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Show Page B4 — THE DAILY HERALD,Provo, Utah, Wednesday, May 22, 1996 Wolves worry Humor helps prolong a marriage, study indicates Wyo. rancher BIG PINEY, Wyo. (AP) — It's a snapshotof the rustic West—a puff on a cheapcigar, a slight fidget of the well-worn Stetson, and a Contraption with loops, straps and eet braced fe woe : From a mother’s womb the device pulls a bellowing, bewildered calf — the fifth one of this sparkling morning and Gordon MickelsonSr. hasn't even had his secondcup of coffee yet It’s calving season in the greater Green River Valley, one of the richest cattle areas in the coun try. It’s also an area where wolves once ravagedlivestock and Mick elson’s family saw the carnage People do not realize the damage they can do,” said Mickelson, whose family has ranched the land fier more than 100 years, The federal governmentis in its second year of a programto bring Canadian woives to America’s northern Rockies. In the first year of the program. 14 wolves were placed in Yellowstone National Park and15 central in central Ida- EUGENE, Ore. (AP) The secret to sider themthe ‘experts’ on what makes mar- Oneof her research couples, John and DJ thing,” John Rawlings said. staying mamed may be the ability to laugh riage work,” she said Rawlings of Eugene, graduate student in psychology indicates long marriages last because couples share their humor, espetially when problems . ; arise Erica de Koning interviewed and videotaped 70 couples married anave e of 19 years who used humorto get along ‘Tcon- dysfugetional relationships between couples whose, average age is just under 30 years old » “Humor is just as important as we expected it would be, and men and women reported equally that they use humorin their marriages,” de Koning said “I don’t think you could stay married, at le happily, to anyonefor a very long time withoutit But that doesn’t mean marriage has to be a laugh a minute to be successful, said her 76-year-old husband. “Humor is not necessarily a conscious togethe A study by a University of Or have been married She, said she choseolder couples because nearly 52 years , Humor is essential,” said DJ Rawling most marriage research tends to focus on : “Wie tried to piece together why thin, realizedaamar that dee t worked (OF us,we nfahaa ‘We got rough, wha were Still able 4 ; ,hat ee ne that armed ee ei " | aime‘ at making fun“of a pan Humor also could be used to dodge prot co ha in in dh which h could affect a marriage ways, she said ‘4 ho. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service predicted a concentration of 15-20 wolves could bring about a dozenlivestock losses each year After thefirst year of the program, officials reported only two livestock losses. Those numbers could increase as the programcontinues, federal officials said. This year the programput 17 more wolvesinto Yellowstone and 20 others in Idaho. An increasing number of wolves, some of which have shown a penchant for wandering far outside Yellowstone's borders, worries ranchers, even those like a HUGE MEMORIAL.DAY SALE! 847 N. STATE, OREM ee e Mickelson, whose land is about ill: Wolves roamed the mountain- tl 140 miles southof the park ous ranges of Sublette County until about the late 1920s or early | ed by ranchers andothers as prodi- | “The pack of wolves — Bake | Outlel HTL 1930s whenthey were exterminat- gious predators. %.| Geyser i l | ‘otato Ips $4 90 , ut || Bake Glazed Sweet Rolls + Outlel cepaSes Ee = See ioe i |! 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Family members are skeptical that the government can monitor and control the movements of the wolves Mickelson points as evidence to a wolf that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Servicelost track of, only to have it surface, dead, near Daniel “Fish and Wildlife said they wouldtell people where these animals are, but they didn’t doit,” said Mickelson as he lights a match with a flick against his thumbnail andth his Swisher Sweet cig bureaucrats havefailed in their job all they know is what they learnedin a book. All they have is theory. They don’t know what the teal worldis about.” Here's real world on the Mickelson ranch. Mickelson takes over the caly ing-watch shift from the ranchhand who spent the night helping cows give birth During the day, Mickelsqn and his veterinarian son Gordon Jr., give vaccines for black leg, purple gut, scours and other infections that cankill acalf The calving seasonends in the next few weeks. Sofar the Mick elson ranch has brought 500 calves into the world. They'll lose about 40 of themat birthing time and another 10 percent before he takes the calves to market in the = ae ii 40 others,” Mickelson said in a reference to wolves biting the prey’s hind legs to immobilize the eee Senaan Outle! 373-4333 ay picscccc nana nn esen anna a nnnnnnn=- 4 Reetone creett Bake II it aera aaut} 241 W. 500 NORTH, PROVO en se | Ou on.[ BUY ONE GET ONE FREE! Der vy : {Oem sheep) and they'll hamstring 30 to e 50° a ee5 would kill twoorthree or four (cattle or -5 Bie See our Quality Selection and Styles 195 Starting at fall Hurry While Supplies Are Good. Between April and October,it will take 22 poundsofhay per day to feedjust one calf — or lumping all expenses togetherit rounds up to $60 per yearfor a calf and $270 a year for a cow. With plummeting cow andcalf prices at market, the ranching industry is hurting, Mickelsonsaid. And ranchers fear wolves eventually will again become a prob- iin tedaeee: “They y are a ferocious predator,’ Mickelson said. “That is why they were eradicated in the first place. If they get the wolves back in packs again, it will happen again. Wolves kill for the love of killing.” ponsoredby G ats 8 ar i" 6 Leya KSL Tickets nowavailable MARRIOTT CENTER TICKET OFFICE Tickets by Phone 378-BYU-1 Outside Utah County Phone 800-322-BYU-1 woop 223 West $ Center woo o Provo 00D 0 373-1908 Open: NITU Re Mon.-Fri. 10-6 S FURNITURE ° Wewill finish or show you Sat. 10-5 Coeeccecccecovooeccoes |