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This Week's features: PASANONIC VACUM SWEEPER $ 695 PER WEEK $15.00 Deposit ASK FOR DETAILS **ABOUT:** * Typewriters * Nintendoos * Word Processors * TVs * VCRs * Microwave Ovens * Camcorders YOUR BOOKSTORE HAS A GREAT BONUS FOR YOU! Send me the 'You Want' Welcome All-You Get Backpack for $19.95 plus $2.95 shipping and handling). TOTAL $22.90 $5 value. (NY State state taxes 81% sales tax.) Enclosed is my □ check □ Money Order (Please allow 4-6 weeks delivery.) Please allow 4-6 weeks delivery.) Name ___ Backpack color choice: ___ Address ___ City ___ Skate ___ Zip ___ Shuttle will try to land seeds By Travis Butler Kansan staff writer Students would study reaction of 5 years of exposure in sda. Next month, the Space Shuttle Columbia will make a trip into Earth's orbit. When it returns, it may carry a cargo of 12.5 million tomato seeds for student researchers. The seeds are part of the Long Duration Exposure Facility, an 11-inch package of experiments put into orbit by the shuttle in 1894, said Terri Sindelar, a NASA public affairs officer for education. The project was originally scheduled to be returned in 1986, but the Challenger disaster grounded the shuttle program. Columbia will try and retrieve the project. The objective of the project was to see how the seeds would react to long-term space exposure and to provide students from grade five through the university level a chance to explore science through a significant space experiment, she said. Craig Martin, associate professor of botany, said he had been interested in the project but had missed the latest updates on it because the original return date was postponed. "I've lost track of what's been going on, but I've been sending the paperwork in for an experimental package," he said. tion to light and the resulting tomatoes. Upper-level students might look at how the genetic material of the seeds might have been modified by their stay in space. Sindeler said that when the seeds came back to Earth they would be returned to their supplier for some preliminary tests. George W. Park Seed Co. kept the same number of seeds from the group from which the space seeds were taken for use as a control. After the preliminary growth tests, NASA will ship experimental kits that contain 50 space and 50 control seeds, instructional materials and a supporting board to the scholastic groups, she said. The kits will be free. Martin said he was unsure what the results would be, but he didn't expect any difference to show. "One thing seems to be true. If there is a negative effect, it's on the cell division as the plant grows. The seeds won't be undergoing that up there." "right now, the evidence points to there being no effect," he said. "There really has been very little work done. Most of it has been done by the Russians, and many of their experiments have failed. They'll get back some preliminary results, but then the equipment will stop and any results after that will be lost. NASA expects to start distributing the seeds in late February if the shuttle can successfully retrieve the LDEF, Sindelar said. Yes! We Have Christmas Cards. You'll find a great selection of Boxed or Individual Christmas Cards at the Palace! Choose from Carlton, Masterpiece, Sunrise, Recycled Paper, Blue Mountain Arts, and the Far Side SHOP EARLY FOR BEST SELECTION. Mon. Thrurs. 9:30-8:30 Fri.-Sat. 9:30-5:30 Sun 1:00-5:00 843-1099 * In Downtown * 8th and Mass. Our Nation's Child-care Crisis: How is Lawrence caring for its children? to discuss the concerns of local child-care providers and working parents Presented by The University of Kansas Classified Senate and Unclassified Professional Staff Association Joint Child Care Committee Thursday, December 7,1989 7:00-9:00 p.m. Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont KEYNOTE SPEAKER Jessie Branson, Representative, 44th District SPEAKERS Peggy Scally, Child-care Licensing Charge Nurse, Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department Gall Shreders, Vice President, Douglas County Child Development Association Joan Reliber, Director, Hilltop Child Development Center Joyce Shaw, Supervisor of Human Resources, Sallie Mae MODERATOR Kathleen Brady-Mowrey, Institute of Public Policy and Business Research Chair of Joint Child Care Committee The University of Kansas: Unclassified Professional Staff Association Classified Senate Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center Institute for Public Policy and Business Research Society for Women's Studies School of Business School of Law Women's Studies SPONSORS Lawrence Journal-World Quaker Oats Sallie Mae Sallin Mea Your Four Lawrence Banks: Douglas County Bank First National Bank Lawrence National Bank The Bank Limited-capacity child care available on-site - 1