Distribution schedule set for 2013-2014 hunting and fishing tags
The Natural Resources Committee has set the following schedule and methods for distributing this year’s hunting and fishing tags to Tribal members.
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Many of the elk antlerless hunts have been changed. Several old hunts have been dropped and new ones added. Some hunt unit boundaries also have changed. Most
of the antlerless hunts now occur in January and February.
Antlerless or spike deer tags will be issued by lottery to Elders only.
Deer archery tags are now for forked horn or better bucks (no does or spikes).
Disabled deer hunters no longer can harvest a doe, fawn or spike.
estimated
Number
Available
Season
Dates
Date to Start Tag Issuance
Method of Issuance
Early Archery
50
8/24-9/22
8/5/13 at 8 a.m. at NR office
First come, first served*
General Rifle
375
9/28-11/1**
8/19
First come, first served
Antlerless or Spike –
Adult
8
9/28-11/3
Lottery applications due 8/2; drawing 8/5;
tags issued 8/12
Lottery – open to Elders only
Antlerless or Spike –
Youth
5
9/28-11/3
Lottery applications due 8/2; drawing 8/5;
tags issued 8/12
Lottery – open to youth age
12-17 only
Late Archery
50***
11/16-12/8
First Distribution: 10/21 at 8 a.m. at NR office
Second Distribution: 11/4 at 8 a.m. at NR office
(see Note 2 below)
First come, first served*
Antlerless – Youth
2
8/1-12/31
Lottery applications due 7/5; drawing 7/8;
tags issued 7/15
Lottery – open to youth age
12-17 only
Early Archery
25
8/24-9/22
8/5/13 at 8 a.m. at NR office
First come, first served*
1 st Season Rifle
25
11/9-11/12
Lottery
2 nd Season Rifle
25
11/16-11/22
Lottery applications due 9/27; drawing 10/7;
tags issued 10/14
Antlerless
14
Various seasons
Lottery applications due 9/27; drawing 10/7;
tags issued one month prior to season opening
Lottery
Late Archery Antlerless
56
11/23-12/8
First Distribution: 10/21 at 8 a.m. at NR office
Second Distribution: 11/4 at 8 a.m. at NR office
(see Note 2 below)
First come, first served*
Salmon
200
11/1-12/30
(estimate)
8/19
First come, first served
Type of Tag
Deer
elk
Salmon
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No early calls to “save” a tag for someone. Must physically show up to obtain tag on first day of distribution. May call to have a tag mailed beginning on the second
day of distribution.
** Season for youth age 12-17 is Sept. 28 to Nov. 3 (two days extra at end of season)
*** Minus number of tags filled in Early Bow Season
NOTE 1: A Tribal member can obtain only ONE elk tag in their name during the 2013-2014 hunting season (bow, bull and cow tags all count toward the one tag), except
as noted below.
NOTE 2: First Distribution: For hunters who have not been issued an early season deer archery tag (for deer tags) or any elk tag (for elk tags). Second Distribution: For
any eligible hunter, regardless of what other tags they have received.
Tooth Talk: Sodas, acids, pH, bacteria – so just what is eating your teeth?
By Mary Ellen Volansky, EPDH, MS
In the years, uh, decades I have been
in this profession, since the ’70s (back in
the old days), the dental profession saw
cavities as holes eaten into our teeth by
tiny critters call bacteria. The image this
brings to mind is a mouse nibbling on a
wedge of cheese. Not a pretty picture.
Now, the profession knows better. It
knows what it knows until the next major
breakthrough in dental science comes
along. So today we know that those bac-
teria growing on our teeth don’t actually
eat our teeth. Instead, those tiny critters
eat the foods we put into our mouths.
Then these bacteria digest those
foods. When they are done digesting those
foods, they excrete or poop onto our teeth.
The poop is made up of acids that eat at
or into our teeth.
The acids do the nibbling and draw or
suck the minerals out of our teeth. Once
the minerals, which are hard, are gone, the
tooth area that remains is soft.
Sometimes the softer area is also
whiter. Sometimes the soft white areas
soak up stains, turning them brown or
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black. Foods, beverages and other things
we put into our mouths can cause this
coloration, such as sodas, cigarettes, cof-
fee, tea, red wine and berries.
So when a dental professional tells
you that you have a demineralized area,
there is still hope that the soft area will
soak up fluoride and actually re-harden
the softened area of a tooth.
Back to the mouse nibbling that
wedge of cheese. The mouse in this story
is really a gazillion bacteria. The nibbling
is done to foods located on our teeth. The
poop or acids from those gazillion bacte-
ria living on our teeth are what draw the
minerals from our teeth and make them
soft. Now the clincher – any acid in the
foods we eat can do this to our teeth.
Where the acids drew away the hard
minerals of a tooth, fluoride can bond
into the tooth and re-harden it. The tooth
or teeth will stay re-hardened as long
as you keep the area clean. Brushing,
flossing and using fluoride toothpaste or
mouth rinse can be very helpful in keeping
healthy teeth healthy.
The food that causes the most prob-
lems in our fast food world is soda,
including energy drinks and caffeinated
beverages. These “foods” are more acidic
than acid rain. I use the word “food”
loosely as many of these beverages lack
much in the way of nutrition. They are
nearly as acidic or caustic as battery acid.
We also call demineralized areas
incipient decay or early decay. Finding
these areas early is very important. We
want to find these demineralized areas
before they grow big enough to need to be
drilled and filled. This is why we ask you
to come in for an exam and cleaning regu-
larly. We want to find these small areas
and keep them, with your help, small.
The measure of something’s acidity
is called its pH. The lower the pH, the
more acidic something is. Neutral on the
pH scale is 7. Water has a pH of 7. Bat-
tery acid has a pH of 1.00. Teeth begin to
demineralize at a pH of 5.5.
May 2013
Space prevents me from listing all the
sodas/beverages and their acid levels, but
here are a few common examples:
Battery Acid
Gatorade
Powerade White
Red Bull
Coke
Dr. Pepper
Mug Root Beer
Water
pH = 1.00
pH = 3.08
pH = 2.76
pH = 3.37
pH = 2.53
pH = 2.92
pH = 4.038
pH = 7.0
All of the beverages listed above are
acidic enough to cause our teeth to demin-
eralize or decay. If you would like more
information, come into the clinic and ask
me or the dentists about your beverage of
choice. We have a longer list in the Siletz
Dental Clinic or you can Google your
favorite beverage/pH.
There are responsible ways of con-
suming foods like sodas and candy. Eat
them with meals, when saliva rinses and
neutralizes the acids. Rinse with two
mouthfuls of water afterwards; spit out
or swallow the water you swish. Don’t
sip or nibble the sodas or sugars through
the day or morning or afternoon. Enjoy.