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Wednesday, February 1, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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By Sue Stafford
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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been repealed.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
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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/.