ferald Sjatt Writer

have been:
ri-aince the first oll

~ _ Itfa not surprising that woed, |.
~ ‘the first-kmown fuel, is being
“considered again, “
Energy plantations and:
tase ublization are Been
- by'gome to be.a solutlon to”
‘future fuel shortages.“ ".
An energy plantation. -Is-
““wood grown specifically for
the production of energy.
_ Species would be planted

growth rate and the British
Thermal . Unit, which
meagures the amount of heat

_aubetariee,
Trees would probably be
grown over-a specific time
frame in @ program fashion,
not unlike the suatalned yleld
process, said Doug Ad-
derley,.an information of-
ficer with the ministry of
forests.
“Blo-mnass. utilization | dif-.
fers from energy plantations

- gldgration all the biological

ee

mass inanarea. ..
In addition: to trees,.
anything that could be
burned would be part of blo-
_ mass. utilization. This 1s
belng uzed now in the bur-
ning of wood chips to create:
heat and to generate elec-
tricity, said Adderley.
Wood waste is also capable
of producing methanol gas,
-he said, Some experimenting
is helng done to find out the
‘feasibility of creating the gas.
‘from “wood. ,
The engineering branch of
the provincial ministry of
“forests has looked into using
wood as an energy source.

. Vestigation

cerenionics, -
.' The couple will reside in

Bey pe .:
% MONTREAL (CP) —

Canada’s 1t chartered banks —
nzs more than $2 million a

See aadustry and the frauds are mail-related.” , increased, and that a higher
vatter, protection from. the ““-. For example, pearly 12.00 security pririty be accorded
oat Offi Er eTnOL: 11 EE aa iste for rst. class service. ~ mee
Post OF Pc voi acai lovibren “aaa sigiaitesivetec:7Rhe Past, Olga. 7
Tuesday lo a fedoval inquiey.. Stolen toni" the thailand” ty personnel in Caiada
inte postal ‘security, the ‘Mlegslly cashed between 1975 should ‘be “piven better

‘Canadian ‘Bankers’.

ociation said: that the

Post Office isn’t’ serjous

enough about looking after |
its mail. ; re
*, “{Its). Security and -In-
Branch is
relatively --ineffective ‘in
venting ‘and uncovering
-related crime," it said.

‘fhe bankers said that

al packets’ they use to
send cash.and jewels to and

-from remote branches are
tot items to mail robbers -

and thieves have ‘taken

ackets valued at\about $3 —
. vital role as “an important: - burger stands ‘pop up in the °
* dink In the payment system:

malllion during the last five

years. _—_ a,
’ Bankers also have trouble

getting new, credit cards out -

fo users without - having
many waylaid.. Losses. on.
stolen. cards ‘average $1,600

card, the brief sajd,

per car
although total losses have

@ecreased since 1975 after

lg great deal of- effort and *

additional “cost. ot the’
” . . aoe

' Cheque’ fraud also - ac- :
' ee . aft

ee,

Parker.
vows said

’ Kathleen Theresa Hamp-
ri daughter of Mr.
. Vincent Shannon;
Dante) Edgar H. Parker, son.
bf Mr..and Mrs.-Ron Parker
were wed in the Church of
God on July 21 at 2 p.m.
‘: The bride was given in
marriage by Joey Shannon
and the officiating

clergyman’ was Rev. B.

the best man was Joe Zak

and the,ushers were Norman
Parker and Terry Gordon.
The maid of honor was
Janice Zak, and Darlene
Shannon and Donna Shannon
were bridesmaids, They
wore blue solid dtesses and
white elegance: carnations.

The reception was held at.
the ‘Thornhill Community

' Hall and father of the groom, -

Ron Parker, waa master af
Terrace. | -

"ART SHOWS PREMIERE
will premier two In-,
ternational exhibitions of

artlets Turner and ‘Vincent
Van Gogh in the fail.

. offence

and .
and =

The Art Gallery of Ontario.

counts for losses of several
millions of dollars each
year,” the bankers said; and
“the majorily of. cheque’

The brief noted. that.

‘ cheque robberies involve:

banks in ‘extra ‘work, but
most of the-direct loss is-
absorbed by retall outlets

_ which'cash the cheqles.

“We'do not imply. that
‘cheque theft ‘is. largely
perpetrated by postal em-.
ployees,”” «said the brief.
“Organized fraud” tings .
specialize in this type’ of
2. and - regularly -
plunder postal boxes. to

maintain their supply.”
But the Post Office plays a

of our country.” One in three
envelopes in the system
contains a cheque.or other
instrument .of, payment,’’
says the brief: .°,

As such, (the Post Office)
should . assume” “full
responsibility for developing

aservicewhichis.secute and -

reliable In every respect.”
The bankers association
. recommended. : that _ the

i aye

'

+

Banks lose $2 million in mail th

maximum Habilily of $100

thatthe Post Office assumes .
for registered mail and:

money packet yervice be

Th

LONDON, Ont. (Cb) —

Look’ out. McDonald’s,. the -

tempe burger is here.”
_ Tempe is ‘fermented

“soybean cake, éxplained

K.N, .Steinkraus of Cornell
-University,. one of: 1,200
scientists from arcund the

_ world ‘meeting. at a con-.

ference here this week. And
- while MeDonald’s ham-

Orient and Thicd World
‘countries, the tempe burger
is, gaining popularity “in

. North America. Lo
 Steinkraus said soybean Is
dehulled, . steamed, © in-
noculated with a mold and

cut inte cakes for. cooking, '

-exactly like meat: °.

ty.

“4

Mr. and Mrs. Caniel ‘Parker

powers. of ‘arrest
prosecution.” =.

_ "Tt tastes like veal, you.
can prepate it like any meat, .
add it to ‘soup, yes, even
barbecue it. Tempe burgers -

training and more powers
and “be re-organized along
the lines of the U.S, Postal
Inspection Service, . with .
and.
ee enema
Most of the security em--
ployees are career posta

employees, with ‘no, ‘prior. .

+

e soybean burger here |~

“are being sold on the” West

Coast "mow." 2 gr
Ternpe’ has'.been. the’
“meat"? in: the Indonesian

diet for. generations, he sald.

C.W. Hesseltine,- chief of

the fermentation laboratory
at -a ‘research . centre’ in.
: Peoria, Ill, said it is ironic.
that higher pay In un-
‘derdeveloped countries now

is allowing people to pur-
chase red meat while North
Americans are eating plant

‘food products such as the
soybean. -. -

y

' However, Hesseltine said,
the increase in. the world

_ population will force more
. people fo eat plant food,

rather than meat, because
plant food is more plentiful,
and -more economical 0
produce. oe

He said about 50 com-
panies are tanufacturing
tempe in the U.S, and the

S cake is being sold in health
food stores. Jt will soon be

available in supermarkets. .

S.I. Ko, of the agricultural.
university — In. “the
Netherlands, said tempe and
other foods produced,
through the. fermentation
process have been. con-
sidered inferior because they.
are less qxpensive and the
poor atethem, .

B.J.B.. Wood, of the
University of Strathclyde In.
Scotland, sald people of the
Western world are becoming .
more diverse in their eating
habits and are willing to eat
new foods. .

Yogurt is a - prime
example, he said. It was
Anknown in the West some
years’ ago, but now
represents a rapidly growing
section of the dairy industry.

Wood sald natural yogurt
has an acidic taste, but Erult
flavors were added to make
it acceptable to Westerners.
It ia interesting to note, he
said, that some Westerners
have grown tired of the fruit-
flavored yogurt and now are
demanding the atural
product, ,

The scientists said other

_ food products being in-

troduced to the West Include
museli, a flaked- grain
product developed in
Swilzerland, angkak, fer-
mented rice, and oncon, &

sien! Gated tor, tough.

; ons a : ao : ; . ae rn ' - gald‘using wood for energy Ls
Dee . outa 6B eos - ipa of fe AyD me . ee ae . . vo _ . : ! a ‘still inthe very high cost
This familiar: sightiof.woed pilad-up on- aches may disappear In the future as wood Is utilized as an energy source On = stages. ~ ws
‘a'large scale. , sang akigns $B SULOR wes Qhuites Ure Coe, 7 - - phate by Grag-Middletan. We. haven't "done
: . DOOM. Winget Dyan oe wee The Ue : . . a . ‘anything in. Ure way.of direct -

ra projects lately." *-

‘and becoming more scarce,
-wood as. a fuel is becoming
7 Ji > mérelattractive.”.

investigative experience, the — However, because wood Is
brief’ said. . Their « in- “being utilized in more ways
vestigations are also ‘hin-.
dered by militant postal -
unions and a. lack. of
authority, .- “

‘said’ Lawrie. .
. Several years ago rtable
chippera were used in the

ment Cos!

sentences for convicted mail project. like this ‘would be
robbers. |... “-* | very expensive compared to
TS wt pulp” ills “could, get

“py GARLA WILSON. 1
world's fuel-supplice ,
ana matter of.

*CONCEFN “HE
—erisia in the 1970s. Therefore. -

depending on the area, the | ,

that can’be obtained from 4

In that it takea into con- -

Spokesman Dave Lawrie |

efts Do _ 7 With oll going up in price.
less of -it-ls available for fuel, ga

field edo :
the devéigpment coal for 8

y

advanced wa )
developed In the fu

through their normal hog fuel. instead ot naturat

sources, .
Hog fuel je the wood

~ matter, that ‘won't make.
. chips, for example bark, It's .
commonly burned for heat in

* peshive burners.

Glen Manning at the

Pacific Forest Research

Center, of the Canadian
Forestry Service In Victoria
sald that natural gas is still
competitive to the burning of
waste’ “wood. ne

He pointed. out

be expensive and one way of
_ energy supply.

“There's a new Innovation
‘for burning’ wood. that

_ peburns a gas created by the -

wood 48 a heat source. It
* converts wood waste into a

“It’s possible high costs af
oi] will make wood more
attractive a5 an energy
im," he said. -

medi + picts Crd tana - pier
The; THitiver, Timber. °

. Ltd. pulp: milion Watson:
. Island recently . renovated.
some ofits boilers to. burn -

ove

"The Beratd, Thursday, July 24) 1960, Pai

iin. these beehive burners
héwever: there: may be more: .
racting energy from-wood .

“that:
disposing of wood waste can.

s niedium, said Manning.

-' > prow by Greg Middision

gas. on.
“Howard Taylor, of: the:

ministry of forests, sald the

conversion process (of wood
to energy) is ‘not currently

competitive with the price of * ,

gas. ‘ he | :
“Logically,.caal is the next

source of hydro-c arbons," he-

There’: 8

et

re-.al .
exciting areas to explore'for..

future fuels, he sald...
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Theatre Plus. at. the

boy
‘Ste
decreasing the cost might be ie wall catart
‘tb that ‘waste: into an: Lawrence Centre’ will start

July with a new comedy, The:
ona:

Invented Lover, base
1917 Broadway hit,

een
we

peanut press cake whieh: is:
similar to'--

ar)

used as a meat,
tempe. *-.
Pessimism
“OTTAWA” (CP). o+-
Pessimism about the state bf
the economy has reached a
20-year low, the Copference
Board “of. Canada said -
Wednesday. - ©. +. tf
The board's index of con-
sumer. attitudes, compiled
every three months froma |.
household survey. of con- 4.
sumer attitudes and buying
‘intentions,, is: at ‘its lowest
point since the board began
‘making such measurements.
in 1980, 000

. Consumers are putting off
major purchases. because
they fear losing their jobs-
and they. feel inflation and
the impending recession are
eating away’ their buying
power, the board, an in-
dependent non-profit organ: | ~
ization, said in a statement. mi

Only 12,2 per cent of those”
surveyed in, the second.
quarter of 1980 thought there.
would ba more jobs. in six
months’ time, compared
with 21.2 percent in the firet
quarter this year, © -

Only 20.5 per cent felt their
family's financlal position
had improved in the last six
‘months, and only 23:4 per
cent foresaw any ‘im-
provement in the next six
months. _ .
General pessimism is also
reflected In the fact that only
10.1 cent of those aur-
veyed fell jobs are plentiful
and only 16 per cenit expected
economic conditions to
‘improve in the’ next sx
months, © © 00 Sr

- Only 17.1 per cent think

now is a good time to make a
major purchase,

Consumers are delaying

- buying houses, large ap-

pliances and televisions

making home improvements

- ov. taking vacations.

There was a ‘slight in-
crease, from a previously
Jow level, in the number of
persons planning to buy cars

_ & floor covering.

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