European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 13, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Center that helped save Bald Eagle finds itself bytes brides the associated press Ach Day in summer s smothering heat or Winter chill a Small army of Bird watchers roams 800 acres of Oklahoma Outback to Check on the barometers of our  that is How Steve Sherrod describes southwestern Prairie Birds which Are vanishing. Sherrod is the director of the George Miksch Sutton Avian research Center in Bartlesville okla. The Center won a measure of acclaim some years ago for its part in repopulating american Bald eagles across the Southeast a project so successful that the . Fish and wildlife service plans to remove the Bald Eagle from the endangered species list. Now the nonprofit Sutton Center named for a prominent ornithologist and Bird artist who died in 1982, describes itself As endangered. The Bottom line is we need Money a desperate Sherrod says. While his current five year project of tracking Prairie Birds is More important he says it lacks the Glamour of the Eagle project that cause saving the National Symbol stirred the patriotic juices and opened the pocketbooks of  a drop in private and Federal funding Sherrod has announced that unless the Sutton Center raises $250,000 quickly it May shut Down. The Best i can Tell you we Are exploring every Opportunity possible. Every Nickel counts he says. The Center s researchers in the late 1980s, were among the first to successfully fool wild eagles to double clutch or Lay a second set of eggs by climbing to the massive nests and stealing the first eggs. Those fist sized eggs were returned to Sutton to Hatch in incubators where handlers turned them every three hours to keep embryos from sticking to the shells. A week after the eagles emerged workers used a hand puppet for feeding behind one Way Glass. In All 275 fledglings were released in Florida Mississippi and other Southeastern states. The work of tracking Prairie Birds is a bit More Gritty. A a Sutton Center worker uses a puppet to feed a hungry eaglet in 1991 As part of efforts to rebuild Bald Eagle populations. It entails fending off chiggers and Fidd Leback spiders and ticks that sometimes afflict researchers with Rocky Mountain spotted fever. It also requires competing with other environmental groups and other causes for the elusive Dollar. Major contributors and environmentalists who worked closely he Bottom line is we need Money Steve Sherrod director Sutton Avian research Center with Sutton were shocked when the Center announced its crisis. John West of the Phillips Petroleum foundation which gave the Center $25,000 in March heard about Sutton s Money problems from reporters. So did Steve Torbit senior scientist with the National wildlife federation in Boulder colo., who describes Sutton s Eagle work As  Erich Langer Public outreach coordinator in Oklahoma for the fish and wildlife service unequivocally praises Sutton s biologists. But asked about its accounting and finances he says bluntly that s a different  it kind of floored us Langer says we know it s difficult running a place like that. I just wish we would have known something a Little earlier. It s like geez if you Don t get the Money in a month and a half. " Sutton executives say the Center has looked away from its traditional contributors but without much Luck. We be targeted some chemical companies in the Midwest. So far other than an initial reaction we Haven t been Able to get very far says John Barker a Tulsa okla., attorney who is on Sutton s Board of directors. More and More companies Are shifting toward human problems homelessness and hunger he says. In some respects we re chasing similar  Sherrod says Lack of Money could mean abandoning studies that already Are years old. We re trying to Complete the third year of a five year study Sherrod says. If you Cut them off in the Middle it s like cutting the Guy open and operating then saying of we be fun out of Money. We can t sew you Back up " science shorts ifs Strong and Green researchers at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee have developed a Type of Concrete that uses recycled plastic and is More resistant to erosion than traditional Concrete the material was developed to contain toxic wastes. It also could be used to make sturdier lightweight Bridges or for paving highways that would develop fewer potholes. Polystyrene the plastic from which disposable Coffee cups and other drinking cups Are made is used to make the material which is being called Supe Concrete. This technology has the potential to help rebuild the nation s infrastructure and reduce environmental impacts at the same time/1 said Al Mattus a researcher in the lab s chemical technology division and co. Developer of Supe Concrete along with Roger Spence.  j " v .-,." " pneumonia shots urged the department of veterans affairs the. National Institute on aging and the american lung association recently initiated a nationwide Campaign encouraging people to get a pneumonia vaccination. The vaccination is effective against bacterial pneumonia the most common form of pneumonia. Unlike the flu shot the pneumonia vaccine is administered in a single dose and May be give at any time of the year. The centers for disease control and prevention recommends the vaccine for All people Over age 65 and for people with heart or lung disease diabetes immune system problems his or aids. Lyme disease Alert military tick watchers Are trying to spread the word about the dangers of being in wooded and Grassy areas during tick season. We re using education As a tool to combat Lyme disease As Well As other vector borne disease. We be developed Many educational materials said Sandy Evans of the army environmental Hygiene Agency at Aberdeen proving ground my. The Agency can provide a newsletter with current information on the disease and How to protect against tick bites a videotape slide presentation a detailed technical manual and other  details Contact Evans at the Agency attention Hshb-mr1, Aberdeen proving ground my. 21010-5422 or Call Dan 584-3613. Care for osteoporosis despite the fact that an estimated one in two american women will be affected by osteoporosis most midlife and older women Don t know they Are at risk and Many Are not getting Good osteoporosis related health care. Those Are among the findings of a new Public opinion Survey released by the older women s league As part of a Public education Campaign on osteoporosis. People interested in receiving free educational materials about osteoporosis should Send a stamped self addressed business sized envelope to osteoporosis materials older women s league 666 eleventh St. New suite 700, Washington . 20001. From wire reports and american forces information service tuesday september 13, 1994 the stars and stripes 17