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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2017 THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS — 7 Outdoor Rec / Local HELP WANTED MayDay, Inc is hiring a part time, 20 hours a week, position for Program Coordinator. Taking applications till September 22, 2017. Please go to the MayDay offi ce to apply. 9.15 The USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) in Baker City, Oregon is currently accepting applications for a full time, permanent, Program Technician. Applications and materials are available online at www.usajobs.gov, and will be accepted beginning August 29, 2017 and closing September 19, 2017 11: 59 p.m. EDT. Salary begins $29,356 - $52,893 per year ($14.07 – $25.34 per hour) based on qualifi cations and experience. Applications must be submitted through USAJobs. For more information please contact the FSA Offi ce at 3990 Midway Drive, Baker City, OR 97814 or (541)523-7121 x 106. FSA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 9.15 BAKER SCHOOL DISTRICT is currently accepting applications for a Secretary II. Closing Date is September 20, 2017 at 4:00 p.m. For a complete description of the position and the application process, go to www.Baker5J.org. For additional information, please call Cathy Martin at 541-524-2261, or email at cathy.martin@bakersd.org. 9.15 2017 Fair Results Child passenger law is in effect Salmon, trout committee to meet It went into effect in late May, but you may not have heard yet: child passengers under age two must use a child seat with harness in a rear-facing position, unless the child turned one year of age prior to May 26. Previously, the age requirement for rear-facing was up to age one, but safety advocates have known for years that rear- facing is a best practice. Now, in Oregon, it’s law. Over the past few weeks, law enforcement agencies around the state have been looking for opportunities to educate motorists about this new law, along with Oregon’s other occupant safety law for child passengers, which says a child over age two (or who turned one year of age prior to May 26, 2017) must ride in a car seat with harness or in a booster until they reach age eight or 4’ 9” in height and the adult belt fi ts them correctly. Statewide education efforts will continue during National Child Passenger Safety Week, Sept. 17–22, an event that recognizes the signifi cant role proper child restraints play in sav- ing lives “Motor vehicle crashes are the leading nationwide cause of death for children ages one through twelve years old,” said Occupant Protection Program Man- ager Carla Levinski. “Too often it’s because the child was riding in the wrong type or incorrectly installed child restraint.” In 2015, 20 percent of the 981 children aged eight and under that were injured in Oregon traffi c crashes were using adult belts in- stead of child restraints as required by law. Nineteen of the injured children were using no restraint. “Parental modeling can signifi cantly affect a child’s behavior with respect to nurturing con- sistent and proper restraint use habits,” Levinski said. “Even though 97 percent of Oregonians surveyed report ‘always’ using restraints, our crash data for 2015 shows lack of safety belt or child restraint use remains a factor in 35 percent—or 79—of the total 289 motor vehicle occupant fatalities.” Many of these tragedies can be prevented by proper use of car seats, boosters and seat belts – no matter what your age. “Proper” use is key, and Oregon has hundreds of certifi ed child safety seat technicians that can offer help at one of Oregon’s child seat fi tting stations. “Our statistics help us es- timate that we could have saved 40 individual lives in 2015 if everyone had used proper safety belts and child safety systems on every trip—short trips too,” Levinski said. “That should serve as powerful motivation to buckle up properly every single time you get in your vehicle.” Oregon law requires children less than forty pounds be restrained in a child seat. Children under two years of age or weighing less than twenty pounds must be restrained in a rear-facing child seat. A child over forty pounds must be restrained in either a child seat or a booster seat appropriate for their size until they reach age eight or 4’ 9” tall AND the adult belt system fi ts them correctly. ODFW’s Salmon and Trout Enhancement Program (STEP) Advisory Committee will meet in Central Point on Thursday, Sept. 21 and Friday, Sept. 22. at the ODFW Central Point Offi ce located at 1495 E Gregory Rd. Thursday’s meeting is scheduled to run from 8 a.m.- 5 p.m. The agenda includes STEP program planning, review of mini-grant applications, and review of three propagation proposals. Two of these proposals (Indian Creek Hatchery and the Gardiner-Reedsport Winchester Bay hatchery) are up for renewal and there is also one new proposal to raise trout at the Gardiner-Reedsport Winchester Bay hatchery. Any STEP project that rears fi sh for release (includ- ing egg incubation) must be approved by ODFW. The proposals are available for public review on the ODFW website at http://www.dfw.state.or.us/fi sh/STEP/ Mem- bers of the public will be able to comment on the propos- als at the meeting or in writing. Written responses must be received by Sept. 18. Friday’s meeting will include a tour of various local STEP projects from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. To join the tour meet at the ODFW Central Point offi ce (1495 E Gregory Rd) at 8:00 a.m. Members of the public joining the tour must provide their own transportation and lunch.
