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Show Park Record Thursday, January 4, 1990 Page A1 1 Sunmniimnntt to Summinmnit .. - - Residents protest nuke plant COSffLJ l?Ubu3lu About 50 Jackson residents protested Idaho National Na-tional Engineering Laboratory plans to install a plutonium "special isotope separation" (SIS) plant and relocate the Rocky Flats plutonium processing pro-cessing plant to a site about 90 miles upwind of Jackson. INEL representatives Bob Skinner and Thomas Gesell portrayed the 894-square-mile federal preserve where the plants are proposed as safe. They said workers there have low insurance rates compared to laborers and that only safe levels of radiation are emitted from the facilities. But Jackson attorney Gerry Spence was among those who greeted Skinner's remarks with skepticism. skep-ticism. "I tried the Karen Silkwood case," said Spence. "I can remember old papa McGee sitting on the witness stand under oath saying this is the safest industry in Oklahoma. Ten to 15 years later those little red-faced Oklahoma people are coming down with cancer." Spence asked INEL staff how much radiation it took to cause cancer. "There is no fixed amount," Gesell said. Spence countered there would then be no way to say whether releases were actually safe. Another audience member who had lived in Golden near the Rocky Flats plant said childhood cancer there was reported at 25 times the national average. But Skinner said cancer occurrence maps show no outbreaks around INEL. "You will not see a hotbed of cancer," he said. Residents also questioned INEL on its claim that releases would never reach Jackson because winds did not blow over the mountains since data showed at least seven percent of the time, the wind does blow from INEL to Jackson. They also asked why any plutonium making or separating plants were needed because bomb production pro-duction was decreasing. Jackson Hole Guide Flu hits hard An unusually early and virulent flu epidemic has hit Jackson, although physicians are not in agreement about its cause. Dr. Bruce Hayse said the number of cases he is seeing "is greater than any of the last five years." He added the symptoms, high fever, cough, body aches and sore throat, are "quite severe." Hayse thinks the bug causing the symptoms is a strain of Influenza A, and said the flu can last for several weeks. Kathy Kendrick, nurse at the Jackson Hole Junior and Senior High Schools, said about 25 percent per-cent of the students were absent due to illness. But, she said, it was due to a variety of things, including in-cluding mononucleosis, strep throat and flu-like symptoms. Kendrick said none of the kids had been documented as having influenza A. Hard-hit Jackson residents are also getting the flu earlier this year than in the past. "We usually peak in January," said public health nurse Jayne Ottman. "We started our flu season in Our Best Friends Are Cutting Us to Pieces. 'UK t-tt 1, Mom "-r IV cc- -i-- r 1 L J I I nil ril 1 ttt.l- it-.... i Our best friends don't always give us the best treatment. Typically, they invite us into their homes, read us like a book, take what they need from us, and put us aside to use again at their convenience. It's a tough existence, but we don't mind. In fact, we like it. The news, editorials, and advertising coupons clipped from our pages provide our readers with knowledge, enlightenment, even an occasional 30 f off on breakfast cereal. We're kind of flattered that people enjoy hanging onto bits and pieces of us-sometimes for years. That's something no other local advertising medium can offer. So, although our friends keep cutting us to pieces, we'll keep showing up at their homes. Our only request: sharp scissors and a steady hand. The Park Record, published continuously since 1880 i 1670 Bonanza Drive 649-9014 1 November and December has been hit hard." Physicians are warning those who have flu-like symptoms to take Tylenol and not aspirin, since there is a correlation between taking aspirin during dur-ing a viral illness and the development of sometimes fatal Reyes Syndrome. THE Review-Herald Scalded man sues A man who lost his dog and was severely burned in the scalding waters of Hot Creek has filed a $2.5 million suit against the U.S. Forest Service. Mammoth Springs resident Marc Hannon, 23, claims the Forest Service neglected to properly maintain a fence along the creek. It allowed his dog to enter a dangerous area and fall into the 190-degree water. Hannon attempted to rescue the dog, but also fell into the creek and was burned. The dog died in the incident. Hannon spent several weeks at the St. Francis Burn Center in San Francisco where he underwent several skin graft surgeries to replace skin destroyed in the accident. Hannon's attorney, Joseph Iacopino, said the $2.5 million covers pain and suffering, medical bills and lost earning potential. He noted the Forest Service had known about the fence for years, but had not repaired it. "Obviously if the dog couldn't have gotten through the fence, Mr. Hannon wouldn't have had to rescue him," Iacopino said. The Forest Service has claimed the dog was clearly not leashed, and points to signs posted all along Hot Creek requiring animals in the area be leashed. the aspen times Miner wins decision Environmentalists are considering an appeal of a state agency's decision to allow Aspen miner Stefan Albouy a permit to mine his Maroon Bells-Snowmass Bells-Snowmass wilderness marble claim. Darrell Knuffke, who is with the Wilderness Society, said the decision issued by the Colorado Mine Land Reclamation Board was "horrible." It ignored what Knuffke called a plain statute requiring re-quiring the miner to have first obtained a permit from Pitkin County before obtaining a state permit, per-mit, he said. "The statue is so plain," he said. "There's no room for interpretation." But Albouy's attorney, Gary Wright, said the environmentalists en-vironmentalists never had a chance. He noted the board never overturns a staff decision, and Albouy already had a positive recommendation from the staff to issue his permit. He added "the environmentalists have a history of delay tactics. All they want to do is make us spend more time and money. ' ' Sierra Club lawyer, Tony Ruckel, said the club would probably take the case to Denver District Court. "I rather suspect we will appeal," he said. 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