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The BISMARCK TRIBUNE Friday. September 1, 1972-Page 13 Slope Weekender 'fuliSGH Duck Kill Is Exp I BHS Harriers Set to Open T7fe Defense as 5,000 ducks if it were evenly divided and distributed. Ducks die by the hundreds, and you have a Rice Lake duck kill. The poison can also be produced in-home canning. Most canning, however, works out to the advantage of the canner where botulism is concerned.

While every jar of vegetables or can of meat may contain spores, either the material is boiled sufficiently to kill the spores, or the food in the jars is not right for bacterial growth, or there may be too much oxygen in the jar after canning, or the acidity may be wrong. The spores are killed, or they simply don't grow. Sometimes, however, conditions are right; the spores change to the vegetative form and poison is produced. The result is human botulism poisoning. To kill the spores in North Dakota, one must boil them for at least 30 minutes.

One need not worry about the sensitive vegetative form only the poison that can result from it. Twenty minutes of boiling will kill that poison at North Dakota's elevation. Certain home canning rules suggest themselves: First, all home canning should be done in a pressure cooker with ample time allowed for killing the spore Second, all home canned goods, when opened, should be boiled 20 minutes before serving to kill any poison just in case a spore or two did survive the canning process. A paralyzed duck found out in a marsh may be killed, cooked and eaten without fear. The little bit of toxin the duck has ingested would have united with nerve tissue and been rendered harmless.

Cooking would kill any amount of free toxin that might remain in the blood stream. By ERASER SORLIC Tribune Staff Writer Once again botulism has killed ducks on Rice Lake this time several thousand, according to the State Game and Fish Department. The kill was discovered by department waterfowl biologist Charles Schroeder, and botulism was confirmed Tuesday by the Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center in Jamestown, Schroeder said. Late last September botulism killed several hundred ducks in the same area, 10 miles north of Sterling. In previous years the disease has hit ducks in the Oahe Reservoir back-up waters south of Bismarck.

Schroeder said Thursday that finding the most recent duck kill was not difficult inasmuch as he had gone to Rice Lake to see if there had been one. But the kill does not mean that potential duck hunters need put away the shotgun and forget about doing any duck hunting this year. Nor does it mean the hunter need be afraid to eat any ducks he does bag this season The following information is based upon an article from the Dec, 1943 North Dakota Outdoors. A live bird with botulism does not have a disease in the true sense of the word. It is suffering from the ingestion of a poison, "botulin," which causes it to seem partially paralyzed, usually unable to walk or fly.

Loss of control of neck, wing and leg muscles is evident. The poison, one of the most lethal toxins known to man, is always found very diluted in nature. It originates in the metabolism of the bacteria Clostridium botulinum, which exists in two forms: the tough, dormant spore and the vegetative form. The spore, in itself, is not dangerous. It is prevalent in the soil, especially around waters that have a history of botulism.

It will exist for years in soil, vegetation or water and is highly resistant to environmental change. The vegetative form, on the other hand, is not dormant, and will grow and produce the deadly poison but only under very special conditions. If the conditions are not right for vegetative growth, the organism changes back to the spore. Some of these special conditions involve temperature, environmental moisture, oxygen availability, presence of protein and acidity. The chance of all conditions being met simultaneously, with the subsequent production of the poison from the vegetative bacteria, is slim.

Luckily so. Nevertheless, it does happen. For example: Assume that in an area such as Rice Lake, which is frequented by ducks, spores are prevalent on the land and in the water. Most of the ducks, consequently, carry these spores in their digestive tracks. Normally the spores will remain harmless.

But further assume one of the ducks dies. It begins to decay. Bacteria use up the right amount of oxygen inside the bird. One of the poison-production conditions is met. Perhaps the weather is warm enough, and a second condition is met.

The acidity is right. Protein is present. The environment is moist. And all conditions are met. The bird opens up and poison is released.

Other ducks taking muscoid fly larvae from the carcass or drinking surrounding water ingest the poison. These birds either get sick and recover, or they die, depending on how much poison they ingested. One study in 1937 in North Dakota revealed that one such decaying duck carcass in which the botulism organism had been living could produce enough poison to kill as many WE PAY CASH Atlanta Falcons Make Claim As Vikes Waive Noel Jenke FOR MANKATO, Minn. (AP) -Linebacker Noel Jenke, a homestate product who performed in three sports at the University of Minnesota, has been released by the Minnesota Vikings and claimed by the At lanta Falcons. Jenke, 25, is an Owatonna, native and played football, baseball and hockey for the university.

He was drafted by the Vikings in 1969, but signed a re Hours: ported bonus conlracl instead with the Boston Red Sox and played two seasons of minor league baseball. Jenke joined the Vikings last year and played mainly on specialty teams. Open 'Til Arrowhead Shopping Center ween Days (Sat. 'Til 6) Ot972 National Automobile Dealers Association Bismarcker Listed In Outstanding Athletes Volume Mark Maher, a former Bismarck High gymnast who is now a senior at Dickinson State, is among the atheletes listed in the 1972 volume of the Outstanding College Athletes of America. Maher, who was nominated by Dickinson State last fall, had an outstanding season in all-around gymnastics for the Savages last winter, earning an invitation to the western trials for the U.

S. Olympics gymnastics team. A knee injury that required surgery in December kept Maher on the sidelines for the Olympic tials at Billings, in April. After graduating from Bismarck High in 1969, Maher won the senior all-around gold medal in four-state AAU Junior Olympic competition in Bismarck. The win in regional competition earned him a berth in the national Junior Olympic meet at San Diego where he finished fourteenth in In the east, Lynch indicated the Fargo schools would have to be reckoned with especially Fargo North.

"North will be the team to beat in the east, Steve Grothe (twelfth in the state in 1970) and Steve Bauter (eighth in 1970) are the top two runners out there," noted Lynch. "Jamestown lost a lot of kids," he continued, "but they have two or three runners back, and if they can find a couple more kids they could be pretty salty." Keith Nelson and Mike Perry are the top veterans of coach Meier Snell's Blue Jay squad. Perry ran for Fargo North last fall, but will sport Jamestown's colors this fall after his family moved to the Buffalo City. In addition to Vranna, a senior, and Feldman, a junior, Dickinson has senior Gary Link and junior Ken Steier back from last year's unit which finished third in the state. Senior Ralph Butz a foreign exchange student from Germany; juniors Dean Barr and Brian Reiter; and sophomores Keith Zander, Keith Robinson, Keith Simonieg, Ted Kaiser-shot, Bill Herauf, Bob Kadr-mas, Dean Rafferty, Doug Wiege and Dave Wiemann make up the nonlettering portion of the Midget squad.

"We lost our first four regulars from last year, so we'll be real young this year. "Still, I think we'll be competitive we figure to be in most races," said Midget coach Larry Rafferty. At Dickinson Trinity coach John Butterfield has five sophomores working out as the Titans embark on their second year of cross country competition. Cross country was introduced at Trinity last fall as a nonletter sport, with the Titans competing in about three meets. This year, while the Titans are tentatively competing in five major meets, Butterfield will be trying to set up a schedule that will keep the Titans in some of the smaller meets around the Queen City.

The five sophomores who began workouts at the start of the week are Leonard Mack, Calvin Gustafson, Jeff Graff, Dennis Glasser and Brian Deibel. Butterfield expects his squad to swell to around 20 boys when classes open next week. But before school begins, But-terfield's sophomore quint will get an idea of where it stands Saturday, running at a meet in Richardton. Mandan is also attempting to get the harrier sport off the ground, but a lack of participation may deal a death blow before the Braves ever see their first meet. The school board approved addition of the sport to the athletic program with the provision that 20 students participate in the sport.

As of Tuesday coach Gary Olmsted had only five athletes involved in drills, but was continuing workouts with the hope that the beginning of classes would increase student participation. The five harriers on Olmsted's squad as of Tuesday were juniors Bob Zundel, Corey Koenig, and Steve Blazer, plus freshman Harvey Kukenberg. Another junior, Terry Porter, was awaiting the doctor's go-ahead before beginning workouts. Zundel, who transfered to Mandan during the past school year, placed in the top 10 in the state cross country meet for Redfield, S.D., last fall. Koenig and Blazer earned Mandan track letters last spring along with Zundel.

Cross Country Calendar Sept. 2 St. Gertrude's of Raleigh In vitational (Bismarck, Sept. 9 Dickinson Invitational Run (Bismarck, Mandan, Dickinson. Dickinson Trinity).

Sept. 16 Bismarck Quarterback Meet (Bismarck, Mandan Dickinson, Dickinson Trinity). Sept 23- Teddy Roosevelt Run at Medora (Bismarck. Mandan, Dickinson. Dickinson Trinity).

Sept 30 Mmot Invitational Run (Bismarck, Mandan, Dickinson, Dickinson Trinity). Oct. 7 Jamestown Invitational Run (Bismarck, Mandan, Dickinson) Oct. Western Dakota Association Meet at Dickinson (Bismarck, Mandan, Dickinson, Dickinson Trinity). Oct.

21 State Meet at Grand Forks (Bismarck, Mandan, Dickinson, By STEVE THOMAS Tribune Sports Writer Four of the five runners who scored in Bismarck's state cross country meet victory last fall have departed the halls of Bismarck High, but Demon coach Jack Lynch is not yet ready to throw up his hands in futility, "Another state title is our goal right now. what you work for. As long as we're the defending champions those other guys have got to beat us, but it's going to take a lot of work to keep the title here," said Lynch. And a lot of work is what Lynch's charges have been getting as they prepare for their 1972 debut-The St. Gertrude's Invitational Run at Raleigh on Saturday.

The Demon harriers have been gulping up mileage in volume lots since they opened workouts Aug. 14, and are averaging 17-18 miles in their two-a-day drills. Senior letterman Darrell Anderson has been setting the pace for the Demons in the early going with times that show great improvement over last year's marks. Other lettermen on Lynch's squad are senior Brad King, junior Brian Beattie and sophomore Jon Metropolos, who claimed the individual championship while leading Bismarck to the state Class A cross country title at River-wood Golf Course last fall. Joining this quartet of lettermen in the Demon varsity lineup at Raleigh will be sophomores Keith Flemmer, Lon Brew and Larry Robertson.

The final Bismarck entrant will come from a group consisting of sophomores Mark Freeberg, Jeff Robinson, and Fred Freymiller a freshman from Hughes Junior High. Other Class A schools expected to be on hand at Raleigh to challenge the defending champion Demons are Minot and Dickinson. A number of Class schools, including defending state champion St. Gertrude's will also participate in the varsity division. The meet gets underway at nooli (CDT) with the seventh and eighth grade run.

The freshman and junior varsity meets are also slated to be run prior to the varsity event. Lynch anticipates a strong effort on the part of Minot, with Larry Witham leading a corps of youngsters who developed well last season. Minot finished second in the state run last fall. "And Dickinson should be tough. With Tim Vranna and Denny Feldman back they won't be hurting a bit," observed Lynch.

Tigers Acquire Frank Howard For Stretch Drive DETROIT (AP) In an effort to get some power into the lineup for the September stretch-drive in the American League East, the sagging Detroit Tigers have acquired Frank Howard from the Texas Rangers. "I'll do the very best I can and I just hope I can help the team make into the playoffs," said Howard, who was contacted at his Irving, apartment. Howard will apparently need all the help he can get. The 6-foot-7, 250-pounder is currently in one of the worst slumps of his fading 13-year career. At present he shows only nine home runs, 31 runs batted in and a .247 batting average in 94 games for the Rangers.

But Howard claims his hitting "has picked up a little lately." But if Howard does help lift the limping Tigers into the playoffs, he won't be eligible to play. Players must be on the roster prior to Sept. 1 in order to qualify for post-season action. Officially, Howard's price tag is "undisclosed," though Tiger sources peg his salary at a whopping $115,000. The Tigers also sent a $20,000 waiver fee to the Rangers.

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the all-around class. He has earned two gymnastics letters at DSC where he is majoring in art and physical education. Motorcycle, Bicycle Races Slated Sunday The Capital City Cyclers will sponsor a moto-cross program Sunday at Central States Race Track. About 50 entries from the Dakotas, Minnesota and Montana are expected for the event, which will begin at 2 p.m. Cycles will be broken into four classes a 0-100 c.c.

class, a 1-1-125 c.c. class, a 126-250 c.c. class and an open class. Street and beginners classes will also be included in the program for the benefit of riders who are new to the sport, according to Jim King of the Capital City Cyclers. Prior to the motorcycle races bicycle races are scheduled.

The bicycle races will be broken into classes based on age groups and bicycle styles. Sunday's moto-cross race is the next to last race on the cycle club's open racing program for the year. On Sept. 24 the club will host its annual Swamp Fox Knduro, a test that is expected to draw riders from six states. Braves Booster Tickets on Sale Booster tickets good for admission to all Mandan Braves football, basketball and wrestling contests during the 1972-73 school year are now available from all Mandan High School coaches and athletes.

The tickets, priced at $12, will also be on sale Friday at Braves Field when Mandan opens its 1972 grid season by hosting Fargo North. Below is a partial list of N.A.D.A. Members in This Area: MISSOURI VALLEY MOTORS Bismarck, N. D. CAPITOL TOYOTA Bismarck, N.D.

CORWIN-CHURCHILL MOTORS NASTROM-PEBSOII, Inc. Bismarck, N. D. Bismarck, N.D. DAVIS CHEVROLET CO.

PFEIFLE CHEVROLET Bismarck, N.D. Wishek, N. D. Dickinson Trinity). Bismarck will also compete in runs at Grand Forks and Fargo on dates that have not yet been announced REMUHD FORD-MERCURY, INC.

MAIIDAII CHRYSLER-PLYMOUTH, Inc. Mandan, N. D. BYRNE INSURANCE Mandan, N.D. SCHAEFFER FORD Underwood, N.

D. McCARIIEY'S FORD "i4 JOS. D.BYRNE Incorporated First National Bank Building Rooms 211-212 Complete Insurance Service DIAL 223-2233 ROBERT D. BAIN JOS. D.BYRNE Residence Dial 223 9532 Residence Dial 223-9234 Bismarck, N.D.

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