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Ford Recalls Faulty Ignitions
Ford Motorcompany announced
a recall that will affect 8.7 million
cars and trucks equip with a defec
tive ignition switch that can cause
steering column fires, even when
the vehicles are turned off.It is one
o f the largest volunteer recalls by a
single automaker.
Ford faces growing litigation, ad
verse publicity and regulatory inves
tigations that involves more than 23
million vehicles built between 1984
and 1993. The recall covers certain
vehicles from 1988-1993 models.
Investigations uncovered com
plaints o f 1. 100 ignition-switch fires
in the US and 900 in Canada. The
fires involved vehicles that were
parked had been shut o ff for hours.
In come cases the fires damaged
homes as well as the vehicles. Twen-
ty-eight injuries have been attribut
ed to the fires. The recall could cost
as much as $200 million to Ford and
its suppliers.
T erm in als in the ig n itio n s’
switches are to close together which
means they could short-circuit and
start a fire. The switch in question
manufactured by United technolo
gies Automotive was redesigned in
1993 and is not used in any vehicles
made since then. Ford said owners
will be notified o f the recall by mail
and should arrange to have the
switch replaced at no cost.
Owners should contact their Ford
dealer if they want the switch re
placed before they get the letter
Ford said replacing the switch would
usually cost about $ 100 and take 30
minutes.
For questions about the recall
call 1-800-FORD or to report an
ignition fire or problem with a Ford
not recalled call 1-800-424-9393.
Pellicles Recalled:
1988-92 Mustangs (some early 1993).
Ford Thunderbirds and Mercury Cougars.
Ford Tempos and Mercury Topazes.
1988-89 Ford Crown Victorias and Mercury Grand Marquis.
1988-90 Escorts.
1988-91 Lincoln Town Cars.
1988-91 Bronco Spots utility vehicles and F-series pickups.
1988 EXPs.
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Growing tomatoes has al wav s been
a challenge to many Oregon home
gardeners.
Cool summers often mean slow
ripening fruits.and when it first frosts
o f fall come, many home gardeners
find themselves with an overabun
dance o f green tomatoes.
To avoid this, make sure to get
tomato starts in the ground between
May 2 and mid-June, recommended
Bill Mansour, Oregon State Univer
sity vegetable crops specialist.
Some of M an so u r's home g a r
den tips on grow ing tom atoes:
• Plan only high quality semi-hard
ened transplants without blossoms.
Pinch blossoms off transplants to
avoid delayed flowering
• Prevent transplant shock by set
ting plants out in a protected area for
a week before planting in final place.
• Thoroughly water plants 12 to
14 hours before transplanting to the
garden
• Be careful about fertilizing
young plants.
• Irrigate tomatoes to maintain a
steady moisture content in the soil.
• Use black plastic or other heat
transmitting ground mulches and or
row covers or tunnels if possible.
• I engthen the tomato harvest sea
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New Washington Park Catalogue
A 50-page color catalogue docu
menting Tri-M et’s W ashington Park
Fences Project was released Satur
day, May 18, at the Eroelick Adelhart
Gallery, in Portland.
The fences project, co sponsored
by Tri-Met and the Regional Arts
and Culture Council, features 16
original artworks painted on 13,(MM)
square feet of plywood fence sur
rounding the construction site of the
future W ashington Park light rail
station For most of the artists, the
scale of the project was well beyond
anything they had previously ex
ecuted. They had to complete their
pieces within two weeks, working
outdoors and mixing their own col
ors.
The fences artists are featured in
the May exhibition at Froelick
Adelhart entitled "One Year Later:
Work by W ashington Park Fences
Project Artists." The show depicts
how the experience of painting the
large expanse of fence has affected
their studio work since. The fence
pieces, executed one year ago, range
in size from 40 feel to 160 feet long.
Artists are featured in the May
exhibition at Froelick Adelhart en
titled “One Year Later: Work by
W ashington Park Fences Project
Artists." The show depicts how the
experience of painting the large ex
panse of fence has affected their
studio work since. The fence pieces,
executed one year ago, range in size
from 40 feet to 160 feet long.
Artists are Rick Austin. Manda
Beckett, Jim Blashfield, Michael
Brophy, Rebecca Campbell, Judy
C o o k e , Kay F re n c h , G reg o ry
Grenon. David Hapgood, Stephen
Hayes, Mary Josephson, Angela
M edlin, W illiam Park, Lucinda
P a rk e r, L aura R o ss-P a u l, Phil
Sylvester and Margot Thompson.
The W ashington Park Fences
Project is on view through 1996 in
the parking lot between the Metro
Washington Park Zoo and the World
Forestry Center. A walking guide is
available on site.
The Fences Project is one of over
KM) art elements contributed by over
45 artists to the W estside MAX
project from downtown Portland to
downtown Hillsboro. When the sys
tem opens in fall 1998, passengers
will see a wide variety of artistic
in flu e n c e , ra n g in g from brick
pattering on maintenance buildings
to a 2 1-fool-diameter concrete seat
that replicates the mark of the tunnel
boring machine.
• Plant tomato transplants about
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