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Subject: RE: District tt course, tacks, impressions?
Date: 07/31/2000 12:15 AM
From: Joseph Cipole
This, I thinks, is a wonderful idea! As a further note, we, the members of
OBRA, owe a very large 'Thank You' to the family who allowed us to use
their front yard for the registration table and post-event cool-down and
the Gray Trout family for allowing us to use thier barnyard for parking.

These two families could very easily have told us to jump off a
cliff. Instead they were by far the kindest and most generous people I
have encounterd in all of the years I have been racing here in Oregon!
I would also like to thank all of you who turned out to race. The courtesy
and thoughtfulness you displayed towards the above mentioned families
was awesome! Their yards were left in better shape than before we were
there, which I am sure they appreciated!

I have said all along that I may not be the best racer in OBRA, but the
reason I continue to inflate the prize lists (entry fees) is becuase of
so many of the great competitors, some of whom have become great friends,
that I race with or against. Once again, you showed your true class by
pitching in and taking care of things on your own accord. TO that, I
am very grateful!

Joe Cipale
Promoter - Oregon District TT

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| I don't try to herd cats any more. All you end up with are |
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On Mon, 31 Jul 2000, Schreck, George wrote:

 Actually, I think the idea of sending letters thanking people is a good one.
Sometimes in dealing with these issues, all it takes is an acknowledgement
of the minor inconvenience and some thanks. It may Laos embarrass (though I
doubt it) the person who caused the problem. Other than briefly mentioning
the gravel and the tacks, I would go easy on the issue, as someone
suggested, we do not want to encourage others to follow suit. Perhaps we do
not even want to mention it at all in what is supposed to be a thank you
letter.

                           George C. Schreck
                            Phone: (503) 813-7211
                            Fax: (503) 813-7252


-----Original Message-----
From: Michael O'Hair [mailto:micha-@amdocs.com]
Sent: Monday, July 31, 2000 9:32 AM
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Subject: RE: [OBRA Chat] District tt course, tacks, impressions?




 Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 14:47:24 -0700
From: "Schreck, George" <George.-@PacifiCorp.com>
Subject: RE: [OBRA Chat] District tt course, tacks, impressions?


As one of the three people who spent 2 hours Saturday evening
sweeping the
road, I can assure you that there was no gravel whatsoever on
the road.
Odds are good that it's some proto-adolescent. The same sort of
twerp who will flip you off from the safety of the back seat of
daddy's Suburban. Rather than trying to start a confrontation, I
would suggest that sending a form letter to every house on Dairy Creek
Road thanking them for their patience and cooperation would be a good
move. In that letter, some statement about "... outside of someone
tossing shovelfuls of gravel onto the course, the race went smoothly ..."
and ask that anyone having information about this reckless endangerment
contact OBRA might get the point across.

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