of sm all woodlots obtain the seedling they need to reforest their timberlands. be needed to do this safely on a routine basis,” noted Clarence Vernell, a Corvallis area grass seed grower who is participating in the project with OSU According to Craig and Wolf, a two-to three fold increase in the number of burning days may be possible in the Valley using 3 1 , 1 9 7 8 (S ec 2 ) S A N D Y ( O r e . ) P O S T __7 * * * T3 u a u Z • E < c a AR 78X13 B R 78X 13 C R 78X 13 B R 78X 14 C R 78X14 D R 78X14 E R 78X 14 F R 78X 14 G R78X14 H R 78X14 F R 78X 15 G R 78X15 H R 78X15 JR 7 8 X 1 5 LR 78X 15 PRICE FET 3 2 .6 6 3 6 .1 9 3 5 .3 0 3 6 .1 9 3 4 .3 0 3 7 .0 4 3 7 .9 5 3 9 .7 2 4 1 .0 8 4 2 .4 2 3 9 .7 2 4 1 .0 8 4 2 .4 2 4 4 .1 5 45.01 1.84 1.95 2 .1 4 2 .0 2 2 .2 6 2 .2 5 2 .3 6 2.51 2 .6 5 2 .8 2 2 .4 5 2 .7 5 2 .9 4 3 .0 8 3 .2 2 n e w passenger tires A N D RETREADS SERVICE^ WARRANTY CONTRACT (T h u ""Z X T " Zn I Limited U Hmtntyl SCM* ‘ B « » » ' « N? 75997 MRRADTV C 0V IA C » AM ..I I M FREE ELAT REPAIR FREE TIRE REBALANCE FREE TIRE ROTATION FREE TIRE INSPECTION FREE AIR CHECK TIRE REPLACEMENT POLICY CASH REFUND GUARANTEE 1 : IV » AM »,I ( I, I •one ’>•»•* V cm « ’•» >5 M r. 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