The INDEPENDENT, May 3, 2000
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Exhibit and sale of creative metal arts at World Forestry Center
The Creative Metal Arts
Guild (CMAG) has announced
its 12th Annual Spring Show
and Sale, May 4 through 7, will
be held at the World Forestry
Center, Miller Hall, in Portland.
This year’s event continues a
long-standing tradition of show
casing some of the most talent
ed and creative jewelry and
metal artists and sculptors from
across the Pacific Northwest.
CMAG members assemble
annually to offer new works of
art for exhibition and sale at
this annual event. Members
and show participants create
works using metal as the foun
dation - hand-crafting items
ranging from small works of
jewelry in precious and non
precious metals to large, free
standing sculptures, garden
art, and more.
CMAG’s show and sale is
well-known for the unique op
portunity it provides visitors to
speak directly with artists who
create one-of-a-kind as well as
limited production hand-crafted
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In addition to the fifty-plus
artists in various stages of pro
fessional development, stu
dents from both David Dou
glass High School and the Ore
gon College of Art and Craft will
be presenting their work for
sale and exhibition, providing
an opportunity for visitors to
speak with artists who are be
ginning their careers.
CMAG will again donate
ticket sales and a portion of the
proceeds from the Gala Open
ing to CASA (court appointed
special advocates for children).
The Gala Opening will be
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This workshop will assist
on Saturday, May 6, beginning
you in doing the homework to
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New season getting underway at Sunset Speedway
Saturday, May 6, is opening
day for the fourth year of Mike
McCann’s operation of Sunset
Speedway in Banks, and a
smorgasbord of events will be
offered at the quarter-mile clay
bullring to satisfy the appetites
of racing fans.
After ending the 1999 sea
son with an exciting non-wing
sprint car event, the wingless
wars will resume for the speed
way’s opener. Mahema’s Tony
Shoulder-to-shoulder
Thomas is a favorite, along
with Newberg’s Vince McDon
nell. Chesire’s Ty Mayden, the
1999 defending track champi
on, had the hot streak of the
season with three consecutive
wins early in the season, but
provided the crowd with spec
tacular moves riding the high
side in the wingless affair.
The popular Street Stocks
will again be the main class at
the well-groomed oval. From a
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many people were chanting,
“Go Laura Harmon.” With 200
meters to go, Laura picked up
the pace; so did Maryänne.
With 40 meters to go, they
were shoulder-to-shoulder at
full speed. Then, somehow,
Maryänne
found
enough
strength to pull ahead and, for
the first time ever, Vernonia
has a runner who has beaten
every state champion. Mary
änne finished in 4:39.5; Laura’s
time was 4:39.6.
Maryanne’s carriage didn’t
turn into a pumpkin and she’s
not going to spend the rest of
her life wondering if she could
have done it. She achieved her
dream.
nonia girls finished with 310.
Individual scores:
Megan Peura, 64
Liana Traylor, 75
Alex Hayes, 82
Jesse Doane, 89
On April 25 at the Astoria
Country Club, in a nine hole
match against Astoria High
School, the Lady Loggers’
team score was 341. Astoria
had a score of 213.
Individual scores:
Peura, 73
Hayes, 81
D oane,92
Traylor, 95
Between the matches in the
district tournament, the Lady
Loggers will compete May 4 in
one last home match against
Seaside.
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Thursday, May 4 from 6-9:00
p.m. Admission is $10, with
tickets available at the door.
Regular show hours, with
free admission, will be Friday,
May 5 from 12 noon to 9:00
p.m.; Saturday, May 6, 10 a.m.
to 7:00 pm; and Sunday, May
7, 10 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
COMMUNICATIONS
Stop by our new Vernonia office in the
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low of 15 cars in the early sea
sons to a high of 44 cars last
year, the average number of
entries is 37. The entry level
Bomber class has grown, as
well, with an average field of 20
cars to provide fans lots of ac
tion.
The speedway also plays
host to to the traveling organi
zations of the Pro 4 Modifieds,
Pacific Hardtop Racing Associ
ation Dwarf Cars, WESCO
Sprint Cars, and the Golden
Wheels old-time sprint and
midget group. The popular
Cascade Hardtops also are
inked for ten races in the 25
race schedule.
VHS boys show
progress in golf
The Vernonia High School
boys golf team has been busy
in April, with tournaments on
the 13th, 17th, and 26th.
They stroked their way to a
win over Columbia Adventist,
196-200, at Tri Mountain Golf
Course in Longview, April 26.
Individual scores:
Brass Sears, 47
Bryan Dinger, 49
Matt Brookins, 50
Brian Robertson, 50
“The boys played in light
rain and a hail storm,” said
coach James Brookins. “They
played summer rules instead of
winter rules, so scoring for this
tournament was consistent and
acceptable.”
At Charbonneau on April 17,
the competition included Catlin
Gabel, Portland Lutheran, War
renton and the Oregon School
for the Deaf.
Individual Scores:
Bryan Dinger, 79
Sears, 80
Brookins, 86
Alex Dinger, 99
Robertson, 101
April 13, at the Astoria
Country Club, was not a good
day, with scores higher than
usual.
Sears, 92
Bryan Dinger, 101
Robertson, 107
Joey Strand, 124.