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01 18 The Barrie Examiner Wednesday March 23 1977 Trees talk Conversation reached ne level when Aaron Levay proschooler from Beth El Synagogue in Phoenix Aril listened to bat Ponderosa pines had to say at the Phoenix rt Museum The trees part of an enviornmen tal exhibit are wired to recording to produce lif ferent sounds The trees ooze sap occasionally so protec tie smocks are worn tl IIlolol Petroleum firms may be in hot water CALGARY tCPi Petroleum companies may soon be in hot water if resear ch project being carried out for the federal government is suc tessful The study being conducted by Sproule and Associates of Calgary is considering whether hot water deposits can be used as source of heat to lessen Canadas reliance on natural gas preliminary report pub lished recently by the Geother mal Service of anada says work done so far by Sproule shows there is enough hot water in the Western Canada sedi mentary basin to warrant fur ther research and possibly test project The basin covers basically the Prairie regions of Alberta Saskatchewan and some of Manitoba as well as the eastern portion of the Rocky Moun tains it stretches from the US border through the western part of the Northwest Territories to the Arctic Ocean IIll Illl lII AM Zessop an earth scien tist with the earth physics bran of the federal department of energy mines and resources said the volume of hot water in the area has an energy equivalent of trillions of barrels of oil 5th he points out that no one has studied the economics of getting the water out of the ground and that the problems involved would be just as comr pIicated as in producing gas and oil We dont know yet how mueh of it is recoverable Jes sop said in an interview llarold Gorrell minerals geologist with Sproule said the idea is still in the research stage and more information must be collected before an economic evaluation can be done lorrell said lot of the hot water is buried fairly deep and has high salt content The costs of using such water in pipeline might be high it the salt had to be refined out of it first SIIIICNIIIIiiII lhe Sproule report said saline content frequently runs as high as 200000 parts per million Sea water has an average salinity of 35000 parts per million iemperatures ot the water range from high of 179 at depth of 4419 metres near the YukonNWTI border to 120 de grees at depth of 3975 metres near algary Water boils at 100 above ground but the tremendous pressures below the earth keep the water in liquid form despite the much higher temperatures Jessop said the next step in the study will be to closely analyse information collected from threedistinct areas The first involves Calgary it self where Sproulr will gather information from wells just west ol the ity The other two areas chosen for close analysis are the Will iston area of Alberta and an area just north of Fort Nelson in Ilrilish olurnbia Weve icked an urban area wilt erness area and rural area to get good cross section of environment Jessop said Assorted Colours 2PLY TIFFANY BATHROOM TISSUE ROLL PKG Assorted Varieties STEINBERG CAKE MIXES 19 OZ PKG Assorted Flavours VALIANT CRYSTALS 17 OZ PKG Powdered PUNCH DETERGENT LB BOX 88° Richs Frozen COFFEE RICH 32 FLOZ CTN 490 Liquid PALMOLIVE DETERGENT 32 FL OZ BTL 99° Champlain Pony Tall Wrap WHITE SLICED BREAD 24 OZ LOAF 199 330 Choice Whole UTOPIA TOMATOES 28 FL OZ TIN 49° Crisco VEGETABLE OIL 48 FL OZ BTL CH RISTIES DGYOBARS 10 OZ PKG 299 59 59 Available until March 26 only 1977 EXCEPT WHERE NDICATED OTHERWI essnve THE room To Ll SE MIT QUANTITIES Parchment Wrap CH EFMASTER MARGARINE LB PKG Assorted Flavours DEL MONTE PUDDING CUPS 4x5 FL OZ TIN 90 Chunks or Slices DOLE PINEAPPLE 19 FL OZ TIN With Syrup 490 99° Partly Skimmod Fresh Milk qt bag or lug CARTIER TEA BAGS PKG OF 150 plus 60c deposit on Jug Mira Mart Chocolate Creme Filled Donuts pkg ol Frozen McCain French Fries 34 lb pkg Blue Bonnet Soft Margarine lb sleeve Mira Mari HOT CROSS BUNS PKG OF6 Bounce FabricSoftene pkg oi 20 sheets Available until March 26 only IN BARRIE AT BAYFIELD MALL All Purpose MONARCH FLOUR LB BAG Fred Davis is right no gimmicks no nonsense Miracle 129 69° Available until March 26 only till 75 199 Mrs Bake Oil Freshly Baked Onion Buns Pkg of With Sprayer Windex Window Cleaner 20 oz btl Seasoned Green Del Monte Beans 14 ll oz tln Assorted Varieties Rowntree Chocolate Bars pkg McVltle Digestive Cookies 16 oz pkg Baal Patties with Mushroom sauca or Frozen Holiday Farms Salisbury Steak lb pkg Regular or Olly Shampoo Clairol Herbal Essence 227 ml blI Overall everyday prices as low as or lower than any other major food chain Plus over 250 weekly specials ALL PRICES EFFECTIVE MAR 23 TO 29 BA VFIELD ST NORTH AT HWY 400 WE