Hudspeth County Herald and Dell Valley Review (Dell City, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, January 4, 2008 Page: 2 of 12
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PAGE 2 HUDSPETH COUNTY HERALD - DELL
County Government
By
Bill Morrell
OUR U.S. CONGRESSMAN CIRO D.
RODRIGUEZ will attend an open meeting of our County
Commissioners’ Court this Friday, 4 January, at 9:30AM in the
Sierra Blanca Court House. The public is invited.
ACCIDENTS ON ROUTE 62/180
Last week ‘s column linked (my opinion) the new 75 mph
speed limit on parts of route 62/180 to the increased number of
accidents occurring around Antelope Acres and its open range.
Now there’s a new player in the business. Besides cattle, goats
are using the open range. Recently seen were ten goats grazing
beside the road. The other side of the old fence held a few more
goats, and further back, some cattle. The goats beside the road
seemed content with the grass and uninterested in the traffic
zipping by them.
SILENT RATTLE-SNAKES
Yes, it’s the season for rattle-snakes to hunker down until
spring. But there are, on warm days, a few out of season,
tourist rattlers still out and about. Also, for us it’s the traditional
season to evaluate the old year and plan for the new year. For
many of us rattle-snakes are high on the list.
Mr. Jimmy Lutrick, a farmer in the South End of the Dell
Valley, is savvy about co-existing with rattle-snakes. When
irrigating he always wears tall rubber boots, which have been
bitten by rattlers about a dozen times. A few months ago he was
out in the fields, in proper clothes, when he reached down and
pulled up some weeds. He felt a slight pain like a thin thorn
had penetrated his glove. He again pulled at some weeds, heard
a snake rattle and felt the snake bite. It was a small snake, with
only two rattles. A precise little one - it had bite him thru a
small hole in his heavy gloves. He knew he had to stay calm,
that a higher pulse rate would spread the venom (poison) faster.
He walked home, and Terri, his wife, telephoned the hospital
to alert them that a snake bite victim was coming in. Terri next
put the bitten hand and arm into a sling, cooled the bite area,
and off to the hospital they sped. The pain developed about 20
minutes after the bit, and intensified along with heat and an
itchy feeling. Also the bite area became black. At the hospital,
they found the anti-venom still frozen. Most snake bite victims
are not bit by poisonous snakes and defensive strikes by rattle
snakes are often poison free. The snake is saving its venom
for offensive strikes. So apparently the hospital’s policy is
not to melt the medicine until they’ve examined the bite area.
That may be logical, but it was approximately 4 hours after
the bit occurred before the anti-venom medicine was flowing
into Jimmy’s arm. Meanwhile his pain, discomfort, etc were
intense, and his muscles were randomly jerking his legs. Jimmy
settled down for an uncomfortable and expensive stay. At the
end of 3 days, with around the clock blood tests and medicines,
he felt well enough to escape from the hospital.
VALLEY REVIEW JANUARY 4, 2008
What the experts say to do when you’ve been bit by a
rattle snake:
1. Stay calm - the bite is RARELY fatal.
2. Gently wash the bite area with soap and water.
3. Don’t cut open the wound or suck on it. Bacteria from
your mouth could get into the bite, complicating the
recovery.
4. If applicable, remove rings, wrist watch, bracelet, boot etc
from a bitten arm/hand or leg/foot.
5. Cooling the bite area with cold water on a cloth is
beneficial, but ice packs are too much - they spread the
snake’s toxic venom.
6. Do not apply a tourniquet. An exception is when mild
pressure is applied, on both sides of the bite. It impedes
the flow of lymph fluid, but not blood.
7. Do not drink any alcohol.
8. If practical make a splint from cardboard, or wood held
over the bite area with cloth or adhesive tape. That will
keep the area from moving, and spreading the venom.
Consider buying a snake bite kit. They also have instructions
and instruments for spider bites, and are easy to carry in a work
PU or a back pack.
Farmers, ranchers, cow boys, and hikers should also consider
snake gaiters that protect from the top of your shoes to your
knees, or even snake chaps. Both are available from Cabela’s
Outdoor Gear (1-800-237-4444 or www.cabelas.com).
New Year’s Resolutions
Opinion polls show that approximately 83% of us
believe God exists. Yet we also believe in modem science
and consider God unlikely to rescue us from illness, an
impending traffic accidents, intolerable bosses etc. Your
reporter graduated from college thinking modem science had
most of the answers for problems in our daily life. God, he
thought existed, but was a passive book-keeper, to be dealt with
after death. Then his first child was bom. She was seemingly
healthy, but after a few days her lungs filled with fluids and
mucus and she was put in an oxygen tent. Then her skull started
expanding with spinal fluids accumulating between her brain
and skull (hydrocephalus). Next her liver stopped functioning
and she developed jaundice. Soon the doctor stated, “She will
be dead by tomorrow morning.” The rest of that day was spent
in praying and pleading with God to heal the baby. The next
morning the baby was healthy. But soon the intense, pleading
prayer was forgotten. Also forgotten was that the hospital had
given up and was waiting for the baby to die. Concluded was
that modem medicine was wonderful. The lukewarm Christian
syndrome was at work.
The Bible says if we enthusiastically seek God, He will
reveal Himself to us. A restlessness developed in your reporter,
and he started studying the Bible. Then came the problems
parents of two children have and praying about family illnesses
and conflicts came naturally, and expanded to include other
problems. Perhaps God offers us special introductory offers.
Most of the family type problems prayed about quickly
disappeared. The short life of those problems was surprising.
Thru the years there seems to have been many acts of God
including the abrupt healing of a friend’s brain tumor that had
been identified by c-scans and physical symptoms (dizziness
and falling). While praying in the hospital with him there was
an intense heat felt and other manifestations of God’s presents.
Then the symptoms disappeared and the next C-Scans found no
tumor.
If such things have not happened to you, don’t feel
inferior. Your reporter was
a sort of Doubting Thomas,
and the Bible says more
bless are those who believe
without having to see. Each
of us is unique, with different
abilities, and a different path
to God.
The Bible, from cover
to cover, says we are made in
God’s image, that He is holy
and that we are to imitate
Him. Does that call for any
changes in our activities?
Deuteronomy chapters
27 & 28, in the Bible, are
interesting reading on that
subject.
For a personal status
evaluation, consider these
factors: Are we receptive to
God calling us? In my early
(“ye of little faith” days), I
had many urges to grab my
Bible, jump on my motorcycle
and ride up a steep hill to a
pine tree grove, and settle
down and read. That urge
occurred many times before
I obeyed it. Hopefully, you
react faster, before God has
to do the equivalent of hitting
you on the head with a 2 x 4
board.
Other key points for me
were daily prayer and Bible
reading, being more generous
to others, and, when possible,
doing what my wife suggests.
That’s advice from the
school of hard knocks. I’ve
concluded modem science
does not have all the answers.
Healthy
Ideas
(NAPS)—When it comes to dia-
betes and heart disease, it’s impor-
tant to remember your ABC’s. A is
for Al C (blood sugar), B is for blood
pressure and C is for cholesterol.
To learn more, visit the Learning
Center at www.interimhealthcare.com. The site also provides
details about home health care. To
locate an office in your area, call 1-
800-944-8888.
* * *
The annual Alliance for Con-
sumer Education nationwide Germ
Study assesses mothers’ views as
to the most effective means of pre-
venting and/or containing colds
and flu. To leam about ACE’s dis-
ease prevention programs, visit
www. stopgerms, org.
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Morrell, Donna. Hudspeth County Herald and Dell Valley Review (Dell City, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, January 4, 2008, newspaper, January 4, 2008; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1190018/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .