COLUMBIA OUTBOARD RACING ASSOCIATION Let's Go Racing! Next Region Race - It's a Go!
Al Benson Medical Fund
Al Benson had a serious accident at Rockaway. He was driving hard into turn two with Jon Nilsen behind him in the lane inside of him. Al’s hydro caught a roller and spun in front of Jon, and Jon had no where to go.
The good news is that it appears the cockpit side took the brunt of the impact and absorbed a lot of the crashenergy. The bad news was Al still got hammered badly. Al was taken to the local hospital, where he was stabilized, then because of the injury type he was sedated and flown to Emanuel hospital in Portland, where surgeons repaired multiple broken ribs and a punctured lung. Denise Johnson worked out getting Alan’s insurance coverage extended six months through his former employer, and it appears that effort will be successful.However, Alan (currently unemployed) will still be on the hook for the premiums. To handle those, Denise has set up a medical fund account at Bank of America in Al’s name. If you wish to make a cash donation now, you can go to a Bank of America branch and make a deposit to the Al Benson Medical Fund (that should be what any check is made out to). You will need to specify that it is an Oregon account; the account number is 48500 1614874. If you would rather mail a check, make it out to the Al Benson Medical Fund, and note the account number in the memo field (485001614874). You can then mail the check to this address (Attn. Denise Johnson):
7314 SE 19th Ave.Portland OR 97202-6254 There is an immediate need for funds to start up his insurance, and then there will be another premium payment coming up at the end of the month for October. There is a spaghetti feed/auction fund raiser scheduled for the Hydroplane Museum in Kent on October 18. Tickets will be available at Lawrence at the end of the month. Patrick Gleason 206-794-4597 patrickgl@msn.com
Lisa Peterson 425-271-5416 44rmom@gmail.com have them as well as Denise Johnson 503-233-4753 idzyne@comcast.net .
 from SOA Pit Previews
Denise visited Al today at noon, and he is doing much better. As you may have heard elsewhere, he is now in his own room, 1525, at Legacy Emanuel in Portland. He is sitting in a chair, isn't hooked to any machines, and is feeling closer to normal. Al asked us to thank his racing family for your help; be it good thoughts or a financial contribution, he appreciates them all. There is a spaghetti feed/auction fund raiser scheduled for the Hydroplane Museum in Kent on October 18. Tickets will be available at Moses Lake this weekend and at Lawrence at the end of the month. Patrick Gleason and Lisa Peterson have them as well as Denise. Mike Johnson
October SOA PIT PREVIEWS here. Thanks John.
This is very cool! http://www.nwspeedshots.com/flash/carousel/video/u13.html Check out the awesome video put together by Walt Ottenad of NW Speed Shots and the U-13 team using his various cameras positioned all over the U-13. Great stuff Walt! A few surprises too!! This is just one of the of the videos, there all cool.. http://www.nwspeedshots.com/video/jmk_back_in_the_saddle.html
Nice 20ss outfit for sale
Capitol Lake In case any of you missed these in The Olympian. Two days in a row we have articles about Capitol Lake.
http://www.theolympian.com/localgallery/gallery/506056.html
http://www.theolympian.com/sports/highlight/story/506943.html
Jeffery A. Ewing
Not racing, but it's the Oregon Race Rescue boat at dawn! We like these guys and gals... 
Photo by Jeffery A Ewing
CULLABY PHOTOS I've uploaded some cullaby photos. Not organized yet. No kicker boat access, so there all from the dock. I went for quanity, maybe some quality mixed in. More Cullaby Photos Right click and save any you like...
Eatonville Photos Sat 6/14/08 
Anne Thurman was in the kicker boat for flight 2 and Kyle Lewis for flight 4 on Saturday at Eatonville. They were able to take a few hundred photos which I uploaded. Feel free to copy. If you would like a larger file for printing, just send me an e-mail. Randy e-mail here
Video Annie tried out a new video cam on her 20 last weekend. you can check out a sample here.
I-5 Construction alert for the summer Oregon Fuel Advisory - All gas stations in Northwest Oregon are required to use a minimum 10% Ethanol blend. This rule expands statewide July 15, thus impacting all Oregon races.
Next Region Race Lawrence Lake Yelm, WA 9/26-9/27
HARM J Project
CORA Hats (Flexfit - $20) and Shirts (Lightweight Polo Style - $30). Contact Mike & Denise Johnson 
The New 2008 CORA Application is now online. Click here. Welcome to new members and exisiting members who have renewed. If you have paid your 2008 membership, you should have received your club card . If you have not received a membership form, and still want to join before the April 1 deadline (it will cost you $5 more after that), apply here.
Newberg Boat Club
CORA officers Ken Kaiser Commodore Lee Tietze Vice-Commodore Denise Johnson Secretary/Treasurer CORA board Mike Johnson Bill Thomas Roland Dechert Annie Thurman | | | | For more information | | | |
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