The INDEPENDENT, August 7, 2003
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Hood to Coast Relays will be in Nehalem Valley Aug. 22*23
One weekend a year, the
population of Columbia County
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swells by fifty percent, as the
annual Hood to Coast Relay
Race jogs a diagonal path from
Scappoose to Birkenfeld. This
year’s relay will be held August
22 and 23.
The event will bring 20,000
participants and up to 2,000
support vehicles into the area,
which means added responsi
bility for local emergency man
agement personnel.
In preparation for the event
law enforcement, fire, medical
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and relay officials have made
contingency plans to help mini
mize the impact on local resi
dents and emergency service
providers, as well as to ensure
the safety of relay participants.
Since the St. Helens and
Mist-Birkenfeld areas are the
most impacted, the Columbia
River Fire & Rescue District
and Mist-Birkenfeld Rural Fire
District will be providing most of
the resources.
One of the biggest concerns
is the ability to move emer-
gency equipment through traffic
clogged rural roads, especially
in the Birkenfeld area, accord-
ing to Mist-Birkenfeld Fire Chief
Dave Crawford. “ In recent
years, the cooperation between
Hood to Coast officials and par-
ticipants and the fire districts
has improved tremendously ”,
Crawford said.
The ham operators group,
Am ateur Radio Em ergency
Services (ARES) will be on
duty again this year to provide
tim ely information to em er-
gency service providers and to
relay officials.'
The relays will enter Colum
bia County at approximately
8:00 a.m., heading north on
Hwy 30 through Scappoose,
and turning west onto Berg
Road. Winding past the County
Fairgrounds and through Yank-
ton, the course continues on
Pittsburg Road, Schaffer Road
and Apiary Road, until reaching
Hwy 47. On Hwy 47, the run-
ners/walkers will travel north
west to Mist, continuing on Hwy
202 to Birkenfeld and the final
destination of Seaside. All run-
ners/walkers should be past
the fairgrounds by early Satur-
day morning and be entirely out
of Columbia County no later
than 1:45 p.m. on Saturday.
Vernonia woman on OU Dean’s List
Among the nearly 1,900 Uni
versity of Oregon students
named to the deans’ lists for
scholastic achievement during
spring term of the 2002-2003
school year, is Hadassah Eliza
beth Galey of Vernonia, a soph
omore international studies
major.
UO deans’ lists are compiled
for fall, winter and spring terms
during each school year. All un
dergraduate and postbaccalau
reate students, including Na
tional Student Exchange stu
dents, are eligible.
To qualify, students must
have completed 12 or more
graded credits for the term with
a minimum grade-point aver
age of 3.75 on a scale having
4.0 as a straight-A average.
One concern is making sure
drivers of the support vans are
following traffic laws and the re
lay rules. Citizens who have
complaints about relay vehicles
or participants are urged to call
the relay’s 24 hour hotline at
503-913-5851. Callers will be
asked the nature of the corn-
paint and the team number of
the vehicle, which is to be post
ed on the front and rear of the
vehicle. Other information, such
as the team name, the vehicle
make and model is also helpful.
Area students
named to WOU
Honor Roll
Stephanie A. Lardy of Bux
ton is one of 135 students who
were named to the Western
Oregon University President’s
List for the 2003 spring term.
Among the 643 students
named to the Honor Roll were
Edith E. Nelson of Vernonia,
Robert T. Kent, Lori M. Or-
lowski, Sara M. Riggle and
Nicole M. Scharlepp, all of
Banks.
P resident’s List students
achieved a perfect 4.0 grade
point average, while Honor
Roll students earned a 3.5 to
3.99 average.
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