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6 Wednesday, February 1, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon City manager Citypsnapshot Hunterpeducationp please call City Recorder hiring classesponptappinpSisters By Sue Stafford Kerry Prosser at 541-323- 5213. schedule Sign up now for upcom- works for you. Registering • There are currently two • The Oregon Department ing hunter education classes for a class or field day costs Correspondent By Sue Stafford Correspondent Last week’s public forums regarding the hiring of a new Sisters city manager were almost non-events. Five peo- ple showed up for the after- noon meeting (three from the Chamber) and no one came for the evening meeting. This was the public’s opportunity to tell the recruit- ment firm, Jensen Strategies of Portland, what characteris- tics the citizens would like to see in the new city manager. Eric Jensen did meet with city councilors individually as well as City staff and several key private citizens. From the input received, and estab- lished necessary qualifica- tions, Jensen will develop the profile of the ideal candidate. The official ad will be posted the last week of February for about a month. Jensen will screen the appli- cations for minimum require- ments. They will conduct the first round of interviews, after which they will submit a short list to the city coun- cil. Finalists will be chosen and interviewed by a panel of councilors, staff, and mem- bers of the city manager community. The goal is to have the new permanent city manager in place by July 1, 2017. openings on the City’s bud- get committee. Duties are time-limited and include attending several meet- ings to review requests and set the City budget for fis- cal year 2017/18. For more information please contact City Recorder Kerry Prosser 541-323-5213. • City Councilor David Asson has been appointed as the council liaison to the City finance department. Asson’s duties include work- ing with the City finance officer and attending budget panel meetings. The appoint- ment replaces the former finance audit committee, which has been inactive for a long time. The ordinance governing the committee has been repealed. • The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, which provides Sisters with law enforcement services, reported they spent 8,787.5 patrol hours in Sisters in 2016. They issued 502 traf- fic warnings and 68 traf- fic citations. There were 11 felony arrests. Officers conducted 2,691 security checks and found nine open doors. • City Council will be meeting during the day on February 8 at City Hall to do goal-setting and budget prioritization. If interested in attending, Winter storms have strongly impacted business. Support local and come have a meal at The Porch or R-Spot. 541-549-EATS (3287) 243 N. Elm St. Sisters Tues.-Sun., 5-9 p.m. Walk-ins welcome! Workwear for Your Hard-Working Man! Hickory Shirts Logger Jeans (Single & double knee) Suspenders Romeos 506 N. Pine St. 541-549-9631 www.sistersrental.com of Aviation public hearing regarding adding Sisters Eagle Airport to Appendix M will be held at Sisters High School on Wednesday, February 8 at 6 p.m. The City has a FAQ docu- ment regarding the airport, which might be helpful to read prior to attending the hearing. It provides histori- cal background on the air- port and answers questions ODA has received during the public comment period. Eagle Air is the only pri- vately owned public-use air- port in the state not listed in Appendix M. • Reservations for the 2017 season at Creekside Campground opened on January 4. All spaces are already reserved for Rodeo, Quilt Show, and Folk Festival weekends with a three-night minimum. The weekend of the total solar eclipse over Central Oregon on August 21 is already three-quarters full. As of Thursday, January 26, the City had received $35,000 for reservations. being offered in Sisters. The Sisters class is at Sisters Community Church from 6:30 to 9 p.m. on the following days: February 6, 8, 13, 15, 20 and 22. Sign up for these classes at https://or.outdoorcentral. us/or/license or at any license sales agent. ODFW offers two types of hunter education classes: a traditional classroom experi- ence over several days where most material is reviewed in the classroom; or indepen- dent study, which kids can do from home via workbook or online course. Independent study students also need to attend a field day to receive their hunter education certificate. For a list of current classes and field days open in Oregon, visit the ODFW’s license sales site and click View All Classes-Workshops / Hunter Ed Class or Hunter Ed Field Day tab. New classes are added regularly so check back if you don’t see a date, time, or location that $10. Adults are also welcome to attend any hunter educa- tion classes and may take the adult online course, which doesn’t require a field day for certification. Hunter education is required for all hunters under the age of 18 and encouraged for adults, too. The classes cover important issues including hunter ethics and respect for private landown- ers; wildlife management and identification; firearms handling and safety; hunt preparation and techniques; survival; and introductory bowhunting. All classes and field days are taught by certified vol- unteers dedicated to passing on the tradition of hunting to future generations. These vol- unteer instructors teach and certify about 6,500 students statewide each year in hunter education. For more information about hunter education, visit http://www.dfw.state.or.us/ education/hunter/.