D THURSDAY, AUGUST It. 1980
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1980
Average Number
Accidents Listed
For City's Pools
In recent weeks much dis-
has centered around
th. Htv recreation program,
especially the two municipal
nwlmmine pools, Hawthorne
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Most apparent in the pub
lic's view ol the facilities is
the safety and security of the
children, and . adults, using
the two city pools. , , . ;
According to accident re
ports filed with the city rec
reation onice, swimming Oc
cidents this summer are
"about average." Recreation
Director Robert Haworth told
the Mail Tribune tnat ine
number of accidents inflicted
while summing are "normal,
compared to previous years.
Few Serious Accidents .
Mishaps at Hawthorne Park
pool so far this summer have
totaled some 30 cases, with
only several considered "seri
ous." Total for the vacation
period last year was about 55,
Haworth said.
At Jackson park there have
been few swimming injuries
except for the many com
plaints received prior to the
resurfacing of the bottom of
the pool.
The only major accident oc
curred Sunday afternoon
when Jerry Dyer, 8-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Ford, was taken from the bot
torn of the pool and adminis
tered artificial respiration by
park attendants. The boy was
taken to the hospital, but re
leased yesterday. The attend
ing doctor said recently that
Young Jerry is "just fine." He
noted that "... I didn't have
to do much, as the manager
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Life guards are on duty at
all times, according to Ha
worth, In proportion, to the
number of swimmers. At
Hawthorne pool, there is at
least one guard for each 150
participants, with three on
dutv durine peak hours - 1 to
3 p.m. Only 450 swimmers are
allowed at one time in the
narks director said.
In the Jackson pool, there
are two guards on duty at
peak usage, some 290 swim
mers.
Durina Peak Hours
According to the accident
reports, most of the reported
accidents occur during the
peak hours at the pools. This
would also indicate a greater
burden on the guards, to even
determine when and if some
one is in trouble.
Recreational swimming at
Hawthorne pool, according to
the monthly report, totaled
18,340 for July. At Jackson
pool swimmers numbered 5,
811. a combined number of
some 24,151 swimmers during
one month.
July 8 Hawthorne broke
all previous daily attendance
records by topping their July
1958 mark of 963 with 1.U8B.
July 7 they recorded 1,052.
This does not include the in
structional swimmers nor the
competitive swimming. If all
were included, some 1,200 to
1,400 participants would be
recorded.
City officials point out that
swimming pools are for "fun,"
and not injury. It is apparent
that the city can only try to
prevent harm to the swim-
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Nuclear Research
London -(Science Serylce)
A new tool expected to bt of
great value in research aimed
at eventual control of the hy
drogen bomb's fusion reac
tions for peaceful power has
been developed by three Uni
versity of Illinois scientists.
They report here in the
current British scientific jour
nal, Nature, that the so-called
spin energy resonance tech
niques may be "of value as a
diagnostic tool: in high-energy
plasma research." Plasma is
the name given to a gas that
has nearly equal numbers of
ions and electrons but is elec
trically neutral as a whole.
Making a plasma react
through fusjon is being tried
in controlled thermonuclear
research. Drs. T. C. Marshall,
R. A. Kawcyn and L. Gold
stein developed the nuclear
and electron spin resonance
method to detect shifts in a
magnetic field. A magnetic
field is believed to be the best
"container" for the extremely
hot plasma undergoing fusion.
Unnamed Plant Has
Ithaca, N.Y. -(Science Service)-
Five hundred twenty
chormosomes have been found
in an unnamed plant discov
ered growing on Inca ruins in
Peru.
Prof. Charles H. Uhl of the
New York State College of
Agriculture at Cornell Univer
sity was sent the plant from
Peru. He counted the chromo
somes, which help determine
heredity, and announced the
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Mountain Road in West Idaho Found
By RICHARD CHARNOCK
Grangevllle,' Idaho - WFD
Up here in the mountains of
western Idaho, folks smile
when you ask about their
favorite ' landmark - White
bird Hill. '
"It's not bad, really," they
tell you.
Then, winking at one anoth
er, they exchange - for your
listening enjoyment - stories
about the trials and tribula
tions of some who drove this
link to the state's northern
panhandle.
. If you've driven in the
mountains before, don't let
them scare you. But if you
get a twinge of vertigo when
you see blue sky on the other
side of hairpin turns, better
think it over before you try
to drive It yourself.
"It's not the road that's
bad," says Dick Welch, a man
who drives Whitebird several
times a day, "but the motor
ists who use it."
Climbs 2.900 Feet
Whitebird Hill is the moun
tain you must cross if you
drive on Highway 95 between
the towns of Whitebird and
Grangeville. The main route
through this part of the state
to the northwest, it climbs
more than 2,900 feet in 12
miles.
520 Chromosomes
plant had more than any oth
er flowering species known.
Man has only 46.
The blue-green plant, a
member of the genus Eche
veria, will probably be around
for a long time. Cornell sci
entists said here that the
plant's large numbers of chro
mosomes might give it a bet
ter chance of surviving an
atomic war than most other
living things.
There are
aires today
States.
8,000 million
in the ; United
It has 13 full-fledged switch
backs which weave back and
forth along the side of the
mountain. At the summit you
can look down a slope too
steep for a man to stand upon
to the canyon more than 1,000
feet below.
My wife and I made our
first trip over this famous
hill (remember the hill in
"The Long, Long Trailer"?)
4-H Club
Busy Beavers
The August meeting of
Meadows Busy Beavers 4-H
club was called to order by
Ruth Ellis, president, at 8 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 12, at the home
of Stan Hall, Eight members
and two visitors were present.
Visitors were Mrs. Stan Hall
and the grandmother of Steve
and Stanton Hall.
Treasury contained $12.79
at last count.
We will wait till fall to do
anything about our commun
ity project, as we can't plant
shrubs till the fall.
Although Joyce McCollum
has attended only one meeting
she has had three meetings at
the home of Mrs. Ellis, the
sewing leader, and finished
her project.
A motion was made and sec
onded that we buy two hoses
and a bucket for the use of
livestock members. The money
will come from the treasury.
Demonstrations will be giv
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just the other day.
Thanks to some unexpected
car trouble, we rode over it
behind a pickup truck on a
length of tow chain. Welch, a
32-year-old road construction
foreman for Idapine Mills,
was our good Samaritan.
"Have you ever driven
mountain roads before?" he
asked, before we started. I
said I had and told of some
interesting scares I'd had in
Montana, Utah and Arizona.
News
en by Ruth Ellis, John Bush
and Charles Mose.
Meeting was adjourned and
demonstrations were given by
Bill Ellis and Stanton Hall.
The next meeting will be
held in the home of Wes Mc
Donough on Sept. 17, at 8 p.m.
" Cynthia Pleasant,
Secretary.
Daffy Dills
The monthly meeting of the
Daffy Dills flower club was
held Saturday, Aug. 6, at
Mrs. C. W. Anhorn's home.
Mrs. Anhorn checked the rec
ord books. We discussed our
entries for fair.
Pictures were taken of the
members and Mrs. Kay, our
judge by Joe Cowley of the
M e d f o r d Mail Tribune.
Elain, Cheryl and Patti took
pictures of the members. The
meeting was adjourned by
president Judy Frink.
A game was brought by
James Anhorn. The refresh
ments were served by Elaine.
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Full of Hair-Raising Switchbacks
"Then you shouldn't have
any trouble," he said. "I'll
drive about 25 miles an hour,
steady, and take it easy on the
curves. Just stay right behind
me and don't use your brakes
unless I signal."
Smiling through tightly
clenched teeth, I made a show
of assurance and we started
up the hill.
Told About Switchbacks
Welch had told us about
the switchbacks - cut like
terraces on the side of the
mountain - and about the
wide turnouts on the curves.
The first three or four miles
we climbed steadily but so
smoothly I commented to my
wife:
"This is a snap! Wonder
why everybody says it's so
tough?"
I was so proud of myself I
didn't look too closely at the
course ahead and the pickup
towing me. Welch swung out
wide on the curve but I -about
nine feet of chain be
hind him - cut the inside.
We rounded a 180-degree
turn - I on two wheels, tires
squealing all the way.
"Nice curve," I told my
wife, sweat popping out on
my hands as I tightened my
grip on the wheel. I imitated
a laugh to show her it was
nothing more than I expected.
I heard her swallow.
Grade Became Steeper
After that first switchback,
the grade became steeper, the
turns sharper. We started
climbing faster. Soon, a large
truck loomed ahead. The
driver signalled it was clear
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and we whisked around him.
then into another turn.
Sweat trickled down my
side.
"This could be a bear in the
winter," I observed to my
wife. She agreed and I asked
her about the view.
"It's beautiful."
"Wish I could see it," I said,
crouching over the steering
wheel and watching - staring
hypbotically, actually - at the
rear end of Welch's pickup.
The higher we climbed I
began to notice the wide turn
outs on each of the hairpin
turns. Road-wise truck driv
ers were pulled onto some to
allow passenger cars to get
around them. I saw several
house trailers, too, the cars
towing them , stopped with
their hoods up. 1
Sights Pointed Out
As we neared the summit,
Welch signalled for a stop and
pulled onto one, of the turn
outs. We stopped, climbed out
and stretched our legs while
our guide pointed out the
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sights in the valley below. 7"'
It was a beautiful view, In
deed, just as my wife had
said. There a thousand or
more feet below us wound a
canyon shaded by the after
noon sun. A hay barn sat in
the middle of a small valley
so tiny it looked like a doll
house, Mountains ringed the
horizon.
Welch told us of Chief
Joseph and the Indian battles
fought through the canyons
and across the mountains in
front and below us. He point
ed to tiny logging roads he
helped build in distant hill
side forests.
"Well," he said, "we're just:
about to the top. Better get
going if we want to make
Grangeville before the garage
closes. What do you think of
our hill now?"
"Not bad," I admitted. "It's
a road to respect but not to be
scared of."
But I know how why folks
hereabouts smile when some
fellow like me asks about it.