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‘Jane Fest’
draws crowd
More than 300 people
turned out on a crisp night
to honor the memory of Jane
Yocum while supporting the
effort to eradicate breast
cancer. The second “Jane
Fest” was held at the Irem
Temple Country Club pavil-
ion, with good food, music
and company in abundance.
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Bill Purpura and Mary Daly
mixed it up on the dance floor. the event.
Bob Yocum posed proudly with his sons
Brad, left, and Robert.
Marsha Butchko, a good friend of Jane and
a survivor of breast cancer, greeted those
attending.
Dan Gallagher was flanked by Terry Clemente, left, and his wife, Cathy. He was a primary organizer of
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Jim Chupka brought out the goodies to
complement a cake made especially for the
event.
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West Nile
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that straddles the border of Dallas Township and
Wyoming County and the fourth was found on Bron-
son Road in Lake Township.
Rugletic said so far this year there have been a total
of eight birds that have tested positive in the county.
Pools of water with larvae that have tested positive
with the virus have been found in Exeter and Hazle-
ton city. So far, no positive pools have been found in
the Back Mountain.
Rugletic said the fact that infected birds have been
found in the Back Mountain, doesn’t necessarily mean
that there are virus-carrying mosquitoes in the area.
“You don’t know where those birds came from,” he
said, adding that the birds could have flown in from
anywhere.
To help determine if the source of the virus is local,
it is common to set mosquito traps in the vicinity of
where infected birds have been found. Traps have
been set on Dodson’s property in Kunkle and more are
planned at other Back Mountain sites where the posi-
tive birds were discovered.
Rugletic said it was important to put the traps at
the Kunkle home because the two birds found in that
area were discovered only 200 yards apart. The other
five virus-carrying birds found in Luzerne County
were picked up in Butler Township (2), Rice Town.
ship (1), Hunlock Creek (1) and Wilkes-Barre (1). &
August and September are the worst months for t
virus, according to Rugletic, who said the type of mos-
quito that carries the virus is in season then.
Only some mosquitos carry virus
Not all mosquitos can carry the West Nile Virus.
In fact, there are at least 65 different types of mos-
quitos in the Northeastern United States and only
about 15 of those are able to carry the virus.
Large mosquitos that mature in wooded areas,
like those throughout the Back Mountain, do not
carry the virus, said Ron Rugletic, Executive Direc-
tor of the Environmental Special Projects office. In-
stead, the ones to worry about are those that breed
in storm drains and containers such as old tires.
Bobcat
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lynx or swamp cat, is the only wild feline predator
in our state. It is known for its faintly spotted fur and
“bobbed” tail.
“That’s a really big, healthy looking one,” said Joe
Wenzel, Wildlife Education Supervisor for the PA
Game Commission District Office in Dallas. “There }
a good sized pocket of bobcat from here out to t |
Red Rock area,” he added. 4
It is very rare to see a bobcat in nature, let alone in
a back yard, and it is really special to get a picture of
one.
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