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Monday, July 19,1982
THE BASTROP ADVERTISER AND COUNTY NEWS
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Heortworms attacking area's canines
Homecoming
guest
Austin Mayor Carole
McCellan last week accep-
ted an invitation to be the
Sister City Grand Marshal
of the 1982 Bastrop Home-
coming Parade Aug. 7.
The parade will have two
grand marshals this year
since Grits Gresham also
accepted an Invitation. He
will be the Sportsman's
Grand Marshal.
The sign behind the
counter at the Bastrop
Veterinary Hospital on
Highway 95 states, “It’s
heartworm season — ask
about preventative.” The
sign is necessary, according
to long-time employee
Stella York, because,
“We’re seeing more and
more animals infected.”
The two veterinarians,
Cook Patton and Elroy
Whitworth, see “at least
two dogs a week that need
treatment,” she said.
That might not seem like
a lot, but it’s a good per-
centage of all dogs brought
in, Whitworth reported.
The good news is that
“more and more of our
clients are getting educated
about heartworms,” he
continued, “so more dogs
are put on the treatment at
an earlier age, which helps
us.andthedog.”
MosquitoesTo Blame
Heartworms, which
have thrived in Florida and
Louisiana for years, have
slowly spread north and
east, into hot, humid cli-
mates where mosquitoes
thrive. The mosquito is the
carrier, and “it takes only
one bite by an infected
mosquito to contaminate a
dog,” York reported.
Heartworms have been
reported as far north as the
Ohio Valley and even the
coastal area of Connecti-
cut. They are almost un-
known in arid West Texas,
Afizona and New Mexico.
Since they are unknown
there, many who move
here from those areas
don’t understand the risk
for their pet. And, due to
the climate in Bastrop,
“it’s always heartworm
season,” York said. “It’s
year ’round.”
Start Treatment Early
If your dog is older, or
you’ve recently moved
here, it’s a good idea to
have the animal checked by
a veterinarian. The
microfilaria (baby worms)
can be easily spotted under
a microscope. It’s best to
catch them as early as
possible, since the treat-
ment, Sodium Caparsolate,
is an arsenic-based drug,
which can be very hard on
an older or heavily-infected
dog. Symptoms include a
nocturnal cough, weakness
and general malaise.
“By the time the sym-
ptoms occur, the dog is
pretty far gone,” Whit-
worth added. “Really it’s
just a gamble. The more
years a dog lives, the
likelier it is he’ll come into
contact with the heart-
worms.”
While some dogs can live
a “fairly normallife” with
heartworms, most get
weaker, then get sick and
die “within a couple of
years.” The worms don’t
just affect the heart, but
are also carried by the
blood into the kidneys and
liver, causing great damage
to those organs.
And, it’s fact, that the
little creatures are more ac-
tive at noon and at mid-
night. “That’s what causes
the nocturnal cough,”
Whitworth explained.
“We don’t know why, but
they’re definitely more ac-
tive at those times.” He
added, “We’ve seen some
dogs that could be
diagnosed only at noon,
when the worms become
active. They’re pretty
wierd.”
While the treatment
does cause some problems
in certain dogs — “we lose
maybe one dog a year to
the treatment” -- the
medication has been
“modified” so that it’s not
so hard on the dog. The
treatment is then followed dose daily to keep them includes all follow-up treat-
up by a shot, to kill the away. ments. The cost may seem
microfilaria. Once the The process costs “from stiff, but for those who
worms are all dead, the ani- $125 to $140, depending on love their Fidos, good
mal is given a pill or liquid the size of the dog,” and health is priceless.
Program for talented students OK’d
By Eric Williams
Even though Bastrop
Independent School
District failed to receive a
$6,000 state grant, its
trustees voted last week to
go ahead with a special
program for gifted and
talented students in grades-
three through six.
The board had already
decided to supply funds be-
yond the state grant, and
$10,000 in federal money
that has already been ear-
marked for the program.
Superintendent :Jack
Bell said the district plans
to include the seventh
grade in the program next
year, and both the seventh
and eighth grades in the
1984-85 school year.
Bell said the gifted and
- talented prog ram would—
not remove the special
students from the class-
rooms with other students,
but give them two and one-
half hours per week of
horizon expanding classes.
He added that after the
students get into the high
school, there will be special
advanced courses available
to them through the
regular curriculum.
Personal Business
In other action, the,
board approved giving
each teacher one day
during the school year to
handle ‘ ‘personal
business.”
Bell said that before, the
school district policy has
been to give 10 days of sick
leave each year. Five of
those days are allocated by
the State of Texas, and half
by theBISD.
He said the move would
change one of the BISD
days of §i<2k leave to per-
sonal leave time. He said
this would prevent teachers
from having to lie to him.
He said that before the per-
sonal leave time was gran-
ted, teachers could be ex-
cused from duty only for
sickness or other emergen-
cy.
Bell said the personal
business leave would be^
granted only if it were
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The school board also
heard reports on the status
of an attempt to clean out
Gill’s Branch by the ele-
mentary school along with
thepurchaseof land for the
district.
According to Bell, the
only problem holding up
the district’s purchase of
the land is having the field
notes drawn up.
Culverts
BISD trustees Clyde
Clardy and Clarence
Vinklarek also reported on
the district's placement of
culverts to help solve a
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drainage problem at the
elementary school. Vink-
larek has installed the
culverts, with two of his
employees, at no expense
to the district except for'
purchasing the pipe.
Vinklarek said he per-
formed the work because,
“there was a problem there
formanyyears.”
He added that with the
equipment he had avail-
able, it did not take much
of his time to line up and
completethe project.
Vinklarek also said that
a sidewalk around the
school would solve much
of the problem of water
running into the school
building.
In other matters, the
school board:
• Authorized J-ack Bell
to serve as the district’s
representative for the
1982-83 school year when
applying for federal and
state grants.
• Accepted a bid of
$1,675 from Technical
Education Services for a
sound system at the high
school. Bell said the high
school system would be
transferred to the elemea-
taryschool. .
• Accepted a bid from
Oak Farms to provide
homogenized milk to the
district at a price of 14.65
cents per half pine and
chocolate milk at a price
of 15.15 cents per half pint.
ButterKrust will provide
bread for the district’s
cafeteria for the coming
year and Superior Dairies
will supply icecream.
• Approved giving $100
each to a state officer in the
Future Homemakers of
America and the club’s
sponsor at the high school
for expenses incurred in at-
tending the organization’s
national convention.
The first 10 people to call each
week will receive a free haircut.
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