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PAGE 8 May 28,1981 Spilyay Tymoo Mothers day dinner held at Yakima Reservation Smelly lagoons being worked on Because the A gency area lagoon system (sewage settling ponds) are too small to handle an increasing demand, overloading has caused algae and stench. Cells are being enlarged, lines installed plus mechanical airation. Two ponds have been drained to dry them out, thus all sewage is going into one pond. D o not swim in Shitike Creek since overflow may be seeping from lagoons. The job will be finished by the end o f summer. Spilyay Tymoo photo by Rangila Watch for “The Sting Before embarking on that lo n g -a w a ite d S p rin g or Summer hiking trip, try to get a refresher course on stinging insects. Most stinging insects such as hornets, polistes, bees, and mud daubers no not sting unless threatened or their nest disturbed. Keep in mind, however, that yellowjackets (a type of wasp) are unpredictable and may sting even though they aren’t teased or threatened. S o m e s u g g e s tio n s fo r avoiding “stingers”: I. Stay away from areas where bees and other colorful flying 99 unexpected places (inside old insects are investigating. 2. Don’t tease, swing, or swat at sheds, etc.). Wear gloves, hats, flyig bugs (especially when they and long-sleeved shirts when appear in groups). working in these places. 3. Aerosols such as aftershave, Yellowjackets do not always lo tio n , perfum e, and de- build nests in the ground! Stingers should be “scraped” oderants should not be used when working outside; insects out of the skin (not pinched) as are attracted to fragrant scents. soon as possible, because they 4. B right-colored clothing inject venom into the skin over should not be worn in areas several minutes. The venomous w here these insects are fluid from insects can cause common. They investigate serious illness in allergic flower-like colors and are apt individuals in some areas. to head your way! P e rs o n s s tu n g sh o u ld 5. Be careful of nests in promptly call their doctor if undergrow th, wood piles, they have a history of allergy to b etw een ro c k s , a n d in insect venom. A dinner held to pay tribute “to our mothers and to those who raised us” was the theme for the Mother’s Day dinner at the Wapato Longhouse May 8.' The meal was ready to be served and was waiting on the table for those who had made - the long bus ride from Warm Springs. The main concern expressed by the elders was where was that nice man, the bus driver, going to eat. The mothers continued to display their engrained practice of caring for others. .Twenty-one Warm Springs elders, accompanied by the CHRs, went to the dinner sponsored by the Yakima nation on a specially chartered bus. Also attending the dinner were residents from many of the other reservations in the Northwest. Northwest. For many of the people it was a time to see family members living in Washington. For others it was a time to visit old friends, and for some it was a time to meet new people. The meal was followed with speeches and tributes to the mother^, grandmothers and great-grandmothers. Awards were given to the mother with the most children, the grandmother with the most grandchildren and to the grandmother with the most great-grandchildren. Myrtle Frank received an award for having the most great-children. She received an oil painting and a handwoven basket. Mothers received potted plants following the dinner. Program extended Central Oregon Council on Aging has received word from the Salem State Community Services that the Low Income Energy Assistance Program has been extended. This Program is to assist low income elderly, handicapped and other low income persons with this winter’s heating bills. Eligibility is 125% of the federal p o v e rty g u id e lin e s . An Example: One person $394.83 per month or $4738.00 per year g ro ss in co m e. A dd an additional $1525 a year per p e rso n in h o u s e h o l d . Verfication is necessary lor income and paid medical bills. Account & Social Security numbers are also necessary. New Hours and Locations; Bend—COCOA office, 324 NE Irving Avenue, Wednesday- 1:00-4:00 p.m. Prineville—Senior Center, 180 N. Belknapp, Wednesday— 9:30-4:00 p.m. Warm Springs—Call 553-1161 for appointment. Rabies—Prevention is the only real answer The word rabies carries with can recognize it immediately. to 60 days after the victim is it a fear for the health of man Once the symptoms of rabies bitten. The disease then moves and animal alike, it is for this appear there is littleanyonecan from the wound where the reason that most rabies clinics do for the victim, the symptoms infected animal’s saliva was are so successful. do not normally appear until 20 introduced and spreads to the Rabies has been around since ancient times and it was not until the 19th century that there existed an effective control for this virus. 1 he first vaccine was developed by- L o u is P a s te u r a n d his associates. It reduced the number of deaths caused by the virus by 95 percent. The disease, carried by saliva of infected mammals, is an acute, infectious virus which spreads to the central nervous system. It is almost invariably fatal in man once the symptoms appear. Only prompt treatment after expsoure or before exposure by means of a vaccine can prevent the disease. Cases of rabies still number about 1500 annually world wide. A ustralia, England, Hawaii and New Zealand remain disease-free. No more than 3 cases are reported annually in the United States. Carriers of the disease are usually wild animals including foxes, bats, skunks and racoons. Domestic animals bitten by rabid animals can then also carry the disease. Central and South America' report great losses of cattle from rabid bat bites as well as 200 to 300 human lives lost annually. The United States maintains strict enforcement of its rabies laws keeping the disease rate very low. The symptoms of rabies a rt so well-known that AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION—Madras veterinarian Mark anyone co^nipg. ac£O§& aq- McFarland administers a rabies vaccine to a not-so-pleasedclient animal infected with the disease. Spilyay Tymoo photo by Shewczyk central nervous system and should be captured if possible. eventually to the brain. Most wild animal bites should The initial symptoms of be considered rabid. rabies are fever, headache, The treatment program for nausea, poor appetite and an humans is often thought worth unusual pain or tingling avoiding if possible. The victim sensation at the wound site. is adm inistered a serum The second phase of the containing rabies antibodies. disease includes increased Twenty-two injections of anxiety, apprehension and antirabies virus vaccine are excitation. At this time the administered each day until it is victim displays increasing fear certain the symptoms will not and rage alternating with deep appear. depression. The victim can be A new vaccine has been destructive and hostile if discovered which is cultured in restrained. human cells and prevents rabies in only 5 injections. It is The word rabies is derived still in the experimental stage, from the Latin word rabies, however. meaning raving. A case of rabies has not been Convulsions are common at reported in Jefferson county the next stage. The swallowing since July of 1978. An muscles convulse when liquids (Oregon State law has helped in are taken, causing the liquids to combating the existence of this be expelled. Eventually, just disease. According to dog the sight of liquids prompts control officer James Blakely spasms in these muscles. This is the law reads, “Dogs shall have where the term hydrophobia a rabies shot.” It is a “class A comes from. It is often used in misdemeanor with a fine up to place of the word rabies. $1,000 or one year in jail or Hydrophobia means fear of both.” water. “ Rabies is a very deadly During the final stage of disease,” Blakely says. “A dog rabies the victim becomes has to have a valid certificate.” a p a th e tic and le th a rg ic . A rabies vaccination given to a Paralysis develops, finally dog under a year old is good for one year. When given to a dog in v o lv in g th e h e a rt and respiratory muscles leading to older than one year, the animal is protected for three years. coma and death. V eterinarian Dr. M ark These symptoms can appear M c F a r la n d o f M a d r a s and lead to death in a matter of hours or it could take a few commented during the rabies months, but the outcome is clinic held in Warm Springs on May 12, “AH dogs should be always the same. vaccinated. The disease is rarer To prevent the disease a bite in cats,” he says, “but I would s h o u ld im m e d ia te ly be h a v e to re c o m m e n d a cleansed with soap and water vaccination for cats because and the doctor¿notified The ¿they - ' . a i p e ; . I s . ¿ a n d animal that bit 'the victim susceptible to the disease“.”
