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.