Area students can register at the Paynesville Area Elementary and Middle schools. Area students not attending school in Paynesville can pick up a registration form from Vicki Jenniges at Community First National Bank in Paynesville.
The Minnesota Firearms Safety Certificate serves as a hunting license from age 12 until age 16. No one under age 16 can buy a deer license unless they have a Firearms Safety Certificate. No one 16 or older born after Dec. 31, 1979, can buy a license to take wild game by firearms unless they have a Firearms Safety Certificate or evidence that they have taken a Hunter Safety Course in another state.
Anyone who will be 12 years old or older by Nov. 5, 1999, may take the course. Course cost is $5.
Instruction will be held at the Paynesville Area Middle School on Tuesday nights beginning March 9. Classes will begin at 7:30 p.m. and go until 9:30 p.m.