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Show July 27. 1999- - Page 13 Basin LIFE Uintah Basin Standard Those buzzing, biting, jumping, crawling summer bugs bugging you? te find a new place to feed. When leaves on plants begin to curl, open them up. Cooper aays and look inside, you may see these tiny n Aphid are popping up. critters sometimes called plant hopping, squash bugs raidlce," inside a curling leaf. This ing the garden, wasp are everywhere and bill bugs are cropping off means there is an aphid problem. The fall webworm, which feeds your lawn, so it's a normal summer, on fruit and ornamental trees is right? By Cheryl Slecham grasa-hoppe- Well, according to Troy Cooper, Duchesne County Utah Stats Uni becoming a seasonal problem, Cooper says, adding that ho has re- - windscorpion or sandpuppy. Its a very menacing looking bug, with a Urge head and two giant claws on the first pair of legs. These can vary in length from one to three inches and are pale colored. They are burrowing insects who favor wood. 'Windscorpion are nocturnal, and they're fast moving. But, they're o beneficial insect ao we recommend that people catch them carefully, because they do bito and put them outside, Cooper explained, adding that windscorpions start to show up in houses about now, trying to cool off. v,f Cooper works in the Duchesne County officea. He can be contacted ext.141. by calling 722-399- 7 ITS CRACKED-- A sidewalk located at the earner of the old Raoscxch Hotel has a long caused by trees, which have been removed. V v UD0T grant will aid city in if DEFINITELY PESTS --Laura Chatwin and Angchnc Jacobs. Roosevelt residents and best friends both agreed that mosquitoes are the worst pests around this year. "Especially when your working around horses, they leave them and go to you!" Laura said. vfr versity extension agent, this is all .reived more than a dosen calls last pretty normal. Peats are just a part week about the pest. Actually the webworm atari life of life on planet Earth. But, there as on of hundreds of eggs laid in are some things folks can do outdoors to make life a little bit better. masses under tree leaves. When the Cooper says he will help identify egga hatch the tiny worms begin to and provide county residents with eat gregariously and they grow. Mature larva arc about one inch information regarding pests, hown or long and a pals ever, property owner must be reis covered with The incontrol weed boay long, and for grey. sponsible whitish hairs which arise from black sect control on their own. The best way is to capture the and orange tubercles. Then about insect without squashing it and they spin a cocoon around their bodies and winter this place it in a jar with rubbing alcohol. The alcohol kills the bug and way. When springtime arrive I leave the body ports soft, says are reborn as a beautiful white i with black spots on the wings and Cooper. If Cooper can't identify the pest occasionally orange marking on then he will ship it off to a lab in legs and body. Lawn billbugs are back and damLogan where specialists will ascertain its species. There is a $5 charge aging turf, however, home owners wool know until the damage is don per insect for this service. Everyone knows what a mosquito because they usually feed on the looks and reels like when it sinks its root. How can you tell if the brown beak into an aim or leg. While some pots in the lawn are caused by residents are complaining about billbugs? Turf will turn yellow, these little blood suckers this is A brown and die. When damage is extensive the turf can be rolled back Mosquito Abatement concern.' Cooas if it were freshly laid sod. Somefall under Other said. bugs per turf ia destroyed by white times bke grasshopper. Coopers interest, Nobody likes grasshoppers it grub, cod webworm, heatdrought seems. They strip plants to the stalk, stress or nutritional deficiencies, so and worst jump into doorways and diagnosis is important. on people. Though they are pesky Billbugs are flightless, elongated, critters, they ran be controlled by eliminating their weed habitat and beetles about a quarter of an inch when young using chemical pesticides. Folks in long. They are brownblack color as the Tooele County have had such and turn darker to a eloncrop destruction by these varmints they mature. They have an that 1 million in aid has been gated snout at the front of the head and will often play possum delivered in the form of grasshopper bait, but there isn't that kind of when disturbed. few Wasps have a property ownproblem here in our county. Cooper said. Aphid numbers are high this ers bugged this year, especially Cikillers, or solitary was pa. These year. Aphids are tiny green bugs cada Mack and yellow wasps are Where are large there infest that plants. which dig galleries or nests in the aphids there are lady bugs and ocBecause of their size they casionally the praying mantis, ground. may seem threatening, however, which loves to feast upon them. Female aphids have the amai-in- g they are a beneficial insect. Cooper potential to lay egg or give live says. Perhaps the oddest and scariest birth, depending on how much food source is available. Live young creature which come around after aphids born with wing can fly sway a hot and dry July ia tho v, - SWATTING AW'A They're out all times of the day. 1 called Mosquito Abatement because I was out at noon and they attacked me!" Roosevelt resident Vickie Augustus said. out for bid this falL The new sidewalk will run from Roy Murray's Truck Stop east to the Maverick intersection, said City Administrator Brad Hancock. In addition to the new sidewalk, the city has Mao committed funding for the repair of sidewalks throughout the city. The repairs will be made on a priority basis, Hancock er hard-shelle- JUST HAILS LM-La- ncc Bud says grasshoppers are a problem in Hancock Cove because, they eat vegetables and jump on me." d, By Cheryl SJecham There is a place nestled in the Cedarview valley where troubled teens are healing, where hope ia restored, where the possibility of a new life is offered. It is Cedar Ridge Treatment Center, created by THOSE DARN BEES-Stu- art Brighton says mosquitoes, grasshoppers and ild bees are bugging him si his house. His mother Christy says the bees arc attracted to wet grass and they've seen more than the average number this year. public land cleanup 722-903- 738-220- 9. 55-AIi- ve Program Attention: Duchesne, Roosevelt and Vernal resident 55 and over. Crossroads Senior Center is sponsoring a program. An insurance discount is giventothoaewho take thisdaa It is an class, to be given Tuea., Sept 7 from 5 p.m. and Sept 8 from 8 am.-1- 2 p.m. Reservations to sign required by Aug. 30. Room for 25 people. Please nil 55-ali- 1-- P- - Duchesne Co. Fair Baby Show The Duchesne County Fair Baby Show will be held Saturday, August 2 1 at Duchesne High. Attire. Swimsuit (props such as sunglasses, swim rings, haw fun!); AgosO-- 4 as of Aug. 2. Deadline for entry etc., can be used-ju- st is Augurt 2. You must be a Duchesne County resident. Pick up registration forms at your local grocery stores. For questions call Cheryl at crested. A committee of downtown mer chant is m the process of coming up with landscaping plans tc spruce up the city's main business are. Hancock says the city is conscientious about the need la repair and replace damaged sidew aius. but has a very limited street budget "We could probably spend $10 million, but we only have $200.0)0 to $300,000 a year we can spend, he commented. "Sidewalks are an expensive item and 1 think Roosevelt to address has been very that problem. pro-acti- ve Roosevelt typically allocates to $ 15,000 a year from their street budget specifically for sidewalk repair and new construction This year the majority of the sidewalk budget will go towards the new sidewalk across the street from $ 10.00C Union. Treatment center celebrates three years of helping teens Program wnria in pari betaute it takes troubled kids completely out of their environment . Inland applauded for Attention all scoutmaster and assistant scoutmasters, varsity coaches, and other scout leaders. The King' Peak District Scout Training banc course is scheduled for Friday k Saturday. July 30 A 31 at the Bndgeland Church. Friday session starts at 6 p m. For more information, call Paul Chambers at or Bob Uoopea, Sidewalks in front of main street businesses are among those in need of immediate attention and are slated for replacement. A sidewalk repair priority list compiled by the road department will determine which sidewalks will see improvements first. Sidewalks ia the downtown ares were heavily damaged from tree roots which caused them to heave and crack. The trees lining main street were removed by the oiy last summer because ofthe damage and the cleanup problems they was Long Term Treatment Program In Cedarview d Scout Training stated. A recently awarded $36,000 grant given to Roosevelt by the Utah Department of Transportation will be used to construct a sidewalk across the street from Union High. The city is contributing $12,000 to the project which is expected to go yellow-brow- oval-shape- sidewalk improvement plans crk. The problem Inland Production Company is a prominent oil and gas operator on Myton Bench south of Myton. Most of Inland's oil and gas operations are on puMic lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management. Inland consistently maintains clean well sites, but reoentlv they decided todomore. After a luncheon at their Myton Office, 47 Inland employee, including supervisors, field workers and office staff fanned out srithin the oil field and along county road to pick up trash that littered the roadway. For more than three hour each worker walked the oil field roods gathering biter. The bagged material was then transported to a central location where it was gathered to be taken to the landfill. BLM Continued on page 20 former Duchesne County resident Robert Nielson. Nielson, a licensed therapist, developed the center on several acres of land north of the Cedarview turnoff In a setting amid cottonwood trees, flower gardens and natural desert beauty stand several structures, including a two-storhouse, y two modular homes, and domeshaped buildings which serve as karate dqjos. An avid martial arts participant, Nielson founded the Uintah Basin Karate Association in the mid 1970s and worked as an instructor. Cedar Ridge is a residential treatment facility, which is classified a low security. explained Christine Haggerty, admissions director, who says the program work because it takes kids completely out oftheir environment and provide them steps to take toward emotional and independent co-e-d. tong-ter- m living. Haggerty aays the program would not work for Basin youth because they would be too doe to home, family and friends Thats why we dooT advertise in this area. We just want to be good neighbors. W have local employees, but arenT effected by Roosevelt s economy, though we do benefit by its economy. This is a very stable business," Haggerty aays. Recently, Cedar Ridge recruited a teacher and therapist to join their staff School goes on year round at Cedar Ridge. Croup and individual therapy are daily occurrences. However, the program give kids much more than counseling and school work. Teens learn skills to cope appropriately in a social environment and work and manage everyday life through a point system that rewards pml activity and a willing attitude. Teens are generally referred to Cedar Ridge through school or individual counselor. Haggerty says, explaining that most of the young people are haring trouble academically Oftentimes they are suffering from low depression and sometimes substance abuse. Though progress is different for highly-structure- self-estee- each individual. Haggerty ssvs counselors often see a turnaround at about two months, adding, some resist and it takes longer. But if the family is involved and supportive of what wcYe doing here, the kid do we!L Initially they are doing a lot of work on themselves." Peer influence is profound and immediate. The kids want sympathy, but they donT get it Students who have been here have a lot of empathy; they'll say. We were new here to.' but they encourage them to do what they nerd to, Haggerty expressed Various levels of emotional growth are experienced by these young people w hile at Cedar Ridge. Those willing la work can complete the program in about 10 months; generally, it take about one year. Their daily schedule Monday through Saturday keep the teen busy. Haggerty said. They arise, dress, eat, tidy their rooms Then there is school, chores, karate class, group and individual therapy, and other activities Special activities are awarded to Lhasa who respect authority and fallow direction Sundays are quieter days. They become invested in the grounds and in the program. Most are city kid. They do a lot of gardening and things like that When they reach a level where they build trust they are given more responsibility and can work as youth leaders, Haggerty reported, add.ng that when kids graduate the program. Cedar Ridge make a referral replacement Sometimes the young people return home. Other times, if thev are functioning well, but the family isr.X boarding school is recommended Regularly students who Lave graduated come back to vuut. We have a boy here who graduated the prtyram and lust came back to see u He sleeps off campus, but he spend the day here. He been working with the students ... encouraging them Haggerty his. adding that while some students don make it back to visit, many kerp in touch and keep fanner counselors apprised of their progress in life 722-255- Book of Poetry Duchesne County Seniors are compiling a Book of Poetry. If you are ini crested in having your poetry published in the book, please contact Judie Smith or Roberta Welton at Crossroads Community Center, Poems can be brought to the center at SO E. 200 S. in Roosevelt. Deadline is Sept. 1. 722-429- 6. American Legion Post 64 The American legion Vt 64 will hold a flag retirement ceremony. Thursday. July 29. Burning ceremony will begin at 7 p.m at the American legion Building in Roosevelt. If you have a (lag you want to retire please bring it with you. Olmocad of the BLM thanks BraJ M return of JOB WILL DONE-S- Un Inland Production Company for Inland extra effort in maintaining the public lands HI M AN ' ANIM AL e Haggerty of Cedar Ridge Treatment Center with her feline friend Gremlin Animal arc part of the peaceful setting of Cedar Ridge. Dixit, dogv cats, and even lamas dwell there w uh udct!ts who cone from all over Amenta BOND--Christin- |