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Show X'i poor copy s Surviving the Winter Months: County Emergency Office Tells How, and More The Newspaper Thursday, November 13, 1980 Page 7 Dennis Pace calls himself an Emergency Preparedness Prepared-ness Coordinator for Summit County. The title -Civil Defense Director" doesn't convey the idea of what he does, he said, i It sounds like he's in charge of operations in the event a Soviet first strike slams into the Jeremy Ranch, i Actually. Pace explained, his job is to get people to prepare for any kind of trouble. "Except lor hurricanes, the possibility exists for many different kinds of disasters in this area." he said. In the coming months, we at The Newspaper hope to bring you the latest advice from the Emergency Preparedness office on the l)est ways to cope with fire, flood, avalanche, etc. We'll have some words later about Pace's general duties. Hut before the snow flies, it would be wise to issue some advice on snow safety and winter survival. Pace can tell you how to winteri.e your home, keep warm in a cold house, and how to treat people for exposure. He even knows a fellow who can tell you how to survive in the frosty wilderness by. among other things, urinating on razor blades. There's nothing kinky in volved here. The fellow's name is Bill Siddoway, and he is a Life Support Technician with the 151st Air Refueling Group of the Air National Guard. He told The Newspaper that one way to find small game in the wilderness is to stick a ra.or blade in a log. coating it with urine, salt, or some other substance to attract the animal's attention. When the squirrel or potgul licks the blade, it cuts its tongue. It starts lapping its own blood, opening the cut, and the animal licks itself to death. While you're waiting for the main course. Siddoway said you can dine on I Inedible In-edible moss or algae under logs. He also can advise you on proper winter clothing and the building of snow caves. Siddoway and other survival sur-vival teachers in the Guard conduct weekend classes on survival in practically any kind of environment desert, water, or arctic region. One trip, said Siddoway. Sid-doway. takes Guardsmen down the Green Kiver with nothing to live on but rations and the packs on their backs. A high point of the trip no doubt -is the demonstration-lecture demonstration-lecture on how to kill. cure, skin and eat a rattlesnake. Dennis Pace said that Siddoway Sid-doway could be available to teach a survival course in Summit County, if there were enough people in terested. Any cili.ens wan ling to lace Nature in the rough with Hill should contact con-tact Pace at :i:i(i 2:Ci4. Pace has just issued some notes on coping with the cold, in a notice called "( old Pacts and Winter Survival." The place to start win tcri.ing. he writes, is in your home. Keep the cold out with insulation, caulk and weather-stripping, storm windows, and plastic over the glass. II the weather should trap you inside. Pace suggests a list of tilings to keep on hand for emergencies, troni the obvious items like extra blankets, medicine and Inst aid supplies, to fire -tight nig equipment, which you might not think of. 1 Incidentally . the notes say. you'll have one less fire hazard to worry about it you don't thaw out frozen water pipes with an open Hanie. Wrap pipes .will rags and. with the lancets open, pour hot water ow-i Hie rags. The house also .should ha e an emergency loud and water supply, imake sine some of the utiles don t need refrigeration or cooking i. a radio, flashlight, candles, and the appropriate bat t cries tor same. Wear wool clothing lo stay warm in a cold house, and keep some kind of emergency healing equipment a small wood stove, lor instance that will make at least one room livable. Follow a lew simple rule to regulate your body heat Hating quick-energy loods like raisins and dried fruits, along with balanced meals, will allow the body to produce its own heal. Another good idea is lo wear a hat. especially when you're sleeping. Okay, so it's not stylish, but it's ellieient the body loses halt to three quarters ot its heal through the head. Let's suppose that despite your best eltorsl. a condition called hypothermia when the body loses heal Lister than it produces it sels m with a Iricnd or lamily member. The condition shows up in a victim as physical instability ' uncoil trolled shivering, stumbling and still, fumbling hands', mental symptoms such as memory lapse or vague, slow speech, drowsiness, and apparent exhaustion. II a person is sultering Irom cold weather exposure, get the victim into ill y clothing, a warm bed. or sleeping bag. I 'sing a water hotlli pad. i. warm towel: or whatever . healing .'Ise vou can scratch up, apply warmth in particular to the trunk of the body. Keep the victim's head low and feet high to encourage blood flow to the brain. Also, give the person warm drinks. (These last two steps probably shouldn't be done at the same time, i And by the way. when we recommend warm drinks, we aren't talking about alcohol. In addition, don't give sed a 1 1 ves . tranquilizers. or pain relievers, which only slow down the body processes even more. Don't rub the victim. Keep him quiet. But it the sym ptoms are extreme, don't he quiet yoursell. Call lor the nearest prolessional medical assistance. Pace's job is more than merely handing out pain phlets. Take the billowing case, he suggested to us. A lire breaks out at Summit Park. The lire department tells nearby residents not to Use their water ill order to maintain pressure loi the county hoses. Bui at the same time, the sheriff's department tells home owners to water down their residences. Pace's responsibility is lo straighten out conllcits like that - it possible, lo head them off. Reporting directly to the County Commission, he helps the sheriff's, fire, and other departments develop plans for various emergencies, and spots possible areas where the departments conflict. Pace cannot give total attention at-tention to his job because he wears two hats in county government. (He's also purchasing pur-chasing director.) But the volunteer he replaced last June, said Pace, only had tune to give the job two hours a week. Pace's plans lor the future include I mding an Emergency Emergen-cy Director in each town lo channel information. "The biggest problem." he .said. is getting people lo think preparedness. We need lo know what they re concer lied about . Rossi Arc now iiv jj B for the '80-'81 season! f SeSSoobu m""s"i:3(,-6: I 1 1240 PARK AVENUE PARK CITY, UTAH 84060 PHONE 801-649-9123 1 Edna Gets The Woozies Students -Off To Poetry Fest About 20 students from Park City High School are in Logan today participating in the annual Utah State University Poetry Speaking Festival. This year's festival will focus on the works of Christina Rosetti, a 19th century cen-tury British poet of Italian ancestry. Rosetti was a particular par-ticular favor te of Gwendella Thornley, the late founder of the poetry festival. Students will be asked to recite a six-minute group of selections from ftosetti's work. They will be judged on their choice of a theme, their understanding of the material, and their presentation. presen-tation. According to Park City English teacher Brenda Bensch, there will be both individual and group presentations. An estimated 2II to :5(Mi students from area high schools are expected to attend. at-tend. On Friday and Saturday. Park City High School will . be represented at the Governor's Govern-or's Cup Invitational Forensics Meet at Hillcrest High School in Salt Lake City. It will be the first debate competition of the season for the 12 students in the Park City delegation. There may be as many as 1,000 students from schools throughout the slate in attendance. at-tendance. Debate topics will include Consumer Safety" and "The Differences between the Democrats and the Republicans." The governor of Utah has. by tradition, presented the trophy to the winning school. Edna" needs your help. As you may have noticed, KPCW's 1947 vintage transmitter, trans-mitter, fondly known as "Edna," has been somewhat tempermental lately, resulting result-ing the station being on and off the air at times. Last week, Wireless called in consulting engineer Robert Chamberlin, two technicians and a spectrum analyzer from the Salt Lake Fire Department, as well as KPCW's own technical staff, in an attempt to nurse Edna back to health. Saturday. KPCW Techni cal Director Roger Cucci announced that Edna was feeling much better and was emmitting normally. Unfortunately, Un-fortunately, however, there is no such thing as health insurance for transmitters and Edna's recent problems have cost the station several hundred dollars it doesn't have. This Friday, in conjunction conjunc-tion w ith the grand opening of Leibo's at the resort (the old PJ's), the station is holding a fundraiser to help pay for the new tubes and parts it took to make Edna happy again. "On behalf of the Board of Trustees of KPCW I'd like to thank Mountainland Management Man-agement and Leibo's for offering to donate all proceeds pro-ceeds from their grand opening," stated Blair Feul-ner, Feul-ner, president of Community Wireless, concerning the 7 p.fn. fundraiser. Feulner went on to explain that there will be a cover charge of $2 at the door, with reasonably priced beer and set-ups available. Live entertainment will be provided by "Crackers," a versatile group that plays everything from jazz to country-rock. Park City residents will remember Crackers from its appearance appear-ance on the Main Street stage during this year's Arts Festival. Edna, Feulner said, will not be attending the party in her behalf because she weighs nearly 2,000 lbs. and is not easily moved. She will, however, be there in spirit, as KPCW will be broadcasting broadcast-ing part of the party live. This mountain top house has year round access and is just 20 minutes from S.L.C. and 15 minutes from P.C. It has 4,000 sq. ft. with breathtaking views. It is sure to attract the true mountain lovers. $150,000 under construction. J Visitors Check Out Check-In Service Suppose you had reserved a Park Avenue condominium con-dominium for a couple of weeks this winter through one of Park City's property management companies. When you first arrived in town, where would you go to check in? To help avoid the confusion con-fusion which has plagued visitors, travel agents and transportation companies in the past, three property management companies have joined forces to open a central check-in operation at the old Moana Building on Park Avenue. Park City Resort Lodging. Jupiter Property Management Manage-ment and Park City Reservations Reser-vations have pooled their resources to establish the 24-hour-a-day service which is due to begin Nov. 1"). According to i''l" Pymm. president of Park City Resort Lodging, the new service is designed for those situations where several management companies operate within the same condominium project, and where condominiums are spread over a large area. -It's difficult to find out where to check in for condominiums con-dominiums that are not all located in the same building." Pymm noted. "We have notified most ol the management companies in Park City that the serv ice is available." he said. "We intend to maintain il on a vear-round basis. It's something that has been needed very badly.' Companies interested in joining the service are asked lo call Tom Hansen al the -Red Barn, "lit'.' "'' ScbDecqxidII ILmumcelhi DBodx Following are this week's plate lunches for the High School, Middle School, Elementary School riiiiiiinii !l'l. ir"ii I. TMjirJn ollll!il!!ll!l!l!!!lMMii!lir0 1 oFTIM 111! Good Luck!!! Miners Thursday, November 13, 1!)80 Pork in Gravy over Whipped potatoes, Buttered Green Beans, Hot Roll Fruit and Milk. Friday, November 14, 1980 Hamburgers, Lettuce, Pickles, Onions, Fresh Fruit and Milk. .Monday, November 17, 1980 Meatloaf , Whipped Potatoes, Vegetable, Bread & Butter and Milk. Tuesday, November 18, 1980 Fried Chicken, French Fries, Salad, Cookie and Milk. Wednesday, November 19, 1980 Spaghetti, Salad, Roll, Fruit and Milk. Time s running out for Park City "local" After November 15 Jans "Locals Only" program is over. If you miss out you'll have to wait until next fall to save money and enjoy trade-up privileges on equipment. Here's what you get free if you act by November 1 5! Buy new skis and get a free binding mount, full tune and hot wax ...a $35 value. Buy new boots and get a free cant check, boot carrier, binding adjustment and a boot fitting guarantee. Buy new bindings and we'll mount them free. Buy new poles we'll custom cut them to the exact length you need. Then next year, when you want to trade up, we'll allow you a 40 credit on this year's purchases against next year's gear! ...20 if you wait two years. Parents ...act now for "Kids Klub" Our well received program allows you to trade in kids equipment as they outgrow it ...40 after one year, 20 after two years of the purchases you make this year. Our kids gear is the best quality, most durable and safest you can buy, and our people know how to fit kids properly. T T J Ml 1700 PARK AVENUE, PARK CITY, UT. 84060, 649-4949 1 1 " 1 1 1 " " 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 " ' ' l II II ll |