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Forest Service hiring for 1,000 jobs in Oregon, WA
ZACH URNESS
SALEM STATESMAN JOURNAL
USA TODAY NETWORK
The U.S. Forest Service is hiring 1,000
temporary spring and summer jobs in
Oregon and Washington, the federal
agency announced last week.
Applications will be accepted from
Nov. 14 to 20, with positions in fields in-
cluding fire, recreation, timber, engi-
neering, visitor services and archaeolo-
gy.
The majority of jobs pay $12 to $19 per
hour, require 40 hours per week and in-
clude health insurance.
The jobs include a variety of locations
across the Northwest and typically last
three to six months.
Specific positions that will be avail-
able can be browsed now at
https://fsoutreach.gdcii.com/Outreach.
By picking a search category such as
“Oregon,” for example, a wide variety of
jobs can be searched.
A few options include a park ranger
based in Bend, a forestry technician in
Hebo and a visitor services assistant in
John Day.
Applications must be submitted on
www.USAJOBS.gov during the open
time period (Nov. 14 to 20).
Interested applicants are encouraged
to create a profile on USAJOBS now to
save time once the hiring process begins.
“Seasonal employment with the For-
est Service is a great way to give back to
communities, learn new skills, and per-
form meaningful work,” Northwest re-
gional forester Jim Peña said in a news
release.
“If you are interested in working with
a dedicated team of people who take
pride in managing our national forests,
we encourage you to consider joining the
Forest Service.”
There are jobs in 16 National Forests,
59 District Offices, a National Scenic
Area, and a National Grassland compris-
ing 24.7 million acres in Oregon and
Washington that employ approximately
3,550 people.
Here's a timeline of how the jobs proc-
ess is likely to work:
November 14, 2017: The application
period opens in USAJobs. Apply only
through USAJobs. Applicants are en-
couraged to apply only for locations
where they would accept a position if of-
fered.
November 20, 2017: Application
deadline.
February 12 - 23, 2018: Application
evaluation. Subject matter experts will
generate reference evaluations and
gather this information for selecting of-
ficials. Supervisory Reference Checks
will occur during this time period.
Please ensure your references are no-
tified of this and they are available at the
email address (preferred) or phone num-
ber provided on your application.
February 6-17, 2018: Applicants se-
lected for jobs will be notified by a For-
est Service representative by phone.
Tentative selectees should be available
by phone during this time and should
have computer access to complete docu-
ments within 72 hours of being contacted
with the tentative selection.
April 2018: First effective dates for
positions. Look for the effective date on
the Official Confirmation Letter, all oth-
er selection notices are tentative pend-
ing onboarding and employment suit-
ability adjudication.
Official Confirmation Letters will be
received approximately 1 month prior to
your start date. It is important to be in
contact with your supervisor to confirm
your reporting date and ensure all on-
boarding processes have been complet-
ed.
Zach Urness has been an outdoors
writer, photographer and videographer
in Oregon for nine years. He is the author
of the book “Hiking Southern Oregon”
and can be reached at zurness@States-
manJournal.com or (503) 399-6801. Find
him on Twitter at @ZachsORoutdoors.
Bringing joy into the
mid-valley for the holidays
ANNETTE UTZ
SPECIAL TO SALEM STATESMAN JOURNAL
USA TODAY NETWORK
Now that Halloween has passed, the
holiday season is about to begin in ear-
nest.
Black Friday is just around the cor-
ner, but for some families, it is not such a
great deal. There are programs in the
Mid-Valley to help ease the stress and
bring some joy to the celebrations.
For those who qualify in Stayton and
Sublimity, Toys for Joy provides gifts
for children 18 years of age and younger
and the Gift of Christmas Dinner pro-
vides a food box to make a Christmas
meal.
“The TFJ program is beneficial to
our community since it provides mem-
bers of the community an opportunity
for each of us to make a small difference
in the life of a needy child or family re-
siding in our community,” Toys for Joy
Chair Maria Sammons said. “It brings
joy into the life of a child and helps make
their parents’ holiday less stressful. In
fact, many of our current donors bene-
fited from the program at some time
during their lives and find it important
to give back and help others, being a
part of that circle of generosity is very
rewarding.”
Applications for both programs will
be accepted from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., Tues-
day, Nov. 14, at Foothills Church, 975
Fern Ridge Rd. SE, Stayton, for resi-
dents in the Stayton and Sublimity Fire
District boundaries.
Registration continues at the same
location on Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to 11
a.m. and Thursdays from 1p.m. to 3 p.m.
Dec. 7. There will be no registration on
Thanksgiving, Thursday, Nov. 23.
To apply, bring an Oregon photo ID or
driver’s license for all adults in the
household; a Social Security card, med-
ical card or birth certificate for each
child in the home; a current utility bill
for proof of address; and proof of in-
come/no income for the last 30 days for
everyone in the household (paycheck
stubs, DHS-FSRN printout, SSI award
letter, child support, etc.).
Children older than six months will
not be allowed to accompany parents.
In the Silverton area, Silverton Area
Community Aid will be providing Silver
Falls School District residents Thanks-
giving and Christmas meal boxes that
include everything from a turkey or
ham to side dishes.
Assistant Director Carol Shelton en-
courages those interested to register as
early as possible as Thanksgiving box
pick-ups begin on Nov. 16. Active clients
can sign up over the phone and those not
currently enrolled need to visit the Sil-
verton Area Community Aid office at
421 S. Water St. on weekdays (except
Wednesdays) between 9 a.m. and noon
and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesdays to com-
plete a new client application form.
Silverton Area Community Aid is
also holding a Holiday Pie Drive. work-
ing with Willamette Valley Pie Country
The Stayton Fire District's Santa Cruise, being
held this year on Dec. 2, is the largest
fundraiser of the year for Toys for Joy.
RUSS STROHMEYER / SPECIAL TO THE STAYTON MAIL
Store for the holidays. Purchase a $25
gift card at the Silverton Area Commu-
nity Aid office for one take and bake pie
and two pies will be provided for the
meal boxes.
“We normally distribute about 250
boxes so our goal is to sell at least 125
gift cards so each family receives a pie,”
Shelton said.
For under the tree, the Silverton Ze-
nith Women’s Club is sponsoring its 19th
annual Tree of Giving, which offers
clothing and toys to families for the holi-
days.
The day after Thanksgiving, trees
bearing tags with children’s names,
ages and clothing sizes will be placed at
several Silverton locations for gift do-
nations.
“We try to encourage clothing only
since the fire department and KGW
have large toy drives and we get a lot of
support from them,” Diane Paul said.
The last two registration periods are
10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 9, and 1
p.m. to 3 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 10, at the
Silverton Community Center, 421 S. Wa-
ter St.
To qualify for the program, families
must live in Silverton, Scotts Mills, or
have children in the Silver Falls School
District at schools without any other
holiday programs, and demonstrate fi-
nancial need.
A parent or legal guardian needs to
register the children and produce a pho-
to ID or driver’s license for the person
registering; a birth certificate, current
vaccination card, or current school reg-
istration for each child; proof of address
(current utility bill); proof of income
such as a housing assistance letter, cur-
rent WIC card, check stubs from the last
two months or last year’s tax return; and
sizes for children’s clothing (pants,
shirt, shoes, dresses, coats, underwear).
“We are handling the registrations
and we try to make it as easy as possi-
ble,” Silverton Together Program Di-
rector Jan Holowati said.
For more information on these pro-
grams and how to help, contact Rosa Ra-
mirez (Toys for Joy/Gift of Christmas
Dinner) at 503-399-9080, Silverton Ze-
nith Women’s Club (Tree of Giving) at
503-873-7020, Silverton Together (Tree
of Giving) at 503-873-0405 or SACA
(Holiday meal boxes) at 503-873-3446.
Getting dressed up and heading downtown in Silverton on Tuesday, Oct. 31.
JUSTIN MUCH | STAYTON MAIL
Goblins give grins
mixed with gridlock
JUSTIN MUCH
SALEM STATESMAN JOURNAL
USA TODAY NETWORK
The annual Goblin Walk proved espe-
cially popular this year as families
flowed into the downtown for trick or
treats, while traffic backed up signifi-
cantly, especially on Water and Main
streets in downtown Silverton.
“It was a beautiful evening to be out,”
Silverton Police Chief Jeff Fossholm
said. “We had a lot of trick or treaters
out, and that does back up our down-
town.”
The chief said the layout of the
streets, which intersect Cascade High-
way 213 and Silver Falls Highway 214,
coupled with the regulated traffic fur-
nish the ingredients of gridlock during
busy hours, especially when that is com-
bined with heavy pedestrian traffic.
Halloween elicited families, kids and
some parents dressed for the day and
prepped to enjoy it. Expectations
gauged from previous years were to see
a couple hundred or more, but early esti-
mates are it exceeded that considerably.
“I talked to one business that gave
out at least 600 pieces of candy,” Foss-
holm said.
Silverton Chamber Director Stacy
Palmer heard similar reports.
“Citizens Bank gave away over 60
pounds; they had two big rubber totes
that they went through,” Palmer said.
The Chamber hosts the popular
event, and this year’s popularity in-
creased with the number of businesses
taking part. The relatively mild October
weather may have been a factor.
“We had a much bigger turnout, may-
be due to the weather,” Palmer said. “It
Getting dressed up and heading downtown
in Silverton on Tuesday, Oct. 31.
JUSTIN MUCH | STAYTON MAIL
was the first time in something like 10
years that it didn’t rain (on Oct. 31),
that’s what I heard.”
Businesses added a few new attrac-
tions, such as hay-bale backgrounds
with a movable framing for kids to
perch behind for photos, provided by
both She’s the Cat’s Meow and Best Real
Estate.
“Traffic on Main (Street) was backed
up from Water all the way to Eureka,”
she noted.
Fossholm said there were no inci-
dents, and he tipped his hats to motor-
ists for their patience, which provided a
little festivity and a few grins for the
town’s younger set.
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