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Show Vernal Express Wednesday, October 31, 2007 A7 W as. Meeting set to discuss state's deer, elk hunts ri a The state Division of Wildlife Wild-life Resources is holding town meetings next month to discuss changes to the duration of Utah's deer and elk seasons. The meeting for the northeastern north-eastern region of the state is slated for Nov. 8 at Western Park in Vernal beginning at 6:30 p.m. Although many hunters believe be-lieve that taking a few days off a hunting season would mean fewer deer taken, DWR surveys show that's not always the case. On average, Utah deer hunters take more deer during five-day deer hunts than they do during nine-day hunts. That'swhytheDWR is recommending recom-mending that the general rifle season in both the southeastern and southern regions of the state return to a nine-day hunt for the 2008 season. The DWR is also recommending recommend-ing that the statewide general spike bull elk hunt return to a 13-day season. That would make the spike season the same length as the state's general any bull elk season. Some information regarding deer and elk management in Utah will also be discussed at the upcoming meetings, which will provide an opportunity to learn more about the proposals and to provide biologists with input and suggestions. Members from Utah's five Regional Advisory Councils will take the public input received to the Utah Wildlife Board when it meets Nov. 29 in Salt Lake City toapproveUtah's2008BigGame Guidebook. In addition to the Vernal meeting on Nov. 8, the following meetings will be held around the, state: The southern region meeting meet-ing is set for Nov. 6 at 5 p.m. at' Hurricane High School in Hur- ricane. . The southeastern region, meeting is set for Nov. 7 at 6:30 p.m. at the John Wesley Powell-Museum Powell-Museum in Green River. - The central region meeting is set for Nov. 13 at 6:30 p.m. at Springville Junior High School' in Springville. The northern region meeting; is set for Nov. 19 at 6 p.m. ate the Brigham City Community Center in Brigham City. For more information about' the meetings, call the nearest' DWR office or the DWR's Salt: Lake City office at (801) 538-4700. Kathy Mashburn owner of Bitter Creek Books sits casually among her favorite books. Bitter Creek Books recently moved into a new location in the Ace Hardware Shopping Center. They have added some newitemsincludinghandmade jewelry and fun hats. Bitter Creek is a general bookstore with an emphasis on local history, children's literature, teachers' supplies, and USGS topographic maps. Kathy and husband Allan State: WNV 6 season over ' With winter weather approaching, ap-proaching, state and local health officials in Utah have stopped active surveillance of West Nile virus. The 2007 season proved to be less severe in both human and animal activity than the 2006 season, but West Nile virus still - caused serious illness and one reported death. This year, 68 human cases were reported to the Utah Department De-partment of Health as opposed tol58 during 2006. nJ'Eublicj health -officials throughout the state have dedi-' r cated significant time and energy working to prevent the spread of West Nile virus," said state epidemiologist JoDee Summers. "This year's numbers suggest that those efforts, combined with the cooperation of the general public, are paving off." Human cases were reported throughout the state, but an increase in-crease was noted in the northern part of the Wasatch Front and the Bear River area. Twenty-six of the reported human cases were classified as "neuroinvasive," the most serious form of the disease; 28 cases resulted in hospitalization; hospitaliza-tion; and one person died. Although the majority of cases occurred in individuals over age 40, cases were reported in all age groups. Risk of disease exists for all age groups. Animal activity followed the same pattern as the human activity activ-ity in Utah, with an increase in the northern part of the Wasatch Front and the Bear River area. Statewide, 18 horses, 19 birds, 74 sentinel chickens and 225 mosquito pools tested positive posi-tive for West Nile virus in 2007. This compares with 59 horses, 76 birds, 107 sentinel chickens and 446 mosquito pools during 2006. Since West Nile virus was first detected in Utah in 2003, it has been found in every major area of the state and was detected in 18 counties this year. The active ac-tive surveillance season for the virus usually starts in mid-May and continues through October; however, horses and humans are tested year round. West Nile was first detected this season during the week of June 16 in a mosquito pool in Salt Lake County. Mashburn bought Bitter Creek Books 11 years ago. "We specialize in local authors au-thors with a complete selection of LDS books and music," said Kathy. "We have sheet music, CDs, candles and scrapbooking materials. And we can order just about anything." A retired kindergarten teacher, Kathy appreciates and provides many tools for teachers. The Mashburns are , community minded and strong supporters of the Uintah Arts Council, the Uintah School Foundation and the Storytelling Storytell-ing Festival. They are active members of the Vernal Area Chamber of Commerce and Dinahmites. Allan is the mayor -of Vernal City. , Airport board expands to seven members By a vote of five to three, city and county officials resolved that seven members would makeup the newly reorganized Airport Advisory Board for the Vernal Regional Airport. Friday's Oct. 26 meeting finally settled an on-going discussion of board composition. The vote amends the airport advisory board's bylaws to include in-clude two additional members. Members of the board will include stakeholders from the community and an "airport user" - defined as any person who is an airport tenant, individual user or operator. Advisory board membership will include one elected official from Naples and Vernal cities, an elected official from the county, three at large members and one airport user. Board composition will offer the people of the area the widest representation on issues regarding airport operations. opera-tions. Before closing discussion of the airport board, Commissioner Commis-sioner Mike McKee introduced a letter received from the FAA administrators on Oct. 23. The correspondence relates to the questions raised to FAA about Vernal Regional Airport operations opera-tions by the airport association. The substance of the letter was not discussed at the meeting and will be available a later date. I J involved 4 with your I community' laU789-35U Covering All Your Home Care Needs! 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