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Show THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22. 1976 Conservation Officer Relates True Story Once upon a time there was a conservation officer who was asn water-fow- l signed to work a management area on the opening day of the 1976 waterfowl season. Although he was now new to duck hunting, he had only been working for the Division of Wildlife Resources for a year. What he saw that day made him think. He was surprised, a little sad and even well-know- moment's carelessness could have been responsible for a lifetime of sorrow and pain. It could have been the cause of a lifelong handicap to a young, vital man of twenty. It is not just the young man who pulled the trigger who must stop to think about his actions. All of us every man, woman, boy and girl who participate in the shooting sport must be safety conscious at all times. We must think safety. We must remind others to think safety. It is a matter .of life and death. There were other things happening, too, that made the officer think. There were a few hunters who seemed to isolate themselves in the marshes. They began hunting 20 minutes before legal shooting time. It made hunting difficult for the majority of hunters who wanted to wait. Other hunters came without the proper equipment and then shot birds that were out of range or that would land in deep open water when they had no waders, dogs or boat with which to fetch the birds. Their practices were not unsafe; but ethically, they were not the right things to do. The future of the sport depends, in part, on all hunters doing what is right and being safety minded at all times. Loud Music May 800,000 Kilowatts of New Damage Hearing Generation Will Supply Area The comination of loud music and booze may pose extra risks for your hearing, according to a University of Utah researcher. Dr. Martin Robinette, associate professor of audiology in the Department of Communication, says a middle ear muscle that contracts to protect the eardrum from loud noise apparently doesn't operate as efficiently when a person is tipsy. scared. He based his conclusions on a Duck hunting is very popular and k study at the Wayne State always draws large crowds. BeUniversity Medical School in Decause of the number of hunters in troit, Mich., his alma mater. Paid one area, special problems arise, volunteers who described themproblems involving safety. As he selves as social drinkers were drove home that afternoon, just tested while sober and while legally such a problem occurred. drunk. Half-wa- y to the gate he slammed The Utah professor emphaized on his brakes in order to avoid five that vodka drinking occurred under muzzle blasts as a small group of controlled laboratory conditions folhunters fired across the road at a lowing a careful medical screening g duck. Another twenty of each of the project volunteers. feet and the shots would have gone In essence, we found the mechahis He window. to through nism that operates to protect the stopped talk to the hunters about their ear from loud sound isnt as efunsafe habits. ficient when theres alcohol in the The group of hunters were system, Dr. Robinette explained. Three of the seven subjects who young. The oldest was maybe 20 years old. Mos of them were about began the project dropped out, 16. The officer tlked with them primarily because the alcohol contrying to make them understanding sumption made them ill. The that their carelessness could kill were graduate students at someone, perhaps even one of the Waayne State. friends they were hunting with. He Each of the four who finished two men and two women underemphasized how important it was to be conscious of everything went 50 hours of testing in sound around you when you are hunting: proof booths comfortably equipped Where is your hunting neighbor with reclining chairs. They took located? How many shells are in part in both drinking and nondrinkis muzzle Where the gun? your ing sessions. off? on Is or the pointed? safety They reached a rather high level What is behind your taget? Do you of intoxication, Dr. Robinette said. know exactly what your target is? Approximately 200,000 lunches They were legally drunk. We got Do you really want what youre were served each day in the schools their blood level up to between .10 of Utah last year. The emphasis in and .15, or to a shooting at? point where they While he was talking to the group the school lunch program is to meet were really feeling the affects of of boys, he noticed that one of them the individual student's needs. alcohol. was staying in the rear with his Some of the needs are nutritional; The subjects became drunk slowback to the group. The young boy so the Type A lunch must contain ly over a period of approximatewas very nervous as the officer the necessary ingredients. Four ly two hours with researchers asked him to join the rest of the basic food groups make up the monitoring the increase in their group. As the young hunter ap- Type A lunch - milk, meat or meat blood alcohol level. alternative, fruit and vegetable, Once the subjects became intoxiproached the group, he ejected-livshells from his shotgun and then and bread. Another need may be cated, they were exposed to short tested the gun to make sure it was economic. Three options are avail- bursts of high level noise to deempty. He pulled the trigger, and a able; full price (the average charge termine the reaction of the stapedinumber four shot to the elementary student last year us muscle in the middle ear. round of a mere was 38.5 cents and 44 cents for the tore a hole in the ground The level and magnitude of the reand free two feet from his friend's foot. student), was determined by an contraction secondary The young man was scared. The duced priced meals. Guff Snow, electroacoustic impedance bridge, a conservation officer was scared Coordinator, Utah State Board of device attached to the ear that because the shot had only been Education's School Food Services, measured reflected waves off the three feet away from his foot. The said that the student's eligibility for eardrum. When alcohol was present, reyoung boy apologized to his friend the free or reduced priced meals is he was truly sorry. His sorrow, determined by the income eligibil- sults of these measures indicated however, could not have replaced, ity scale published by the U.S. that a higher level of noise was nor could it have compensated for, Department of Agriculture each necessary to elicit the muscle con-- . a lifetime of deformity or incom- July. Size of family and amount of traction; the amount of contraction was decreased and there was no plete use of his friend's foot. One income is the base used. longer time delay between the onset of the noise and the tion. Later, the subjects underwent 10 minutes of a high level band of noise. After a three minute respite, there hearing threshold was tested 1 and found to be poorer than in nondrinking sessions. Dr. Robinette said that during the test periods the lowest level of noise used was comparable to city traffic and the highest equivalent to a rock and roll band. 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Jose te 800,000 KOowatts economic growth. of new generation supply area population, is more than 70 percent complete and scheduled to be in operation early spring 1977. The Huntington Plant initial unit, which has received accolades from environmentalists and archietcts, is well below federal and state pollution Utah Power & Light Co. is spending over $400 million for two new, generating units located in Emery County in Central Utah. The units, currently under construction, will boost the companys generating capacity 800,000 kilowatts and will supply electricity for population and economic growth in Utah and southeastern Idaho the utilitys service area. Both Utah and Idaho pace the nation in n population growth. UP&L's Plant second unit coal-burni- 31 ng requirements, and its second unit will incorporate sulfur dioxide controls. Steelwork for the firms Emery Plant initial unit is virtually completed and stands about 30 percent complete. Its 400,000-kilowa- tt generator is scheduled to go Hunt-intoingto- on line mid-197- 8. State Plan for Special Education Available The Utah state plan for federal expenditures on special education of children who are unserved or not being served adequately is not available from the Office of the Utah State Board of Education. For the current year, these supplemental federal funds for Utah are estimated at $593,015, according to Dr. Elwood Pace, state director of special education. The money is made available through Title VI, Part B, administered by the U. S. Office of Education's Bureau of the Handicapped. The Office of the Utah STate State Board of Education is responsible for assuring that funds for the current year will be used to identify and begin special programs for unserved handicapped children through a project called Project Identification, and to provide spen cial programs for handicapped who are nt. being served. the 40 local During 1975-7school districts in the state had a total of 33,083 children enrolled in average daily membership in spe chQ-dre- 6, cial education programs, according to Dr. Pace. He estimates the districts spent $17,935,827 in state, county and local funds for the special education programs. Absentee Voters Besure and Vote Salt Lake County Gerk, W. Sterling Evans, has asked those registered voters will will be out of town on general election day, Tuesday, November 2nd, that they can now vote in the County Clerks Office (absentee ballot) from October 15th untO Monday evening at 5:00 p.m. on November 1. This includes all working days, with the exception of Monday, October 25, which is a legal holiday (veterans Day). Evans said however, to accommodate those who may not be able to come in during the week days, they wOl be open from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 30. The location is 240 East 4th South. Please Help Marmalade Hill School, an agency working with children who dont function maximally in the public schools, needs: electric typewriter, mimeograph, musical instruments, elec- tric ceramic kiln, paper cutter, adding machine, cameras, tape recorder, woodworking and automobile tools. If you can help with a tax deductible gift please call Janet at 534-072- 3 or 531-009- 6. 860 South 10th East |