| Show Top of Utah 2C Thursday June 3 1999 Hantavirus remains concern in West COUNTY LINES years since initial outbreak people continue to contract disease Six BOX ELDER COUNTY: County: Funds don’t cover needs ' BRIGHAM CITY - Box Elder County commissioners are accepting but wondering what to do with only S 0000 of a $75000 grant they wanted They applied for a $75000 share of the $450000 the state set aside for Global Positioning System elTorts County Surveyor Penton Beecher said they needed a minimum of $37000 just to buy the equipment necessary “I just don't know w hat to do w ith only $10000” he said “We ean't do any of the field work w hat good can we do?” In order to accept the money the county must send a representativ e to attend two day s of meetings in Salt Lake City Price or Cedar City County agriculture agent Lyle Holmgren was planning on attending the Salt Lake City meetings this week so the commissioners decided to ask him to represent the county 1 officially Commissioners said they may have to hold on to the $10000 until the county can add enough to that amount to make it usable DAVIS COUNTY: Community meeting set for health discussion F ARM INGTON - The Davis County Health Department will hold a community meeting next Wednesday 7 pm to discuss collecting data for new ly diagnosed cases of illness in the F armington area The meeting w ill be in the Commission Chambers room 126 on the main floor of the Davis County Courthouse Health officials are to discuss the Farmington Sentinel Surveillance System a method of collecting data for newly diagnosed cases of neurological illness chronic fatigue sy ndrome and cancer in the 84025 zip code WEBER COUNTY: HUD recognizes Ogden’s housing program OGDEN -- The US Department of Housing and Urban Development w ill honored Ogden City several local banks and nhe Utah State University Extension Service for the “The Way Home" Program Wednesday The program prov ides free day-lon- g classes in English and Spanish for families who are considering preparing to own their tow n home More than 500 have completed the course nearly half of them minorities The banks are American Express Centurion Bank One First ! Security Bank Key Bank US Bank Washington Mutual and Wells Fargo They have w orked with Ogden City and the extension service to prov ide for the program and rworking to generate more home owners among the minority x population Press The AesooateC SANTA FE NM - Six years ago this week a vast stretch of the Southwest was in the grip of illness that a mysterious fiu-liwas killing young healthy people - and frighteningly fast Medical investigators scoured the Four Corners area taking blood samples asking endless questions and collecting fleas from pets In laboratories across the country detectives looked for clues: Was it poison? bacteria? a ke varus? Tourists canceled visits State officials fretted The cases kept coming Before long evidence pointed to a newly identified virus spread by rodents Within a matter of weeks the common deer mouse - named for its big eyes - was identified as the main culprit Hantavirus became a household word Since then more than 200 cases of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome have been confirmed in 30 states some of them old cases solved after the 1993 outbreak One Utah resident was even found to have died from the disease back in 1959 said Nicole Stone with the state Bureau of Epidemiology The bureau made its discovery using archived blood and tissue samples preserved from people who contracted illnesses that couldn't be determined at the time of their death Since then the state reports 12 more Utahns contracted the hantavirus - 1 1 of which came after 1993 The hantavirus is largely a disease of the rural West although there have been a sprinkling of School of Medicine Hantavirus at a glance After the flurry of 1993 cases -New Mexico 10 in Arizona the numand five in Colorado ber of new cases dropped to a handful each year But a cluster this spring in New Mexico has Hjelle and others worried 18 in The hantavirus strain identified in the Southwest in 1 993 is called Sin Nombre It is carried primarily by deer mice and is transmitted through urine feces or sahva either by direct contact or when contaminated dust is inhaled e at first show up one to six weeks after exposure Symptoms Nearly 45 percent of cases result in death n There has been no transmission in North America The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta confirmed 21 1 US cases as of March 1 9 Cases have been confirmed in 30 states with most cases in the West New Mexico has had 42 cases with 22 deaths Colorado has had 1 7 cases with 1 1 deaths Arizona has had 26 cases with six deaths Utah has had 13 cases with four deaths Cases of hantavirus have been reported in Canada Argentina Brazil Chile Paraguay and Uruguay Other hantavirus strains causing human disease in the United State d are carried by cotton rats mice and rice rats flu-ltk- human-to-huma- By Hjdle's count there have been more than two dozen cases since the beginning of 1998 in the - Four Comers states three of which have been reported in southwestern Utah “The conventional wisdom is it's El Nino” he said The cyclically recurring disruption in the tropical Pacific made for a 1997-9- 8 followed by a milder drier “La Nina” winter just past More rainfall creates greater cover more shelter and a bigger food supply - nuts seeds vegetation and insects - for rodents white-foote- cases in the East some caused by the deer mouse's cousins And it remains deadly Nearly 45 percent of cases are fatal Four people in New Mexico and one person in Colorado have died this year Utah's last reported death was in 1996 “It's still a really difficult complicated disease” said Paul Ettestad hantavirus epidemiologist with the New Mexico Department of Health No one knows that better than Dan Bradshaw of Durango Colo He contracted the disease in 1996 after sweeping out a mouse-infeste- d building at an electronic tower site he owned and then spending the night there Bradshaw says it took months - and visits to four different doctors - to get a correct diagnosis of the coughing fits blackouts and other symptoms that were making him miserable A former bicycle racer and marathon runner his athletic activities have been severely curtailed “They hope that the lungs regenerate and repair themselves but they’re not quite sure they Duranwill” said the go resident who owns a paging company with offices in Farming-to- n and nearby Durango His message to others: “I should have recognized that was a dangerous situation and come back with the proper equipment to clean it up People don't need to get this disease” Early on hantavirus resembles the flu: fever and muscle aches and sometimes chills headaches nausea and vomiting That makes it extremely tough to diagnose on a first visit to a doctor And once the more serious symptoms start - acute respiratory problems and fluid buildup in the lungs - they generally progress very rapidly New Mexico A girl who died in April had been playing sports just hours before she became gravely ill said Dr Brian Hjelle associate professor in the Department of Pathology at the University of New Mexico That likely means more deer mice more transmission of hantavirus among them and more encounters with humans The two winters preceding the 1993 outbreak also were marked by El Nino conditions Because many of the 1993 cases were on the Navajo reservation hantavirus at first was unfairly labeled by some as disease that struck primarily Indians - a misperception Howell says some people still have According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta 75 percent of hantavirus cases in the United States occurred in whites American Indians accounted for 22 percent On the 17 million-acr- e Navajo reservation which stretches into New Mexico Arizona and Utah tribal and federal health agencies work together on hantavirus Huntsville man appointed to commission TO ADVERTISE T0CR BUSINESS President Bill Clinton announced Wednesday that he will ppoint Huntsville resident John Kimball a member of the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission Kimball is director for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources n commission Kimball will help Asa member of the coordinate the implement mitigation and conservation measures of the Central Utah Project which destroyed some Utah wetlands Pony Express gallops through Utah Health Department holds free car seat check RIVERDALE -- The WeberMorgan Health Department along w ith sev eral police agencies will hold a free car seat check point Saturday at the Super Target store 1135 Riverdale Road Keri Gibson WeberMorgan Health Department said specialists from her office and several police agencies will be on band from 9 am to noon to inspect child safety seats for safety and correct installation Jr ”Up to 95 percent of car seats are not installed correctly or are misused” she said J i The health department can also assist parents who need a child $afety seat but do not have money to buy one Contact Gibson at 8 for more information Police looking for man connected to rape OGDEN - Police are looking for an man they believe may have raped a woman he met at a party in the 3200 Block of Grant Ave Jon Monday May 31 According to police reports the victim attended the party J around 8:30 pm She later told police she didn’t know anybody at J the party but had met the suspect there Ogden police Lt Marcy Korgenski said after the two met they went into a bedroom of the house where the party was When they emerged from the room the female asked to be taken to the J hospital The woman was taken to Columbia Ogden Regional Medical J Center where she told workers about the incident The medical staff then notified Ogden Police but said she did not want to £ pursue charges REGIONAL: Trails in Utah get $4 million in federal funds SALT LAKE CITY - Biking pedestrian and horse trails in 10 counties w ill share S46 million in federal funds City county and state funds will be added to the federal money to build projects ranging from a Marysvale Canyon bike path in trail portions of Sevier and Piute counties to a in Wasatch County U tah's State T ransportation Commission picked 0 projects from 62 applications and those now are scheduled for public hearings and environmental studies If they pass the proposals will be placed on the state transportation-improvemeproject list this fall and likely will get underway next year said Kevin Nichol of the Utah Department ofTransportation In addition to Sevier Piute and Wasatch counties projects are planned for an area near Zion National Park in Washington County Hyrum Cache County Escalante Garfield County Kanab Kane County Box Elder County Draper Salt Lake County and San Juan County Those projects will use up about $33 million in the federal money and the Transportation Commission has awarded another S million for sidewalks throughout the state and $200000 for at rest stops improvements landscaping Heber-to-Midwa- y 1 nt 1 May weather wet and cool this year May along the Wasatch Front based on monitors at the Salt Lake City I nternational Airport was cooler and wetter than normal National Weather Service meteorologist said temperatures averaged 28 degrees below normal while precipitation averaged 140 percent of normal Lightning strikes also made the month deadly Two people were killed and four injured after being struck by lightning One of the injured was a bus driver in Ogden Lightning also struck and set a M idvale restaurant on fire Earlier in the month 50 inches of snow at Alta ski resort caused an avalanche that caught 1 2 people A father and son were buried but all injuries were minor L i - Standard-Examin- er staff stall and wire services Standard-Examin- The Pony Express Trail will five-perso- i r Standard-Examine- echo again with the hoofbeats of horses carrying riders and mail while spending a day in Utah The National Pony Express Association will stage its annual of the trail between St Joand Sacramento seph Mo Calif from June Riders are slated to pass through Utah on June 15 traveling through Morgan County from Henefer over East Canyon to Salt Lake City More than 500 riders and horses will take part in the eight-stat- e relay which will be conducted 24 hours a day until the mail is delivered to Sacramento Dale Ryan of Carson City association national president said re-ri- 8-- the event is designed to commemorate the Pony Express mail service of 1860-6- 1 The event is a thrill for participants and gives them a feel for what the Pony Express was like for the earlier riders he said “It's great to be out there in the middle of the night waiting for the relay” he said “Your imagination runs wild It's dead quiet out there then all the sudden you can hear the pounding of horse hooves” The 1966-mil- e Pony Express Trail traversed Missouri Kansas Nebraska Colorado Wyoming Utah Nevada and California The event will begin June 8 at St Joseph Mo and reach Nevada on June 15 Riders will reach Carson City on June 17 and CALL Press - Thousands of acres Idaho have been recommended to become part of the Mount Naomi Wilderness Area But the designation would prohibit motorized vehicles on the more than 14600 acres and that is causing some opposition Officials are reworking the LOGAN in Franklin County School From 1C “The resolution makes it pretty clear we’re not against the person they chose We’re against the process that is taking place” he said As for the resolution Paske-wic- z said he would answer all questions the staff congress has but reopening the position is not a possibility “(The reopening) is not going to happen” he said “We think we made a good decision in picking Tim Smith We couldn’t have found anyone better in the state of Utah” Smith who was an assistant principal at Ben Lomond five years ago said he supports the decisions of Paskewicz “In a lot of cases the administration has to make decisions quickly and he does not have time (to include everyone)” Smith said Because of his previous time at Ben Lomond Smith said he knows members of the staff congress and that he doesn't have a problem with the situation committee it will be a problem for them not for me” he d “If the makes an issue site-base- said W JlWiWgPliri management plan for the Gold Rush Stamp Riders will relay commemorative letters being purchased by history enthusiasts and others from across the country Federal protection was extended to the Pony Express Trail in 1992 Unlike the other states most of the trail in Nevada and Wyoming still exists Ryan said June Goal The wilderness I ivii'i I fiywciv on him isi 0L9 WEST M0ET6MS CO OCR 22nd Year COMPETITIVE RATES or 585 24th St Suite 101 Ogden Ttah 84401 I I I J 393-861- 8 i Jj rr m GIRLS Guaranteed j Results LOSE 20 lbs- - 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