Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.twt.news From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Headline Article Date: Mon, 26 Oct 92 14:37:03 EST Message-ID: \SE A;NATION;AMERICAN SCENE;MIDWEST \BY FROM WIRE DISPATCHES AND STAFF REPORTS S=NEW STORY Waste dumps threaten migratory birds OREGON, Ohio - Warren Klatt was walking home when he saw a Canada goose coated with oil near a closed waste dump. After catching the bird and trying in vain with a friend's help to clean it, Mr. Klatt found out it was covered with cancer-causing polychlorinated biphenyls - PCBs. The goose had to be killed, and Mr. Klatt and his friend were treated at a hospital for possible contamination. Wildlife advocates say hundreds of thousands of migratory birds across the United States die each year from contamination in open hazardous waste dumps and oily waste pits. More than 30 geese contaminated after landing in one of seven waste lagoons at Commercial Oil Services near Toledo have been put to death in the past month by authorities. Daniel LeClair, a special agent with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, said covers will be placed over the lagoons to prevent birds from landing in them. S=NEW STORY Mayberry gas station gets new life BRADFORD, Ohio - Gomer and Goober aren't around, but the station where they pumped gas on television's "Andy Griffith Show" seems to be waiting for them in rural western Ohio. Bob Scheib took a shed attached to his barn and turned it into a replica of the station seen on the 1960s comedy series about a small-town sheriff and his friends in Mayberry, N.C. The trappings of Mr. Scheib's station are nearly identical to the ones on the show. Overhead is a sign reading "Wally's Service." Two pumps offer Acme Gas, a thermometer near the door says "Chew Mail Pouch Tobacco," and there's a cigarette machine on the porch. Inside, fan belts and cans of motor oil share space with videotapes of the series and other memorabilia. One corner is a mock-up of Floyd's barbershop. "I can remember watching the show with my mom and grandma when I was real little," Mr. Scheib said. "Now my kids like the show. It's still funny after watching it over and over." The series ran for eight years on CBS before folding in 1968, but it is still seen in syndication. This article is copyright 1992 The Washington Times. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM