Show ijrM r'zl 4M f H f r''i vo u '( :lt: fVf ' 'J u ir u ' t i t Ac'i lOZJZLLajLk Serving Utah’s Great Pahvant Valley USPS mrnjnillardCSMQrn Mercy Mission to a desert land on the far side of the Earth give back"' Certified Surgical Technician Minium journal during (lie compiled a three week nhe wa gone 1 lie norma! trip hint two week but tin one lunlcd three due to the approaching Olympic (iame hi China Ihc newlywed Manning now Minhon Manning White coiinenled to chare highlight of her experience with the reader of the Chronicle Progress Her good friend and fellow traveler Angie Hcndcroit RN ulo contributed to the danger "It is not uncommon Mishon Manning White far left team In Ulaanbaatar Mongolia assisting a combined i: MongolianAmerican surgical capital of Mongolia and Ihe remote area of the country Minhon wa in for three day Ulaanbaatar before departing with six other on a two- Ulaanbaatar account To tin end Minhon found hcmclf along with other lech KN and doctor from Utah on a 24 hour flight to Mongolia Ihcy weal to Mongolia because no one c!c chime to go there to improve and local medical kill knowledge the Dr W C Swanson I amily foundation of Ogden Utah It was the 2Klh trip for the Swanson family Inundation Ihe foundation wa stalled by Dr W C Swanson a podiatrist to perfoim surgery oversea Chuck Swanson not an M D chairman and I () of the I oundation since die passing of his father Stiplic arc donated by medical supply companies and the sale reps that call upon Ihc hospital in Ihc tJS "1 hi was surgical workslmp in Mongolia Wc visited four hospital with three local personnel objectives instructing regarding1 Cancer - I) laparoscopic surgery 2) and 3) Orthopedic tumors record keeping not surveillance It was at tins tunc in 2(Rr7 wlicn West Nile Virus was hamd in pools from our District 'Ihc information was almost a month old by the lime it got to the lotint It was good to know that we had record of having found West Nile Virus but the results were too late Pi effect a rco!ise front our control agency 'Ihc WMMAD urge everyone riot be complacent aliotii West Nile Virus We want to remind everyone to avoid being for the area to have mosquitoes lest positive for W'cst Nile Virus In 200f there were five different and one horse that mosquito trapping tested positive for the virus In 2007 there wa only one mosquito trapping that tested positive 1 he Mirsquilo Abatement District takes pride that no trapping kite ha tested positive in Ihe following week's collection Ihe positive test on July 10 is the earliest we have ever hail A long mosquito season is Mill ahead of us and finding the virus this early is a concern because of the tunc left for the aid Idon R ow Icy virus to gel stronger WMMAD manager aid the Utah Stale Health Rowley Department has been doing a great job testing the mosquitoes for many years 'lesting on a control organizational level hi program ha not been necessary bitten by mosquitoes Some prudent measures to prevent contrai ling West Nile Virus arc Slay indoor at dunk and dawn as much as possible 2 f)on T sleep outside Uc insect rcjiellml when you are outdoors especially at dusk and dawn 4 tires and mply old buckets containers that hold water 5 Rrport any standing water to Ihe District so water can ic treated If you have any questions contact the West Millard Mosquito Abatement 4742 Dislrii t at Hinckley Pioneer Day speaker fred flkeem of Hinckley will near in Hinckley to a Day attendee kuperh oration recounting Ihe clllcmrnl of ihe area Skccm is to be the featured Speaker of the Day for July 24 m Him k ley lie was born 930 in ( Jusi to Peter I dwin Skcern and I ontella Talbot Raised in Oasis he attended A(J Nelson School m Deseret and then lluicklcy High School In 1940 he married his best friend Iva aKiic Webb Together they raised seven children red and Iva'sdcucndcnl in Hinckley now number over 100 Iva passed away earlier this year ami is sorely missed Skccm' ancestors were some of Ihc first settlers in Hinckley and included the Theobalds and Tallnils He will talk about the founding of Hinckley and some of ihc history of the town He Is a student in Ihe history lie has had a fervent interest in all aspects of that history All who would like to learn more about Hinckley and the surrounding area are invited to attend Skccm worked for 31 years on Ihc railroad and has farmed all of Ins life His garden is one of renown Ills hobbies include restoring old farm equipment but mainly old buggies and wagons His current project is a doctor buggy and a sheep camp Pioneer technology Ihe contingent included personnel from McKay Dec hospital the IJ of U Hospital the Huntsman Cancer Inotituie InternuHinlam Medical Center and other The team wa xtuorcd ha been funded with federal money The federal money lias been decreasing and in 2007 the results from the Health At one Department were week behind time in the past the decision was made not to test the backlogged mosquito pool in favor of testing the more recent pools this wa a good decision ticcausc only when the testing result arc timely can Ihc Control organization rear to control those Old results arc for infected mosquitoes MontUiLc lupjvd on lbur July 10 at 0000 North and 4500 Went in Delta tented for Virus Went Nile positive he trap were set out on Wednesday evening and by 2 00 p rn on Thursday tlie result were in The mosquiUw were Icklcd with equipment purchased by the W'ct Millard Mosquito Abatement District with a grant from the Utah of Agriculture and food Department ha Corporation Response Itiorncdical diagnostic test developed a rapid for Went Nile Virus The Rapid Analyte Measurement I'latforrn (RAMI’) system wa used by the Went Millard Mosquito Abatement District to obtain the fast results to notify the public of this potential by Dean Draper A local woman went to the lar side of the l arth to pay back a perkona! debt to the medical tommumty'k expertise About five ycaik ago Minium Manning had ktopped during a blinding hailstorm to oiler help to another driver in diktrckk Another car ktopped and a young man came up to offer help an well Another vehicle came into the aica at about 70 mph It ktruck Mishon and the man lie died at the kccne of the accident “She khouldn't have kumved Minium underwent extensive nuigeiy She wa in a wheelchair for not monthn Site nuffered broken arnik and legn Her pclvm wan broken Her face wan smashed in She wan one mckkcd up girl" said Ken Manning Minhon'a father “She here for a reanon She ha a deep desire to nerve the medical trauma - pmc kurgeric" naid Minhon statement "1 he Swanson foundation' We go to teach not to do surgery We arc here to learn from each other - to teach July 16 2008 West Nile Virus Found Again in Millard County Medicine goat entrails and Mongolia community asked her a year ago why do you want the woild? She to go half way acton naid ’I have a domic to give back to the medical community that caved my life How ungrateful to (iod to nay no and not Vol 98 No 01 0 It takes surgical Impllmenls are sterilized In this Improvised autoclave a pressure cooker like the one In most Millard County homes Doing what stage trip to extreme rural Mongolia near the Russian border Ihc first pad of the delict was at the end of a trip to tram rule Upon arrival the team joined Mongolian doctors to perform a gall bladder surgery During the next five days they checked up after last year' trip and did a few other surgeries "'Ihc hospital look you back 50 years It had walls smelled of chlorine used as a disinfectant and hud an autoclave for equipment sterilization Mishon said (Due can sec an autoclave at the ( ircat llasin Museum used by Dr M Ilnd similar to the one m Mongolia) Ihe local doctor were treating a man who had contracted necrotizing flesh eating bacteria - at the fasciitis hospital Ihcy were riot able to diagnose hi problem Ihc patient had had an curlier which had gone appendectomy bad Mishon said Ihc pulicnt wa affected See Mercy Mission on page 12 Frod Skoom lie docs leather work hi his spare tunc reads voraciously and restores antiques If there is an old tool from the pioneer days available he has it and can tell how to use it If anything ever happened to cars electricity gas etc Skcern would be the person to have around lie knows Imw to live without any of die converueru es and how to live well in so doing ’Sterile" restrooms at the hospital them and for them to teach us " Surgeries are performed but m a The workshop classroom environment contingent worked long day from 6 a m to II p m It wa not all work and no play After wotk lour were taken of Rodeo fans will "Snort" at Hinckley's Rodeo clown The Hinckley Rodeo held on Wed and Thur July 23 & 24 feature Jon Taylor and hi fiberglass horse "Snort" rodeo clown will The professional perform each night of the rodeo Taylor is a 40 year veteran of the rodeo He started after he returned from Vietnam m 196M "I worked a a laborer with bucking and saddle bronc stock when the rodeo bos asked me if I'd like to be a barrclman I decided to give it a try The other pro down taught me a lot and I got pretty good at it" said Taylor Taylor' act "Snort" was chosen for the The national Rodeo Final three tune fibcrglas horse u used to round up Use meanest bull He also brings a couple of other small act w ith him ©npy Mayor Donald lirown contacted Taylor to ask him to perform at this year's Hinckley Rodeo on July 23 and 24 They got to comparing notes Taylor waa performing at the Ute Stampede in Nephi a few year ago An extremely ornery bull got a horn hooked inside the band and broke ihe banclman'i leg lirown asked if Taylor knew who it was and Taylor know who it was It was replied "Ye my leg that got broke!" Taylor retired once but had to get back m the band and the saddle again Taylor in many Utah rodeo and has perform first das act Come to Hinckley for the Pioneer Day celebration and treat yourself to a great time watching Taylor's famous comedy act Mitton Memmott wrangling Sciplo Sculptor and Traveling about Millard County often delight the eye with the unexpected In (icorgia Monroe' Scipio front yard are two monster bull elk They are off limit to hunting and wouldn’t taste very good iiut they are a sight to behold The elk are made of steel elk of his making in a Scipio front yard artist "It look a bit to get the antler right" said Milton Memmott creator of the bull "they look pretty real when the " w ml blow Memmott is an accomplished arlist creating many different things with wood and metal when he isn't working as a ranch hand Down at (iary Hudson's antique More m the cornet in S quo a wooden boat display case made by Memmott (iary said Memmott is also a very accomplished knife makrt |