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Motorcycle Poker Run and Chili Cook-Off set June 9 Painters Safety Committee meeting The Labor-Management Safety Committee of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 5 and the Signatory Painting Contractors Association (SPCO) held its annual luncheon meeting May 17 in Portland. The committee, which is certified by the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Administration, meets monthly to talk about workplace safety issues. There are 13 participating employers — with approximately 285 employees — who worked more than 500,000 hours in 2006. The painting contractors experienced 13 reportable injuries; eight of which resulted in a combined time-loss of 573 days. Two of the injuries accounted for 540 days. The longest (300 days) was the result of an aggravation related to a long-term repetitive motion injury. At the meeting attendees heard reports from David Sparks and Trina VanDeHey of OR-OSHA and a PowerPoint presentation on construction and remodeling safety issues at health care facilities, from Gene Patrick, construction safety manager at Oregon Health and Science Industries. The signatory painting contractors include Cooper Construction, Lay’s Construction Company, Benchmark Coatings, Schmuck Brothers, Rainbow Painting of Oregon, Fine Painting and Allied Services, W.E. Given Contracting, Siegner and Company, Environmental Protective Coatings, Don Herbst Painting, Schiller and Vroman, HCI Industrial and Marine Coatings and Long Painting. To contact one of these union painting contractors, call SPCO at 503-222-1584. Solidarity Day at Woodburn Dragstrip July 7 will feature ‘Union Yes’ race car The first ever Solidarity Day at the Woodburn Dragstrip will be held Saturday, July 7. The event is co-sponsored by the Columbia-Pacific Building Trades Coun- cil and will feature the Union “YES” race car driven by Greg Hindman, a member of Plumbers and Fitters Local 290. Tickets are $40 and will include drag racing, plus a catered lunch and soft drinks from 1 to 3 p.m. July 5-7 at the Woodburn Dragstrip features the 30th annual Les Schwab Chal- lenge NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series. Gates open at 8 a.m. The Union “YES” race car is scheduled to race at approximately 3:45 p.m. For more information, or to order tickets, call the Columbia-Pacific Building Trades Council at 503-774-0546. Q Broadway Floral for the BEST flowers call 503-288-5537 1638 NE Broadway, Portland About two dozen tickets still are available to win a new Harley-David- son motorcycle — part of the fifth an- nual Motorcycle Poker Run and Chili Cook-Off slated Saturday, June 9. Tickets to win a 2007 suede blue and black Dyna Low-Rider FXDL are $10 each. Only 3,500 tickets will be sold. All proceeds will go to Doernbecher Children’s Hospital in Portland. The event is sponsored by “Unions for Kids,” a non-profit organization comprised of members of various unions in Portland and Southwest Washington. Last year the organization raised $25,000. The poker run starts and finishes at the IBEW Local 48 Hall, 15937 NE Airport Way, Portland. Registration is from 9 to 11 a.m. The drawing for the motorcycle will take place at 4 p.m. Drawings for other raffle prizes begins at 3 p.m. The poker run itself is a scenic round-trip through the Columbia Gorge. There will be five checkpoints, at which riders will receive a playing card. Cash prizes will be awarded to the high and low poker hands. The chili cook-off pits chefs from the various trades. Chili will be sold and customers will vote on their favorite. Hot dogs, hamburgers and soda also will be available. As an added feature this year , the “Union YES” drag race car will be on display. For more information about the event, go to www.unionsforkids.org or call Lee Duncan at 503-260-5905. Zachary Zabinsky • Social Security • SSI - Disability Claims Personal Attention To Every Case Working For Disability Rights Since 1983 NO FEE WITHOUT RECOVERY 621 SW Morrison, Portland 223-8517 Quest Investment Management, Inc. • Serving Multi-Employer Multi-Employer Serving Trusts for for Over Twenty Years Trusts Twenty Years } Cam Johnson Cam Johnson Adrian Hamilton Adrian Hamilton Doug Goebel Doug Goebel Garth Nisbet Greg Sherwood Greg Sherwood Monte Johnson Monte Johnson Bill Zenk Bill Zenk Pat Worley One SW SW Columbia Columbia St., St., Suite Suite 1100, Portland, OR OR 97258 97258 One 1100 Portland, 503-221-0158 503-221-0158 www.QuestInvestment.com www.QuestInvestment.com JUNE 1, 2007 NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS PAGE 5
