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The INDEPENDENT, June 21, 2007
EAA gathered at airport last week Williams takes 6th and Cota takes 2nd at the races
By Randall Henderson
If you looked up in the sky
on the evening of June 14 you
might have noticed a little more
activity than usual.
That’s because the Experi-
mental Aviation Association,
Hillsboro chapter, held an im-
promptu gathering out at Ver-
nonia’s airport.
All-told, about 50 people in-
volved in the northern Willa-
mette valley aviation club
showed up for the gathering,
some in ground vehicles but
several by air in about 15 air-
planes, many of which flew
overhead in an impressive for-
mation display.
The gathering served as the
club’s monthly meeting and
featured a talk by Mike Seager
about his homebuilt aircraft
transition-training
program.
Seager was the first person
certified by the FAA to provide
flight training for builders of
home-built aircraft. He also
provides ferry and test pilot
services, and says he’s “never
had a hiccup” in more than 60
first flights of experimental air-
craft.
About half the group raised
their hands in answer to a
question of whether they’d
been to Vernonia before. Sev-
eral expressed interest in re-
turning to take advantage of
the camping opportunities on
the bucolic grass strip. The
only complaint heard: “It sure is
bumpy!”
RIVER CITY SPEEDWAY
June 16 – Official Results
Sportsman – Fast Time:
15.72
Jesse
Freeman,
Wilsonville. Trophy Dash: Chris
West, Battleground. Heat 1:
Skip Pillow, Gresham; Derrick
Hawney, Portland; Doug Hur-
ley, Castle Rock. Heat 2: Jon
Gillett, St. Helens; Dennis
Munger, Longview; Bryan
Collins, Portland. Heat 3: Rod-
ney Cook, Rainier; Tricia Brit-
tain, St. Helens; Ken Bryan,
Toledo. B Main: Pillow; Tim
Williams, Scappoose; Hurley;
Aaron Prettyman, St. Helens;
Ed Bruce, Portland. A Main:
Cook; Ray Cota, Vernonia;
Bryan; Larry Lemons, Toledo;
Pillow; Williams; Curt Nusom,
Gresham; Munger.
Modified – Fast Time: 14.31
Dan Smith, Scappoose. Trophy
Dash: Marc Sayre, Portland.
Heat 1: Ed Peters, Portland;
Sam Jeffers, Scappoose; Don
West, Deer Island. Heat 2: Skip
Pillow; Ray Elwess, Portland;
Jeremy Martin, St. Helens.
Main: Martin; Sayre; Don Jen-
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ner, Vancouver; Pillow; Doug
Davenport, Portland; Stephen
Kaptur, Deer Island; Smith;
Dan Fox, Warren; Greg Greer,
Rainier; Chris Long, Portland.
Street Stock – Fast Time:
16.09 Jeff Lovell, Portland. Tro-
phy Dash: Terry Moss, St. He-
lens. Heat 1: Bobby Morley,
Scappoose; Todd Newton,
Portland; Matt Jenner, Vancou-
ver. Heat 2: Robert Williams,
Vernonia; Moss; Mark Reser,
Beaverton. Main: Reser; Lovell;
Moss; Jereld Strawn, Deer Is-
land; Morley; Williams; Ian
Lamma, St. Helens; Eddie Far-
ness, Sandy; Brad Nusom,
Gresham; Josh Letts, Portland.
Mini Stock – Fast Time:
17.18 Joe Cherington, Vancou-
ver. Trophy
Dash:
Eric
Lindquist, Portland. Heat 1:
Justin McMullen, Deer Island;
Dan Beaudoin, Vancouver;
Frank Karnath, Portland. Heat
2: Ric James, Portland; Rick
Beehler, Deer Island; Tazz Jud-
kins, Portland. Heat 3: Marie
Sayre, Portland; Mark Beehler,
Deer Island; Brad Beehler,
Deer Island. Main: Brad
Beehler; Rick Beehler; Mc-
Mullen; Judkins; Bob Wallace,
Portland; Sayre; Lindquist;
Darin Rehm, Portland; Devon
Reed, Portland; Darren Miller,
Portland.
Banks council urged to learn from Vernonia’s hiring
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be needed since Ed Clark gave
the historical society quite a
few artifacts from the Brown
Derby. The group hopes to ro-
tate the historical pieces every
six-months.
Community Action submitted
a request to the City of Banks
for a $500 donation to assist
with delivering services to low-
income residents of Banks.
Last year, 99 requests from
Banks households were re-
sponded to and $19,173 in
services was provided. Council
agreed to the donation.
Marion Steinbach, a citizen
of Banks, appeared and sub-
mitted a newspaper article from
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regarding pending litigation in
the City of Vernonia over their
previous City Manager; she
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WEATHER REPORT
MAY 2007
DATE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
TEMPERATURE
HI
LO
58
56
55
55
58
64
78
72
65
66
67
59
57
80
83
66
68
69
61
54
58
65
73
76
76
69
55
65
86
88
81
PRECIP.
AMT.
41
38
36
35
31
46
42
39
32
31
32
36
37
30
34
33
33
32
43
42
37
37
47
46
47
47
43
35
38
38
41
.26
.11
.10
.02
.01
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.08
.07
.26
T
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.07
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T
.01
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Temperature and precipitation
amounts are from the official U.S.
weather station at the Vernonia wa-
ter plant. Measurable precipitation in
May totalled .99 inches.
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