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The INDEPENDENT, July 20, 2011 River City Speedway official results from July 9 races J ULY 9 O FFICIAL R ESULTS Sportsman – Fast Time: Chris West, Vancouver 15.03. Trophy Dash: Bud Russell, St. Helens. Heat 1: Brad Beehler, St. Helens; Aaron Elwess, Port- land; Bob Berg, St. Helens. Heat 2: Dan Fox, Warren; Clark Tenney, Scappoose; Dan Smith, Scappoose. Heat 3: West; Celeste Hardesty, St. Helens; Curt Nusom, Gre- sham. Main: Nusom, Tenney, Smith, Berg, Elwess, Devon Reed, Woodland; Russell; Beehler; Susan Nelson, Port- land; Kristi Somers, Portland. Street Stock – Fast Time: Rick Rehanek, Vancouver 15.86. Trophy Dash: Brad Nu- som, Gresham. Heat 1: Curtis Zelmer, Portland; Brad Martin, St. Helens; Gerardo Maya, Portland. Heat 2: Mike Crase, Portland; Justin McMullen, Deer Island; Steffan Strawn, Deer Island. Heat 3: Nusom; Rehanek; Ron Dodge, Vernon- ia. Main: McMullen; Martin; Re- hanek; Nusom; Strawn; Ken Bryan, Toledo; Jeromy Bow- man, Portland; Zelmer; Aaron Snook, Portland; Derik Beeh- ler, St. Helens. Modified – Fast Time: Ann Carter, Scappoose 15.50. Tro- phy Dash: Doug Davenport, Vernonia. Heat 1: Jeremy Mar- tin, St. Helens; Davenport; TJ Richman, Portland. Heat 2: Clint Petty, St. Helens; Clark Tenney; Sean Fox, Rainier. Main: Davenport, Martin; Fox; Tenney; Mike Harrison, St. He- lens; Curtis Zelmer; Petty; Dave Walters, Gresham; Carter; Richman. Mini Stock – Fast Time: John Oyler, St. Helens 16.23. Trophy Dash: Tim Oyler, St. Helens. Heat 1: Joel Beehler, St. Helens; Jason Scheibel, Longview; John Oyler. Heat 2: Adam Beehler, St. Helens; Kyle Frelich, St. Helens; Jerry Wright, Portland. Main: Adam Beehler; Brad Beehler; John Oyler; Joel Beehler, St. Helens; Wright; Janeen Oyler, St. He- lens; Lisa Oyler, St. Helens; Scheibel; Charles Ingram, Portland; Tim Oyler. Women’s Division – Fast Time: Jenae Frelich, St. Helens 16.42. Trophy Dash: Kathy Mc- Mullen, Deer Island. Heat: Mor- gan Tenney, Scappoose; Mc- Mullen; Cori Rocks, Portland; Frelich; Amanda Gay, Portland; Tiffany Berg, St. Helens. Pacific Mini Sprints – Fast Time: Darren Pierson, Chehalis 14.10. Trophy Dash: Dave Wal- ters, Gresham. Heat: Walters; Dan Beck, Castle Rock; Pier- son; Jesse Shannon. Main: Walters; Jesse Shannon, Cen- tralia; Mike Opaka, Marysville; Pierson; Beck; Eric Dehning, Portland. Dwarf Cars – Fast Time: Brad Martin, St. Helens 15.02. Trophy Dash: Jack Mires, Port- land. Heat: Jim Dunn, Portland; Martin; Mires; Jenelle Harrison, St. Helens. Main: Mires; Dunn; Martin; Harrison. Power of the People By W. Marc Farmer, General Manager, West Oregon Electric Cooperative In the Home Stretch We are in the final weeks of construction be- fore the dedication of our new headquarters build- ing. We will dedicate the building immediately fol- lowing our annual meeting, on Saturday, August 20, and have a grand opening for our members and public in September. We will be moving into the new building the week following the annual meeting, which will precipitate having limited of- fice functions during the move. We will still ac- cept payments and take care of billing issues during the move. Leading up to the dedication, we still have a lot of work to do. Paving has begun and side- walks are now being poured. The garage doors and interior doors in the truck bays and ware- house are installed, the interior insulated and painted, and shelving is being constructed. WOEC now has power into the building. Low voltage data wires, electrical, plumbing, and the HVAC duct work have all been completed in the administrative. Sheetrock, insulation, and ceiling tiles are next on the agenda. All of the flooring, paint, door handles, and countertops have been selected. The sign for the front has been select- ed and is being constructed. You will notice a significant change on Rose Avenue now, as we have removed all of the poles along our site and the City-owned Rose Avenue site. It will allow us now, and the City in CCRA announces 2011 point standing P OINT S TANDINGS AS OF J ULY 13 Sportsman – 1. Curt Nusom, Gresham 348. 2. Dan Smith, Scappoose 288. 3. Dan Fox, Warren 277. 4. Clark Tenney, Scappoose 269. 5. Bud Rus- sell, St. Helens 265. 6. Chris West, Vancouver 263. 7. Lisa Liner, St. Helens 256. 8. Aaron Elwess, Portland 245. 9. Devon Reed, Woodland 242. 10. Matt Taylor, St. Helens 232. Street Stock – 1. John Nu- som, Gresham 309. 2. Brad Martin, St. Helens 303. 3. Rick Rehanek, Vancouver 290. 4. Justin McMullen, Deer Island 278. 5. Mike Crase, Portland 261. 6. Steffan Strawn, Deer Is- land 251. 7. Ken Bryan, Toledo 250. 8. Curtis Zelmer, Portland 227. 9. RT Cutler, Portland 220. 10. Clark Tenney 210. Modified – 1. Doug Daven- port, Vernonia 321. 2. Jeremy Martin, St. Helens 317. 3. Sean Fox, Rainier 278. 4. Clark Ten- ney 267. 5. Mike Harrison, St. Helens 263. 6. Brian Blasier, Scappoose 229. 7. Sam Jef- fers, St. Helens 217. 8. TJ Richman, Portland 216. 9. Don Jenner, Vancouver 213. 10. Robert Jenner, Vancouver 202. Women’s Division – 1. Kathy McMullen, Deer Island 333. 2. Jenae Frelich, St. Helens 324. 3. Tiffany Gee, Scappoose 306. 4. Morgan Tenney Scap- poose 284. 5. Cori Rocks, Port- land 191. 6. Victoria West, St. Helens 89. Pacific Mini Sprints – 1. Dave Walters, Gresham 342. 2. Keith Everson, Marysville 216. 3. Darrin Pierson, Chehalis Page 15 207. 4. Mike Opoka, Centralia 196. 5. Dan Beck, Castle Rock 172. 6. Eric Dehning, Centralia 169. Tracers – 1. Cody Smith, Scappoose 232. 2. Baleigh O'- Connor, St. Helens 212. 3. Jonathan West, St. Helens 120. Dwarf Cars – 1. Brad Martin 333. 2. Jenelle Harrison 268. Action Ads INEXPENSIVE – EFFECTIVE 503-429-9410 $4.50 for the first 10 words, then just 10¢ for each additional word the future, to be able to pave Rose Avenue, as required by the City and ODOT. A side benefit is that the view along Rose just got better. There are a lot of choices and decisions that go into a building and there are many involved in the detail work at this stage. One of the deci- sions we just made was to select the cabinet maker. There were three candidates that bid for the project, with one from Forest Grove and two from Vernonia. The low bid was from Vernonia and is as local as it gets, as his home and shop are two doors down from our current headquar- ters. His shop had seven feet of water in it just as our Vernonia Substation did as they are lo- cated across the road from each other. It is rather fitting, I think, that he be the successful bidder. The best decision we made was the selection of Five Star Builders as our contractor. Their bid was over $400,000 lower than the next closest bid and over $1 million less than the highest bid. The cost savings is only the tip of the iceberg, though, of benefits of having Five Star work for us. They have helped us to keep our pledge to keep labor, materials, services, and contracts as local as possible. Almost half of their employees are members of WOEC and they have hired oth- er members to work as well. They have met with me each week to go over every detail of the proj- ect and we have collaborated on how to keep costs in line and construction on schedule at every stage. I am especially impressed with their meticulous attention to details and doing things right. It is a pleasure to work with such a professional and dedicated group of people.