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Show Page A5 'QHje CEtmcg-(3htftgpgKft- Mosquito season coming . . Thursday, March 18, 2004 eut . West Nile virus is cause for concern but not for panic West Nile virus was first found in Utah in two chickens Home . . . Aaron Shumway arrived home on March 1 1 from serving in the Italy Catania Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Aaron is the son of Chris Shumway and the late Dick Shumway. CORRECTION When handing out blue ribbons to middle school teachers last week, Janet Lowe says she was guilty of in terms sloppy of spelling and names. "The fact-checki- teachers who deserve our applause for the Middle School History Fair were Dina Lance and Bob Sokolowski (whose names I totally botched), along with Mike Arehart, Marcia Tendick and Carol Stephenson. I hope youll run this along with my apologies to these great teachers!" said Lowe. in Carbon County in early August of 2003. Since then, it was found in eight additional Utah counties, Emery, Uintah, Utah, Duchesne, Wayne, Grand, Sanpete, and Millard. The one human case from Utah to date was in Uintah County in September. The only evidence of the virus in Grand County was from a dead crow on September 8 and a dead magpie on October 7. According to Mosquito District Manager, Bob Phillips, Experience in other states has shown the second season to be far worse than the first. Utah should expect a major outbreak in 2004. Though many animals can get West Nile encephalitis, horses, donkeys and other equines are at greatest risk and should be vaccinated. About ten percent of unvaccinated horses infected will have severe illness and a third of those will die. To date, no properly vaccinated horse is known to have died of the disease. The initial series of two shots and the annual booster must be given several weeks ahead of infection to provide full protection. According to Phillips, Our vector mosquitoes build up their numbers through the spring tained swimming and present the greatest risk from May to pools and flooded pool covers, untreated and fish-les- s October. Though the state yard ponds, will begin testing stock water tanks dead birds and mosquitoes for West Nile virus in May, the Moab Mosquito District would like to look for virus activity earlier. People should report any sick or dead adult crows, ravens, magpies, or jays to The birds need to be adult and relatively fresh and, if they cannot be collected right away, should be kept cool and shaded from the sun. Of special concern are any birds that show signs of nervous system injury such as by being uncoordinated or unable to walk or fly. It Is important that people do not directly handle suspect dead birds because their body fluids can have enough viruses to transmit the disease. The most important mosquito vector of West Nile virus in the West, Culex tarsalis, is a stagnant water mosquito common in pools, water tanks, and pastures from April through September. It breeds in shallow areas of the sloughs, flood irrigated pastures, flood ponds, unmain- 259-716- 1. Newly released compact disc provides complete guide for journalists Many professionals have joined forces to complete a valuable CD that will provide journalists, and the public, the ease of media law and ethics information at their own computers. Utah Headliners Chapter, Society of Professional Journalists, and Utah Foundation for Open Government have produced a CD called Utah Open Government Guide & Utah Media Law Handbook. This Handbook has been compiled from hundreds of pages of information to be a main resource where journalists and the public can go to find valuable facts about media law and Utahs government, all in one place. Contact: Joel Campbell to get information about receiving a copy of the CD. This CD has been edited 801-422-21- by Jeffery J. Hunt and Michael P. OBrien. Jeffrey J. Hunt regularly represents Utah publishers and broadcasters in state and federal courts. He also serves as Utah counsel for several national news media organizations. Mr. Hunt counsels clients on defamation, privacy and vari other First Amendment issues. In 1992, Mr. Hunt founded the Utah Freedom of Information Hotline. The ous Hotline offers free legal assistance to Utah journalists. Mr. Hunt is a recipient of the Roy B. Gibson Freedom of Information Award from the Utah chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, and he was recognized as an Honorary Publisher by the Utah Press Association. Michael Patrick OBrien is an experienced and accomplished employment attorney, media lawyer and courtroom litigator. He is the chairman of the firms Litigation Department and the leader ofits Employment Law and Media Law practice groups. The Utah State Bar recently named him as its Employment Lawyer of the Year. Mike works with the local and national Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and serves as the legal and legislative director for Utah SHRM and Salt Lake SHRM. He assists news and publishing organizations in obtaining access to places and records (FOIA and Utah where the water isnt changed weekly, or anything that holds water for more than a week. Though this mosquito will bite people and has a flight range of a mile or so, it mostly feeds on birds and only bites at night from evening dusk to sunrise, so most people will never see it. According to Phillips, the greatest risk is to animals that have to stay out all night or to people who go into mosquito infested ar- eas after dark without long sleeves and repellent or who have houses that lack good window screens. Small fish are generally good at controlling mosquitoes in ponds, stock water should be changed weekly, and normal maintenance of swimming pools will prevent mosquitoes from breeding in them. To avoid West Nile virus this year, it is especially important to remove or maintain these potential mosquito breeding sites or, if this isn't possible, to call Mosquito Abatement at There is no penalty, and the District has treatments that are safe for children and pets. West Nile virus is cause for concern but not cause for 259-716- 1. panic. About four fifths of people infected will not get sick. About a fifth will develop West Nile fever which has moderate to severe symptoms including fever, body aches, headache, and sometimes a rash and swollen lymph nodes. This illness lasts from two days to two weeks, and recovery is usually complete. flu-lik- GRAMA), and in minimizing risks (and responding to claims) of defamation, inva-- , sion of privacy, tort and other matters related to publishing. Produced by professionals, e . . . Engaged and Brooks wish to announce the engagement of their Shelly daughter, Holly Brooks, to Rhett Nelson, son of Frank and Batbara Nelson. The couple is planning a June 5 wedding in Moab. Troy Only about one out of 150 of those infected will get encephalitis (inflammation of the brain) or meningitis (inflammation of the tissue that surrounds the brain and spinal cord) with high fever, severe headache, neck stiffness, disorientation, tremors, convulsions, paralysis, coma, and, in about six percent of those with the severe illness, death. About half of those who get West Nile encephalitis do not fully recover. The elderly and those with weakened immune systems or diabetes have the ingreatest risk of long-terjury or death. There is no cure or vaccine for humans at this time, so prevention is the only protection. Avoid evening and nighttime mosquito bites, avoid m 1 259-566- 4 this guide covers issues such as: a. Journalistic ethics b. 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