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Team Oregon Names Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ ‘Outstanding Sponsor’
Story by James Hill
PORTLAND, Ore. – Team Oregon Motorcycle Safety Program honored Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ with the “Outstanding Sponsor Award.”Team Oregon presented the award in November at its annual awards banquet in Salem. In making the announcement, director Steve Garets recognized Ä¢¹½´«Ã½’s contribution to safer motorcycling. Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ has sponsored Team Oregon training for the last 13 years, making it the largest motorcycle-training center in the state. The organization selected Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ from among 23 training sponsors across Oregon.Team Oregon, sponsored by the Traffic Safety Division of the Oregon Department of Transportation, rider-training programs are available on a regular basis and are open to the public. The Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Community Education department offers the 16-hour course, which consists of seven hours of classroom instruction and nine hours on-cycle training. The classes are held at the Sylvania Campus (12000 S.W. 49th Ave.) and Ä¢¹½´«Ã½’s Washington County Workforce Training Center at Capital Center (185th and Walker Road).For more information about these classes, contact Community Education at 503-533-2707.
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ James Hill
James G. Hill, an award-winning journalist and public relations writer, is the Director of Public Relations at Ä¢¹½´«Ã½. A graduate of Portland State University, James has worked as a section editor for the Newberg Graphic... more »