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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 4, 2000 Community Utah Department of Health Influenza recommendations for 2000-0- 1 season Makers of the Influenza vaccine have told the F ood and'Drug Administration FDA) and C enters for Decease Control (CDC) to expect nationwide dela s for the 2000-0- 1 season. It appears that a limited amount of accine will be av ailable during October and No ember with some shipments arriving in December. The Utah Department of Health is urging all health care provides who provide flu vaccines to ensure that high-ris- k patients receive vaccination according to the following priorities as recommended by CDC. First Priority to receive available flu vaccine are those individuals at highest risk of complications and death from influenza which are the following; Nursing home or institutionalized patients. Individuals with chronic disease orimmunosuppressed ages six months-6- 5 years and older. General population age 65 or older. Second Priority to receive available flu vaccine in the following order; - 1. Health care workers with direct patient contact. 2. Household contacts of chronically ill or immunosup-presse- d ( patients. 3. Maternity patients in ond and third trimester. Third Priority sec- to receive available flu vaccine in the following order: 1. Critical community workers (police, fire, public works, teachers) Population age 50 or older Foreign travelers General work force General population (stay at home) Influenza vaccine should be offered to unvaccinated persons throughout the entire flu season to prevent missed opportunities and avoid wastage of vaccine. The peak of influenza cases occurs in February 7 07c ofthe time, so vaccine received in December or January would be effective if this is a typical year. The Utah Department of Health further recommends that providers and the public keep in mind that pneumococcal vaccine is recommended for many of the same people for whom in fluenza vaccine is indicated and is given year round. This vaccine is usually given just once in a lifetime. However, some people with certain chronic illnesses may need a second dose five years after the 2. 3. 4. 5. first dose. The Kane County Health Department will keep the public informed when we receive the vaccine. We will put a schedule of our clinics in the paper as soon as we receive the vaccine. You may also call 644-253- 7. Enchilada Barbies is another of artist Tom Forsythes pieces that dollmaker Mattel took offense to injunction to stop him from selling. Last week, the judge ruled in Forsythes favor. BLM seeks public comment on 3R minerals proposal The Bureau of Land Management has released a Draft Envi- ronmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for 3R Minerals Coal Bed Canyon proposal to change mining operations on lands within Grand Staircase-Escalant- e National Monument. This DEIS is prepared in response to the Notice of Intent to Revise Mining Operations filed . by 3R Minerals in June, 1999. It analyzes the anticipated impacts of 3R Minerals proposed action and three alternatives to the proposal. 3R Minerals has a valid existing right to mine within the Monument. The DEIS is available for public review and comment. The 4.8 acre mine is located On January 7, 1999, the surface and mineral estate, along with the interest in the State lease was conveyed to the United States, Bureau of Land Management via the Utah Schools and Lands Exchange Act of 1998 . Language in that act preserved 3R Minerals existing right to mine as approved by the State. On June 15, 1999, the BLM received 3R Minerals Notice of Intent to Revise Mining Operations. Under the lease, any proposed changes to 3R Minerals approved Plan of Operation would be subject to approval by the BLM. Therefore, the decision to be made, is not whether mining should be allowed, but rather within the Monument along whether the Notice of Intent to Alvey Wash about 4 miles south- Revise Mining Operations west of Escalante. should be approved, approved Miner3R with certain conditions, or deMining activity by als within the Monument is nied. Based upon this review, based on mineral lease issued an Environmental Impact Stateby the Utah State Institutional ment (EIS) is being prepared to Trust Lands Administration assess potential impacts to re(September 1, 1997) when the sources within the Monument. In general, the key differences mining site was state land. Alafthe lease was between issued the existing approved though ter the Monument was estab- mine plan and the proposed lished, it occurred on State lands modifications are: fawhich were not affected by the Approved Presidential Proclamation. 3R cilities would be located on priMinerals was granted approval vate land near Escalante. Up to to mine by appropriate State 10 haul trucks per day would agencies and has been conduct- transport raw material from the ing limited mining activity on mine site to the processing facilthe site since. ity. Waste material after pro Plan-Processi- . Pigskin Predictions Winner Week 3 ng Subscribe to the SUN today! Ted Atherty nosed out Boyd Glover on the tiebreaker to win last weeks $25 gift certificate from Melodie Black of Colemans Exxon. Both men picked o piqks, Waytq gg Tgdf j spYM Wl.Qf IQ in a tougji week VvM.U.U and filed an 4 I 4 4 I t li u u m i m i i ii m 1 1 m 1 1 cessing would be hauled back to site. Water and power would come from a private source or Escalante City utilities. Pit excavations would be up to 10 feet deep: Proposed Modification-Processin- g facilities would be located at the mine site on a fenced pad about 100' by 150'. Up to 6 ' haul trucks per day would transport concentrated sands from mine site to railhead. Water used in processing would come from an on site well. Water would be stored in a pond and recycled. Power would come from on site generators. Pit excavations could be up to 30 feet. Written comments to the DEIS will be accepted until December 4, 2000. Comments should be sent, to Paul Chapman, EIS Team Leader, Grand Staircase-Escalant- e National Monument, 180 West 300 North, Kanab, Utah 84741. Also, an open house will be held at the Conference Center at Rubys Inn, located on Highway 63 near the entrance to Bryce Canyon National Park, on November 6, 2000 from 5:00-8:0- 0 p.m. The purpose of the open house is to clarify information in the DEIS. The DEIS will be published in the Federal Register October 6, 2000. Copies DEIS are available at the BLM Utah State Office Public Room, 324 South State St., Suite 400; Monument Office, 180 W. 300. N., Kanab; and Escalante Field Station, 755 W. Main, Escalante, Copies may be obtained by contacting the of-th- e Monument Headquarters at |