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Show The Gunnison Valley Gazette Page 6 Thursday, February 10, 2011 The Outdoor Report Don't feed the deer -Valley Views- ar • en me unnison va ey azette Library employee Cami Carlisle shows the 2010 Gazette book. Library receives record of newspapers The Gunnison Valley Gazette donated a bound copy of all the Gazette newspapers published in 2010 to the Gunnison Civic Library this past week. This book, along with five other books donated over the years, give library patrons ac- cess to every issue of the Gazette printed over the past six years, from 2005-2010. This is a great resource for those wishing to look up an old article, obituary, wedding announcement, photo or whatever else you may need to find. It is also fun to just sit and go through the pages and remember the events that have been a part of our lives over the past six years. The books are not allowed out of the library but copies of pages can be made on the library's copy machine. Burke Orthodontics to open in Sanpete County Brandon G. Burke, D.D.S., M.S.D., owner of Burke Orthodontics, is pleased to announce the opening of his orthodontic specialty practice in Mt. Pleasant. In March 2011, Burke Orthodontics will open its doors and begin seeing new patients at their office located next to the Sanpete Valley Hospital at 1055 South Medical Drive in Mt. Pleasant. Dr. Burke was born in Price and was raised in Ferron. With small-town roots, he is excited about the opportunity to provide specialty orthodontic care to the great people of Sanpete and Sevier Counties. Following an LDS church mission to Brazil and two years as a scholarship member of the basketball team at Dixie College, Dr. Burke graduated from Utah State University. After Utah State, he attended the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry and received his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree graduating with Distinction and High Honors among the top of his class. He was then accepted into the prestigious graduate orthodontic specialty program at the Medical College of Virginia and trained for an addi- SA1TERWHITE HOMES A Q14 • TEXAS • - you feed the wrong foods to them, the deer can actually die with stomachs that are full of food. • Feeding deer congregates them in a smaller area. And that can lead to all kinds of problems for the deer: • Congregating deer in a small area increases the chance that the deer will pass diseases to each other. • When deer congregate to feed, it's "every deer for itself." The larger deer push the smaller deer—the fawns—aside. Fawns often end up receiving less food than they would have received if you had left the deer alone and not fed them. • Feeding deer near a road increases the chance that deer will be killed by cars. • In addition to eating what you're feeding them—which may or may not be good for them to eat—deer will also eat other vegetation in and near the feeding area. This can lead to deer over-browsing the area. That over-browsing can damage the plants in the area for years to come. • Even after winter is over, deer will often stay close to the area where you fed them. 528-5001 Hwy 89 Northeast of Gunnison Open Monday - Saturday The First Word and Last Name in Log Homes! Think Satterwhite for Log Homes, Rough Lumber, Timbers, Animal Bedding and Firewood • • • • • • ..•• Utah Haitagt .•0. N. Credit Unit* .. Family. Experience. Quality.' • •••••••••••••••••••••••• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• • • • • •• ■ ■N I • ■■ ■ I ■N ■■ ■■ ■ ourtesy oto Dr. Burke with his wife, Darci and their three children. ■■ ■■ IN ■ tional two years beyond dental school to earn a certificate of orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics and a Master of Science in Dentistry degree. He has given presentations at national and international dental and orthodontic meetings and has published scientific articles in dental and orthodontic journals. Dr. Burke is married to Darci Simkins, formally e_exee4e-42, Z /40,„th, of Gunnison and Price. The Burkes have three children, ages 8, 6, and 2, and a fourth child due in March. Call Burke Orthodontics today for your free consultation, (435) 635-3200 and visit their website www.burkeorthodontics.com to learn more about their practice. 4irme.6 Sofa or ..wiss •E N • ■■ ■■ N U N U N U cort4erey-Orane Chiekoe, or 'awl( iRw,e reef ■■ •• • • N N N . Annual Meeting .• .•0 .• Will be held .•0 Thursday, February 10, 2011 .• 7:00 PM .•0 North Sanpete Middle School, Moroni . ••• Guest Speaker Steve Wahlquist • Motivational Speaker • Also know as "The guy that walked from I•N Salt Lake to St. George on one leg." • • We invite and encourage • EVERYONE to Attend!! 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If the deer need to be fed, the biologists will make sure the feeding is done in the right way, at the right time and with food that is best for the deer. Aoude strongly advises you not to feed deer on your own. "You may not realize it," he says, "but feeding deer actually harms the deer a lot more than it helps them." Aoude gives several reasons why feeding deer is a bad idea: • Deer have complex and delicate digestive systems. If The Outdoor Report is Sponsored by: •04, 444,42,1i adeatiote; dusuroatalkili4 ohm Utah's mule deer herds seem to be doing well as winter winds down. As they do every winter, biologists with the Division of Wildlife Resources have been monitoring the deer closely. In addition to determining the condition of the deer as they entered the winter, the biologists have been watching for four additional things: • The amount of food available to the deer • How deep the snow is • How cold the temperature is • The amount of body fat they find on deer that have been killed along roads If three or more of the five factors reach a critical point, biologists will consider feeding deer specially designed pellets. The pellets are formulated to fit the complex digestive system mule deer have. Anis Aoude, big game coordinator for the DWR, says biologists came close to feeding deer in Rich County this winter. "In December," he says, "the snow was piling up. Then the cold temperatures froze the top of the snow. 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