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THE BATTALION Page 11 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21,1980 Olympics-play for some, work for many :s b United Press International ,AKE PLACID, N.Y. — The et, warm smell of jelly doughnuts elopes the crowd sniffing at the nter of the Main Street Bakery, oss the way, golden boy Eric den skates around an icy oval on way to his third Olympic gold lal. eading the headlines about the _ r ^Jbck Island eastwAy ] ose bus and ticket snafus during the first week of the Winter Olympics, one loses sight of the other side of the games — the awesome athletic feats, the trading of pins from different countries and organizations, the camaraderie and making of new friends. Alison Wyckoff and Carol Mierz- wa, freshmen at Boston College, said they spend their days on the slopes eyeing Alpine skiiers, at the speed skating oval taking pictures of Heiden, at the figure skating com petitions and at the hockey games. By night, they try out the tiny bars and get approached “mostly by older guys.” Joking about the lines guys hand them, Wyckoff, a Seattle, Wash., native said, ‘“Are you here for the Olympics?’ is the favorite. A lot ask if you have pins to trade.” “The foreign guys say, ‘Are you American? American looks good on you.’” While the 21-year-old Heiden was winning his third gold medal across the street Tuesday, the 23-year-old pastry whiz David Brown was clean ing up from the morning rush — 30 dozen jelly doughnuts and 18 dozen plain doughnuts in a couple of hours. “I like the excitement and the peo ple,” he said from his stance over a stack of icing-caked pots and pans. “I’ve met people from Finland, Swit zerland, Germany, Italy, Yugosla via. The Europeans always comment the bread’s so soft.” On the other end of Main Street, Kim Daby was collecting tickets at the village’s 53-year-old movie- house, which is showing 34 classics ranging from “Downhill Racer” to “True Grit.” But, “The most popular shows are ‘Slap Shot’ with Paul Newman and any of Woody Allen’s movies. The Russians come a lot. I tell you what — this is the nicest, friendliest group of people since I’ve been here — and that’s 11 years,” He said. On Main Street outside, hundreds of spectators windowshop and pin trading is a favorite pastime. The pin from Taiwan, which withdrew rather than compete without its flag and anthem, is the most desired. The Russians love to trade for the Coca- Cola one but almost nobody else will. Mirror Lake, in contrast, is quiet, a pristine snowy white. A handful of people are admiring snow-capped Whiteface Mountain in the distance. Others cut across the frozen lake in snowmobiles and dog sleds, laughing in pleasure. Fifteen-year-old Teddy Eck is urging on five Siberian huskies — Smokie, Sickie, Cutty, King and Bear — taking mostly “Fascinated Europeans” on 15-minute dogsled rides for $4 a person. School’s out for the duration of the Olympics and with this job, he says shyly, “I meet lots of girls.” Plattsburgh State freshmen Rich Luck and Brian Atkins are working at the Olympics — Rich as a security guard screening athletes at the Olympic Village and Atkins as a food server. “We’re having a great time,” said Atkins. “I look at it this way — chances are my going to another Olympics are virtually nil. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience.” n scleral help rbw United Press International pASHINGTON — Environmen- problems of agriculture are ^■sed along with concerns about |water quality, toxic substances municipal waste, in the federal jrnment’s 10th annual environ- ital report. the report sent to Congress lay by President Carter, the jil on Environmental Quality Hnsion of agricultural lands is of the nation’s most serious en- nmental problems, despite a fed- investment of more than $20 bil- for soil conservation since 1935. fne recent study estimated ero- ifroin American crop land, range 11, forest land and pasture land at 4 ion tons a year, creating sedi- itj pesticide and fertilizer pollu- in two-thirds of the nation’s river he report cited minimum-tillage oing as a viable approach to re- ferosion while maintaining or teasing crop production, with a er use of energy, but warned that *OV\ IV0 ^ ves trade-offs. y J Vith minimum-tillage techni- S* farmers do not plow land prior lanting, but plant seeds and app- teltilizer and pesticides simul- sopsly. ixed sites atVAdvantages to minimum — tillage ructure — waning include: the cell s nu:_ More effective control of wind Coffey and; f water erosion. evious concept Availibility of more water for on was that ^ttrowth, because plant residues ■vice moved kfiefos increase infiltration, reduce ■ helix and coloration and lower soil tempera- DNA at the ss. -Need for less energy and labor ,resented theilft 126 ’ plow and cultivate. ■ent issue of r. Eas e harvesting in wet lecularandcefcX’ because soil is firmer, disadvantages include: - Herbicide use against weeds one can spec Jich is nearly twice as high as with ictical impliu iventional cultivation), ce of how the: -degradation of water from her- in reproductB! ide use and increased opportunity Hevelopment of resistant ieties of weeds. dence suggests _g u ii ( j U p 0 f herbicides that may s at niultipli nage subsequent crops, i place and ^Possible need to increase insec- ire reeled thw de use> because minimum-tilled ding heads, ds provide a more stable habitat y related pw pests. ited cells occasi -_ j\jeed f or more intensive farm rmal mass of tit nagement. Coffey said. _ Possible delays of spring plant- , these tumorcti said. ^'because soil temperatures do t | rB : increase and moisture does not idTnvade adjoir f?° rate as ra P idl V as wit h plowed 11 The report said that minimum- ' C r f Jige alone is not the only approach l 1 U ^ '' ..r Sohiug problems of agriculture, hape, isoi- 0 p rotation is another alternative. fating com and soybeans reduces leases such as brown stem rot of foeans, soybean cyst nematode d corn root worms. Past research showed that the cost replacing all of the basic plant nut- nts lost to soil erosion each year is out $18 billion in 1979 dollars. Stu- :s showed that a loss of six inches in ?$oil in the Southern Piedmont re- iced average corn yields by 41 per- nt. Under a mandate from a 1977 law, e Agriculture Department is con- lering, for the first time, requiring rmers to practice soil conservation qualify for price supports. Bihe new environmental report i|i) highlights the loss of prime crop id to urban sprawl, the potential r gasohol and the falling of ground tables. icapee goes United Press International MONTICELLO, Ark. — A man lo|fled a courtroom just after being itenced to prison was found hiding ider a bed in a house whose resi- its had no idea he was there, tew County Sheriff David Hyatt id. Gene Marshal, 20, of Monticello been sentenced Monday to 10 in prison for burglary and theft iroperty when he escaped, Hyatt Wednesday. He was allowed to Ik to a friend in the courtroom and alked out. Acting on a tip from a family mem- ' t Hyatt said he and three Mon- 'sllo policemen broke into a local sidence Wednesday and found arshall hiding under a bed. The sidents were not at home and did it know Marshall was hiding there, yatt said. lo time to smoke United Press International ^WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — i R.J. 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