Show — 2H ti Sunday Aug 5 1990 Standard-Examin- er Outdoors streams get some help Take precautions against motor theft Utah’s Outboard motors large or small can be tempting merchandise for thieves Oort Strand Standard-Examin- er outdoors columnist Here are a few precautions you can take as suggested by major outboard motor manu- facturers Write down the model number and serial number especially those on motors below 25 horsepower or manufactured before 1985 File them If you are the original owner of the motor the dealership from which you bought it as well as most manufacturers will have your registration on file Next put your own special identification mark — your initials or Social Security number for instance — on a hidden part of the motor someplace known Rollerblade demonstration to be held at Wild Waters available for free public use Bring a pair of socks and parents OGDEN — If you've been looking for an excuse to strap on a pair of rollerblades you'll be able to get your chance Aug 12 must sign a waiver at the site for children under 18 The demonstration will run from am to 4 pm For more information call The Fly Line demonstration will be held at Wild Waters located off 21st Street near About 50 will be rollerblades of the pairs 1 1 394-181- 2 Bugs From 1H said "It's really only for a short period" ' Female mosquitoes (males ' don’t bite) cause the skin irritation When they inject an anticoagulant or blood thinner into the skin While most bites are mere irritations Utah mosquitoes sometimes carry western encephalitis which can fatally swell brain and spinal tissues The Utah Mosqui- -' to Abatement District closely monitors mosquito populations and responds immediately if the encephclitis virus is found v Spiders Utah is home to two poisonous spiders the black widow and the brown recluse Both are easily distinguished The d with black widow is a red hourglass shape on its abdomen and is rarely confused with other spiders The brown recluse is brown 'cylinder-shape- d with long legs d mark- and a dark ing on top of the thorax The handle of the “violin” points toward the abdomen It also has six eyes paired in a semicircle shape that looks like three eyes Many people confuse the harmless wolf spider which has the same coloration minus the violin with the - 1 black-bodie- violin-shape- recluse Both - spiders are spotted most frequently around the home where they’ll take refuge in sheds woodpiles basements and the like Both are found outdoors however and should be respected The bites of the two spiders are different Elbel said “The black widow has a generalized reaction" he said “Whereas the reaction to a recluse bite is localized It looks like a bruised area: it looks like someone slugged you" Black widow bites can cause severe muscle pain a rigid abdomen tightness in the chest difficulty in breathing and talking nausea and profuse sweating Elbel said While medical treatment should be sought the symptoms usually disappear in two or three days The bite of a recluse spider may be more serious The damage is usually confined to the area surrounding the bite It causes tissue damage that may be so extensive that skin grafts are required While the bite may be confined to a comparitively mild skin reaction serious complications — even death — may oc- cur Fears From 1H falling soft drink machine Mind your business and the snake will generally mind his And take heart The fears will diminish with time to the point of casual indifference I have shared sleeping bag space with scorpions waded alarm There are also locks made to secure your propeller to your engine on the market When you are boating keep an eye open for suspicious circumstances Report irregularities to the local gendarmes When an outboard has been stolen or an attempt has been made secure the area until the police arrive so as not to destroy footprints fingerprints pry marks or any other possible evidence identification pens are helpful for this Some law enforcement agencies have them to loan you for this purpose If your outboard is portable remove it from the boat when you're not using it and lock it away in a safe place Buy a heavy duty chain the ty pe used often to secure motorcycles to immovable objects and secure the motor to the Diamond-tippe- d f proportions Part of the reason may be that Utah is one of the relatively few states that require outboard motors of 25 horsepower and aboc or manufactured in 1985 and later to have titles Most states do not However right this minute cunning thieves could be plotting to steal vour outboard motor and when it happens it's a experience Outboards large or small can be tempting merchandise because within hours of a theft it's likely vour outboard will be transported 200 or so miles to another city and “fenced" But most outboard thefts can be prevented And if that fails there are other wavs to help the authorities catch the crooks and send them up for grand larceny A free outboard install a car burglar only to you According to Northern Utah law enforcement agencies the theft of outboard motors from boats is not a crirrre of major i Ticks The scourge of last year's scare the tick has been pushed aside this year by its fellow arachnid Still many people fret about Lyme Disease which caught the public eye when reports of thousands of cases flooded the mass media Elbel said most Utah ticks are the dermacenter variety which may carry Rocky Mountain spotted fever This disease was once prevalent in Utah and the west but seems to be in decline he said Several cases of Lyme disease have been reported in Utah however It is carried by a different tick — the ixoxid or deer tick Deer ticks are found in foothill areas especially in brushy areas common to the Wasatch Front Ticks tend to fall onto people walking through the brush The tick will crawl from where it lands to the scalp armpits or crotch where it begins to burrow into the skin Researchers say a tick must feed for 24 to 48 hours before it transmits the Lyme bacteria Lyme disease notably difficult to diagnose often begins with a bulls-ey- e rash a red ring around a clear center Elbel said the best way to avoid ticks is to wear long pants and shirts and to tuck pantlegs into shoes He also said he doesn't expect to see many people wearing that sort of apparel on a day If you’re going to wear shorts and tennis shoes Elbel said make sure to use a repellent — again he suggested Muskol — and check yourself carefully for ticks Giardia The smallest creature on our list of spooks Giardia lamblia is an intestinal parasite that gives rise to The disease is caused by drinking untreated water The only prevention is to treat the water This can be done by boiling filtering or using a specific agent such as iodine The condition is not pleasant Giardiassesis causes severe stomach cramps diarrhea and a general discomfort It’s as if the k flu stayed for a visit The giardia parasite lives inside a hard cyst a casing that resists heat and cold It can be destroyed by boiling however and by exposure to iodine or chlorine In the out of doors it is wise to assume that all water whether spring river or lake is contaminated by giardia boat Long padlocks are available commercially to join the clamp handles on the small outboard Buy one and use it Obtain a thin cable paint it black and secure the boat to the motor Hide the cable under the outboard brackets This will slow up and definitely frustrate any thief expecting to make a quick getaway If you have an electric start Also remember that if your motor is stolen chances are the dealer who sold you the motor will see that the model and serial number becomes part of the manufactur- outboard to dealers insurance companies and law enforcement agencies all over the country “Pata-Gucc- i" ed us OER is essentially a Consumer Reports for anyone who hunts fishes backpacks climbs mouny skis canoes tains kayaks camps watches birds photographs wildfiowers pedals a 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After the flood the number Dims held to about six pounds of fish rT?t wtTfjM per acre Now thanks to three H0 years of hard work and 158 structures that number is BUCPUDQ up to 250 pounds per acre The uutatiici'mjutn total cost ran to the tune of 8590 $131000 Puzzle is on cross-countr- 4300HAfUV8ONBLVDOOCCfiUT UDOT placed log diversion in the streambed to keep the stream pattern flowing in a which it did until heavy runoff cut the streamed down below the level of U DOT'S structures “What we basically did was go in and create a new stream for about five miles" said Cowdell “We put instream structures rock drops and a bunch of other deals that helped in keeping pools and riffles for fish to hang mid-size- Reports accepts no advertising — promises to test it And then This was a test — for me for' it will report the best and the worst of the litter This service my Gore-Te- x parka It came several years ago as I should not only as editors promise keep you “warmer safer drywas plodding across 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Equipment Remonthly publication Outdoor view PO Box 2076 Knoxville Equipment Review will do it for Iowa 50138'Qr call high-pric- 70 Cow-dcl- er's updated list of stolen motors sent on a regular basis al ed when the Utah Department of Transportation finished Interstate With human invasion into former back country as the condos rise as livestock grazes as new roads reach deeply into the wilderness it seems inevitable that many small streams which make up the heart of Utah trout fishing could be lost But there is hope Bob Cowdell fisheries habitat coordinator for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources has made it his business to restore damaged and misused streams to their original condition “Every stream we have is critiL cal to fishing in Utah" said "We have so little truly good fishing that our marginal stuff be- Newspapers ed south-centr- loss is critical By GERALD VOLGENAU hard-earn- correspondent a limited number of streams and rivers in Utah any outdoor equipment r r W'ith New 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