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.
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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.
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