European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 9, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes monday january 9,1989 spill leaves grim legacy on wild coast _ m i ill Llull i i Iii idd Lii Llumi ill la  i ill Iff in Jimr r hundreds of Birds Seattle a on the wildest and most Beautiful of Washington state s rugged beaches lie hundreds of sea Birds wrapped like mummies in heavy Oil. Some Are moving. Others Are not. They Are victims of the second largest Oil spill in the state s Waters. The Oil that poured from a Barge dec. 22 was thought to have dissipated at sea after some of it moved onto the Southern Washington coast. But a storm just before new year s brought the Oil Rushing Back to Shore fouling 300 Miles of coastline including the Pristine Northern beaches of the olympic Peninsula and to the North on Vancouver Island Brit ish Columbia. I think it s kind of outrageous that this can Hap pen said Melissa Seymour of Forks As she helped clean a Beach where she and her family go regularly. Karen Johnson spokesman for the state ecology department said More than 8,000 contaminated Birds had been recovered from Washington beaches More than 4,500 of them dead. Some 42 Birds have been cleaned and released and 850 More Are ready for re lease but scientists said More than half of those might still die. Hundreds More contaminated waterfowl have been recovered from beaches in Oregon and British Colum Bia while uncounted others probably died at sea. Damage to other parts of the ecosystem is less obvious and probably less severe but it May take months to evaluate said David Kennedy a biologist and Oil spill expert for the National oceanic and atmospheric administration. Currents along the Washington coast shift to the South in the Spring and could Deposit even More Oil on beaches. In a few years maybe these beaches will be Back to Normal but the effects will be seen for months if not years to come said Chuck Janda chief Park Ranger for the olympic National Park. In some areas the Oil will always be there on rocks or on logs to serve As a  Many of the dead Birds Are taken away in bags by volunteers so that Bald eagles and other Birds of prey won t eat them and be poisoned. The live Birds that can be captured Are placed in other bags waiting for a Bath that May save their lives. An Oil soaked Bird lies on a stretch of once Pristine Beach near the Indian Village of la push Wash. A two persistent Birds cleaned and tagged were re leased at an area without Oil Only to be picked up again covered in Oil at a Beach farther North. The spill which occurred off Grays Harbor on the state s southwestern coast when a tug collided with an Oil Barge it had been towing initially appeared limited to 70,000 Gallons. Environmentalists were relieved when most of the Oil swept Back out to sea leaving Only a bit clinging to the Grays Harbor Estuary where Many species feed. But last weekend it turned out that As much As 231,000 Gallons had spilled and the storm during the holidays drove it shoreward blackening More beaches mostly to the North. Bird cleaning centers were opened at Ocean shores . Begins new storm research by the new York times Nas Brunswick Maine after More than two years of planning scientists have begun flying in specially equipped weather air planes into the centers of fierce unpredictable northeastern storms spawned in the Atlantic Ocean. The flights originating from Nas Brunswick began dec. 1 and Are to continue through february. This period is the prime time for such storms which scientists also Call cyclones. The $8 million project has brought together scientists from several colleges and universities As Well As the office of naval research the National oceanic and atmospheric administration and other government groups. They Are studying Why the destructive storms develop so quickly sometimes within 12 hours. So far the scientists have tracked four storms rid ing through extreme turbulence that has caused motion sickness among the group members and damaged one air plane. Scientists have Long understood How northeastern develop Over land but not Why they grow so intense Over the North Atlantic. Until now scientists have lacked the technology and Money to study them. The storms have been responsible for dozens of deaths and untold destruction in the North Atlantic. Once in the heart of the storm the scientists aided by advanced computer equipment record the tempera Ture wind Speed humidity barometric pressure tur balance and the nature of the Cloud and precipitation particles. They also drop devices that will record Simi Lar information on the Way Down to the Ocean surface. That information will be recorded by 50 weather stations placed in the North Atlantic for the project. A preliminary report will be issued in april Fol Lowed by a report detailing the study s conclusions within two years. At Neah Bay to the North and at Astoria ore., just across the Columbia River which forms part of the Border Between the two states. Already the Accident has claimed More Birds than the largest Marine spill in state history. About 4,000 Birds died in december 1985 when 239,000 Gallons of Alaska crude leaked into port Angeles Harbor from a Tanker that ran aground. Damage to other life appears minimal so far experts said. No sea mammal deaths have been conclusively linked to the spill. Most of the toxic lighter elements already had been refined out of the heavy Oil Noaa biologist Kennedy said. Mary Lou Mills a biologist with the state depart ment of fisheries said most of the Oil will break up allowing most of the toxic hydrocarbons to evaporate. Stateside foe of Indian Hunting uses game Heads to make Case Federal Way Wash. A eleven bloody Ani Mal Heads apparently from Deer and Elk were dumped at the Doorstep of a newspaper office with a note de manding an investigation of Hunting by indians. The morning news Tribune of Tacoma reported that the Heads were left at its office in Federal Way a suburb Between Seattle and Tacoma. Hunters have been upset by a state agreement 19 allow indians to Hunt on state lands subject to tribal restrictions outside the seasons that apply to non indians. These remains were gathered from the area of Enumclaw in a single Day the unsigned note read. God Only knows How Many have been killed by Indian Hunters. This is Only a Sample. The Elk and Deer Are being slaughtered by the indians because it has been allowed by the Washington state game department and our  music District proposition causes discord Austin Texas a Honky Tonk music knows no boundaries according to musicians opposed to the creation of a music District. The Austin federation of musicians applauded the City Council last week for establishing a music commission. But some musicians expressed con Cern that the panel charged with overseeing creation of a music District downtown might Only Benefit business and real estate interests. Music related businesses in the District could receive incentives such As the waiver of development fees and Low interest Loans said Randy Mccall president of the 750-member federation. Trying to translate that into a Benefit for the City s working professional musicians just kind of strains my credulity said Mccall. Eric Doc Butler a guitar player and music producer said he does not think the commission will help local musicians. I Don t think the music District makes much sense. We be got areas All around town that Are real Active in music that Are excluded from the District s boundaries he said. Bob Meyer owner of concept music agreed. I think assigning it to a specific location is going to Cut out an awful lot of people who could otherwise participate in it. I m concerned that it s going to wind up being in the Best interest of real estate owners and not musicians he said. Councilman Max Nofziger who proposed the commission could not be immediately reached by Telephone at his Home or office