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Editor: Randy Unsbee, ABC Sponsor PR & Marketing 1260 NE 20th Gresham, OR 97030 info@sponsorpr.com Please send address changes to: Oregon Region SCCA 4800 SW Macadam Ave., Ste. 110 Portland, OR, 97239 Photographers: Doug Berger, George Dwinell, Wayne Flynn, Ron Coelho The Loud Pedal is published monthly by the Oregon Region of the Sports Car Club of America. All contents copyright Š 2010 by Oregon Region SCCA Inc. Articles and letters to the editor may be submitted in writing, by mail, by fax, electronically on a CD disk or by electronic mail. Original photographs may be submitted, but do not submit, and Oregon Region will not accept, copyrighted materials without prior written permission from the photographer specifically granting Loud Pedal permission to reprint his or her work. It is to be understood that all materials submitted and accepted for use by Oregon Region for publication in Loud Pedal may be used by Oregon Region in all of the forms that Loud Pedal is published and in all of the ways that Loud Pedal is used and distributed by Oregon Region, both as a physical magazine, and as an electronic magazine available at the Oregon Region website. These additional uses include, but are not limited to: membership communications, membership recruitment, and publicity. Opinions expressed in this publication are those of the credited author only, and not necessarily those of Oregon Region, its officers, members, or the Loud Pedal staff. Publication of ads, articles, photos, etc. are subject to available space.

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5HDFK HLWKHU SUH TXDOL¿ HG customers or more than 500,000. 7DNH \RXU SLFN $FKLHYH VLJQL¿ FDQW UHWXUQ RQ LQYHVW ment with ORSCCA’s Integrated Marketing Communications Program with Web 2.0. Email or call now for award-winning regional, national and international marketing communications expertise: Randy Unsbee, ABC http://twitter.com/randyunsbee/orscca info@sponsorpr.com 503-544-5944 On the Front Cover: Ron Coelho captures the excitement of open wheel formula UDFLQJ DW ODVW PRQWKœV &ROXPELD 5RR¿ QJ 6KHHW 0HWDO 5HJLRQDO DQG 1DWLRQDO races. Rod Rice from Vancouver, WA in his #40 Stohr Formula B is pursued by Phil Fogg of West Linn, OR in his #19 Formula A Star Mazda.

Oregon Region SCCA People You May Want to Call 2010 Board of Directors Regional Executive Asst. R. E. Past R. E. Road Racing Director Solo II Director Rally Director Director at Large 1 Director at Large 2 Region Officials Membership/Merchandise Region Office Admin Secretary to BOD Treasurer

Dan Halloran dan.halloran@yahoo.com Dan Mullin danm356@yahoo.com Jeffrey Zurschmeide J.zursch@verizon.net Jim Murray jmmurrayjr@aol.com Andy Howe andy.howe@verizon.net Chris Hale chris@cubedisorder.com Peggy Gaston peggygaston@hotmail.com Kimberly McFarland kuzmc@hotmail.com

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Karen McCoy 503-224-9469 Karen McCoy 503-224-9469 Mary Thompson memamare3@aol.com Carrie Sutherland carrie_sutherland@yahoo.com Randy Unsbee info@sponsorpr.com Randy Unsbee info@sponsorpr.com

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Kevin Poirier Rebecca Ruston

Road Racing Officials Road Racing Director Race Ops Manager Regl Points Keeper* Vintage Racing Chair Vintage Points*

Jim Murray jmmurrayjr@aol.com Bob Smethers 971-207-5147 Kari L.Macfarlane karimac@qwestoffice.net Dan Mullin 541-683-1091 Dave Franks 503-968-8134

Oregon Region Office 4800 SW Macadam Ave, Suite 110 Portland, OR 97239 Voice and Message Line 503-224-9469 Fax 503-224-9542 Mon. - Thurs. 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Please call or use email below: office@oregonscca.com http://www.oregonscca.com SCCA National Toll Free Number 1-800-770-2055

*Please contact Dave Franks for Vintage Series Points. Contact Kari Macfarlane for all other Oregon Region points matters. SCCA Area 13 Director

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Road Racing Chiefs Course Marshal Emergency Flagging & Comm Medical Paddock/HotPits Pre-Grid Sound Judge Radio Tech Registration (pre-race) Registration (at track) Chief Starter Asst. Chief Starter Tech Inspection Timing and Scoring Driver Services/Trophies

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Stewards Gary Meeker - NorPac Executive Steward Jeffrey Niess - OR Deputy Executive Steward Ben Bradley - Norpac RallyCross Steward Howard Allen Steve Archer Bill Bachofner Todd Butler Bill Carr Win Casey Erin Ebelmesser Gail Fetterman Dave Franks Spencer Gorham Don Holland Bob Mead Dan Mullin Alan Robinson Lewis Scott Don Smethers Dave Shively Gary Van Horn Skip Yocom

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Calling All Road Race Volunteers by Karen McCoy, 5HJLRQ 2I¿FH $GPLQLVWUDWRU Many of you know, but some may not, Oregon Region encourages volunteers to work at our Road Race events by subsidizing their SCCA dues. For instance, in 2010 if you work 12 days out of the total 23 days available at Oregon Region races, the region will pay all your individual SCCA dues. There are only two things you have to do: (1) Show up and work in the specialty of your choice, and (2) at the end of your

PHPEHUVKLS \HDU ¿OO RXW WKH ³&OXE 5DFLQJ Volunteer Incentive Program” form. Mail that form and your membership invoice to WKH 2UHJRQ 5HJLRQ RI¿FH DQG \RXU GXHV will be paid. Please plan ahead and renew early. If you are unable to participate in 12 days during the year, but you do attend other SCCA events, National SCCA provides a discount on your dues. The amount of the discount depends on how many days you work during your membership year. Of course, subsidizing your dues is only

one way the region demonstrates our appreciation for your dedication. There are drawings for gift cards and other prizes, and dinner or snacks and adult beverages are provided at the end of each ontrack day, too! We encourage all participants to join the social at the end of the day so workers, drivers and crews can bench race and get to know each other better. Thanks for all you do—we appreciate you!

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(Continued from p. 7) The Group1 Spec Miata National and Regional races had similar results. Bruce Wilson took ¿ UVW RYHU *DU\ %RFNPDQ DQG Robert Linse, with Thomas Ferrara and Jason Rawlins roundLQJ RXW WKH WRS ¿ YH ,Q WKH 5H gional round Wilson bested Ken Sutherland, Linse, Bockman and Ferrara in that order. National Group 2 for C and DSR, S2, as well as Formulas A, B, C, E and M saw James Blackwell’s FA Reynard take the overall win ahead of the FA Star Mazda driven by Phil Fogg, the FBs of Lucian Pancea and Kyle Oberndorf, and the CSR Swift of James Schnell. The regional race was won by the Formula Mazda of David Gaylord over Matt Kurdock’s Star Mazda, who was followed by DSR winner John Vernon, and the Formula Mazdas of Rodney Jessen and Doug Evans. 0DWW &UDQGDOO WRRN KRPH ¿ UVW in GT1 over Rob Holden’s Corvette in the hotly contested Group 3 National race in a minipreview of the Rose Cup Race. Nick Fluge was fastest and led early on in both the Regional and National races before transmission problems sidelined his new Shelby. Crandall also won ¿ UVW RYHUDOO LQ WKH 5HJLRQDO RYHU the SPOs of class winner David Cormier and Jeff Smith, the GT1 of Tim Butson, and GTS winner Greg Pierson. Formula cars comprised National Group 4 with Neil Shelton’s Formula Ford leading 8

the way over the FFs of Mark Keller, Larry Bangert, Arnie Loyning, and F500 winner Lance Spiering. Spiering was ¿ UVW RYHUDOO LQ WKH 5HJLRQDO round, ahead of Formula Vee class winner Mike Thomas and the FVs of Laura Andrade and Brian McCarthy. Spec Racer Ford provided the action in National Group 5 with Chris Jackson holding and keeping the lead over Gary Manchester, Daniel Halloran, Steve Fogg, and John Draneas. The Regional race was also won by Jackson, over Halloran, Manchester, David Rice, and David Oliver. The Group 17 Regional race was won by Kenneth Shreve in his EP Mazda ahead of Stephen Epperly’s Datsun 240Z, Frank McKinnon’s class winning CP1 0XVWDQJ %ULDQ 5LFKDUGVœ ¿ UVW place ITS, Robert Linse’ winning ITA Mazda, with Gordon Jones taking sixth overall and ¿ UVW LQ + 3URGXFWLRQ ZLWK KLV BMW. The National Race Group 7 was led by the STO

Viper of Roger Stark over EP class winner Epperly, Shreve, T2 winner Gary Ryan, A Sedan winner Tim Jorgensen, with Rob Macfarlane taking GT2, Eddie Nakato SSB, Jones H Production, and Bill Seifert in SSC. *UHJ %DOGZLQ ZDV ¿ UVW RYHUDOO in the Vintage Regional race group in his Lola Formula Ford which runs in the VFSR class, with Tom Hendrickson’s VFSR Crossle second overall, followed by the VP1 winning Mini Cooper of Ward Barbour, VP3 winner Michael Smith in a Mustang, VP2 winner Bill Duncan, the second place Alfa of Mark Carpenter in VP1, and the second place VP2 Alfa of Philip Weaver. Complete race results are available on www.MyLaps.com. SCCA National race drivers will get another shot at Portland International Raceway when the Oregon Region hosts a rare Double National over the July 4th weekend, while Regional drivers tune-up for the 50th Anniversary Rose Cup Races this month.

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The Twisty Bits Jim Murray, Road Racing Director Email: jmmurrayjr@aol.com

50 and Counting Where were you in 1961? It was a banner \HDU WKH ¿ UVW \HDU RI WKH 5RVH &XS UDFH ZKLFK PHDQV WKLV \HDUœV HGLWLRQ LV WKH ¿ IWL eth running, and makes for a grand celebration. No doubt reams will be written elsewhere, so we’ll not add much to that, save WR VD\ WKDW -HUU\ *UDQW ZKR ZRQ WKH ¿ UVW Rose Cup race (and the second) is here, with George Follmer, winner in 1977. We welcome them and thank them for visiting with us this weekend. Much has changed in racing since those days. Jerry and George will have stories; they were among the stars of their day, and racing, road and oval, was a glamour sport, perhaps like no other. In many ways, racing still is the pinnacle of risk and excitement, and fortunately, it’s a lot safer than it was in 1961. We’re thankful that Jerry and George are still with us, and remember their many comrades who fell back in the day. And we’re thankful that the safety improvements since that time are part of the SCCA code, helping to ensure that our sport can continue with reduced risk to life and limb.

You will have a new appreciation for the coordination, the effort, the sense of responsibility and attention to your safety that drives our worker crew. Do it! Many workers serve not only SCCA, but Cascade and Team Continental. If you attend those events, you will see many familiar faces around the track. Last weekend (as this is written) was Team Continental’s ¿ UVW UDFH HYHQW DW 2UHJRQ 5DFHZD\ 3DUN LQ Grass Valley, which is about half an hour south of Biggs Junction on Highway 97, about two and a half hours from Portland.

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For now, it’s time for Rose Cup. Pro Drive is offering a test day Thursday, June 10; we expect a move-in opportunity Wednesday evening and early Thursday morning. Come out and enjoy our biggest event of the year!

PS: Where was everybody? Our May event went off well, but entries were down DERXW IURP ODVW \HDU (QWU\ IRU 9LQ tage was notably light; SRF and SM were The event was very well-organized and close to normal. We’re wondering what well-attended, with a good entry count happened? Was it a schedule issue, with and decent weather, at least on the Sat- Laguna Seca the previous week and a vinurday your writer visited. As you might tage event in Seattle the subsequent week? imagine, ORP lacks the amenities we en- Was it an issue with the change in National joy at PIR, but adds the challenge of el- Runoffs qualifying procedure? Straight evation changes and blind corners. As through vs. Chicane? Overall, the weekyou’re probably aware, we’re planning to end was an anomaly as March and April KROG WKH ¿ UVW 6&&$ UDFH ZHHNHQG DW 253 were pretty much like last year. Let me in October, so keep watching this space know if you know? for details. Until then, we’ll be observing

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Thinking about 1961, let’s remember the workers who have made this all possible, then and now. How many workers from 1961 are here today? Stand up and be counted, for we drivers know that without you, this whole program would be at risk. One of the privileges of my brief time as Road Racing Director has been getting to know the men and women who give their weekends, in great spirit and good humor, to run our on-track events and, not incidentally, to help keep everyone safe out there.

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From the R.E. Dan Halloran, Regional Executive Email: dan.halloran@yahoo.com

Rose Cup Races Celebrate 50 Years Date: Friday, June 11 - Sunday, June 13, 2010 Location: Portland International Raceway Time: Racing Friday, Saturday & Sunday 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. The Rose Cup Race is Sunday afternoon Drags Friday and Saturday Night until 11:00 p.m. Full Race Schedule: http://www.oregonscca.com/media-library/documents/rosecup/2010rosecupschedule.pdf and here on page 5. And thanks to Jay Culbertson and TCM, Temp-Control Mechanical, for sponsoring the weekend again! Fifty years ago some adventurous and passionate racers partnered with the Rose Festival Association to create the First Rose Cup Race. Doubtless they didn’t realize they were creating one of the big three sports car races in the US that is now WKH VHFRQG ROGHVW DV ZHOO ,Q WKDW ¿ UVW \HDU Jerry Grant and Dick Hahn (above) won the race. This year we will celebrate the 50th Anniversary of that original event and we have expanded the event to include more of Portland’s car culture. The feature race is an invitation race for GT1, GT2, and GT3 cars. Invitations have been sent to drivers throughout the West.

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When Gary Clay Davis pleaded guilty last week to official misconduct, he apologized to the court for what he calls a mistake that’s turned his life into a nightmare. Now, Davis, who resigned November as lieutenant at the Forest Grove Fire Department after admitting to falsifying fire inspection reports, is trying to move on. The plea bargain that Davis reached with assistant district attorney Kevin Kelley ends a six-month ordeal that’s introduced tension to

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Council may appoint Nick Wilson TIGARD — A familiar face is likely to return to the City Council following the resignation of Councilor Sally Harding on Tuesday. Harding told council members in private a couple of weeks ago that she would probably be resigning, and Councilor Sydney Sherwood suggested appointing Nick Wilson, who retired in December after serving a four-year term on the council, to

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A 15-year-old Clackamas High School student was arrested Thursday for allegedly making bombs and threatening to set them off at school, the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office said Friday. At a hastily arranged press conference, North Clackamas School District Superintendent Ron Naso said,“Police evidence reveals no direct threats to our students, our staff or our

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searched the student at school and later found what they said were bomb-making materials at his home. Sheriff's deputies said they destroyed explosive ingredients, fireworks and tennis balls in the boy’s backyard. Deputies said other students heard the boy bragging about throwing tennis balls filled with explosives at passing cars in Happy valley last week. Turn to Threat, page A3

Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office deputies and the SWAT team Saturday arrested a suspect who had barricaded himself inside a Happy Valley home for a six-hour seige. According to police, Jason Duane Hogan, 27, has been wanted by the police for about 12 months. Police obtained arrest warrants for Hogan for resisting arrest, attempting to elude the police and being a felon in possession of a firearm. As a result of a long investigation, Hogan was tracked to an address on the 12300 block of SE 104th, in Happy Valley just north of Sunnyside Road — where he was found to have barricaded himself. The SWAT team was activated at 5:30 p.m., and the Hostage Negotiating Team worked with them, contacting the suspect by phone and attempting to talk him into turning himself in. When he refused, neighboring apartments were evacuated.TriMet provided a bus to shelter the displaced residents, and both Clackamas Fire and American Medical Response also provided assistance. The SWAT team deployed some 50 tear gas canisters into the barricaded apartment; finally the bomb squad set off a small explosive charge to breach the front door. SWAT team members forced themselves into the apartment — and found that the suspect had made his way into an adjacent unit and barricaded himself in an attic crawl space. Gas was deployed again and Hogan was tasered

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The owners of the former tannery left an environmental mess when they buried chemically treated hides on a former farm in Sherwood 30 years ago. Now residents are asking: Who cleans it up?

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and it came up short, according to Joanne LaBaw of the EPA Region 10 office, which serves Oregon. LaBaw and representatives for Oregon's Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) gave a presentation on the site April 17 at the Sherwood Senior Center. But that doesn't mean the site is clean, and the Oregon

Wade Anderson's home on Gleneagle Drive looks much like it did when he purchased it two years ago. The only significant change has been his address, which changed when the City of Sherwood altered all street addresses to fall into line with Metro's greater-Portland street system. It turned out to be a complicated and confusing change for Anderson and his neighbors. His home is now listed as being in a "high-risk" flood area by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), even though the agency's flood maps show Anderson's property outside of the floodplain. In fact, when Anderson types in his old three-digit address into FEMA's flood risk indicator at floodsmart.gov, his property is listed as being at low to medium risk. Key in his new fivedigit address and his property is listed as high risk, with a warning that "You live in a Special Flood Hazard Area!" and a link to insurance agents in the region

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Fairview Mayor Mike Weatherby, in testimony before the Education and General Government Committee on Tuesday, April 24, said that measure didn’t go far enough. He and other Fairview officials worked with Monnes Anderson’s staff to craft an amendment that mandates neighboring cities be able to vote when a non-tribal casino is proposed in their region. “Cities that are adjacent to any city that has a proposed private casino within their boundaries can also be

significantly impacted,� Weatherby told the committee in prepared remarks. The committee voted 5-0 to pass the amended legislation, which was also backed by representatives from the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, onto the Senate floor. Monnes Anderson said a Senate vote could happen next week. If passed, the bill would then move to the state House. Investment advisor Bruce Studer and lawyer Matt Rossman, who are TURN TO

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shaped sign-holders with high-powered lights appeared atop the existing two steel poles — drivers headed toward Sandy were greeted with a sign advertising the sale of the land on which the billboards sit. The other billboard doesn’t yet have a sign. The most recent developments have brought a heightened sense of urgency to the Sandy City Council, which once again is considering a lawsuit against Clackamas County to have the signs removed. “At this stage, our policy is clear — the city is opposed to the billboards,� City

Manager Scott Lazenby said. “Now it’s a matter of legal strategy.� Florence Erickson — who has owned her Haley Road land since 1943 — became eligible to place the $50,000 billboards on her berry farm property after filing a Measure 37 claim, which gives her full, unrestricted use of her property across from Good Shepherd Community Church. Measure 37, an initiative passed by voters in 2004, requires governments either to waive land-use requirements that

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Ballots for the May 15 election will soon arrive in the mailbox, and a number of races will heat in up the Sandy area. Four spots on the Oregon Trail School Board are up for election, including the South Sandy position, which will serve the district for a four-year term.

relations and more communication with teachers. With my background, I’m able to do that.� What is your experience in the Oregon Trail School District? had two “I’ve exchange students and one foster child at Sandy High School. I’ve had a short tenure on the School Board and three years on the budget committee before that.�

Winterhaven Lego team wins world title B Y D AV I D F. A S H T O N FOR THE BEE When the van transporting the team of three girls and three boys, all seventh-graders, pulled up on front of Winterhaven School in Brooklyn on Monday, April 16th, the cheers of hundreds of students rang through the neighborhood. The members of this team known as “The Pigmiceâ€? ďŹ rst became friends when they all attended third grade together, at the now-closed Edwards Elementary School. Co-coached by Lewis and Clark College education professor Kasi Allen Fuller and builder Greg Banks, “Pigmiceâ€? team members are Winterhaven students Nathan Fuller, Morgan Pengelly, Keegan Livermore, Flannery Bethel, and Hallie Frost, and daVinci Middle School student Olivia Bolles. “It’s clear that being long-time friends, instead of just teammates, gave them an advantage,â€? commented co-coach Greg Banks. “Part of their score was based on how well they worked together as a team.â€? We learned these young inventors prepared for this competition for four years, partly by learning three computer languages. Cathy Swider, Oregon Robotics Tournament and Outreach Program administrator, ďŹ lled us

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Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office deputies and the SWAT team Saturday arrested a suspect who had barricaded himself inside a Happy Valley home for a six-hour seige. According to police, Jason Duane Hogan, 27, has been wanted by the police for about 12 months. Police obtained arrest warrants for Hogan for resisting arrest, attempting to elude the police and being a felon in possession of a firearm. As a result of a long investigation, Hogan was tracked to an address on the 12300 block of SE 104th, in Happy Valley just north of Sunnyside Road — where he was found to have barricaded himself. The SWAT team was activated at 5:30 p.m., and the Hostage Negotiating Team worked with them, contacting the suspect by phone and attempting to talk him into turning himself in. When he refused, neighboring apartments were evacuated.TriMet provided a bus to shelter the displaced residents, and both Clackamas Fire and American Medical Response also provided assistance. The SWAT team deployed some 50 tear gas canisters into the barricaded apartment; finally the bomb squad set off a small explosive charge to breach the front door. SWAT team members forced themselves into the apartment — and found that the suspect had made his way into an adjacent unit and

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When sewage hits the homes By LEE VAN DER VOO Staff Reporter A sewer back-up into a First Addition house forced a local family out of their home in February, making them the third homeowners to suffer major damages from sewer problems since 2003 and the second to incur damages on Eighth Street. The couple sought reimbursement through the city’s insurance policy — a non-profit risk pool funded by Oregon cities — Feb. 14, according to a claim filed with the city of Lake Oswego. The claim does not give details of the damage or estimate the cost of repairs and lodging. A note from property owner Robert T h d “M j di

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By CLIFF NEWELL Staff Reporter hese days you read a lot about how neighborhood spirit declining in America. But that is not the case in Uplands Neighborhood of Lake Oswego. Just recently, the Friends of Springbrook Park had two big park cleanup days in 52acre Springbrook Park, the heart of the neighborhood and such good work has been going on for over three decades. They could give pointers to the rest of America about community spirit. “I never cease to be impressed with the people who volunteer,� said Audrey Mattison, secretary of the Friends and a stalwart of the organization since the 1970s. It is certainly an impressive group. Not only folks from the Uplands neighborhood, but children from two schools in the Springbrook Park Area, Uplands Elementary and Lake Oswego Junior High. There were 150 of them making the ivy fly at the most recent workday on April 20. But it isn’t just little kids who are not afraid to go out and get their hands dirty. There are college professors like Stephanie Wagner and Ed Chinn. Chinn has even writ-

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By MARTIN FORBES Review Editor Generosity has found a home in Lake Oswego. The annual Lake Oswego School District Foundation’s donation drive — including last week’s Phone-a-thon — has generated close to a record amount of money for the district. With a heady goal of $2.2 million, the foundation had raised about $1.85 million as of Wednesday, said Mary Puskas, foundation director. Last year’s campaign brought in slightly more than $1.9 million, which is the benchmark. “We’re just very grateful to the community for its support and I think we’re going to get very close to our goal,� she said. Campaign co-chair Mary Solares was equally positive. “We are very pleased. More and more families are understanding the foundation. The lli i hi �

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boasts 10,800 square feet of space on two levels for classrooms and hands-on learning labs. It’s on a bus line, near a library and has off-street parking and the outdoor breathing space charter school students would need for ambitious projects like community gardens and large-scale artwork. In a word, it’s just about perfect. “The location couldn’t be better in terms of amenities,� said Vanessa Gray, one of the charter school’s founders. “We’re very excited about our school’s function as a contributor to the downtown core.� As recently as last year, funeral services were being held in the building under the

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In the early 1900s, two young cousins in England created a controversy when they photographed themselves with dancing fairies. Once published, a debate about the veracity of the photos — and the existence of fairies — became heated. Decades later, the women admitted the fairies in the photos had actually been paper cutouts, though they insisted there had been real fairies in their backyard. Whether you believe in them or not, there is something magical about fairies. Little kids, (and grownups too) love to get dressed up in wings and wands and pretend they live in the forest, have magical powers and can communicate with gnomes and elves. It is a tribute to that whimsical, magical spirit that the Fairy Festival was created. This year’s festival will be Saturday, May 5 at Alpenrose Dairy in Hayhurst. The festival draws hundreds of people of all ages who dress up and make magic wands, dance around a may-

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the various stages of production. Ira Flowers and Brian Fleskes from F & F Film Services approached representatives from the Rose Festival with the idea for the project. “At the end of the meeting,� said Marilyn Clint, an executive director for the Rose Festival. “they had absolutely convinced us. First with their passion and then with their experience,� she said.

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residence and given to a family member who will soon need it for her baby-to-be. In that transfer, a family heirloom was given a new lease on life. But the residence and all of its contents were engulfed in flames so quickly that firstresponse firefighters, who arrived six minutes after being called by Curtis’ neighbor, f d h f ll

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By BARBARA ADAMS EN Staff Reporter The Estacada School District board will soon change its dynamics. Three board of director seats are on the May 15 ballot. Jason Guthu, who was board appointed fall 2006 into the Zone 6 position, is being challenged by 2001 Estacada High School graduate Michael Duhrkoop. Mary Whitney is running unopposed for the Zone 3 position, and Angi Riedel and Dean Schoknecht are both on the ballot for Zone 7, at large. Voter’s pamphlets and ballots were delivered in the mail last week. Call the Clackamas County Elections Division, 503655-8510, if you have any questions. We asked the five candidates the same questions. Four of them responded.

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I am a 2001 Graduate of Estacada High School. I attend every single budget and school board meeting. I also help out at the athletic events, and with the barbecue at the home football games. I want to help see that the children of our district succeed, because they are our future community leaders, parents and taxpayers of the district, and I feel in this position I could be a valuable asset to the district and would give all the time possible to the district. Well, I think there are so many issues, that I don’t think it would be fair to just single one out, but if I could, I would probably find a way to get the valuable vocational programs in our

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Sports Racing (SR) – Purposebuilt, full-bodied race cars utilizing compact, high-powered engines. These are smaller versions of cars that race in the famous 24 Hours of Le Mans in France. Spec Racer Ford (SRF) is one of the most popular classes.

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Oregon Trail Rally Makes for Wild Month A lot has happened since my last article, so I’ll just get right to it. Everyone in the Oregon Rally Group has been focusing all our energy and talents on the Oregon Trail Rally. We had to do a lot of footwork and prep work prior to the event as a condition of the permits, plus WKH XVXDO SUHSSLQJ WKH URDGV ZLWK ³SHQG ing road closure� signs, surveying the service area and laying out what teams will EH ZKHUH ¿ QDOL]LQJ GHWDLOV ZLWK WKH WRZQV of Dufur and The Dalles and signing contracts. We decided to offer recce this year on Wednesday and Thursday prior to the event. Recce is essentially a slow-speed (25mph) drive through the stages to check the organizer-supplied course notes. The organizers placed several observers with radar guns at sensitive areas and monitored the speeds. We warned all participants of the quiet zones and extra-slow speed limits through those areas; however some people, apparently, either cannot read or chose to ignore the warnings.

Courthouse Square and be on TV. Mom and I had a great time with Drew and Joe V and their camera crews, and enjoyed hanging out with Dave Mirra. Later that day, ORG put on their annual Oregon Trail Rally Fan Fest, a rally car show with about 20 or so rally cars parked in Pioneer Courthouse Square. We had a ORW RI IRRW WUDI¿ F DQG D ORW RI SHRSOH JRW Ken Block’s autograph—Mom and I even signed a few autographs, including a valve cover belonging to a group of Honda enthusiasts! I think that was the most unique thing I’ve ever signed. )ULGD\ ZH ZHUH DOO RXW DW 3,5 IRU WKH RI¿ cial start of the event, and the Friday night Spectator Spectacular. We used a combination of the track, the infrastructure roads, and the Motocross track. , FDQ GH¿ QLWHO\ VD\ WKDW , GR QRW NQRZ KRZ to drive the track very well and almost didn’t make the Left at the end of the back straight. Oops. I did get up to 100mph, though.

huge bbq, beer garden, and party for us with live music. That town knows how to party! We all had a great time. Sunday morning we started in Dufur with a parc expose (car show) on the main street. It was crazy awesome, with a lot of people checking out the cars and talking to the drivers. The Sunday spectator areas were close to Dufur with easy access, and the Dufur-area stage roads were awesome and crazy-fast. I have never been able to get into 5th gear on stage before, and this time, we did. My courage topped out at 115mph, I’m sure the front-runners were going much faster! Our weekend ended with a great banquet and awards ceremony in the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center just outside of The Dalles. What a great place! So, how did our local competitors do? Well, legend Paul Eklund was going along TXLWH QLFHO\ DQG RQO\ KDG WR ¿ QLVK WKH GD\ on Sunday to wrap up a winning weekend XQWLO KH VWXIIHG WKH PXIÀ HU DQG H[KDXVW system with silt, which caused his turbo to let go. Luckily, it happened right after the spectator area, so he was able to watch the rest of us go by.

Saturday saw us out in the forest stages above The Dalles, on the now-familiar Fir /HWœV MXVW VD\ RXU QHW FDXJKW D ORW RI ¿ VK Mountain and Catch-um stages. The Fir The penalties included monetary and time Mountain spectator area used shuttle buses penalties, which meant some competitors WKLV \HDU ZKLFK PDGH WUDI¿ F PXFK EHWWHU FDPH WR WKH RI¿ FLDO VWDUW VRPHZKDW OLJKW RI going up to the stage. My favorite driver and little brother Mark cash or with time penalties to try to make Tabor put in an inspired performance, up. As usual, the spectator corner was a Left not without some drama—he hit the wa5 to Right 2 Up—in rally talk, that means ter crossing on the Summit stage a little Unfortunately, observation controls at the it’s a fast sweeping left to a tight right up- too hard, which popped his front bumper same locations during the event managed hill, with spectators on both sides of the VRPHZKDW RII DQG WXUQHG RQ KLV ³FKHFN to snag some of the same people, and the road. engine� light. penalties were much heavier. It’s a shame that some people lost the event due to I know I took the corner quite quickly, and Don’t worry, the second time through the penalties, but the organizers harped on from what I’ve seen, most of our local hot stage turned it back off, and the service the speed limits on the transits often and shoes made it through nice and tidy—ex- FUHZ ZDV DEOH WR ¿ [ WKH EXPSHU 0DUN there’s only so much you can do. cept for a couple who were showboating. HQGHG XS ¿ UVW LQ FODVV DOO WKUHH GD\V Thursday before the event some of us had to get up extra early to go down to Pioneer

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to our next RallyCross event on May 30. All 2WD classes run in the morning, with all AWD classes in the afternoon. Registration and tech go from 8am to 9am for the morning session and from 12pm to 1pm for the afternoon session.

I don’t think I could have pushed it too PXFK KDUGHU DOWKRXJK , GH¿ QLWHO\ VHH DUHD Our next rally event after that will be for improvement! Now that we’re all done our National RallyCross on the weekend with that big spectacle, we shift our focus of June 26-27—two days of RallyCross

action at the Washington County Fairgrounds! That’s all I’ve got for now‌ rally-america.com has the scores for the Oregon Trail Rally and oregonrally.com has all the information on our upcoming events. Watch out for dust, and enjoy the roads!

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Tire Rack ProSolo National Series WENDOVER, Utah (May 26, 2010) – The Tire Rack SCCA ProSoloŽ National Series returned to action at the Wendover (Utah) Airport, May 22-23. Though 178 entries began the weekend hoping for the prize, it was Gary Thomason, of Oceanside , Calif. , who claimed the overall Gumout Super Challenge after also earning the Super Stock class crown. Kevin Youngers, of Greeley , Colo. , made his way to the semis by winning Bump Class 1 in an F Stock 2007 Ford Mustang Shelby over Abe Potter, of Renton , Wash. :LO .DOPDQ ¿QLVKHG D FORVH VHFRQG KLV 10-car class to Heyward Wagner, of Oakland , Calif. , in a borrowed 1994 Berry Family Racing BMW 325i that KH GURYH IRU WKH ¿UVW WLPH DW :HQGRYHU ,Q DGGLWLRQ WR KLV UXQQHU XS ¿QLVK LQ WKH Super Challenge, Andy Hollis took the top spot in the Honda Tuner Challenge and broke out to win the Honda Tuner Shootout against STX class winner Wagner. Christine Berry, of Alta Loma, Calif. , won the Ladies Class 2 before winning the Ladies Challenge at the second-straight ProSolo Tour event. For full results from the Wendover ProSolo and more information on the Blytheville ProSolo, visit www.scca.com/solo.

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by Kimberly McFarland Race season is underway at Portland International Raceway and volunteers are needed to help put on the race events throughout the 2010 season. Oregon Region Sports Car Club of America is a group of amateur race car drivers and enthusiasts who volunteer in various positions to organize and produce weekend championship races and driving schools. This calls for a lot of volunteers! You don’t have to be a race car driver to help out; in fact, many of our volunteers have never driven on a track. If you love watching fast cars at full speed, or talking about cars, or wanting to try something different and spending a weekend with great people, you can do all those things as race volunteer. We offer our volunteers coffee in the morning, a barbecue on Saturday nights (race weekends only), and all the good company a person could wish for.

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Solo II Report Andy Howe, Solo II Director Email: solo.howe@comcast.net

Tales from Wendover Several Oregon Region drivers made the trip to Wendover, Utah for the recent National Tour and ProSolo events. The National Tour event also doubled as the Western States Championship.

reared its head on Saturday and an overQLJKW Âż [ JRW WKH FDU EDFN WR IRU Sunday. Adam and Dennis would like to thank Jim Daniels and Tim Steck for the wiring supplies and tools.

I am pleased to report that Oregon Region has several Western States Champions. Jerry and Kyra Jenkins cleaned up E Stock and E Stock Ladies. Robert Ocker, from Eugene, Oregon, won B Street Prepared. Tami Daniels won D Prepared Ladies. 7RP .RW]LDQ ZRQ 6WUHHW 0RGL¿ HG )URQW Wheel Drive in the Zacharda’s Mini while Becky Zacharda won Super Street Modi¿ HG /DGLHV LQ WKH VDPH FDU

Britain Smith seemed to have a good time in Wendover. Britain suffered through a PLVÂż UH RQ 6DWXUGD\ ZKLFK ZDV UHSDLUHG over night. With one run to go, Britain was leading X Prepared over some very serious competition.

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Bob Tunnell, many time National Champion in various classes, came from behind to win but Britain held on for second place. I think Britain was more excited about the prospect of winning a free Hoosier tire than the second place trophy.

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In addition to the above, this event is my only trip to Wendover that has enjoyed decent weather. I’d say May is the time to hold events in Wendover except‌ The weather wasn’t quite so nice for the

ProSolo weekend. A never-ending wind chilled the competitors (and their tires) to the bone. Still, the competition was good and Oregon Region did rather well. Adam Ruff won B Stock with Dennis +HDO\ ¿ QLVKLQJ D YHU\ FORVH WKLUG %RWK drivers made the Super Challenge. Jerry Jenkins killed E Stock (myself included). 7RP .RW]LDQ ZRQ 6WUHHW 0RGL¿ HG )URQW Wheel Drive in the Zacharda’s Mini. Unfortunately, the Super Challenge was not as good to Oregon Region as class competition had been. Tom Kotzian skipped the Challenge due to car troubles. Dennis Healy was rewarded for his third SODFH ¿ QLVK LQ % 6WRFN ZLWK D ¿ UVW URXQG matchup against Andy Hollis. Andy is a veteran at Pros and Dennis knew he would work hard to win the round. Dennis led E\ D GHFHQW PDUJLQ DIWHU WKH ¿ UVW KDOI RI the round. Dennis was a little too excited, however, and jumped the start on the second side handing the automatic win to +ROOLV ZKR ZHQW RQ WR ¿ QLVK VHFRQG LQ WKH Challenge). $GDP 5XII DGYDQFHG RXW RI WKH ¿ UVW URXQG E\ HOLPLQDWLQJ + 6WRFNœV WKLUG SODFH ¿ QLVK er. He moved out of the second round by eliminating the C Stock winner. But in the third round, he squared off against Super Stock winner Gary Thomason. Thomason eliminated Adam and went on to claim the Super Challenge title. Jerry Jenkins met Northwest Region’s Karl Coleman. Karl was driving George HudeW]œV 0D]GD 5; -HUU\ KDG EHHQ ¿ JKWLQJ braking problems in the cold conditions and the Super Challenge requires you to be fast with a cold car. Jerry’s brakes were an issue and Karl eliminated Jerry on the basis of cones. (Yes, Jerry Jenkins hit cones.)

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(Continued from p. 21) Race Control personnel work via radios and talk to the turns about situations on the track and are ready to dispatch any safety equipment that is needed at a moment’s notice. If you know cars, you might want to help at the Tech area, where cars are inspected and weighed. Registration for all drivers, crew and volunteers is a very busy place, as everyone that is involved with the race weekend has to start their weekend there. If you are an organized person, like problem solving and talking to everyone.......do we have the spot for you.

Computer savvy people would be a real compliment to our Timing and Scoring Swift DB-2 with DB-5 bodywork. Loyn- staff. These are the people that get the reings Cosworth YAC engine. Head just sults that the race car drivers depend on in freshened. Over 185 HP from 6200 to their chase for a championship. 7300 RPM. Kevlar Body work with spare Kevlar nose and misc. Fiberglass pieces. Our pre-grid area, a very busy place, gets 1 set R420 Goodyears with 2 heat cycles, the cars ready to go on track. 1 set R250 Goodyear stickers, 1 set Hoosier Rains. Willains Harness good through Our Starters give the go to start racing, 2011. $25,000 OBO. Donn Snyder 503- VKRZ SHQDOW\ ÀDJV DQG FKHFNHU WKH ZLQ286-4956, donnsny@aol.com ner. You get a bird’s eye view from the Starter’s Stand. 63 MGB SCCA VP-1 vintage racecar everything 2 events fresh strong dependable Driver Services is a valuable area of informotor with Yarwood tricks fresh stock 3 mation for the drivers and can be a hub of syncro transmission fresh 4.3 diff with activity throughout the race weekend. lincoln locker MGBGTV-8 front brakes... no brake fade with these Compomotive These are just a few of the areas that new minilight wheels with bias Hoosiers tons SHRSOH ZLOO ¿QG LQWHUHVWLQJ DQG JHW VDWLVof suspension work. Handles very well faction from volunteering for. For more DQG ZRXOG PDNH D JRRG ¿UVW UDFHFDU $VN- information, please call Karen McCoy at ing $15,000.00 OBO call (541)729-2276 WKH 2UHJRQ 5HJLRQ 6&&$ RI¿FH - 9469. 2003 Cheetah SR1 D/F sports racer, excellent condition, includes trailer, 10x20 awning and Motorola radios w/head sets. 1 race, dry sumped Loyning GSXR engine with Power Commander. Pictures upon request. $25,000 call Dennis 253405 2646, dennislpeters@earthlink.net Vintage Bugeye Sprite - VP1 #21, 1275cc engine, weber and SU carb setups, Datsun 5-speed transmission, 4-wheel disc brakes w/cockpit bias control, british racing green, large spares package. $12,000 503-330-3010

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