REMINDER Early Season Archery Tags Deer and Elk Available Starting Aug. 1, 2022, @ 8 AM Home and neighborhood hazard hunt Make a game out of looking for hazards in your neighborhood and in your home. You can search online to find “home hazard hunts” and get the kids and neighbors involved. REMINDER Deer General Rifle Tags Available Starting Aug. 15, 2022 After a large earthquake, your community’s emergency responders will be overwhelmed and possibly victims themselves. You, your family, and neighbors will need to be your own first responders. Get together with your neighbors to talk about and plan for emergencies. We are all in this together No one survives and recovers from a disaster alone. Disasters have shown that where people are organized and prepared, families recover faster. Your neighborhood will recover faster if you organize now. Once you have organized, you can move to more ambitious projects like practicing emergency drills and helping build supply caches with your neighbors. REMINDER Salmon Tags (for cultural fishing at Tribal cultural fishing sites only) Available Starting Aug. 15, 2022 When disasters happen, we rely on the aid of others to help us through. Even with the best preparedness efforts, our neighbors and others in our neighborhoods will help us respond to and recover from a disaster. REMINDER Elder Antlerless Deer Hunt Applications Due Aug. 26, 2022 Credits - - - - - Oregon Office of Emergency Management Ashland Fire & Rescue Department of Geology and Mineral Industries Hood River County Coos County Emergency Management Websites www.Oregon.gov/OEM www.Ready.gov NEIGHBORS HELPING EACH OTHER Getting to know you Map the hazards Introduction to “Two Weeks Ready” In today’s world, we often don’t know our neighbors very well, if at all. But after a disaster, you may be the one to save their lives, or the other way around. So start by introducing yourself to your neighbors. Make an index card with your name, address and phone number, email, and other methods to contact you in case of emergency. Once you have started your planning process, you can get the neighborhood together again to map out the hazards in your area. Most state geological or emergency management agencies have online hazard maps for your use. Print out a map of your neighborhood and talk about hazards, who has special training (medical, fire-fighting), and who might have special needs or special resources (generator, chainsaw, etc.). Mark the location of gas and water shut-off valves. Then take the maps and walk around in groups to make sure everything is correct. Preparing for disasters can be done over time. The traditional three days of supplies is a good start and helpful for short-term power outages or temporary evacuation. But a large earthquake and tsunami will leave much of the region’s transportation routes destroyed. Delivery of assistance and supplies will be difficult or impossible initially. People will have to count on each other in the community, in the workplace and at home in order to be safe until responders can reach them. It is recommended that families, neighborhoods and communities strive to be self-sufficient for two weeks. REMINDER Youth Antlerless Deer Hunt Applications Due Aug. 26, 2022 Many communities participate in public safety events that can be linked to disaster preparedness: National Night Out, Safety Towns, or Firewise events can all serve this purpose. Share a meal Food sharing has been a community building action for generations. Organize a potluck to take advantage of summer weather, or if weather doesn’t cooperate, at a nearby home or community center. Let everyone know that you plan to talk about emergency preparedness in your neighborhood. Siletz Tribal Student Incentives Program If you have completed any of these milestones, please send a copy of your certificate or diploma to your area education specialist. The Siletz Tribal Student Incentive Program rewards stu- dent achievements as follows: Adult Vocational Training One-year program Two-year program Higher Education Bachelor’s Degree Head Start/Preschool $10 Master’s Degree Kindergarten $10 Doctorate Degree Elementary School $20 Middle School $50 High School or GED 18 • Siletz News $100 • Neighbors Helping Neighbors August 2022 $100 $200 Pendleton blanket plus $75 $300 Pendleton blanket plus $300 Tribal Education Specialists Portland Area Office: Katy Holland, 503-238-1512, 12790 SE Stark St., Suite 102, Portland, OR 97233 Salem Area Office: Sonya Moody- Jurado, 503-390-9494, 3160 Blos- som Drive NE, Suite 105, Salem, OR 97305 Eugene Area Office: Candace Hill, 541-484-4234, 2468 W 11 th Ave., Eugene, OR 97402 Siletz Area Office: Jeff Sweet, 541- 444-8207, P.O. Box 549, Siletz, OR 97380 Community and backyard gardens While you can store shelf stable food for a long time, it is easy to start to grow at least some of your own food. Your local garden nursery or extension service will have great ideas for how to make gardening work in your space. Even if you live in an apartment, you can grow some vegetables and herbs in pots. Use Amazon Smile to donate to STAHS Here’s how you can donate to the Siletz Tribal Arts and Heritage Society (STAHS) painlessly and effortlessly. It’s as easy as 1,2,3,4. Thank you! 1--Go to Amazon.com. 2--In the Department drop down box, type Amazon Smile. 3--See Amazon Smile – You shop. Amazon Gives. 4--Follow the easy directions.