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September 1, 2017 | PAGE 9
Having
a Blast!
T
he fourth annual Hot August Nights clay shoot sponsored by Sunrise
Dental was the largest ever, with 57 registered shooters. It also
raised a record amount of money — $5,005 each for Labor’s Community
Service Agency and Sunrise for Children, a program to help end child
slavery. The event was held Aug. 26 at the Mid-Valley Clays & Shooting
School in Gervais, Oregon.
First place went to the Machinists Lodge 63 team of Ken Kogle and
his son, Zack, hitting 66 percent of their targets. Zack also was the top
shooter, hitting 73 of 100 targets. Jaimie Garver, CEO of Portland Local
8 Federal Credit Union, was the top woman shooter, hitting 53 of 100
targets.
Top financial sponsors were Vancouver Energy Project, IBEW Local
48, the American Federation of Government Employees Local 2157,
ILWU Local 8 Credit Union, Machinists Lodge 63, Keep Washington Com-
petitive, Roofers Local 49, and Carpenters Local 146.
A team sponsored by Vancouver Energy Project and Kaiser Permanente walk
to their next shooting station at the Mid-Valley Clays & Shooting School.
At Hot August Clay Shoot, a
fundraiser for Labor’s Community
Service Agency and Sunrise
Dental’s Sunrise for Children
PHOTO ABOVE LEFT: David Gettman (right) and Bill Vaughn, both members of Bakers Local 114, partic-
ipated in the Hot August Nights clay shoot Aug. 26. ABOVE: Angela D’Esposito, an apprentice and mem-
ber of Insulators Local 36, hits her target.
Jaimie Garver
Zack Kogle
...Rep. Walden tells OSBCTC he doesn’t see right-to-work bill on the horizon
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Corporations Division is avail-
able to help clear roadblocks
businesses may be having with
permitting and other issues.
“We are working so hard to
try to make sure that Oregon is
a more business-friendly state,”
Richardson said.
The Central Point Republican
said he supports the proposed
Jordan Cove liquefied natural
gas plant in Coos Bay, and that
he will use his position on the
State Land Board to look for
projects to help grow the state’s
economy.
“If there are projects that in-
volve state lands that make
sense for us to be more flexible,
I’m going to work to do that,”
he said. “We need to balance
conservation as well as eco-
nomic growth and benefit.”
U.S. Rep. Greg Walden (R-
Oregon), was the luncheon
speaker on Aug. 24.
“Let me tell you about some
of the work we’ve done in the
last eight months — that you
probably have never heard
about,” he said.
Walden said the House has
passed bills modernizing and
streamlining citing and licensing
requirements for new hydro
projects and oil and gas
pipelines.
He said a bill is advancing in
the House authorizing $8 billion
U.S. Rep. Greg Walden listens to a question from Gordon McCleary, a 40-year
member of the Operative Plasterers and Cement Masons International Union
who is now involved with the Union Sportsman’s Alliance.
over five years to repair the na-
tion’s aging drinking water in-
frastructure, with requirements
that American made iron and
steel are to be used in projects
that are funded by taxpayers.
All these projects will fall un-
der prevailing wage laws, he
said.
Walden, chair of the House
Energy and Commerce Com-
mittee, also is working on legis-
lation that will treat hydro as a re-
newable energy — the same as
solar and wind.
During a question and answer
session, Walden said he doesn’t
see right-to-work legislation on
the horizon. “I don’t see that
coming, no ... I don’t know, you
can never predict anything in
Washington. I don’t know if
you’ve noticed that lately. Wow.
They wouldn’t have the votes in
the House to go do that.”
He predicted Republican
leadership will have tax reform
done by the end of the year.
On health care reform, Walden
noted that the American Health
Care Act, which passed the House
217-214, but failed in the Senate,
pushed back the labor-opposed
“Cadillac tax” from 2020 to 2026.
“I’d like to get rid of it,” he
said. “ I’ve opposed it from Day
1. I don’t think it’s fair that you
get taxed because you negoti-
ated better health insurance. I
think that’s wrong.”
OSBCTC gave $1,000 scholar-
ships to Stephen Kowats Jr., of
Portland, and Leland Forrette of
Vancouver, Washington. Kowats
is the son of Stephen Kowats Sr.,
a member of Sheet Metal Workers
Local 16 who lives in Hood River.
Forrette is the son of Joe Forrette,
also a member of Local 16. Le-
land is a graduate of Union High
School and will attend Western
Washington University. Kowats
attends Portland State University
majoring in Art Practices. Fund-
ing for the scholarships is pro-
vided by Ferguson Wellman Cap-
ital Management and Quest
Investment Management.