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November 2006
Fast News
Heavy Metal The Oshkosh (Wis.) Recreation Department is ready to get the lead out - literally.
For three weeks now, the city's recreation center has been closed while a remediation contractor removes all traces of lead-contaminated dust created during a recent renovation project. Officials became concerned when tests showed that dust and paint chips sent airborne by a floor refinishing project in the building's lower level had spread to other parts of the facility. The cleanup's painstaking process has left recreation officials hesitant to say when the 79-year-old center will reopen. "Because it's such a meticulous project, it will get done when it gets done," recreation director Al Wenig told The Oshkosh Northwestern on Nov. 10. "They have to go through every nook and cranny. It takes a lot of time." To their credit, recreation officials didn't spend their idle time pointing fingers. Wenig declined to name the company hired to refinish the rec center's basement floor - at least not until he knows the remediation's total cost, which will include the bill for lead poisoning screenings for rec center patrons who might have been unintentionally exposed. At that point, Wenig said the department's insurance carrier will be anxious to identify - and bill - the responsible party. Stumped It was the perfect spot for the perfect tree. In early November, atop a knoll outside Arlington, Va.'s Walter Reed Recreation Center, officials planted a lace leaf Japanese maple that had been meticulously raised for 25 years and donated by Arlington County resident and lifelong arborist Peter Jones. One week later, though, where this beautiful tree had briefly stood only a two-foot-deep hole remained. Yet, a second look turned up several clues - including a trail of rust-colored leaves and mulch leading to the parking lot - indicating that the tree had been stolen. Standing on the grassy knoll-turned-crime scene, Jones expressed his dismay to The Washington Post reporter Jamie Stockwell. "This is such a shame," he said. "I mean, who would want to do something like that?" As of Nov. 10, Arlington police assigned to the case had no leads, but surmised that the heist couldn't have been a solo job. Using landscaping equipment, it took four men to plant the five-foot-tall tree, which was worth about $1,000. That said, if the thieves are caught, they can be charged with grand larceny, a felony offense. Jones, who raised the lace leaf maple in his backyard, had long planned to give the tree to the six-month-old Walter Reed center, to help beautify its landscaped area and adjacent playground. "My intention was that people would become educated about all the trees and plants," he said. "But how can you teach kids to respect (them) when grown-ups come and steal (them)?" In the Field
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