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Show AUGUST 31,2006 Page 6 THE GARFIELD COUNTY INSIDER RABIES IN A FOX IN SOUTHERN UTAH COULD POSE THREAT TO PETS The recent incident with a rabid gray fox found in Kane County, Utah, has raised concerns regarding the spread of this type of rabies and the possible threat to pets such as dogs and cats in our area. The fox was tested by the Utah Public Health Laboratory and was found to have a type of rabies unique to gray foxes. The disease in these animals is apparently slowly spreading north from Arizona. Rabies is a disease caused by a virus found in the saliva of infected animals and is transmitted to pets, humans, and other animals by bites, or possibly by contamination of an open cut with saliva from a rabid animal.. Most animals can be infected by the virus and can transmit the disease to man. The most recent infections in the U.S. passed to humans from domestic animals have been from cats with dogs a close second. So, how can you prevent rabies? Have your pets vaccinated against rabies. Any pets which come in contact with wild animals are at risk. Y our veterinarian can vaccinate your pet against rabies. If your pet has bitten a person, call your local animal control officer to report the incident. In most cases if the pet has been vaccinated, there are no worries about rabies. But if not vaccinated then the pet needs to be observed for about 10 days for symptoms of rabies. Successful vaccination programs that began in the 1940s caused a decline in dog rabies in this country. But as the number of cases of rabies in dogs decreased, rabies in wild animals increased. In the last century, the number of human deaths in the United States attributed to rabies declined from 100 or more each year to an average of 1 or 2 each year. Two programs have been responsible for this decline. First, animal control'and vaccination have practically eliminated domestic dogs as reservoirs of rabies in the United States. Rabies cases in cats continue to be more than twice as numerous as those in dogs or cattle. Second, effective human rabies vaccines and immunoglobins have been developed. NOTICE OF PROPOSED TAX INCREASE Mammoth Creek Special Service District for Fire Protection is proposing to increase its property tax revenue. As a result of the proposed increase, the tax on an $150,000.00 primary residence will be $66.00, and the tax on a business or secondary residence having the same value in the taxing entity will be $i 20.00. Without the proposed increase the tax on a $150,000.00 residence would be $37.78, and the tax on a business or secondary residence having the same value in the taxing entity would be $68.70. The 2006 proposed tax rate is .000800. Without the proposed increasfe, the rate would be .000458. This would be an increase of 74.67% which is $28.22 per year ($2.35 per month) on a $ 150,000.00 primary residence or $51.30 per year on a business or secondary residence having the same value in the taxing entity. With NEW GROWTH, this property tax increase, and other factors, Mammoth Creek Special Service District for Fire Protection will increase its property tax revenue from $21,172.00 collected last year to $39,088.00 collected this year which is a revenue increase of 84.62%. All concerned citizens are invited to a public hearing on the tax increase to be held on Tuesday, September 5th at,6:00 p.m. at the Mammoth Creek Fire Station. Intermountain Garfield Memorial Hospital 200 North 400 East • Panguitch, Utah garfieldmemorial.org Family Practice Dr. Richard Birch Dr. David Grygla Dr. Todd Mooney Becky Roberts, FNP • Tim Dennis, PA-C 676-8811 Physical Therapy David Frandsen Speech Therapy Flora Howard Certified Nurse Midwife DeAnn Brown, CNM Anesthesiology Lewis Barney, CRNA VISITING SPECIALISTS FOR SEPTEMBER 2006 Dr. Robert Nakken 28 Orthopedist 676-8842 Dr. Randy Delcore 14 Orthopedist 676-8842 Dr. Robert Pearson 12 Ears, Nose, Throat Specialist.... 676-8842 Dr. Lansing Ellsworth 28th am Dermatologist Dr. Mark Hansen 15 General Surgeon Dr. Russell Olsen .28 Dr. Donald Lappe' 13,14. Cardiologist 676-8842 Dr. Eric Maxwell 6,20 Audiologist 676-8842 Urologist. 676-8842 Dr. Ronald Crouch . Podiatrist (800) 986-6440 676-8842 .......676-8842 Our Pharmacist. Tim Smith, will provide Coumadin testing and results at outlying clinics on the following dates: Kazan Clinic Bryce Valley Clinic Circlevitle Clinic Wednesday, Sept 12,9:30 am Thursday, Sept 12, 12:00 p.m. Thursday, Sept 21, 11:00 a.m. Coumadin testing and results at the Garfield Memorial Clinic will be by appointment. Contact Tim at 616-1277. Our Physical Therapist, David Frandsen, will see patients at Kazan Clinic every Tuesday and Thursday morning in September. Mammography screening will be available in Enterprise on September 6, September 13th in Hurricane and September 20th in Panguitch. Clinics - Call For Appointments Garfield Memorial Clinic, Panguitch -435-676-8842 (Mon - Fri) Kazan Clinic, Escalante 435-826-8545 (Mon., Wed., Fri.) Bryce Valley Clinic, CannonvHle 435-679-8545 (Tues. &Thurs.) Circleville Clinic, Circleville 435-577-2958 (Tues. & Thurs.) Orderville Clinic, Orderville , 435-648-2108 (Wed.) Physical and Speech Therapy 435-676-1243 Mammography...: 435-676-1267 Diabetic Counseling 435-676-8811 Garfield Memorial Hospital Long Term Care Center 435-676-1265 |