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Page 22 The INDEPENDENT, September 21, 2011 Salmon poisoning disease can kill dogs – take precautions Dogs that eat even a small amount of uncooked Salmon, Trout, or Steelhead are at risk of getting potentially fatal Salmon Poisoning disease. The cause is a microscopic organism that sometimes lives in a parasite that can infect the salmon family. The germ is killed by cooking, freezing or hot smoking fish. If a dog eats infected fish, symptoms start from a few days to five days later. Symp- toms include decreased energy level, increased temperature, loss of appetite, swollen lymph glands, vomiting, and diarrhea (turning bloody within a day or two) If untreated, 90 percent of dogs with symptoms will die within 7-14 days from dehydra- tion and blood loss. If caught early enough, Sal- mon Poisoning is treatable with antibiotics. In severe cases, in- travenous fluids may be need- ed. Get the dog to a veterinari- an as soon as Salmon Poison- ing is suspected. The longer before treatment starts, the harder and more expensive the treatment will be, and the greater the chances that treat- ment will not be successful. If your dog is seen eating fish, talk to your veterinarian about a preventive shot of an- tibiotics to avoid Salmon Poi- soning. Most dogs are immune to fu- ture Salmon Poisoning, once they have had and survived it. Special emphasis on MOST, not all dogs develop immunity. Preventive measures in- clude disposing of raw fish From page 1 mated by the Department of Veterans Affairs that Iraq and Afghanistan veterans are be- coming homeless within three years, compared with 13 years for Vietnam-era veterans. The Veterans Administration and many other governmental, community-based agencies and employers will be attend- ing and providing a host of services and information which will include health screenings, job opportunities and the chance to register with the VA for medical care and other ben- efits. staff and more capacity to hold local offenders. I am committed to working through the diffi- culties this will present to our communities. As your elected sheriff, I know how budget cuts in your own lives have affected your lives. You take what’s left and do the best you can with what is left. I am devoted to that same philosophy. We will not give up. We will continue to take as many as we can in our jail and respond to as many crim- inal calls as we can with the few enforcement deputies we have left. We will do our best to serve you, and hope for the best and for your pa- tience in these difficult economic times. Want to know what happens around here all year? Get The when fishing, or leashing dogs when near water. Veterans benefits and job fair date set From the Sheriff’s Desk… From page 19 we have, the more staff we need. The more in- mates we have, the more we have to pay for medical expenses, food expenses, water, sewer, clothing, visiting programs, etc. Budget cuts have produced the loss of five positions in the jail over the last three years. Op- erational costs have risen beyond the county’s ability to pay for them with the jail at – or near – capacity. The good news is that we have been able to rent beds to the federal government, which helps offset the costs to the county to provide beds. If we were to lose or cut back U.S. Mar- shal beds to any extent, we would lose more waste in a can with a tight fit- ting lid, leaving dogs home Independent delivered to your home for a year for only $20.00 Call today to start your subscription 503-429-9410 “The Willow Creek Center was chosen as the site be- cause of its central location within the County and access to transportation services pro- vides an opportunity to reach as many veterans and their families as possible,” said Eric Belt, Veterans Service Supervi- sor for Washington County. For more information, call 503-846-3060. Letters From page 3 the criminals and thieves will conduct their business some- where else. If this County does not have a properly functioning Sheriff’s Office and the current use of force laws stay in effect, then in my opinion the “Lone Ranger” Deputy on patrol will be spend- ing most of his or her time ar- resting citizens that will take the law into their own hands by misguided advice from Sheriff Dickerson. The average citizen will then be the “More Violent” criminals the Sheriff’s Office will have time to arrest and the bed space in our jail to house them. The people of this County have all the power in their hands, not the Commissioners and not Sheriff Dickerson! They are elected by the people and for the people! As the City of Vernonia knows firsthand, if we don’t like what our Commis- sioners and our Sheriff are do- ing for this county we can re- place them. We have the pow- er to make them properly fund the CCSO or change the use of force laws. Properly fund the CCSO or provide new ordinances that al- low the citizens to legally pro- tect themselves and their prop- erty with the use of force in- cluding deadly force. Do so without criminal prosecution for the use of deadly force under our current laws! Then we will see how long the criminals and thieves work in Columbia County. If the Commissioners don’t want to do either of these things and ignore the problem, then maybe a recall is in order. It is time to make our elected officials do their jobs or we will replace all of you with someone that will! It can be done! All we have to do is stand together as a community and hold them ac- countable for their actions! It’s not rocket science, its politics. There are 49,351 County Resi- dents vs. 3 County Commis- sioners, and 1 Sheriff. I think the odds are slightly in our fa- vor! 13 colonies took on the strongest nation in the world and won by the power of the people standing as one. Taking on three Commissioners and a Sheriff should be a cake walk if we stand together and demand funding, accountability, or change the use of force laws! Michael Botchie Rainier WEATHER REPORT AUGUST 2011 DATE TEMPERATURE HI LO PRECIP. AMT. 1 81 43 -- 2 77 45 -- 3 79 46 -- 4 77 48 -- 5 70 55 -- 6 68 50 -- 7 72 50 -- 8 68 53 -- 9 65 54 -- 10 75 45 -- 11 74 47 -- 12 76 45 -- 13 70 47 -- 14 66 47 -- 15 74 47 -- 16 80 40 -- 17 77 38 -- 18 74 46 -- 19 77 42 -- 20 91 42 -- 21 87 46 -- 22 78 54 -- 23 80 57 -- 24 85 55 -- 25 84 52 -- 26 84 50 -- 27 83 47 -- 28 79 47 -- 29 72 55 -- 30 65 55 -- 31 65 50 -- Temperature and precipitation amounts are from the official U.S. weather station at the Vernonia wa- ter plant. There was no measurable precipitation in August.
