request: surplus support

[Pebelanger@xxxxxxx]

I am going offline from paleonet since I am about ready to travel overseas
for ODP LEG 161.  I will maintain my personal id - so please respond to
either address below.

Effective the end of July I am commencing a job at a field station operated
by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI).  I will be resident
paleontologist there and an instructor with multiple possibilities, depending
on funding, in the future.  

I am officially writing, with permission, on behalf of OMSI, seeking possible
equipment surplus support for a couple of the field stations operated by
OMSI.  OMSI has a large museum, IMAX, planetarium, etc. (e.g. submarine) in
Portland and is a non-profit organization that operates some year-round
science camps across the state for youth, and in summers - for all ages.  The
Hancock facility is located within the John Day National preserve in Fossil
Oregon - I know --- to the envy of many of you - appropriate for a
paleontologist to live in no? The John Day formation is rich in
Eocene/Oligocene fauna and flora that document the climatic shift seen during
this time period in the Pacific Northwest.  Preservation is between lahars
and apparently pretty good.  Well, anyway - Fossil is a county seat for the
least populated county in the state -- so it goes: "It's dead in Fossil".  

Bear with me:  We need microscopes (the few there are in terrible shape) that
some of you may have surplused - both dissecting and petrographic. Old video
cameras and computer equipment would also be useful. Lapadaries and other
rock saws and equipment exist - but could be supplemented.  

Please contact me at pebelanger@aol.com or
713-666-2618 - or
between May 8th and July 4th: Belanger@drake.tamu.edu

effective 7/24/95
Paul E. Belanger
Hancock Field Station
39472 Hwy. 218
Fossil, OR 97830
503-763-4691

Thanks much. Your contribution is tax deductible.

Other official contacts at OMSI:
Jeff_gottfried@omsi.edu  
OMSI
1945 SE Water AVE.
Portland, OR 97214
503-797-4579

OR
Joseph Jones
Director Eastside camps
7171 SW Quarry Ave.
Redmond OR 97756   503-548-5473 (no email)