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Show 18A The Salt Lake Tribune Sunday, July 15. lr 19ft4 Common Carrier Utahn Learns How to Feed Starving Deer in Winter Because it was arduous work and the snowpack was heavy, Mr. Dean took a friend with him each time in case he got into trou- By Sharon Morrey no reason for deer to starve during the winter storms in Utah, says one man in American Fork who thinks he has a pretty good answer to the problem of feeding and protecting the deer herds in Utah canyons. Bernell Dean, American Fork, spent the winter feeding 200 better part of the 1983-8head of deer at the mouth of American Fork Canyon on bitter brush and apple tree clippings. Mr. Dean figures the apple tree clippings could be the answer to the problem of too little food for Utah Deer during severe win- Theres ble. 4 four-whe- ters. If we could get a good little feeding program going here, we would solve three prob- - Todays Common Carrier author is Mrs. , Sharon Morrey, 542 N. 400 East, American Fork, Utah 84003. Mrs. Morrey is a freelance newspaper correspondent for the American Fork Citizen and the mother of six children. The article reflects the views of the author and Bernell Dean of American Fork. lems, Mr. Dean believes. We could help out the orchard farmers, we could provide the Scouts with a good service project and feed hungry deer at the same time. Mr. Dean says the deer come into the orchards looking for the apples that have dropped onto the ground and end up eating the young trees, looking for buds and early growth. The deer can completely strip a young tree and wreak havoc with an orchard. Mr. Dean says that just isn't necessary when the clippings could be gathered, shredded and hauled up to the deer keeping the deer in their natural habitat and providing a cheap feed the deer can tolerate. Accoridng to Mr. Dean and the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, deer have been fed many of the wrong things during the winter and many died because of it. People with good intentions have done a lot of damage," says Mr. Dean. Ive wit At my age, you can get to huffing and puffing and into trouble, I had to be careful, he said. The deer soon began to recognize the sound of his truck, learned that his appearance meant food was available and would follow him from bush to bush as he clipped. Mr. Dean says he was soon hooked on the feeding program. I would sit down to eat my dinner and it would storm and I would get to thinking, 'What are my deer eating? I went out in some mighty rough storms, Ill tell you. Mr. Dean is, in fact, so involved in the feeding that he wants to get statewide help in moving orchard gleanings up to the deer next winter. The deer we fed here left in extremely good condition. I never saw any starved deer here. Mr. Dean only got his apple tree clipping program going as the deer began to return up the canyon in early spring. He believes a nessed a lot of detrimental acts, they bring up old, wet hay that no animal will eat. The hay balls in their intestines and it kills them. Christmas trees, theyll eat before theyll eat their front feet, he continues. If a deer is far gone the used bread and old apples can kill him. A healthy deer can handle those things. I checked with the Department of Fish and Game in Spanish Fork before I did anything, says Mr. Dean. I wanted to be sure what I was doing would help and not hurt the deer. Mr. Deans game plan included trips to the canyon mouth two and three times a week. He spent a couple of hours each time the tops of the bitter brush and dropping them where the deer could get to them. He was careful not to drop the clippings into the heavy snow because the deer had trouble foraging them out again. hand-clippin- g program gathering and shredding the clippings and transporting well-organiz- them up to the deer keeping them close to the mountain could save more deer and prevent many of the problems raised when deer try to survive alongside man. You get people coming up to the feeding troughs with their dogs and they run the deer when they cannot afford to run. Then you have the type who harass the deer with a rifle. You have people who come up and tear down a whole bush getting them the bitter brush (Dean notes the deer prefer the very tips of the bushes.) We need a program that keeps the deer in his natural habitat. According to Mr. Dean, even the alfalfa and grain pellets used by Wildlife Resources can be too hot for a weakened deer to absorb. Fresh lettuce and produce can produce a toxic condition in a deers unique system. With this plan, the would be eating a food, one they like and one they crave. The orchard owners wouldnt have to be contending with foraging deer and the Scout troops would be helping where help is really needed. natural Its a good feeling, Mr. Dean said. Ive enjoyed it. I think a lot of people would like to help. We just need to let them know whats the right way. How to Submit Articles To Common Carrier Board of Lay Editors Opinions expressed in Common Carrier do not necessarily reflect those of The Salt Lake Tribune or the Common Carrier Board of Lay Editors. Articles in this department are selected by the lay board of editors which operates independent of The Tribune editorial and repor-toripolicies. The Common Carrier board, representing a cross section of the community, is composed of Mrs. Mary Green, a veteran federal employee; Dr. David Miller, psychologist; Mrs. Deanna Clark, civic worker and past president of the League of Women Voters; Kenneth D. Robinson, business al Chicago Tribune Service Are runners more intelligent than most of us? Are runners better educated? Do they make more money? These are questions I have never thought about. But a writer for a New York sports magazine called and said he was doing a story on runners. I know about New York runners," he said, but I dont know anything about Chicago runners, and I thought you might be able to help. Are you a runner? Mr. Koko when chased. Only being But you do know runners? Its impossible not to. Theyre everywhere, especially in and around Lincoln Park, which I live near. Well, the quality of the companies that sponsor running events and advertise in running magazines seems to indicate that runners are more intelligent, better educated and have more money. These are companies whose products are directed at those kind of people. And I wondered if that description would fit Chicago runners. Not entirely. Chicago runners definitely are not very intelligent. Why do you say that? Because on the hottest, muggiest, most miserable of days, I see hordes of runners in the park, gasping, sweating, tongues lolling, eyes bulging. Thats not intelligent. On a day like that, a (ruly intelligent person is calmly sitting, not running. We seek out a comfortable, shady, restful place, such as an tavern, where we can cool the inside as well as the outside of our bodies. "What about education? Would you say that the average runner in Chicago is better educated than the average pernon-runni- son? Yes, thats probably true, since this nation foolishly believes in educating so many people beyond their intelligence. "Well, why do educated people run? For one thing, the more formal education you have, the less work you do. Thats why so many people go to college in the first place to avoid sweat and calluses. So its unlikely that a waitress would want to subject her feet to further torment after a day of work. Or that somebody who has been delivering beer cases or doing construction work for eight hours would think it was fun to go home and lope around the block in a funny On the other hand, some young lawyer might run. After sitting behind a desk all day, creating new lies, it would give him exercise while preparing him for the day his car broke down while pursuing an ambulance. But isnt the fact that they are the reason they run? Because they are more aware of the cardio-vasculbenefits of running, and theyre more conscious of such things? Oh, a few. But that really isnt the main reason they run. There are other more compelling reasons. Such as?" well-educat- ar Sex. Sex?" Of course. TJjeir main concern is how they look to members of the opposite sex when they take their clothes off. Men joggers run so they will look skinny they prefer the word lean and female joggers are worried about having bumpy thighs and large hips and bottoms. Well, our research in New York tells us that they run for the health benefits and beg cause of the sense of and accomplishment it gives them. In other words, running as a sport Theyre lying to you. They run because they fantasize about being built like Robert Redford or Brooke Shields. They dont realize that Stan Laurel was built like Robert Redford. For that matter, Stan Laurel was built something like Brooke Shields, too. Ana they can end up looking more like Stan Laurel, which many of them do. well-bein- But what about running as a sport? I hope I dont offend anyone, but most runners run because they cant do much of anything else athletically. Its the American sports tradition to do something with a ball. Throw it, kick it, whack it with a bat or a racket or a club or your hand. Slam it through a hoop. Jar it out of somebodys grasp. And when you run, the American way of sport is to chase or be chased by somebody or something. We run bases or run pass patterns, run the fast break or run for daylight. We dont run around the block or go run in the park with our girlfriends and call that a sport. But because most male runners werent good at any of the traditional sports when they were younger, they now run. When somebody chose up sides, they were probably taking piano lessons. It is sad, but true. Aren't you dealing in broad, unprovable generalities of the worst kind?" Of course. Thats my profession. But these are true, precise, exact unprovable generalities. "But dont you concede that considerable athletic ability i required to run 26 miles in a marathon? Consider the training needed run that far. Could you do it? I wouldnt try because It would be silly especially in Chicago. Why learn to run 26 miles when the average mugger never chases you more than two blocks? well-bein- Material should be mailed to Common Carrier, The Salt Lake Tribune, P.O. Box 867, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84110. Life Goes on in Iraqi Port Despite the Signs of War New York Times Service Why Jog If You Can Be Sipping Gin? representative for the International Association of Machinists, Lodge 1020, and Robert Muldrow.a retired Air Force colonel. The board seeks articles from all segments of the community. Articles need not be professionally prepared, but should be about three and a half pages of doublespaced, typed copy. They should pertain to the economic, political or social g of the Intermountain Area. Articles should be timely, have a basic idea, promote dialogue and be challenging. John Kifner This port city, near the BASRA, Iraq front lines of the Persian Gulf war, is up to its ears in sandbags. Mike Royko Its easy to see where Ive been this winter," he comments. "Even that is not too good, it would be better to go with the clippings and leave the bitter brush There arent enough of the bushes to feed a lot of deer, but the apple tree clippings could make one huge amount of free feed." Mr. Dean is hoping his idea will be picked up and used throughout the state. He is even willing to spearhead the plan providing he can muster the necessary manpower. Head-hig- h walls of the bags line the banks of the Shatt al Arab waterway, the perimeter of the market area, the sidewalks of the main streets, and government buildings. They also surround the local headquarters of the ruling Baath Party and filling stations. Basra is Iraqs main port. But for the most part, after nearly four years of war with Iran, Basra seems to have adopted its own, somewhat somnolent, routines to deal with the effects of the fighting. The bombardments began at the beginning of the war and they still go on, said Khalid Khadhum, a young student. You get used to this. Khadhum, a Baath Party member like the rest of his family, takes regular training in light arms as a member of the Popular Army, a reserve defense force. Thus far there has been little indication that an Iranian offensive that has been widely believed to be imminent has begun. It is expected that Basra would be a prime target of any such Iranian drive. American military intelligence, presumably working from satellite photographs, has reported increasing concentrations of Iranian troops, ammunition, and other equipment, and has predicted an imminent offensive. One theory was that it would begin after the Moslem holy month of Ramadan, which ended more than a week ago. But Western military observers in Baghdad said they had seen no indication thus far of any offensive. Nor was there any sign of unusual military activity on the road south to Basra, a highway over flat arid land decorated with large representations of President Saddam Hussein that look like giant cardboard cutouts. There was little sign of martial hustle and bustle. The Iranians appear to have lost the initiative by delaying after their March offensive, in which they captured Majnoon Island but were stopped in the marshes, according to one Western military observer. He noted that two months ago the daily Iraqi military communiques were listing 150 air sorties a day, but this had fallen to practically nothing. The communiques seemed to list small unit infantry clashes now. The oppressive, energy-sappin- g heat of the gulf area in the early summer was one factor weighing heavily against an Iranian push now, military observers said, but they noted that Iran has staged a July offensive in the past. One strategy might be to keep the Iraqi army on constant alert, thus draining morale and hampering training, before starting an offensive in the fall. Military ob servers also pointed to reports of disagreements between Irans military and religious leaders. Iraq has recently amassed a huge arsenal of foreign-supplie- d largely equipment to meet an assault. In Soviet ard French addition to a large number of fighter planes, the equipment is said to include new stores of locally manufactured mustard gas and at least 5,000 cluster bombs. Hussein has spoken of a river of ammunition to be used against his enemies. Iraqi commanders have also said they would not hestitate to use chemical warfare. Here in Basra, uniformed soldiers and women in black chadors doing the family shopping throng through the narrow, crowded streets of the market area, shaded by d overhanging upper stories in the traditional local architectural style. Government efforts appear to have ensured that bread, fruit, vegetables, meat, and other necessities are in good supply. The last serious shelling here was in earmediated by ly June, before the cease-fir- e the United Nations, although Iraqi officials say some shells fell the morning the pact took effect. A U.N. military team has arrived to monitor the cease-fir- e but has received no formal complaint from Iraq. Iraqi officials said that much of the Iranian shelling of Basra was aimed at the Cabaret District, where the nocturnal amusements frequently sought in port cities are centered, and that several bars had been destroyed. Rising beside the river, its entrance garlanded by sandbags, is the luxurious new Sheraton Hotel, one of an astounding number of expensive construction projects completed during the war. The hotel was clearly designed to separate wealthy Kuwaitis from their money. The Kuwaiti border, across which Moslem law is more strictly enforced, is but 45 minutes from Basra, where markedly more tolerant attitudes prevail despite the wars effects on business. The Iraqi tradition of celebrating marriages at this time of year seems unaffected. The other night caravans of buses filled with rhythmically clapping, singing, celebrating wedding parties careered along the highway by the river, lined with ships that have been trapped since the beginning of the war, while artillery thudded dully in the distance. Along the highway the next day, an army truck carrying expended artillery shells was flagged down by two of the Ministry of Information officials who closely supervise foreign journalists here. Grinning broadly, they swapped a couple of warm soft drinks for two of the brass shell casings. We polish them and put flowers in," explained one. Very beautiful. wood-frame- 7 s--) vY LIKE CLIENTS To PURCHASE STAfsiCAL. rAiayve tx ( |