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Show Ft County Seat Newspaper Since 1904 Serving All of Beaver County Nr BEAVER, UTAH Tis The Season fleas in the western United States is the bubonic plague, he said. Sidebar: HOW TO AVOID TICKS Animals are primary hosts for ticks. People who venture into the outdoors become accidental hosts for ticks looking for a blood meal. To avoid contact, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Research Service says people should avoid wooded areas, leaf litter and bushy For Ticks and Fleas If you spend much time in Utah's outdoors, you know that contact with tick is almost inevitable. The flea and tick season is upon ' us. But in Utah, It's ticks more that fleas that are the problem. After a hike, finding one or two ticks crawling on you is not uncommon. They are abundant in Utah some years more than others, said Alan Roe, Utah State University Extension insect diagnostician. Fortunately, Utah ticks are not of the Lyme disease species. Most of them are Rick Mountain wood ticks, Dermacentor andersoni. The tick that spreads Lyme disease is the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, also known as the deer tick, said John F. Carroll, entomologist with the U. S. Department of Agriculture Research livestock insect laboratory in Maryland. Lyme disease, virtually unknown a decade ago, causes debilitating arthritic, heart, and neural problems in humans and dogs, Carroll said. While the Rocky Mountain tick is not known to spread the Lyme disease bacterium, it does transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Roe said. This disease is characterized by chills, fever, fatigue, pains in muscles and joints and a red to purple eruption at the site of the bite. Roe said tick specimens do come into the. diagnostic lab, but nota great , in great numbers. This is most likely because many people recognize ticks. Consequently, the relative abudance ofUtah ticks is probably not reflected by diagnostic records. They do, however, give us a clue of what kind of ticks are out there. Since 1980, 36 tick specimens have been submitted to the USU Diagnostic Laboratory. Of these, 2 1, or about 60 percent, were the Rocky Mountain wood tick. Brown dog ticks, ear ticks and winter ticks are occasionally submitted, he said. "We have had only one specimen of the genus that includes the Lyme di sease tick, but is was a different species that may or may not transmit this disease," Roe said. "In any case, this specimen was "believed to have been brought in from out of state." While tick specimens were submitted from all overthe state, Roe said, most appear to come from the more mountainous counties. Most specimens are submitted from June through August and most were found on people. Of the21 Rocky Mountain Wood ticks submitte, the majority came from Box Elder, Wasatch, Cache and Utah counties. As for fleas, Roe said, they are uncommon in Utah. Only seven samples of fleas have been submitted to the diagnostic lab since 1986. Most of these specimens were a species known as the cat flea, Cteno cephalidesfelis. Although catflca by name, "it seems to be found more commonly on dogs in Utah," he said. Most flea specimens were sub-ttcd ot the USU lab from July through October and most came from Nothern Utah counties. "Once in a while we get an unusual flea sample from some other situation, such as a bird nest or rodent burrow, but these instances are rare." People with summer cabins should be alert to the potential of fleas, said Jay Karren, USU Extension entomologist. They often accumulate in these closes areas. If pets are brought to these cabins, the fleas will find them and eventually you, he said. Fleas are small, wingless insects, of an inch long about and are generally reddish brown in color. Bite reactions vary form a slight swcllingand reddish discoloration to a very severe generalized rash. The mrc rninmnn ttocwtp transmiflpH hv th undergrowth. The Research Service says campers and hikers should wear clothes for ease in spotting ticks. They should also wear long pants nd skirts, tuck pants cuffs into socks and shirts into pants, check often and thoroughly for ticks, and change lcothes when going indoors. Tick repellants for skin and clothing are avaiable and should be used according to directions on product labels. light-color- long-sleev- . ed ed Students Can See Shakespeare for Half Price CEDAR CITY, Utah Ifyou are a student university, high school, or other and you have a student identificaiton card, it is now possible for you to see any of the six plays being presented this year at the Utah Shakespearean Festival forhalfprice. "Student Rush" prices are for all available seats for all plays in all theatres from now through the end of the - 1994 season, September 3; however, students must purchase these tickets in person at the box office window no soonere than 30 minutes prior ot the beginning of the show. Only one ticket per show per student is allowed, and all students must present a current and valid student identification card. "It is most important that everyone realizes the time restraints on these discounted tickets," said Douglas T. Kirchner, Festival marketing and public relations director. "They will not be available before 30 minutes prior to the beginning of the production, and showi ng up earlier than that will simply make it harder forourbox office personnel to serve all our pa- trons." Plays thisyear are Shakespeare's As You Like It and Richard III and Thomas Dekker's The Shoemaker's Holiday in the outdoor Adams Shakespearean Theatre; and Shakes-pear- e's Love 's Labour's Lost , Georges Feydeau's A Flea in Her Ear , an Tennessee William's A Streetcar Named Desire in the Randall L. Jones Theatre. Plays rotate Monday through Saturday, and all but Richard IJJ md The Shoemaker's Holiday are also presented in matinee. Normal ticket prices for the 1 994 season vary from $10 to $27; thus, "Student Rush" tickets can be purchased for anywhere from $5 to $ 1 3 .50. "We realize that we have a large audience of students in the area who want to be a part of the Festival, who want to see this quality of theatre, but who normally may not be able to afford it; thus we are offering this chance for them to fill our unsold seats at the last minute," said Kirchner. "We also understand that many of these students are our audience of the future. Ifyou tie all that in with our desire to be an 'educational' Shakes-pcarc- an festival, it is easy to understand our excitement over this program. We think it helps fulfill many ofour goals." "We started this program last summer," added R Scott Phillips, Festival managing director. "And we promised that if it was successful we would continue it. Last year we learned that students appreciated this chance, so we are pleased to be continuing it this year." 0 exp: PRESS ASSOCIATION 307 940101 P 200 S. 5005 SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84101 W. Publication nu. t VOLUME 94 NUMBER 23 U341 UTAH - !? - THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1994 SINGLE COPY 301 Free Fishing Day! Locating Veterans Jr. Golf Group ofD-Da- y Begins June 6 is the 50th anniversary of the biggest event of World War II. Millions of people around the world will be involved in this Thefirst Jr. Golf group met Mon6 at the Canyon Breeze Golf June day course. The event was a great success, with 55 youngsters at the first event. A special thanks to the course management Carma and Dan Lindsay. The team of instructors were Bill Presley, Janet Presley, Richard Paice, Dough McShane, Sandy Tacadena, Jack Erwig, and Dan Cornett. Thekids had fun and we have more events scheduled for the next 3 Mondays in June at9:00-ll:0- 0 a.m.. Ifyou would like to help please show up at the golf course at 8:30 a.m. June 13. years. Therearetwosizesoffish. The smalleronesare 12and 14 inches and the larger ones are 17 to 20 inches. They should grow another 2 to 3 inches by the end of June. Artificial flies or lures only in this water. Fly fishermen using wet flies (wooly worms, wooly buggers, streamers) near the bottom are consistently catch-ingfis- Sheriffs Report Trollingwithflatfishnearthe bottom is producing some fast fishing. Heavy hatches of midges and y, tremendous celebration. On June 6, 1944, the Allies invaded Europe. This was the largest military invasion that has ever occurred. For hundreds of thousands, it will be a time to reminisce about their lives during the war. Memories of military buddies and even romances will surface and many veterans will wish they could get in touch with their oldfriends. Although most people believe it is impossible to locate a person' after 50 years, a retired Army Lieutenant Colonel explains how easily this can be accomplished. Author and researcher, Lt. Col. Richard S. Johnson, is the nation's leading expert on locating anyone with a military connection. He has been instrumental in locating over 25,000 veterans. Hehclpedone woman find a Navy medic she had dated during WWII and they rekindled a romance after 50 years. The list goes on of family members, lost loves, and old military buddies who have been reunited with Colonel Johnson's guidance. Colonel Johnson has an abundance of exel usive information which he has gathered through many years of research and personal experience. His book How To Locate Anyone Who Is Or Has Been In TheMilitary: Armed Forces Locator Directory details every conceivable way to locate current and former veterans of all wars. It also explains how anyone may obtain military records to assist in thcirsearch and to compile unit and family histories. With the use of this book, many military reunion groups have found all of their former members from World War. The methods and secrets contained in this remarkable book have made thousandsof heartwarming reunions possible for veterans, their families and friends. How To Locate Anyone Who Is Or Has Been In The Military: Armed Forces Locator Directory , 264 pages, is available at book stores, military exchanges and from ME Publishing, P.O.Box5143N,Burlington,NC27216, 1 Subways of Utah Generate Food For Utah Food Bank Subway Sadwichcs of Utah collected 3,990 pounds of food recently during a "Hcros for Hunger" drive to help restock food pantries for the Utah Food Bank. Over 80. Subway locations throughout the state participated in the food drive. The majority of the food came from the 24 Salt Lake area stores. Subway offered a free "hero," a sandwich, to every customer w ho donated a can of food. ch The Utah Food Bank distributes ove four million pounds of food each year to the needy through most of the 60 emergency food pantries in Utah. They also assist community meal programs such as the Salvation Army and St. Vincent Dc Paul. The Food Bank distributes to all parts of the state. This is the second annual food drive for both Subway and the Food Bank. Last year Subway contributed over 2,800 pounds of food for the Utah Food Bank. Week of May 30 to June 5, 1994 A report of trees being cut on private property at Willow Lake was investigated. A Michigan man was arrested and booked into jail on charges of Theft following a report of a gas skip from Beaver Valley Chevron. A Greenville man was booked into jail on charges of Intoxication. A Beaver man was booked into on jail charges of DrivingUnder Influence of Alcohol. Two traffic accidents, each involving only property damage, were handled by the Sheriffs Department during the week. Two animal emergencies were handled. Thirty responses were made by the jSherifTs Department to requests for assistance. Ofthesecalls, five were to keep the peace, 13 to check out suspicious persons or circumstances, and six to assist other agencies. traffic stops were made Fifty-tw- o with 42 citations written. New Power Source Meets Beaver Electric Needs Beaver plugged into a new power source today. Together with 15 other Utah consumer-owne- d electric utilia the became ties, partial owner of city a New Mexico coal-fire- d power plant. The power comes from Unit 4 of the San Juan Generating Station in northwestern New Mexico. Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) bought a seven percent interest, or35 megawatts, in the plant from Publ ic Service Company of New Mexicoforapproximatcly $40 million. A UAMPS member, Beaver City hold a 200 kilowatt allocation, or .57 percent ofUAMPS'ownership share. Pow vr from the San Juan plant will be used to meet growth in UAMPS' member communities. It will meet approximately 1 5 percent ofU AMPS' 1994 aggregate peak demand of 242 megawatts. UAMPS financed the purchase with $35.6 million in taxfrec municipal bonds. (Three of the project partici- pants pre-pai- their entitlement d shares, reducing the bond issuance below the purchase price.) The bonds earned a triple-rating with bond insurance from Municipal bond Investors Assurance Corp., and the underlying credit is rated Standard and Poor's Corp. The high rating reflects the strong credit quality of the project's largest member cities. old Operations at the plant have exceeded industry A 12-ye- ar Senior Citizens The Beaver Senior Citizens will be holding a class on "How to Play Bridge" at the center. If interested please contact Lcnor Swindlehurst at 438-225- 5. On June 1 1, no fishing license is required to fish anywhere in the state. All other regulations apply, however. Conditions for this event are very good. MINERSVILLE RESERVOIR Access is good. There are as many trout in the lake as at any time in the last 25 h. mayflies. BEAVERRIVER Accessisgood. Water flows not excessive and water is fairly clear. Upper Beaver River stocked with rainbow trout. Lower section, belowMinersville Reservoir, was stocked with excessbrood brown trout up to 5 pounds. Pressure has been heavy since this plant but should decline since few of thesefish remain. SectionbetweenMinersvilleRes. and the Greenville bridge is closed until May 28. j Beaver Mountain Lakes Access to Little Reservoir, Kent's Lake, Indian Creek Reservoir, Three Creeks All Lakes are ice free except Puffer which has some open water. Three Creeks is low and filling. Fair to good fishing. LAKE POWELL Stripedbass may be found anywhere between the shallow flats at the ends of the canyons and the depths of the main channel. Anchovies around main channel rock slides and coves are recommended. Small and large mouth bass are hold0 feet of water in close ing in proximty to shallow flats, ledges or points. Bass are also concentrating on submerged "reefs" due to rapidly oz. rising water levels. Jigging 38-1- 2 chartreuse grubs around such reefs is recommended. May is walleye month at Lake Powell. Jigging grubs along reefs in early morning, late evening or 15-2- atnighthasbeeneffective. Theturbid water in backs of canyons has also been good. For further information, give the Lake Powell fishing hotline a callatl-800-695-FIS- Minersville Public Library Offers Reading Program Blue Stakes - More than 60 ! That's how many companies, includingMounlainFuel, US WEST Communications and Utah Power, have buried utility services across the state. These companies' lines are buried just about any where in streets, down alleys, under vacant lots, under your lawn or along property boundaries. Whether you are digging a post-ho- le or undertaking a major excavation, you can avoid the risk of break-ing- a utility line ifyou call Blue Stakes. Blue Stakes is the one-ca- ll system which coordinates the location of buried services. According to Blue Stakes, most requests to locate buried services come between March and October. May and June are the busiest moonths of the year. The center's hours during these - months are Monday through Friday, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Most calls are received during early morning and late afternoon. So, the best time tocall with little or no waiting is between 10:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. A call toBlue Stakes is all it takes. Each participating-memberuti- li ty will send a representative to make its line locaitons, free. 1 1 1 at least two Call 1 working days before you dig, grade or excavate. 00-662-4 "Start a Reading Stampede at Your Library" is the theme of the 1994 Reading Program at the Minersville Public Library. Open to children ages 14 to preschool, this 3 week program encourages and emphasizes the joys of reading. Children may begin to register for the program on June 1; activities begin June 6 and end June 24. The Minersville Public Library is located at 40 W. Main and you may telephone for Peggy Breinholt at 387-226- 7 additonal information about the program and any special activities. Old Courthouse News The museum is now open. The time is now to get out all your pictures, all your albums. They will be taken care of and put on displace. This way everyone can enjoy them-Don- 't be a person that say "Some Day I'll get Something Done for Displaying At Museums." Do it today! We have plenty of room and would love to display anything you might have. Weoweittoourancestors. Comeand visit. New interior will be displayed each day. Call Barbara Bradshaw at 438-267. orMardra Dalton at Please come and see the museum. Let us know if we can help! 438-511- Open Tuesday thru Saturday 12:00p.m. to6:00p.m. Law Groups Join AARP In Fighting Elderly Abuse By:NorleyHall In a signing ceremony Saturday, May 28, 1994, representatives from the state's sheriffs, police chiefs and the American Assiation for Retired Persons (AARP) inked an agreement at the Salt Lake County Commission chambers which is intended to intesity the fight against abuse and fraud on the elderly throughout Utah. At the signing ceremony were Senator Orrin Hatch witnessing, and Dr Kenneth Crccr state director ofthe AARP, Polo Ajuvai, president of hte Utah Chiefs of Police Association and SheriffKenard, Salt Lake County Sheriff signing. Other law enforcement officials and AARP representatives also attended to witness the occasion. The adopted program is named TRIAD and was developed nationally. It is designed to create, expand and implement crimcprcvention and educational programs for the elderly in the state. J Senator Hatch visualizes an "end to the victimization of the older man and woman in Utah and elsewhere." He praised the TRIAD program and those joining it and promised to continue the fight on the federal level to reduce "fraud against the elderly." Utah State AARPDirector Crccr saw the TRIAD agreement as "treatment of an unusual condition (fraud and abuse of the elderly) which is fast growing in our society." Dr. Crcer also invited AARP members to check with the police or sheriffs office and volunteer to assist with the new program. "Also, any elderly persons who are currently being abused or victimized by fraud shoud report to the police or sheriff immediately." The increased population of those 65 and older in our society makes this group a lucrative target for scam artists. This population has grown by 42 since 1980 and now constitutes over 8 of the total state population. |