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Home My WebLink AboutCS Fights Mosquitos 102204health committee chairman, said mosquito cages suggested by Mayor Anderson have been pressed into service with good results. "We are putting the trapped mosquitos into dry ice, at least minus 70 degrees centigrade," McBride said. "Thursday or Friday, we will carry them to Houston where tests will be made to determine if the mos- quitos carry encephalitis virus. McBride observed different species of culex mosquitos - similar to the ones prevalent in College Station - carry enceph- alitis and yellow fever viruses. They do not, he added, have the malaria virus. "We should know the extent of danger of these mosquitos by the first of next week," Mc- Bride continued. "Monkeys and people are reservoirs for yellow fever and malaria. Luckily, we don't have many monkeys around." "Birds, particularly spar- rows," McBride pointed out, "are the biggest carriers of en- cephalitis. Epidemics usually start in July or August in this part of the country. We want to prevent the probability of an epidemic here." Players and fans alike are suffering mosquito maulings at College Station baseball and g, g 1 11 e Ifs;; ; College Fights (0f 1o tation Mosquitos Residents and officials of Co o-Ilege Station, joined by Texa r A&M personnel, are putting th 1gibite on the community's must; rooming mosquito population. "We have two employes spray ing full - time in campus areas,' remarked 0. 0. Haugen, super intendent of operations foi A&M's Physical Plant. They spray every day when the sur shines." The City of College Station is attacking low areas where ex. I cess water concentrates to make good breeding places for mos. quitos. Mayor D. A. (Andy) Ander- son reported stepped up mos- quito fighting activities by city employes. Intermittent down- Ipours s kept street crews from their normal duties, but they ishouldered napsack spraying) units to disperse naptha-type spray in pot-holes throughout the city. College Station City Manager Ran Boswell said Wednesday his office has received few com- plaints about mosquitos in the past several days. Others contend the city's phone j must have been out of operation because giant-size mosquitos 1 have caused unusual concern by 1 parents and other residents of t the community. t Some suggested service clubs tackle the mosquito problems with their usual vigor for activi- S ties which are beneficial to ev- F ery resident and visitor. G Others wondered why aerial sprays have not been used in the city. l softball parks. Some say it's a s blessing so many games have been washed out in the last couple of weeks. Universities and city employes are sticking with the rugged ' task of stamping out mosquito larvae, but voice concern about mosquitos already flying around, annoying and biting people. "I know they are spraying the creeks and bottomlands," one man commented. "Sometimes, I think it's too bad we don't live in a creek so we could escape the mosquitos." Frankll. ons in. le ai hi~• T