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Show COOLER TIMES . SEPTEMBER 1994 - 3 harvest and the market place. with thoughts about Los Alamos and the bomb. This book can be read for its wealth of information on the cultivation of garlic, but can also be read on okay and was not envenomated—that is, venom had not actually been another level. It brings wisdom and injected into her body—even though there were fang marks. However, April thought-provoking messages from a man who left academia to become a Food for Thought garlic farmer in a small Hispanic community. It’s Time to Plant Garlic! To get in the mood to plant garlic, I suggest you read The Garlic Testa- ment, by Stanley Crawford. The book centers around his garlic farm in a small community in New Mexico. He takes you through one year’s seasons, from autumn planting to summer harvest. Interspersed among the garlic bulbs in autumn are pungent philosophical comments about planting garlic and about life. Then comes winter, with thoughts on waiting, If you become interested in planting garlic after reading this book, you can get garlic sets from the Moab Co-op or from sources listed in the back of the book. —Maria Loe continue to ooze blood for some time. If venom was injected it will show on the victim within an hour, as there will be marked bruising and swelling around the area of the bite. The Midget Faded is a pit viper, and their venom has a chemical compound which causes Midget Faded hospital usually will run a urine Rattler Bite Re po rted There is a general pit viper antivenin I just happened to be at the hospital magpies, and cheatgrass. Spring brings a couple of weeks ago when a park ranger pulled into the emergency drive at Allen Memorial. A young woman diverse topics as companions and wealth. Finally summer brings us to the gave me a few tips to share with you. Usually, fang marks are a sign of envenomation. These marks will the coagulation of blood. Most pit viper bites cause a severe burning pain. The new information about the care and feeding of the new greening garlic shoots. He adds comments on such young woman who was to be the first recorded victim. When April called she could not give me many details about that patient, other than to say she was was wheeled in looking rather dazed and wearing an embarrassed smile. As I sat in the waiting room her partner joined me. “Take a fall in the park,” I asked? “No, my girlfriend stepped into a crack between two rocks and was bitten by a rattlesnake,” was his reply. I analysis for diagnosis and prognosis. (for all north American pit vipers) available at Allen Memorial. It is made from horse serum, and patients are first tested for tolerance. April’s advice to anyone who is bitten: Move away and into a resting position. Assume a “dependent position," which means that the wounded area is lower than the heart. Keep calm and quiet. Cool packs (not iced) are helpful. A wide (more than 3") constricting band can be gently tried to remain as calm as he was, placed 6" to 12" above the bite, but it is 9 OUT OF 1 0 RESIDENTS OF CASTLE VALLEY HAVE A DRINKING PROBLEM! knowing what I knew after having researched our one and only local rattlesnake for a previous article in the CV Times (April ’94). To their credit, they were both quite calm, and I crucial not to restrict arterial flow so this is not usually recommended. But drinking is not the only problem. We have to bathe, shower, and wash snake has one of the highest toxicity that as far as I knew there is not an antivenin specific to the Midget Faded. clothes in it too! I listened as he told me exactly what Our company manufactures a whole-house water purificaion system. custom-designed for each application. This system softens and removes organic contaminants without the use of sodium or carbon. Our system removes all lead and heavy metals. Local references available many of which have tried the alternative treatment systems. For a free water test and ln-home demonstratlon, call Dan or JoAnna, had happened and how it had taken Get medical help ASAP. —Jil Kulander certainly wasn’t going to be the one to tell him that the Midget Faded Rattle- 259-721 9. levels of all rattlers. Nor did I mention them over an hour to get to the hospital. He was concerned about her rather spaced and daffy behavior but was certain she’d be all right. After all, they were from Florida where there are as many snakes as there are condos. I guessed that because there is no high ground in Florida she hadn’t considered planting her feet on top of boulders, rather than between them. I waited anxiously for a return call from Allen Memorial’s wonderful physician’s assistant April Randall, and each day said several prayers for the You don’t have to dump those bulky milk jugs and other plastics. UNITED WASTE SYSTEMS in Grand Junction will recycle » them. They even have a toll ; free num— ber to help you help them help us all. 1 800-345-9264: |