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Show A12 Vernal Express Wednesday, December 24, 2003 Dagget County to hold Hepatitis clinic The third and final mass hepatitis linic will be conducted in Manila ind Dutch John, simultaneously on rhursday. Jan, 8, from 3 to 6 p.m. In Manila, the clinic will he held it the Senior Center and in Dutch 'ohn at the Community Center, ioseph B. Shaffer, Director of TnCounty Health Department slates hat this is the final mass clinic in a .cries of three; Uintah and Duchesne counties, and now in Daggett County. Shaffer stated that the mass clinics n Vernal and Roosevelt were a luge success, with over 400 Vernal residents and an additional 250 Roosevelt residents benefiting from Jie free vaccination of Hepatitis A common. A grant from the U.S. Centers for Disease Prevention and Control through the Utah Department of Health funded TriCounty Health Bioterrorism Department's and Emergency Preparedness allow for to Program, Response these mass vaccination clinics. These exercises test the health department's ability to provide vaccinations or other health treatment to large groups of people in response to a bioterrorism event, major disease outbreak, or other public health emergencies. Due to the frequent occurrence of the disease, hepatitis A, this vaccine was a good choice to administer in a mass vaccination clinic. These exercises provide TCHD staff with hands-oexperience that could be used in the event of a real-lif- e threat. If faced with an actual Health TriCounty Emergency, Health Department could acquire mass quantities of drugs and medical supplies from the federal government through the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) program. In the event of a major public health emergency, TriCounty Health Department would be responsible for vaccinating up to 45,000 people 10 in days-a- n approximately impressive 4,500 vaccinations per day or 6 people per minute, based on a 1 2 hour day, and that's in three HAV). "Hepatitis A is the most widely eported disease that is 100 per cent n ireventable through vaccination," isserts Shaffer. "Hepatitis A is prevented by vaccination, which is given in a scries of two shots. The vaccination is 100 percent effective if you receive both shots prior to exposure." In addition, infection can be prevented by avoiding food that has been prepared by someone who is Avoid eating infected with HAV. raw or undercooked shellfish (such as oysters, clams, or mollusks). Also avoid uncooked food or tap or well water while traveling in a foreign country where hepatitis A is counties. For questions or more information, contact Toni Bolton at TriCounty Health Department, 738-220- Duchesne, toll free at or through the web site: w ww.tricountyhcalth.com. Girts scouts demonstrate what they learned in CPR class. Back Row; Rush Harris, Loran Hills and Helen Bemis-FroRow. Kristie Erin Francisco, Cushing, Jennie Riddle, Alyson Martin, Adrienne Francisco, Christy Hughes, Rochelle Hendricks, Amber Martin and KasskS Bowden-PerformiCPFt Katie Bemis On the morning of December 6, 2003, Girt Scout Troop 651 held a CPR and First Aid Training session at the Ashley Valley Medical Center. Helen Bemis, RN taught techniques to the girts. The girts enjoyed learning these useful skills. gilsonite, but they were as different as night and day. A few years before Rainbow shut down, the Gilsonite Company changed its name to the Barber Asphalt Company. The Barber Company had been one of the largest paving companies in the country and they had been holding down at South America. It remained the Barber company for several years until Standard Oil bought in and it was called American Gilsonite Company at Big Bonanza. At one time when Rainbow was at its height, there were over 290 people employed at the mines, shipping and hauling from the outlying mines, clerks, shops and maintenance. Women as a rule, ran the boarding house of which some were Mrs. Babe Wood, Mrs. Wade, Mrs. Weight and my wifes mother, Della Olivers. The school teachers I know about are Della Paulsen and Oara Perry. There were a Miss Hurst and a Miss Johnson. All of the houses and many of the out buildings were moved to Big Bonanza as Rainbow closed down. There were several buildings sold reasonably to local ranchers. Allan Brewer purchased a couple buildings along with some water tanks that he took to his ranch at the Wolf Den south of Rainbow in the Bookcliffs. Some materials were given to workers and along with hundreds of railroad ties where hauled into Ashley Valley. With the closing of Rainbow and shutting down the railroad, it meant the end to Atchee, WaLson, Dragon, Rector and other gilsonite mining operations south of the White River. Big and Little Bonanza along with Little Emma were now die main producers. Products from their mines would be shipped by truck to Craig, Colo. As the last ore shipped by the narrow gauge Uintah Railway took place in the late fall Continued from page All As the Strip grew it soon became the most lawless towns in the country. The Gilsonite Company had no control like at Rainbow or other camps. In fact, no one, only a federal marshall, had any authority at the Strip and his statutes were very limited at that time. There were well over a dozen killings that took place there. Something that was very odd was there was a United States Military Base located about two mles away during all the years the Strip existed. 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Well, it was die first community in Uintah County to have television, something that probably can be found in every home in this day and age. Today its hard to imagine the once fine mining camp that existed at Rainbow. Grease woods, sagebrush and all sorts of undergrowth have all but taken over where the buildings once stood. The open mine cuts give evidence of the once busy activities that had taken place here. In the evenings, the sun is setting in the west and the huge monolith at the famous Thimble Rock mine casts its shadow across the slopes eastward, all is quiet with the exception perhaps of die mournful howl of a coyote and an occasional hoot of an owl in die distance. No longer does a person hear the sounds of the operating mines or the teamsters as they guide their wagon and other horse drawn equipment as in earlier days, or the of those first one cylinder put-pengines. No longer is the sound of children heard as they run along Rainbows street or as they play games among the pinion and cedar trees in die nearby hills or their parents calling them to come home to supper. But the thing that is missed most of all is the sound of the train with its special whistie as it makes its way around the camp with the cars loaded with its precious cargo, gilsonite. Rainbow was indeed a very unique mining camp and it, along with those who worked and lived there, certainly deserve their place in our local history. 19 Dish Network Remote Functions, Reg $25 6 Available All 61 BIG SCREEM HDTV 1549 Reg. $2499 2 Aval8ble to give thanks to die following people for the fine information they shared with me for this aricle: Pauline Fisher Walker, Floyd Workman, Melvin Duff Anderson, Lawrence L.Y. Siddoway and my wife, Reva Long. George Long. I wish WHAT IS DVR? 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