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Show ' 1 4 Yanwl Expre Wednesdoy, August 21, 1985 miiiiiiiiiiiinnfflimuiiiiiimiiiuin Western Resources WRAP-UP iiijiiicxiiniiMiiuititiiitiiiiitiiiiiiiiiitiLiiitiiiijiiiiJitiiiiiiJiiiiciciLiiciiitiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiJiiijiiiiiriiiiiiiiiiiiifitsirtu Indian water settlements By Helene C. Monberg Vernal Express Washington Correspondent Washington For the first time in 82 years a bitter water battle involving the Paiute Indians' Pyramid Lake in Northwestern Nevada and other water right claims and water issues in the area are nearing a negotiated settlement. Just before Congress went home in August, Sens. Paul Laxalt and Chic Hech, Nevada Republicans, Reps, Barbara F. Vucanovich, R-Nev., and Harry M. Reid, D-Nev., introduced on Aug. 1 companion bills of 70 pages each in the Senate and the House. The bills, as yet unnumbered, constitute "a comprehensive legislative package aimed at resolving the many Truckee River and Pyramid Lake water disputes that have been tied up in litigation for decades," the four-member four-member Nevada delegation stated. The bills also provide for Congressional Congres-sional approval of a Nevada California Califor-nia compact to allocate the water at LakeTahoe on the California-Nevada ' line, and the Truckee River, Carson River and Walker River Basins. These rivers rise in the Sierra Nevada mountains moun-tains in California and flow into Nevada. In 1969 Ronald Reagan while governor of California and Laxalt while governor of Nevada worked out this compact which has been approved approv-ed by California but has not been approved ap-proved by Nevada to date because of the objection of Nevada's Paiute Indians. It took four years to work out the negotiated settlement embodied in the bills, "and the package is very fragile," Scott Cameron, the staffer in Hecht's office who is working on the legislation, told Western Resources Wrap-up (WRW) on Aug. 12. Very fragile Indeed. William Byler of Washington, D.C., who worked on the negotiations on behalf of the . Pyramid Lake Paiute Indian tribe, resigned as a negotiator two weeks ago in a dispute with Michael Thorp of Tacoma, Wash., attorney for the tribe. Chairman George Miller, D-Calif., of the Water and Power Resources Subcommittee informed Chairman Morris K. Udall, D-Ariz., of the House Interior Committee after the Nevada bill was Introduced that he opposed the legislation on grounds it violated the 1982 Reclamation Reform Act (P.L. 97 233). Miller said he plans to introduce in-troduce number of amendments to Improve the bill. Partially because of Miller's opposition opposi-tion to the House bill, Udall plans to hold hearings in the House Interior Committee on the measure. No dale Has been set for bearings yd. The House Interior Committee staff has prepared five and a half pages of questions ques-tions about the legislation on which it is seeking answers now. The Srfiale Sdecl Committee on In-dun In-dun Affairs chaired by ,Vn. Mark Andre, An-dre, It N Dak,, ill bold bearing on the Jk-nate mrsiure, but both the Senate Judiciary and the Senate Korfgy and Natural Koourtd Com- tnit!v have IS days la rrk fty, frfnrai after lh Select Cmmmc rrtrtt eut the Ml Urartu $f? J.kffy fo t hrj iff la! Seven arraigned on felony charges S-rtrn pro -rti atta v -J 4 ' i fcuriC tiatH- r.rfi tab ifrr,-i.r ? U i-sl ( 1- A'f lVy'. iOy. t. trictii 4 $ 'f N -r 4 &vve fekT t-acs. J :-ey is -ae'-J;ih f I Mi fto- tsi rr f j v r i :ity VS t f-?'": 5 it .. c J In fie et - -, c J .n t f'i-rt -" l '""1 'i r-. - u' .id f" il.tcs )J1 r?f f-Tr pf i-i'iJ;c-1 t t f - i f'H t'cf si: 1-4 f. - f- T-l pt I-f - - .i-t ( t - r 1 1 -J t .. Fir t:..- a r' 1, fci 0m fc. September or early October. The Senate and House hearings will be held at the same time, of necessity. "Everybody's broke," one of the negotiators told WRW on Aug. 12. "The parties have litigated these issues to death." He said in one Nevada family of attorneys three generations had worked on Pyramid LakeTruckee River lawsuits. The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Ap-peals on June 15, 1981, upheld the claims of Nevada's Pyramid Lake Indian In-dian tribe (pop. 853 in 1980) to sufficient suffi-cient water to maintain its fishery at . Pyramid Lake, which lies wholly within the Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation. Both are located in Northwestern Nor-thwestern Nevada about 30 miles north of Reno not far from the Nevada-California Nevada-California line. Pyramid Lake is a remnant of an inland in-land sea which once covered much of Western Nevada. It is fed by the Truckee River which begins near Lake Tahoe on the Nevada-California line and flows north 100 miles or so to Pyramid Lake, which has no outlet. The Paiute Indians for centuries have depended on Pyramid Lake's fishery to sustain them. The cui-ui sucker, which is found only in Pyramid Lake, is classified as an endangered en-dangered species by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ( F&WS) . The Lahon-tan Lahon-tan cutthroat trout, one of the largest trout in the world, also found at Pyramid Lake, is classified as a threatened species by F&WS. The Paiute Indinas are concerned about these two species of fish on cultural grounds as well, according to Cameron, a biologist and economist, who recently tranferred from F&WS to Hecht's staff. "The Indians are concerned con-cerned about maintaining the biological integrity of their environment. environ-ment. The fishery is important to their culture," he told WRW. Upstream diversions have sharply cut down on the amount of water from the Truckee River that reaches Pyramid Lake. They have caused a decline of the lake level by 70-80 feet. They have also cut off most of the fishes' access to the spawning grounds through the lower Truckee River. "These diversions, which are now the subject of 10 water rights suits, began around the turn of the century, and with each new diversion, the very life of the lake, the fisheries and the Paiute Indians themselves are threatened," according to the Native American Rights Fund, which has helped the Paiutes in their legal battles bat-tles to protect the water and the fishery of Pyramid Lake. Much of the water from the Lake Tahoe fed Truckee River is now diverted into the Ncwlands reclamation reclama-tion projict in Western Nevada, an early reclamation project authorised and started in 1903. The Truckee Carson Irrigation District of Fallon, Nev., has aggressively sought to protect pro-tect and continue its diversions to irrigate ir-rigate land in WcMrrn Nevada. So have othrT dnrrtrrs. The Interior Department is squarely square-ly in the rniclcUe of the water battle, lu tturcau of Reclamation mul protect the integrity of its Nc lands and wash? projects in the art, l; I'.urrau t Indian Affair Hai lrus-l rrnjtifvMtjjlity for Indian, It VIV$ ha rr5jifti;tii!iy fur rndar.grfrd 8fi4 Ihrtatrfjfd. ttprriot I ta m 1U! ?' Ilin 8'1 f.;: 4 ;r u f .::? )r r-.d f-.-iJef. tT-4 liial ta t? i f t yji 12 aJ 13 t4 .;ti-!. 1, 6-t n?fJ J S- f.-f Btfa'Cr- r-t-i t, ,' i t-' V1 r. ' c 'r It I if fraMft i f- li-sl U . ?. a-4 h? 14 .5 l ; jrt h is i ''i l1 1 II 8 t-'l ff -1 .-'! J. H ii r3f N t I 4 S f-i-PTS ! ( '.'f ''S f,tf J'" -lt. 1' ,-i'cs ri: f-"' r-"-"i -' ! 5j j !'.-'' g- tJ. ( -r-- i f- j : 1 -.J5- j f'- ! - ! T. f M . t 5 i ;! " r .... ft 1 - f, 1 , l ft f .iff -( 1 M ft f-rA'i-f ft . t.n-i t' r..t -". 1 r t-'z 7 Tips for better health Making the most of visit to physician by Kathie Brendemuhl, , AVMC Community Relations A visit to the doctor's office can often be a mysterious undertaking for many patients. A physician follows general procedures when you come to the office of-fice with a medical problem. Your active ac-tive participation in these procedures and the advantages of strictly following follow-ing your doctor's instructions will help you make the most out of the medical advice you receive. The "medical history" is the most important communication between the patient and the physician. The ability to give a good medical history is essential to good care. The patient who rambles on about irrelevant details and doesn't mention real fears and problems is his or her own worst enemy. Inability to give a good medical history is expensive in terms of both your dollars and your health. Obviously, the doctor must organize information to be able to remember it accurately. Knowledge of the process the physician uses to organize medical history information can help you give a more accurate history to the physician. physi-cian. The physician organizes information infor-mation under five major categories: The Chief Complaint After an initial in-itial greeting the doctor's first question will be to determine what has brought you into the office. The chief or major complaint or problem. The purpose of this question is to establish the priorities for the rest of the medical history. Be sure you get it right. Know in advance how to state your chief complaint. Think of this as your title for the story you are about to tell your doctor. The Present Illness Next, your physician will want to hear the story behind the chief complaint. When did the problem begin? How long have you felt this way? Know the answer to this question in advance. After you define the starting point for the problem, the doctor will want to establish the sequence se-quence of events from that time until the present. Tell the story in the sequence se-quence that it occurred. Do not use "flashbacks", you will only confuse yourself and your physician. Do not attempt at-tempt to tell everything you can remember about the illness, but highlight those events which seemed most important to you. The doctor may interrupt the story to ask specific questions. At the end of the story, questions ques-tions may be asked about problems which you nave not mentioned. Supportive Sup-portive information may be extremely extreme-ly Important Know which medications you have taken before and during the course of the present illness or problem. pro-blem. Make sure you let your doctor know if you have any suspicions of pregnancy. If other physicians have been consulted, be prepared to H your doctor know who and when. The Past Medical History-After hearing the chief complain! and a history of your current me&cal problem, pro-blem, your physician will want to know more background Information about your general health. The physician physi-cian will ask you specific questions and you can greatly aval by providing pro-viding direct and reaMHubly brirf answers. A Review of Symptjms-Your physicians will usually review your j mjitoms rrtatrd to the d'f-rmt bwty systrmi frem brad to tor. The phyM-clan phyM-clan iU be looking for information which my have ben miined prrviouAly, and for aJd-lonal factpr hit h may influrfire the choice ef trratmrnl csf thrr apy. The Jwirlal lUstary- finally, qur-lion qur-lion Mating to the "xial history" are ad'imsH. Itrte, he doctor may i-h to kno atwul )rur )b, family, and itf.ftprrwtel itf facinni, tir i.-.p may Cnfrotfi iir. drinking, drvg u ftn4 i-tu; activity, Q,,rv lin ire trfvn int-nty prfKnal. Itanrvrf , U?e ran I ef lh A- fniet imfwtAnc in Htming ywt il I-" r4 h" it t i t-i 1 itrxU4 Th tarrfut f.ys.ii- ttr.;ri!jflfl t if u N U $k vn all p-ss.J 1, pftMem at heme. ftii r However, some important observations observa-tions can be made at home and if you report accurate information on these points, you can further help your doctor. Own a thermometer and learn how to use it. Is your pulse faster than normal nor-mal of skipping beats? Adult women should note changes in mammary tissue. Changes in weight are frequently frequent-ly very important. Any other changes in your body, when and where. If you are among the average, as a patient, you carry out less than one-half one-half of the instructions given to you by your physician. After you start to feel better, often medications and treatments go by the wayside. Let's look at the consequences of not following follow-ing and completing the instructions. First, there is the obvious waste of your time and money. Second, there are serious medical consequences if you don't follow instructions. The disease may persist, even though you "feel better." It may come back. You may have complications. The most serious is usually the return of the problem. pro-blem. Antibiotics taken for a few days, gives the body just enough to develop resistance and not enough to kill off the bacteria. So by not completing the full 10 days of the medication, you take a big chance of having the bacteria not only continue to cause the illness, but also be resistant to the particular antibiotic. Sometimes patients take too much medication. Many operate on the theory that if a little is good, a lot is better. All drugs are alien to the body and basically must be considered to be "poisons." When used in excess of the recommended dosage, you may encounter en-counter increased side-effects, dependence, addition or even death. Finally, drug interactions may occur. oc-cur. If you are taking any medications, make sure your doctor is aware of what you are taking. Your physician does not want to give you a drug which may react with something you are already taking and produce unwanted results. Directness and honesty in the communication com-munication between the patient and the doctor are essential to quality medical care. If you are able to give your doctor complete information it will greatly assist In your care. If your doctors gives you information which you do not fully understand, let him or her know. Remember, this interaction is your most reliable protection from serious illness. We've for ti tyif-w I k Pi I ? 1 1 rlK r - n f.c-rr i j-s; tyf iUy a (I !r tiV ) rr?rf j-!iJ i lwr ! j iir .bit V-Tj3 fTt.r. IWyttaV1! tf-m ?- JT4 'llrf 4 Aff ?Vtf ANDAKOTiiliR ITEM IS ENTIRELY NEW. ftc t Si- i y.f lie "' it f Y s An V J i ,',1vc v. - A ( m ... w i) ) W I f , viut : ' " WILLIAM MORTON (left) and Dirk Burns earned their Faith in . God Award. They are members of Cub Scout Pack 228. Cub Scouts earn Faith in God Award William Morton and Dirk Burns of Vernal recently earned their Faith in God Award. The boys are members of Pack 228 and are sponsored by the Davis Se- Budget... ' Continued from page 1 Assumes $4 billion in "savings" by counting four years worth of already-counted already-counted off-shore oil lease income into in-to one year. Assumes $6 billion saved over three years from federal management and workforce reforms. These unspecified "reforms" are not "hard" programmatic program-matic cuts in government spending and thus will be difficult to realize. Proposes 20 percent reductions in Urban Development Grants, Ap-plachian Ap-plachian Regional Development and the Economic Development Ad-ministation. Ad-ministation. But they aren't "reconciled" "recon-ciled" or enforced by the Congressional Congres-sional rules and spending committees do not have to comply with them. Terminates revenue sharing in 1987, but this recommendation will be difficult to achieve because the resolution's resolu-tion's outyear targets are nonbinding and Congress can simply restore the program next year. In fact, the compromise budget resolution is primarily a substantial offered one item nearly 75 years. jr..: s4-t n :r. t"..V S' i i I I. a -:! ' " ! r:.t i v Cl:llccl ,k I r- r- V . V -JC. t . y , - ' I , 4 . cond Ward- Stan McEntire is the leader of the Cub Scouts. William is son of David and Diane Mrton and Dirk is the son of Lee and Caro1 Burns. defense cut combined with a variety of illusory nondefense domestic reductions. reduc-tions. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the plan will reduce the FY 86 budget by only $39 billion instead in-stead of $56 billion and that deficits will remain, at the very least, in the $150 to $160 billion range for the foreseeable future. The American public must press their legislators to cut spending during dur-ing the appropriations process. The president must be ready to veto spending spen-ding bills that substantially exceed his own budget request. And finally, the budget process itself must be strengthened with modifications such as the line-item veto to instill a much needed dose of fiscal discipline. In sum, the recently passed budget isn't the worst budget that Congress could have passed. A budget with a major tax increase would have been a recipe for economic disaster. ' The budget cuts just don't go far enough. Like prescribing aspirin for a brain tumor it just won't do the job and it seems that the American people peo-ple deserve better treatment for the deadly federal deficit. 1 y -f f - |