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Show . r Page 7 Times Newspaper Wednesday, July 14, 1999 Infection affecting black bullhead catfish in Utah Lake During the last few weeks, people have noticed many dead and dying fish floating in Utah Lake. Most of the dying fish bullhead catfish, but other species, including includ-ing channel catfish, bluegill and walleye, have also been seen. The black bullhead population has expanded rapidly during the past five-to-six years and is now at its highest level in the last 10 years. Bullhead Catfish spawn in late June and early July. Spawning puts additional stress on the fish and this stress, along with their high numbers and warm water in the lake, make them susceptible suscep-tible to disease and death. Fisheries biologists from the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources Re-sources recently collected fish from Utah Lake, including bullheads, bull-heads, channel catfish, yellow perch, crappie and walleye. These fish were examined at the Fish Disease Diagnostic Lab at the Division's Fisheries Experiment Station in Logan. ' Results of the testing to date ( show the black bullheads are suf-; suf-; fering form a bacterial infection ' known as Motile Aeromonas Septicemia Sep-ticemia (MAS) none of the other species examined showed any sign of infection. This infection is caused by the bacteria Aeromonas hydrophila and can cause bloody spots (hemorrhages) (hem-orrhages) and open sores on the skin. It can even cause the death of the infected fish. Director updates council on Orem's parks and recreation Orem's Recreation Department Depart-ment Director Jerry 0rti2cav& presentation to the1 Of elh City Council in the July 6 work session, ses-sion, updating the group on the current state of parks and recreation recre-ation in the city. Ortiz presented a prioritized list of goals and cost estimates put together with the help of the Recreation Advisory Commission.; Commis-sion.; Goal 1 for the department is to continue to pursue the planning plan-ning of parks adjacent to schools and the acquisition of property for a swimming pool. Ortiz noted that Orem has"re-ally has"re-ally quite good coverage throughout through-out the city with the neighborhood neighbor-hood parks". The goal outlined in the city's Parks and Recreation Master Plan is to have a neigh-' borhood park accessible within a 58 mile radius of every residence in the city. The neighborhood park system is currently 70 compliant with that goal. In addition, there is a goal to have larger community parks accessible within a one-mile radius ra-dius of every residence in the city. Existing community parks are centralized in Orem, and open spaces have rapidly disappeared, so future development of community commu-nity parks may have to take place west of 1-15. However, Ortiz reported, re-ported, the future Nielsen's Grove, Springwater sports field, and Lakeside soccer fields, along with the cemetery expansionsoccer expansionsoc-cer fields and the IHCOrem Community Hospital fields will fill in some of the gaps. Ortiz acknowledged that a sec Intel Pentium III Intel Pentium in 450 Intel Pentium II 350 400 INTEL CW mX Ckip-t, MMi SDRAM. 51 2K1 May 491 Wan Mjr SH T"- Intel Celeron 333 366, Intel Celeron 400 433 . INTH. CW. 44HX, 32M1 SDRAM, 11 Cicfct. M" Raw 4MB ID APT, 3. T "y'TZ I1' ' .".'irTTr . Mi SWOT COME MIHIEMFANSI 1M0K MUMMY if . i,- '1 . Si This bacteria is a normal inhabitant in-habitant of the aquatic environment, environ-ment, but may increase rapidly . and cause disease in cases of compromised water quality, crowding or stress. Infections in wild fish cannot be effectively treated, so the dis-' ease will have to run its natural course. In rare circumstances, this bacteria has been known to cause infections in humans. Biologists Bi-ologists are urging anglers and swimmers, especially those with open cuts and sores, not to handle fish showing signs of disease. Fish populations in Utah Lake are subject to the environment in which they live. And Utah Lake, though it appears to be fairly simple, is actually very dynamic. Fish populations change as the lake rises and falls over a cycle of several years, and as it warms and cools annually. One species of fish will have an advantage when the lake is full and then will decline through mortality or limited spawning and another species will increase when the lake is lower. Fish are also influenced influ-enced by the warmingand cooling cool-ing of the water and by changes in water quality. At times, mortality associated with these changes becomes obvious ob-vious to people using the lake, as . has happened recently. For more information, call the Division's Central Region office at (801) 489-5678, or the Fisheries Fisher-ies Experiment Station at (435) 752-1066, ext. 21. ond year-round swimming pool for the citv would be "costly", with an estimated $2.8 million price tag, but the use of the Fitness Center pool is at "saturation" levels. lev-els. The Recreation Advisory Commission is looking at acquiring acquir-ing a two-acre $190,000 site near Timpanogos High School in north Orem. Goal 2 is to expand the community com-munity park system by developing develop-ing a soccer facility at Lakeside Park ($800,000); developing Canyon Can-yon Park ($3,700,000); and developing devel-oping Nielsen's Grove ($3,985,665). To fulfill Goal 3 of maintaining maintain-ing the neighborhood parks within the 578 mile radius of residences, resi-dences, objectives include developing devel-oping a skate park facility ($180,000) and using school property prop-erty at Canyon View Jr. High as a park site ($325,000). The Canyon Can-yon View idea is a spin-off of the neighborhood councils system recently implemented in Orem, Ortiz said. Goal 4 is to enhance existing city athletic facilities and a supporting sup-porting objective is to light city-owned city-owned baseball fields at an estimated esti-mated cost of $90,000. A fifth goal is to develop a mini-park mini-park system throughout the community com-munity to augment the larger park system. This would be accomplished ac-complished by acquiring parcels of land one acre or less throughout through-out the community. Pedestrian and bike trails also figure into the city's long-term recreation goals, with Goal 6 being to develop a community-wide community-wide system to augment existing 550.... - .... $1555 500 ... $1045 $1275 450$915 7 $930 $1025 C, UGB Hart Drift, MX CD-ROM. ATX M " T 030 $660 4664680 $715 $750 OGlHirf Ditn, CX CP-ROM. ATXI Tm, 11 Si !-- Standing Orem Recreation Department 1999 Men's Summer Softball Standings (As of July 9) Division 1 1. BMT 15-2 2. Intermntn. Furniture 13-3 3. Supersonic 9-5 4. Zim's Surf Design 9-8 5. Extreme Heating . 5-9 6. TNA 10-9 7. Databurst 7-11 8. R&D 4-12 9. Zuka Juice 1-15 Division 2 1. Gary's Service 2. Mark Anthony 3. Geneva Pipe 4. Pioneer Funding 5. Aim High 6. CUAuto 7. My Family.com 8. Provo Canyon School 9. Power Quest 10. EPS Division 3 1. Chad Broderick 2. Mansell 3. BMC Orem 4. OPS V 5. Cottontree 6. AWS 7. Northridge 8. Adams Construction 9. Veiwpoint 13-2 10- 4. 9-4 9-4 7-5 6-5 4-8 4- 11 2-10 2- 12 15-1 11- 5 11-6 10-7 9-5 8-8 5- 11 3- 14 2-14 Division 4 1. Mountain States Steel 14-2 2. Westco 11-2 3. Macey's 9-3 4. Mongrel's 7-6 5. Lube Doc 7-7 6. RMA 5-9 7. Bad Dogs 5-9 8. NACT , 4-9 9. Slugabeds 1-13 or planned trails in Provo Canyon, Can-yon, Utah County, and the region. The Recreation Department and citizens' commission are looking . at the concepts of utilizing utility util-ity and canal easements for trails ($125,000 for Murdock Canal right-of-way); working with U.S. SteelGeneva Works to acquire use of a trail segment along Utah Lake; and pursuing a $127,000 grant to develop Orem's 2.4 mile link in the Bonneville Shoreline Trail, which will extend from northern Davis County to southern south-ern Utah County. , Goal 7 is to expand and remodel re-model the now 20-year-old Fitness Fit-ness Center, adding a weight room ($300,000) and a multi-pur-, pose area for aerobics ($300,000). The total "wish list of identified identi-fied projects adds up to $12,922,665. "Where's the money?" questioned ques-tioned Councilman MikeThomp-son MikeThomp-son as the discussion continued. Ortiz said that was why he was there. No funding source had been identified, except for the $127,000 grant application. City Manager Jim Reams said that capital improvements are always a difficult challenge. Some of the projects may be able to be divided up and implemented imple-mented incrementally, using the labor of volunteers. . Councilman Steven Heinz said the council could all agree that recreation is vitally important to the city, "but expensive." Reams said that the city has taken positive steps in acquiring ground for open space while it is available, and in making sure that there is land for parks next to schools. It was decided that Ortiz will bring back amendments to the Parks and Recreation Master Plan to the city council as a scheduled item in the near future. fu-ture. ii I BUHXINC F1NAK0AL RELATOEIFS FOR A LIFETIME I Front row (L-R): Chandler Robert, Brandt Heinz, Jordy Johnston, Kevin Chapman, Kassen Madsen, Jack Urquhart. Second row: Drew Bills, Cameron Lee per, Marc Morgan, Bryan Grover, Paul Peay, Colton Baird. Back row: Kay Walker, Rick Empey, Mark Chapman. Orem Wolverines win Division title The Orem Wolverines of the Orem Youth Baseball league won the 8-10-year-old Division City Championship on July 3. The tournament included 20 teams from three leagues, Mountain Moun-tain View, Orem andTimpanogos. It was coached by Kay Walker, Mark Chapman and Rick Empey. The championship game was a tough defensive battle that ended Utah Wolverines vin state The Utah Wolverines earned their fourth straight trip to the National Championship Youth Baseball Tournament by winning the Utah State Championship last week. The group of 12-year-olds, together to-gether under coach John Bottorff since they were nine-year-olds, defeated the Utah Blasters from Payson 6-4 in the state championship champi-onship game. The road to the championship included wins over teams from Murray, Bingham, Taylorsville and Orem. Members of the Utah Wolver- Summer C f) UNIVERSITY MALL - ..... , .... (( t4lflflflj)ll( (( iipllfill mm mo in a 6-5 win by the Wolverines over the Timp Cardinals. An outstanding effort was given on the mound by pitchers Kevin Chapman, Drew Bills and Marc Morgan. On defense, the stand out was Jack Urquhart, who made two spectacular catches in center field, when the Cardinals had runners on base. Jordy Johnston scored the win ine State 12-year-oldYouth Baseball Base-ball Championship are: Tyson Bottorff, Josh Halls, Austin Heaps, Ricky Norton, Brandon Speirs, Steve Loveland, Steve Millet, Jimmy Little, Shawn Stinson, Britton Maughan, Sean Naugle and Mark Pawelek. I, Coaches are John Bottorff and Scott Heaps. After going to Arkansas, Missouri Mis-souri and New York for previous national tournaments, this year's championships will be in Burnsville, Minnesota. The Wolverines are putting together to-gether a fund raiser to help cover of -jr. ZCMl Mervyn's and Nordstrom Coming! Plus 185 fine shops and eateries. Just off 1-15 on University Pkwy. & State St in Orem. MJIkuv Mmd -Muni lOaa -tpm Mji WoIO!22-Ot. www.shbpimiversitymaUxom I w U V Q ning run after stealing second, executing a perfect delayed steal to third and coming home on a sacrifice bunt by Urquhart. Morgan closed out the game on the mound, pitching his way out of a tight situation in the late inninp before finishing strong. Urquhart and Morgan were named MVPs of the tourney and received the game balls. championship the expenses of going to Minnesota Minne-sota for the championships. They will be hosting a giant garage sale and car wash. There will also be chances to buy Balloon Rides on the ReMax Hot Air Balloon. Hot dogs and drinks will be available avail-able as well. The festivities will take place July 16, 4 p.m.-10 p.m. and July 17, 7 a.m.-3 p.m. at the future office of ReMax Central at 532 East 800 North (Stratford Park), Orem. If you would like to donate items for the garage sale of contribute con-tribute other goods or services, call Coach Bottorff at 358-7262. 6rft vrtfi Poreure Jo(y 11 - 17f Receive two free tiefcer to Sundance Theatre' production of "The OfcfrreMaf of Cherfours" wM raMe day Mali purchases of $150. op More wMIe supples (art. To receive ticfrett frrin receipt to cortower service. Soie restriction apply. CMJcfren's Story TeWa? Wo or July 11 noon at B a(ton Boofcyd(ery J 7 I moan COPY i |