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Show You're not alone! its the cricket, lurching Hut the idea that the out a dark corner of the only good bug is a dead basement. Or it can be bug is rot very inthe whining buzz of an telligent, entomologists unseen fly or mosquito. say. A world without inJust about everyone would be a very sects gets the shivers from one insect or another, and unpleasant place, says many people would like Gary F. Bevel, insect colto avoid them altogether. lections manager for the Bugged by bugs? Hurburti S. MofIVt b National tieographic News Service For some people, its tin1 cockroach, scurrying into a crack behind the refrigerator when the light hits it. For others, ts Tm? its Smithsonians Museum Natural History. Without pollination by of bees, wasps, and mosquitoes, there would be few flowers, fruits, and vegetables, he pointed out. Insect fill the bellies of many birds, fish, and mammals, and bugs such as cockroaches crickets and as act cockroach, The that gives people heebie-jeebies- a patient who feared cockroaches, he said, refused to eat at home or let anyone else eat there for fear of crumbs drawing the bug. For the woman afraid of crickets, a government employee, ? "I suppose that when a person wakes up at night and sees creepy-crawlthings on the wall, he assumes theyre up to no y Hevel good, and cricket, reported Dr. Robert DuPont, director of a Washington, D. C. clinic to help people overcome phobias. scavengers, clearing the environment of dead and decaying matter. So what is it about cockroaches, for instance, the flying probably around gobbling up insects that are pests. But facts like that are lost on people who become irrational about insects. They are victims of entomophobia. Weve had four insect cases two bees, one had become hypothesized. The cockroach, one of life the earths Believing a cricket was awaiting her on the sidewalk when she came home from work, she would sit in her car, oldest dominated by fear. in- sects, is only one of hundreds of thousands of species that have been named. Some en- An Open Letter Ernest last week's Times-NewWilson, in used a very clever political ploy to win support for his bid to serve on the City Council. would like to assure Mr. Wilson that the citizens of Nephi know, as does he, that hooking up new houses on the utilities is expensive. The question is: Who should bear the burden of this expense? Although Mr, Wilson offered no solution (politicians running for office seldom do), would like to state several methods which could be used to pay for these hookups: 1. Have the property owner who is building the house pay all costs of services to his property. 2. Raise property taxes for all citizens of the city to cover these costs, or a part of them. 3. Increase light bills, water bills, and sewer fees so that everyone, including many who cannot afford to build a home themselves, will help defray the costs of those who can build. In other words, does Mr. Wilson want everyone in Nephi who is being served by these utilities to chip in so that new hookups will be cheaper? To illustrate: Before the new policy of the city council was implemented, six new houses were built on a new-sit- e block on the upper edges of Nephi City. The owners of these six new houses, which ranged to $140,000 in value, paid total hookup fees of $3,680, or $613.33 per home owner. The actual cost to Nephi City for these six homes were as follows: water lines, $7,490; sewer lines, $3,740; power lines, approximately $11,500 (these are actual figures available to all citizens at the Nephi City Offices). The fact is then that these six homeowners were assessed only 16 percent of the actual cost of hookup. The rest of us picked up the difference. At about this time a new council and mayor were elected. When the city books were audited, the city was indebted in the neighborhood of $200,000, partly because of cheap hookups. Incidentally, all specific information as to these six homes and their exact charges are readily available from me or from Nephi City, Please, Mr. Wilson, Nephi citizens would like to see your specific plans and alternatives in concrete terms. Dwain Bracken s, I I tomologists believe there gathering courage to are two million or more walk five feet to her door. insect species in the On summer weekends she hid out inside, thinkworld, compared with onof ly about 6,800 kinds ing an army of crickets birds. Many insects have was waiting to kill her. been around since before i( I imagined crickets to A view of one of the two houses now under construction at the Nebo Heights subdivision, located just north the days of the dinosaur, too big to fit TNPhoto rnd new ones are still be huge of the Vine Bluff Cemetery. shoe if I stepunder my evolving. Well cause the extinc- ped on one, she recalled. A family of large gophers? I really believed that if tion of many insect I met up with a cricket, species without ever my heart would beat so even meeting them, fast I would die. Hevel said. Therapy included a Although theyre in to the Natural visit The Nebo Heights sions backers, homes for we had it annexed by eluding Ted Jones, the minority, a few inNorSubdivision appears, human families will dot Nephi City, along with Nylan Pickering, sects are harmful to peo- History Museums Insect Zoo, where after an Ruth man Greenhalgh, site. other pieces nearby, with all the digging that the ple. Bees and wasps of crying and hour Bob said. all Worwood Dale Worwood, presithe Steele, is going on and Chapman, cause more deaths in this the patient The which Pew. rocks of and the group dent The development mounds of dirt and Randy country than spiders and trembling, to conthe nerve subdivifor Worthe be the scattered around, to project snakes do; a person who got up engineer developed group includes the front Ludlow. is of Rosalie enemy. Steve said the a infested by sion, Belliston, family reacts allergically to a project wood; I saw that it was just The development has sting can die within 15 began in the spring of secretary; Theo Westvery large gophers. black thing that a little acTwo 127 lots a and homesites. when the before too 1976 But minutes. But bees and long, property ring, treasurer; to hop, she ina for as were Then use of directors left board subdivi happened was to the city their ilk dont go around purchased. cording after said. Finally, park. looking for people to The subdivision, which bother. Like most insects seven weeks of therapy was recently formally acthat can hurt people, that were torture for me, I was running through the Nephi by City cepted they attack when they Council, has water and feel threatened. parks barefoot, even At one point in the districts for the forthchecked into the posibili-t- sewer lines in place, as Some insects bite, looking for crickets. discussion, Councilman coming election. Two of establishing a bi- well as underground elecsome sting, some do ' The insect zoo is Charles Mellor pointed Democrats and one cycle route through the tric hookups to all sites. both, but there are designed to put bugs in a veryi in airy ' out that the matter Republican were approv- city and leading to the Telephone conduits also few aggressive animals, positive light colorful acshould be ironed out as ed. The Democrats are: schools. He said this are in place, but the settings, let alone insects, Hevel cages, and with lots of informasoon as possible because District Anna could not be done tual wiring is yet to be said. 1, tion, said Sheila Mutch-ler- , at the beginning of next Broadhead and Florence without installed. Confusing harmful inwidening the zoos director. been will be have All there three Wilkey; District 2, various streets. the lots year, sects with the harmless volunteers take There all facilities other persons around Mildred Greenhalgh and sold the and Anderson noted the ones results in a lot of insects from their cages this table and itll all E.C. Sherwood; District problem of trash ac- have been paid for by the unnecessary Paid by the Nephi City Republican Comcringing, start over again. Final- 3, Ada Oldroyd and Jean cumulating in areas of lot owners, Worwood and such fears are catch- and hold them out for mittee, Dwain Bracken, Chairman visitors to fondle. It is said. Most lots were purly, after a conference Westring; and District 4, the city near drive-iing, say entomologists. with the attorney, Margaret White and Pat restaurants. He said one chased by prospective Children will play often a child who first Nielsen agreed to offer a Greenwood. Republican home builders, though with just about anything reaches out to touch couple in particular had number of lots, subse- judges included: District often complained about some were bought for that crawls, and parents K Woras set a resale. at eventual Clarence three, 1, quently Warner; garbage in their front inadvertently pass on guarantee the sidewalk District 2, Joyce Mem-mot- yard. Eyre said the wood said Nebo Heights their fears about bugs to and electrical work District 3, Natalie owners of the eating is unique in that it is them, especially when would be done. Orme; and District 4, establishments could not the first large subdivithe parents dont know The plat map was then Evelyn Lomax. The be held responsible sion annexed into Nephi one bug from another, signed by the mayor and party configuration is unless the trash was City. said Dr. Roger Meola of A feature of the subthe council. linked to the parties of coming from containers Texas A&M Univeon their premises. It was division, Worwood said, rsitys Gaylen Jarrett and current councilmen, entomology his wife, Donna, appealAnderson said. that, with the excep- - department. suggested that trash bared to the council for a iCity Attorney Don rels be placed in certain tion of the top row of Its silly to wince when reduction in the cost Eyre presented an docu- locations to give people houses, services such as a dragonfly swoops by, of raising a ment he had been the chance to use them. garbage pickup can be bug experts say, because $3,780 handled from the rear. it cant sting. Instead, high tension line under directed to prepare As Councilman Earl Jarhome which their new which would allow the rett put it, they may This is made possible by The Times-New- s & A Power Utah sits. establishment of a just drop it the trash if an easement through the Nephi, Utah Light crew did the work, capital improvements it a container isnt back yards which was Oct. 25,1979 which involved installing fund. Current state law there. provided to the city. an arrangement of tall states that cities may .Mm, 4 from poles. The city handled not use money the billing. year to year. That is, told Jenkins the city is authorized to Mayor the couple there was take in only enough nothing the city could do funds into general fund to cut the bill, because budgets to cover a years other residents could expenses. If a surplus octhen use the reduction as curs, some money can be a precedent. Wed just placed in a contigency love to help you, but fund but that fund is Building begins at Nebo Heights 56-acr- e City Council news continued y y r 1 n ui t; 2-- 1 Lru cans 5 no way we can do theres Well agree h6 said. it, with its that you ridiculous. The council asked the Police Department to justify a request that the city pay half of the cost of classes being taken at Westminster College by Officer Steve Sperry. Any full-timcity employee attending e classes can le reimbursfor half the rejst of eduratictn if it es! j ob per for rna nc e it f are in Spe-rry- are-a- Since-som- cemrse-- s oth-- s r enforce merit, law Inrifie ation quested 'lhe- - apfioint was e s than the re- 'if Mariano Gibson to the city library lionrd wns a ppr ('! 'ono'il 'It.e- - ratified apjioifit ei nt of l I'i'Jper in four , sHioppin limited in size. said However, Eyre the fund would allow the city to carry over money from one year to another to finance large projects if they are specifically identified. The carryover restriction does not influence utility budgets. Eyre also noted that the current lease on the farm around the city airport will end in January and will have to have to fa- advert isisl again. The Do you have a rental that is not rented? Ad. - lease, which has las-- for 'l years, is now held by Merle Mr Iherson Mriice Heal, Jarrett, Ike Hunt, and were given Weldon a wal'T to lay fiermisemn line from Grant Wortu legion's farm to their the pur ft i live bts ,o,e of watering st'a k Only $1.50 for 25 words ilmari rity M'ltiir'-o- aid la b.i-- l Shop Nephi Merchants and save Money & Gas!! Great Results!! Paul north at a gallon ? A fr ion unp Rent it fast with a TN Want U'-'i- l me-o- t yM save money ilie Nephi Are use message you Chamber of Commerce and The Times-New- s at; Cl t |
