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Ozone Proves Unpredictable Ozone. that pervasive secondary pollutant, proved again during the 1978 season • May 1-Sept. 30) that the only thing predictable about it is that it is unpredictable, ac­ cording to the Illinois En­ vironmental Protection agency Traditionally the highest ozone levels are reached from mid-July to mid August. The 1977 season undermined this tradition when the highest levels occurred in May and early June. This year the un­ dermining of tradition con­ tinued as the highest levels were reached in late August and through September During the 1978 season ozone levels set records in at least two areas. according to a preliminary report issued by the Agency's Division of Air Pollution Control A record eight Yellow Ozone alerts were declared by Illinois EPA with the first coming Aug. 22. A Yellow alert is issued when ozone levels exceed 170 parts per billion <ppb) for a one hour average and weather conditions are such that such levels are expected to reoccur the following day. Ozone Advisory status was declared for a total of 797 station-days in cities where monitors are located. This is the highest number of such days on record The previous high was 794 station-days registered in 1977. Advisory status is declared when ozone levels exceed 70 ppb for a two- hour average and such levels are expected to reoccur the following day. The Air Monitoring section of DAPC started the season with four more monitors than in 1977. New monitors were located in the Sears Tower. Chicago, Evanston, Ed- wardsville and Robinson. The highest reading of the season was registered in Skokie in early September. The monitor there registered 263 ppb for a one-hour average The record high to date is 266 ppb reached in 1977 in Waukegan The second highest reading in 1978 was 260 ppb recorded at Libertyville The first Ozone Advisory for 1978 was issued May 10 for the Chicago area and by June 23 the last area in the state where monitors are located was under Advisory status. Once an area was placed on Advisory status it could expect ozone levels to exceed 70 ppb for a two-hour average on those days when there were long hours of sun­ shine, temperatures reached 85 degrees or higher and light winds The role of weather in the production of ozone cannot be overemphasized, according to the agency. Given the above conditions plus hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxide emissions from cars, trucks and in­ dustries, the ingredients for the complicated photochemical process are present and the result is ozone. One of the surprising elements to emerge from the 1978 season was data from the Marion monitor showing that Marion, deep in Southern Illinois, was under Advisory status for 68 days, the most in the state. The first Yellpw alert was issued for Alton and East Alton Aug. 22 with the second issued for the same cities Aug. 24. On Sept. 5 and again on the sixth. Yellow alerts were declared for Skokie. The Wood River area was placed under a Yellow alert Sept 7 and again Sept 8 along with Edwardsville. The final alerts for the season were ordered Sept. 9 for Evanston and the area in Chicago in the vicinity of 61st and Damen Even though the season ended Sept 30, continued warm weather caused the Illinois EPA to issue four Special Ozone advisories during Oc­ tober and. for the first time since monitoring began in 1974, in November when three were ordered "Buck ' Rogers BRIAN Nt'SS The Eureka College Red Devil football team has an­ nounced its players named to the Illini-Badger All- Conference teams. The Red Devils, who finished 4-6 in the season and 1-3 in the con­ ference, placed 10 members on the various teams. On offense, junior guard Tim Barkei of Aurora, senior center Larry Ogryzek of Fox Lake and junior half back Brian Nuss of McHenry were selected as All Conference picks on the first team On defense, junior tackle Jim Brace of Stil lman Valley and junior defensive hack Chris Baldwin of Sterling earned first team honors. "They ain't making it anymore." That's what Will Rogers once said about our natural resources. And, by golly, he had a point Wil­ derness stands of virgin timber, swift-flowing brooks, scenic moun­ tain peaks are stuff we can't manu­ facture. We've got what we got. and that's the size of it. We can treasure and enjoy our natural resources, though, and that's exactly what's happening. Today, more than 100 million peo­ ple are participating in outdoor ac­ tivities. That's a bunch of folks. Most of you are familiar with the, statistics ort fishing and hunting The latter activity is more or less holding its own because we have a limited amount of elbow room, and this is a prerequisite of both game and hunters. "The good old days" for hunting are gone forever, but we still have it so much better than\ other parts of the world we shoult^ be thankful for what we have. Fish­ ing. of course, is still growing by leaps and bounds, and there's still room on the creek banks for a few more fishermen The biggest change on the out- PAGE 7 - PLAINDEALER - WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27,1978 Karlier this year 1 tried to get on a BranifT jet bound for Alaska and had to wait a couple of extra day s to get a seat. When I made the trip I found the plane chockful of fisher­ men, camera bugs, and other as­ sorted outdoor folks. When they unloaded the luggage in Anchorage, there were so many rod holders on the pile it looked like the back of a porcupine. Remember what Uncle Will said. They ain't making it anymore.' ' Let's enjoy our outdoors while we have it, but let's take good care of it in the process, too. door scene involves camping. Men used to "camp out" on wilderness fishing and hunting trips because they didn t have any other choice. Now. they're doing so just for the fun of it. Would you believe that there are 5K million campers in the country today' ' That's a fact. Women are taking to the woods in record numbers, too, but this should be no surprise. Modern gals are no longer as, afraid of snakes and spiders as they used to be. and they know that a can of "OfF' will keep the mosquitoes away. In 1976, 21 million did some fishing, and that's up from only 9 million in 1970. Almost 50 percent of the camping market are gals. too. Travel is an integral part of the outdoor scene, as well. Our new breed of sportsman is relatively af­ fluent and well educated Most of them take a pah of their 123-day ileisure year and head for parts un (known They're driving four wheel-drive vehicles back into the push, and they're filling up airliners leading for Alaska. South Ameri­ ca, and everywhere else there's a chunk of wilderness left. Editor's Quote Book When I was a boy of 16, my father was so ignorant I could hard­ ly stand to have the old man around But when I got to be 21, I was astounded at how much he^had learned in five years Mark Twain CROSSWORD PUZZLE T Foreign Investors Mifif Report Farm Land Here Foreign investors in the U.S. farm land will have to report their agricultural holdings to the US Department of Agriculture under provisions of the Agricultural Foreign In­ vestment Disclosure Act of 1978 Secretary of Agriculture Bob Bergland said the department is drawing up regulations to implement the act. He asked the public to help in the process Written comments must be received no later than Jan. 5. The regulations must be written by Jan 12,90 days after the law's enactment In ad dition. a public hearing will be held at the department Dec 14. The act defines "foreign persons" and requires those who held, acquire, or transfer interests in "agricultural land" to report their holdings to the department It also specifies reporting periods and the content of reports Reports will be available for public in­ spection at the department within 10 days after they are received No reports are required until the regulations become effective The act gives the secretary some regulatory discretion in the areas of enforcement and implementation, including requiring additional in­ formation from foreign in­ vestors beyond that specified in the act. defining "agricultural land." and other areas related to compliance In assessing reports, the secretary will look at the ef­ fects of Foeign investment on family farms and rural com­ munities and will periodically report his findings to the president, to Congress and to appropriate state Departments of Agriculture Secretary Bergland said he is particularly interested in comments on the following topics -Definition of "Agricultural Land;" -Nature of the interest the "Foreign Person" has in Agricultural Land" that wouia trigger reporting requirements; and -Whether there should be a minimum acreage figure which would trigger reporting requirements The public hearing will be held on Dec. 14 from 9 to 4 in the d e p a r t m e n t ' s J e f f e r s o n a u d i t o r i u m , 1 4 t h a n d I n ­ dependence avenue, S W Written comments should be sent to Paul Sindt, Team Leader. Staff of the Deputy Administrator for State and Countv Operations, USDA- ASCS." Room 3757-S. Washington, D C 20013 A l l c o m m e n t s w i l l b e available for public inspection in that office during regular business hours Details of the act. as well as information concerning its implementation, appear in the Dec 6 Federal Register. Potato Power Potatoes are an important source of vitamins and minerals. One medium-size potato provides more than one-third of the necessary vitamin C your body needs. In addition, potatoes possess vitamins B-6 and B-12 plus thiamin, niacin and folacin About 15 per cent of the body's iron requirement can be con­ sumed daily i/i one potato. Some trace minerals are also part of the potato. And potatoes only yield approximately 110 calories each. WHAT S NEW WHO KNOWS! 1. What is the average weight of the male Bengal tiger? 2. What do you call a collection of cats? 3. Name the Hawkeye state. 4. Name the capital of Peru. 5. What constitutes the American Bill of Rights? 6. Where is the source of the St. Lawrence River? 7. What is the area of Great Britain? 8. Who invented the steam engine? 9. Define "modus viven- di." 10.For what does SALT stand? Aasvirs lo Who Katvs 1 . B e t w e e n 4 0 0 - 5 0 0 pounds. 2. A clutter of cats. 3. Iowa. 4. Lima. 5. The first ten amend­ ments to the Constitution. 6. The State of Minne­ sota. 7. 94,000 square miles. 8. James Watt. 9. Latin phrase, meaning "way of living." 10.Strategic Arms Limita­ tions Talks. An Iceband for treating minor bums, bumps and . bruises, even headaches \jmd insect bites. 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