Darell C. Provencher

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*Greetings,*

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*River City Bicycles and Team Rose City are proud to be hosting the third
annual Eric Kautzky Memorial Track Race on May 3, 2008. Whether you're
racing or not, come join us for the first points races and omniums of the
track racing season, and help contribute to Eric's legacy as a science
teacher and athletic trainer at Tigard High School.*
Eric was a Team Rose City team mate that lost his life tragically on
Saturday, June 18, 2005, while out on an early morning training ride on
Tualatin-Sherwood Road. The accused 19-yr old motorist was found guilty and
sentenced to 17 months in prison for negligent homicide. Eric was 56.
TeamRose City will honor Eric at the May 3rd track race by giving our
net
proceeds to the Eric Kautzky Memorial Scholarship Fund at Tigard High
School. Eric was a science teacher and a well-known athletic trainer at
Tigard High School for 24 years. Thanks to our community of track racers we
have donated $5300 to Eric's scholarship fund over the past 2 years. So far
the fund has issued scholarships to five deserving high school seniors who
are planning careers in exercise science or physical education. For a look
at some previous pre-race coverage on KPTV's Good Day Oregon (2006), follow
the link below to one of our key sponsors, CrankMyChain Cycle TV. Many
thanks to Dan Kaufman for his time and support of this event.
http://www.pdxk.com/crankmychain/2007/02/2007-eric-kautsky-memorial-track-race.html
KGW
Channel 8 also produced a special report on Eric's untimely death, which can
be seen at the link below.
http://www.kgw.com/news/specialreports/stories//kgw_110306_specials_dead_tired.1010c5c.html
And
many, many thanks to event sponsors River City Bicycles, Veloforma, and
Nike for merchandise prizes (to be announced soon). And to Hincapie
Sportwear (thanks Rich Hincapie) for their in-kind donation of race-day
custom-made omnium winner jerseys. The exciting jersey design honors Eric's
career at Tigard School, and can be seen at our Team Rose City website. In
addition, River City Bicycles will have a limited edition of a similar
version of this jersey for sale in their store in May. Proceeds from these
sales will be donated to Eric's scholarship fund at Tigard High School. And
yes, the Kiddie Kilo and Splinter will also be back! For the event flyer and
other links, please see
http://www.obra.org/track/flyers/2008/eric_kautzky_track_race.html Thanks
again for your support and interest in this worthwhile event. May all of us,
regardless of our mode of transportation, learn to SHARE THE ROAD.
Sincerely, Darell Provencher Team Rose City

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