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Our Tailored Management Program pampers you and your vacation home with a high level of service that you have come to expect. You'll still find the same, sound financial management that ResortQuest is known for as well as our All-Inclusive Contract. PROPERTY MANAGEMENT TO MATCH THE PROPERTIES. CALL 1-800-636-0138 FOR A PROPOSAL. ResortQuest Vacation Rentals deer valley - ; -. .... ,.. RELAX. 1-800-636-0138 WWW.BESORTQUESTDEBKVALLEY.COM 113 MONT CEHVIN PLAZA AT SILVEK LAKE California A professional fisherman from Arizona took time out from a California bass tournament to douse a fire from his boat. Clifford Pirch used to fight fires during his summers off from Northern Arizona University, but that doesn't does-n't quite explain his ingenuity, notes the Payson (Ariz.) Roundup. Here was Pirch, trolling for bass, when he spotted pipe welders at work on the riverbank. Seconds later, he saw the men "stressing" as they frantically tried to douse the blaze their torches had started. So Pirch moved, his boat close to shore, popped the gears of his high-powered high-powered motor into reverse, raised the engine and pointed it at full-throttle full-throttle toward the flames. Voila! The engine "sent a rooster tail of what Pirch estimates was about 1,000 gallons of water directly into the inferno." Just to make sure, the angler "Yamaha'd" another wave of water, likely saving a nearby restaurant from flames along with the jobs of the welders, who were left staring "in comic disbelief." disbe-lief." The helpful fisherman didn't bother waiting for a thank-you; he motored off, Lone Ranger-style, with just a wave goodbye. Colorado. Give this principal an "F minus." "Parents of some students at Bromley East Charter School (Denver) are furious after the school's principal stepped into a first-grade classroom, pretended to shoot several students and then told the children they were dead," reports the Denver Post. There is an explanation: The principal wanted to emphasize that classroom class-room doors need to be locked during dur-ing safety drills. During the drill, the 20 first-graders were supposed to crouch in a corner while the teacher turned off the lights and locked the door to protect the children chil-dren from armed or dangerous intruders. But the teacher forgot to lock the door, and the "dangerous" intruder turned out to be none other than principal Robert Bair, who yelled at the cowering kids, "Bang, bang, bang, bang. You're dead." Oregon You'd think that a bridge trembling trem-bling from the constant rumble of cars, trucks and trains would be no place to raise a family. But peregrine pere-grine falcons don't mind the racket; they raise their young on bridge girders in Portland and many other cities, finding the good life in noisy, well-lighted places. "Buildings and bridges are ecologically equivalent to cliffs," reports the Oregonian, "and in some ways better. " The falcons fal-cons feast on pigeons and starlings, killing their prey in midair by "striking from above at speeds as fast as 200 miles per hour." The adaptable birds are a true success story: Just 34 years ago, because of DDT poisoning, not a single nesting nest-ing pair survived in Oregon. Thanks to captive breeding, the government said the species had ".recovered" in 1999. Now, 12 Western states even allow falconers to remove birds from nests, so they can be used as hunting animals. California Meanwhile, in San Francisco, you might see more amazing sights than purple-haired people in leather and chains. Think cherry-headed cherry-headed parrots, a flock of 15 or 20, darting through Telegraph Hill, the Presidio or near the Embarcadero. Descended from caged birds that escaped or were let loose, the birds have adapted to cold and fear only hawks and the occasional raven or crow. Now, there's a book about these urbanites. The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill, by Mark Bittner, who befriended the flock back in the '80s, when he was a street musician musi-cian and often homeless. He admires their intelligence, their way of evaluating a situation and making a decision about it. He also notes their rowdiness: "A scream may go on for an hour and a half - and it's distracting!" he says. "Sometimes it's triggered by seeing a hawk, and sometimes I think they're just celebrating their parrotness." New Mexico There's something about a zoo that draws people, sometimes in ways that aren't healthy. Take the Rio Grande Zoo in Albuquerque, where a human finger was found inside the cage of a jaguar named Manchas. Zoo curators tracked down a man who was seen running from the area, but he denied leaving leav-ing his finger behind. Police "visually "visu-ally confirmed he was the right person," per-son," and now he is banned from the zoo "for life," reports the Santa Fe New Mexican. Mammal curator Rick Janser said some people devote themselves them-selves to particular animals at the zoo, stopping by every day. You'd think they'd avoid putting their hands in a jaguar's mouth, but curator Tom Silva said a couple of years ago, Manchas bit off the fingertip fin-gertip of a temporary zoo employee. employ-ee. The fingertip was found - still in a glove on the floor of the jaguar's cage. Betsy Marston is editor of Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News in Paonia, Colo., betsymhcn.org). Tips of Western oddities are always appreciated appre-ciated and often shared in the column, col-umn, Heard around the West. Avoid West Nile virus, use repellent The Fourth of July is a holiday that typically includes the entire family in outdoor activities such as camping, boating, or family picnics. This Fourth of July, remember to put mosquito repellent containing DEET into your vehicle, backpack or purse. The risk of getting West Nile virus is increasing with the temperature tempera-ture on the thermometer. Many people think of West Nile virus as an "old person's disease" and that thby do not need to take precautions against mosquito bites. It is true that the risk of severe disease increases with age. But in the United States during 2003, 148 children under the age of 19 developed devel-oped the most severe forms of the illness: meningitis, encephalitis, or paralysis. In fact, 43 percent of the cases of severe West Nile virus were in people under the age of 50. "There is nothing magic about the age 50," declares Utah State Epidemiologist, Robert Rolfs, M.D. "While risk increases with age, there is no age at which there is no risk. Everyone needs protection." Utah's state and local health departments have requested that retailers stock extra mosquito repellent repel-lent with DEET this year in anticipation antici-pation of West Nile virus. Convenient towelettes are easy to carry and use. Many manufacturers manufactur-ers have developed mosquito repellent repel-lent that is odorless and non-sticky. Surrounding states, including South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming. Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and California have all reported human cases of West Nile virus. So remember to take your mosquito repellent with DEET along on family outings this holiday weekend, and use it on all family members over the age of two months and consider a ( stroller netting for babies. Put your DEET on from dusk until dawn. For added protection, wear long sleeves and pants. 7n Onnuaf PARK CITY ' ' ' 4 j i .A Ja . it f MTU M .Tf 'im , ham? r it I v JlConcfay $ufy 19 1, 2004 Ulie OarA JKeacfows Gounry GfuS to benefit the: HUNTSMAN CANCER INSTITUTE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH presented by: Park City Rotary Club IV,. 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