SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 2015
On the spot
COURTESY PHOTO
On Jan 12, Florence resident W.B. Foreman spotted
this spotted owl sitting on the swing set in his back
yard. The owl has since moved into a tree in
Foremans’s yard.
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Dunes City seeks citizen input
DUNES CITY — The
Dunes City Council has sched-
uled its annual special session
devoted to setting City Council
goals for the year.
The special session will be
held Tuesday, Feb. 10, begin-
ning at 2 p.m. Although no oral
citizen comments will be heard
during the meeting, Dunes City
residents are invited to submit
written suggestions for City
Council goals, or comments on
the goals, prior to the meeting
and to attend the meeting in
person.
The comments and sugges-
tions will be presented to coun-
cilors for consideration during
the special session.
Written suggestions and
comments may be delivered to
Dunes City Hall, 82877 Spruce
St. in Westlake, mailed to PO
Box 97, Westlake OR 97493,
or emailed to recorder@
dunescityor.com.
In order to be considered
during the City Council's spe-
cial session, comments must be
received at Dunes City Hall by
4 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 4.
At last year’s goal-settings
special session, the Dunes City
Council determined that pri-
mary goals for the city should
be financial stability, good
governance, water quality and
resources, and emergency pre-
paredness.
Other significant goals for
city councilors in 2014 includ-
ed continuing their work
to
update
the
city's
Comprehensive Plan by replac-
ing outdated information, and
to hold educational seminars
that promote local awareness
of Dunes City’s septic pro-
gram.
In addition, during last
year’s goal-setting session,
councilors agreed to continue
their commitment to making
the annual Oregon Dunes
Triathlon and Duathlon a sig-
nature event for the Florence
and Dunes City area. The sec-
ond annual Oregon Dunes
Triathlon and Duathlon held in
May 2014 was deemed a huge
success, with more than twice
the number of registered par-
ticipants than the first event
held in 2013.
Dunes City Mayor Rebecca
Ruede reminds local residents
and business owners that it is
not too early to get involved
with the 2015 event.
“Businesses and individuals
can help support this unique,
fun event by becoming a spon-
sor or by volunteering to staff
the triathlon and duathlon race
courses,” she says. “Even
though the event is in May,
we’re already looking for
sponsors and volunteers.”
Information about the event
and sponsorship opportunities
is available by calling Dunes
City Hall at 541-997-3338.
December unemplyment at six-year low
Oregon’s unemployment
rate dropped from 7 percent in
November to 6.7 percent in
December, the lowest level
since August 2008, right before
the worst days of the financial
crisis which led to the Great
Recession.
Jobs grew rapidly again in
December. During the last
three months of 2014, employ-
ment grew by a total of 24,300,
the largest three-month gain
since comparable records
began in 1990.
Nonfarm payroll employ-
ment rose by 8,200 in
December. This followed a
revised gain of 8,700 in
November, with growth not as
strong as the originally esti-
mated gain of 11,200.
These monthly job totals are
produced each month by the
U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics. Gains in December
were broad-based, as seven of
the major industries each
added at least 800 jobs. It is
rare for so many industries to
gain that many jobs in one
month.
Retail trade (+2,000 jobs),
government (+2,000), health
care and social assistance
(+1,600), construction (+900),
transportation, warehousing
and utilities (+800), leisure and
hospitality (+800), and other
services (+800) were the indus-
tries adding the most jobs.
A large drop in the number
of unemployed Oregonians
coincided with December’s
employment growth. The labor
force
barely
grew
in
December, unlike the rapid
labor force growth seen in
recent months.
Fewer unemployed and an
unchanged labor force con-
tributed to the drop in the
unemployment rate.
All numbers above are sea-
sonally adjusted.
The Oregon Employment
Department plans to release the
December county and metro-
politan area unemployment
rates on Monday, Jan. 26, and
the statewide unemployment
rate and employment survey
data for January on Tuesday,
March 3.
The Oregon Employment
Department is responsible for
releasing Oregon’s monthly
payroll employment and labor
force data. The data are pre-
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The BLS estimates of
monthly job gains and losses
are based on a survey of busi-
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unemployment are based on a
survey of households and other
inputs.
The Oregon Employment
Department publishes payroll
employment estimates that are
revised quarterly by using
employment counts from
employer
unemployment
insurance tax records. All
department publications use
this official Oregon series data
unless noted otherwise.
This month’s release incor-
porates the April, May and
June 2014 tax records data.
The department continues to
make the original nonfarm
payroll employment series
available; these data are pro-
duced by the BLS and are
revised annually.
For the complete pdf version
of the news release, including
tables and graphs, visit
www.QualityInfo.org/press
release, then within the Press
Release Documents list, select
Oregon Monthly Employment
Situation.
To obtain the data in other
formats such as in Excel, visit
www.QualityInfo.org, then
within the top banner select
Economic Data, then choose
LAUS or CES.
For help finding jobs and
training resources, visit one of
the state’s WorkSource Oregon
Centers or visit www.Work
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SSWCD
seeks
contractor
The Siuslaw Soil and
Water Conservation District
is seeking licensed contrac-
tors to implement the riparian
planting portion of the Fiddle
and Morris Creeks Riparian
Restoration Project.
The deadline for bid sub-
missions is Jan. 31.
Contact
the
District
Watershed Conservationist
Seth Mead at 541-997-1272,
or
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at
siuswcd@qwestoffice.net.
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