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MEDFORD MAIl TRIBUNE, APRIL 13, 1962
Outdoor FfreplacesHaveShortcomings,Specialist Notes
Corvallis - If an outdoor
fireplace or permanent bar
becue is on your list of do-it-yourself
building projects this
summer, consider carefully if
you really need one. You may
devote hours and dollars to
its construction and end up
with something that takes up
yard space but does not give
National Safe
Boating Program
Being Conducted
A far - reaching national
program of safe boating edu
cation is conducted by the
American National Red Cross,
sponsored by some 2,800 of
the 3,700 Red Cross chapters.
The program provides instruc
tion for adults in inland
areas of the country where
boating classes conducted by
the U.S. Power Squadrons
and the U.S. Coast Guard
Auxiliary are not available.
Classes are taught by volun
teer instructors who have
been trained by Red Cross
and are free, the only re
quirement for eligibility be
ing the ability to swim.
Principles of small craft
safety and techniques in boat
and canoe handling have been
an important part of the
American Red Cross Water
Safety program since it was
first begun in 1914. In the
beginning, the use of boat
ing equipment in effecting
water rescues was heavily
stressed.
When the first National
Aquatic Schools were held by
the Red Cross in 1922, instruc
tion in the safe use of small
craft was included in the cur
riculum. Boating and canoe
ing were taught in these early
schools and as the demand
for leaders and instructors
continued to increase, the
courses in these techniques
were lengthened. In 1931 an
experimental boat and canoe
counselors' school was held.
As national interest in recre
ational boating continued to
grow, the emphasis on small
boat safety was expanded in
' the aquatic schools. The cur
riculum of the some 30 aqua
tic schools conducted each
year at strategic sites around
the country provides inten
sive training of advanced stu
dents in swimming, life saving
and small craft safety. These
trainees return to "their com
munities and net at water
front directors, life guards,
and swimming and small
craft instructors.
Small Craft Schools were
organized on an experimental
basis in 1949. A formal na
tional program in 1952 with
certified courses in boating,
canoeing and sailing. These
courses are comprised of both
theory and .actual practice
with equipment - some 40 per
cent theory and 60 per cent
practice.
Outboard motorboating was
added to the program when
the small craft schools were
first organized in 1949. This
came about as a result of the
rapidly increasing interest in
motorboating, and the urgent
requests from Red Cross chap
ters to include instruction so
that they could meet local
needs for such safety educa
tion. Certificated basic and in
structor courses in boating,
canoeing, and sailing are now
offered on a class basis re
quiring 16 hours of instruc
tion. Red Cross water safety cer
tiiicales were awarded to 1,
877,400 persons in 1960-61.
Many additional millions re
ceived boating safety infor
mation through mass media.
BARGAINS IN USED BOATS
Got a yen for the waler but
hampered by budget prob
lems? Look over the used boat
market. A large crop of ex
cellent .croft are turned in
each year by owners who buy
a boat of larger tint. .
full use for value invested.
This is the opinion of
George Fredeen, Oregon State
university lanscape achitect,
who goes on to point out some
of the shortcomings of outdoor
fireplaces.
Too big for the small yard,
they're often misplaced - in
convenient to kitchen and eat
ing area, a traffic blocker
when placed in the middle of
the yard, and a fire hazard
when placed under a tree, he
notes. Used two to three times
a week only three months of
th year, they are likely to be
come glorified trash burners
a place to dump leaves, waste
paper and other debris.
Circular Firepit
What are alternatives to
fireplaces? Fredeen suggests
a circular firepit - a bonfire
arranged in a concrete "sau
cer." More people can enjoy
the firepit because they sit in
a 360 degree circle around it.
When charcoal burns down to
TRY WATER SKIING
Water skiing doesn't re
quire great strength or stami
na since all of the power is
provided by the tow boat.
Consequently the sport is en
joyed equally by tots of sev
en and oldsters of seventy.
KEEP PLUGS CLEAN
Moisture or dirt film on
spark plugs will lead to start
ing failures or erratic opera
tion, in marine engines. Keep
the ceramic insulators wiped
clcn, electrodes maintained at
the proper gap and firing end
of the plugs free of oil or
carbon deposits.
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embers, a canopy can be pull
ed over the patio for added
warmth. When tired of a fire-,
pit, you can fill it with dirt
and plant flowers.
A fireplace is an eternal
monument not easily changed,
he says. Good drainage is a
no. 1 requirement for a fire
pit. Low or adjustable grills
placed over a simple charcoal
enclosure make a cheap bar
becue, noted the specialist.
Seats may be built around
these small barbecues if they
don't take up too much room.
Portable Grill
One of the more common
barbecues is the portable grill.
It can be shuttled wherever
convenient and isn't restricted
to the backyard. For breakfast
it can be used on the deck;
for. an evening barbecue on
the sheltered side of a patio.
In winter, the grill part can
be used in an indoor fireplace.
Grills range from fancy to
simple. Some are equipped
with rotisseries; smoke attach
ments may be added to others.
How to decide which is for
you? First, ask yourself how
often you'd use a barbecue?
Check the number of times
you can eat out in a week,
and if your family really en
joys it. How much of the year
would it be used for cooking?
Does it merit the space it
would take year round?
When choosing site for a
barbecue, select one conveni
ent to the kitchen. If not, is
there an outside storage area
for equipment? Avoid dead
end traps in placement of the
barbecue. The cook needs
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have places to sit and eat
comfortably.
Check Windy Areas
' Is wind a problem? Use a
portable grill to check windy
areas and determine most
comfortable eating area.
Screen eating area with
fencing or screening material
for immediate use.
If you move into a house
with a fireplace already in the
yard, you may want to tear
it out and use the brick for a
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planter or a walk, plant ivy
over the structure, or screen
the fireplace wrth plantings
and pretend it doesn't exist.
Before undertaking any
.large backyard fireplace proj
ect be sure you really want
one; get help from a pro
fessional in location and de
sign; combine it with seats,
plants and plant material;
select a good building material
and know in advance you're
going to use it enough to merit
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