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...Riley Janes, Saskatoon, Sask. Brian Johns, Richmond, B.C. Mark Johnston, St. Catharines, Ont. Morgan Knabe, Calgary Rhiannon Leier, Winnipeg Yannick Lupien, Ste-Foy, Que. Mike Mintenko, Moose Jaw, Sask. Nathaniel O'Brien, Victoria, B.C. Brittany Reimer, Surrey, B.C. Matt Rose, Lindsay, Ont. Rick Say, Salmon Arm, B.C. Lauren van Oosten, Calgary Elizabeth Warden, Toronto...
...OOSTEN PAVILION As the clouds pass over Amsterdam, colors shimmer and shift subtly on the surface of architect Steven Holl's magnificent yet playful cube. This riverside structure, built for a Dutch corporation, looks less as if it was made from glass and perforated metal than from the surrounding water and light...
...Fish & Wildlife Service wants to stamp out lampreys before they do more harm. Dr. John van Oosten of the Great Lakes Division thinks a weak spot may be found in their breeding customs. In late May and June, the lampreys put on their courting colors (mottled brown, yellow and orange) and enter rapid rivers. By clinging with their suckers, they can work their way up foaming rapids or the faces of 40-ft. dams...
...Oosten hopes that this cycle can be interrupted somehow. One scheme: electrically charged barriers across the mouths of streams where lampreys spawn. This scheme may keep the eggs from hatching properly. Another plan: to shock the buried larvae by electrodes thrust into their mud beds. Dr. Van Oosten (and Lake fishermen) hope that Congress will not economize on a $20,000 appropriation promised for these experiments...
Best anti-lamprey measure would be to drum up commercial demand. Lampreys were once a popular delicacy: Henry I of England is reputed to have died from a surfeit of them. Dr. Van Oosten is checking a rumor that Italians in Bessemer, Pa. are lamprey enthusiasts. If a market can be found, enterprising Great Lakes fishermen will gladly exterminate the lampreys free of charge...