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"The message is it's time for people to take precautions to avoid being infected. West Nile is here" and there are prevention steps people can take, Shaffer told the newspaper. West Nile virus has been detected in Kane, Salt Lake and Washington counties, according accord-ing to the Utah Department of Health. State data is updated weekly. The virus is carriedby infected mosquitoes that are active and bite from dusk to dawn. Most people who are infected with the virus will show no symptoms or will have signs of usually mild flu. But a small percentage of people who are infected will develop severe, even deadly neurological symptoms. Severe reaction is TRUSTED SECURE RESPECTED I'i. fi t "I (vY ii Dale Van Pelt 800.838.1983 Cell: 970.640.8727 "The thing I like best about Grand Valley National Bank is the personal relationships and hometown feeling. It's not like a "take a number and stand in line" atmosphere. Everyone there knows me by name. 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"Those most impacted by the unhealthy air pollution are young children, older adults, pregnant women and people with respiratory problems." The fires in northern California Califor-nia are impacting Utah, Heying Dinosaur dig starts new season at Chew Ranch The museum's continuing work on the dinosaur site known as the Chew Ranch Quarry has started a new field season. The site is a north-south trending knoll, which is exposed in a feedlot of the Scott Chew family fam-ily ranching operation, located on BLM property. The outcrop is located near the axis of the Jensen syncline. said. The dry, hot weather also has contributed to higher levels of air pollution caused, in some cases, smoke from fires. Last year on July 4, air monitor moni-tor stations recorded levels that exceeded the federal health standard stan-dard for fine-particle pollution ' known as PM 2.5. Most notably, the high levels were recorded in areas surrounding smaller gatherings of neighborhoods or families igniting their own fireworks rather than watching a large professional display. Short-term exposures to the particle pollution can aggravate asthma attacks and lung disease. In people with heart disease, short-term exposures have been linked to heart attacks and arrhythmias. ar-rhythmias. For more information, visit: http:www.airquality.utah.gov fireworks.htm. Last year 's excavation concentrated concen-trated on removing blocks from the middle sandstone containing sauropod remains previously found below a nodular carbonate horizon in what was the middle of the knoll's swale. The middle section of the knoll contained a portion of a disarticulated Al-losaurus. Al-losaurus. Since the sandstone is extremely ex-tremely hard (workers nicknamed nick-named it dinocrete), electric power tools were used, along with standard field tools. Crews were able to remove several blocks, recently the largest containing con-taining articulated vertebrae was brought into the lab. It is believed that the fossil material in the sandstone belongs to a known sauropod, but until the material is prepared experts are uncertain as to which species. , Prices affect drilling opinions By H. Josef Hebert Assoicated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A new poll shows high gasoline prices have dramatically changed Americans' views on energy and the environment. More people now say expanding expand-ing oil drilling and building new power plants is a bigger priority than energy conservation. The poll by the Pew Research Center shows nearly half of those surveyed - or 47 percent - now rate energy exploration, drilling and building new power plants more important, compared with 35 percent in February. The Pew poll of about 2,000 adults conducted in late June shows the shift toward energy development across the political spectrum including among Democrats, Dem-ocrats, political independents, liberals and young people. |