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Wednesday, April 5, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
SPRD needs
budget
committee
members
The board of directors of
the Sisters Park & Recreation
District is accepting applica-
tions from district residents
to fill up to three budget com-
mittee vacancies.
The budget committee
reviews the district’s budget
document as proposed by
the budget officer. Once sat-
isfied with the budget, the
Committee approves it and
forwards it to the board of
directors for public hearing
and adoption.
The budget meeting is
scheduled for May 9, with an
additional meeting May 10 if
necessary.
To be eligible for appoint-
ment, a candidate must live in
the district, not be an officer
or employee of the district,
and be a qualified voter of
the district. Interested per-
sons should submit a letter
explaining the reasons for
wishing to serve on the bud-
get committee, along with a
short résumé.
These documents must be
delivered to the Sisters Park
& Recreation District, 1750
W. McKinney Butte Rd.,
Sisters, OR 97759. P.O. Box
2215, or by email to Liam@
SistersRecreation.com.
Applications should be deliv-
ered by 5 p.m. on April 12.
Lounging in the spring grass...
Oregon’s
recycling
program
doubles
payout for
bottles, cans
PORTLAND (AP) —
Oregon’s recycling program
has doubled to 10 cents its
payout for used soda cans
and glass bottles.
The state was the first
in the nation to give 5-cent
refunds for cans and bot-
tles more than 45 years
ago.
It decided to increase
the refund in an effort to
boost recycling. The new
10-cent rate took effect
Saturday, and officials with
the state’s recycling pro-
gram are expecting a busy
weekend.
Oregon’s groundbreaking
1971 Bottle Bill was rep-
licated in nine other states
and Guam. But return rates
recently dropped below
70 percent, triggering the
refund hike as required by
law.
Naysayers, meanwhile,
say it’s bad policy that pri-
vate-sector industry pockets
the unredeemed refunds —
around $30 million in 2015
— during a budget crisis in
Oregon.
PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK
Like everyone else, the deer in Sisters are happy to see spring.
Area unemployment hits historic low
Following the state’s lead,
unemployment levels dropped
significantly across the High
Desert in February. Deschutes
County saw its rate plummet
to the lowest level on record
(comparable county records
only go back to 1990).
The unemployment rate
reached a series low of 4 per-
cent in Deschutes County.
February tied the largest
monthly drop in county his-
tory, falling 0.6 percent-
age points. The rate is down
from last February, when
it was 5 percent. Declining
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unemployment is being driven
by rapid hiring with over
3,700 additional employed
residents from last year.
The county added nearly
800 jobs from January as
we move past the seasonal
employment low. Monthly
gains outpaced expectations
as the county typically only
adds around 200 jobs from
January to February.
Local Deschutes County
businesses continue to hire
at a fast pace. Employment
levels remain up 3.8 percent
from last February (+2,850
jobs), significantly faster than
the statewide growth of 2.1
percent. Employment gains
continue to be spread across
a variety of industries. There
was particularly fast growth
in information, healthcare,
transportation, and finan-
cial activities. Other growth
industries include construc-
tion and manufacturing. After
six years of continuous job
growth, leisure and hospital-
ity (primarily tourism-related
businesses) posted two con-
secutive months of over-the-
year job losses.
Enjoy the
fl avors
of spring
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