I am pleased to announce that the calculation for the 2017 NWUCA Insurance Dividend Program is now done and  $768,173 will be returned to NWUCA and Bitco customers through our exclusive Dividend Program!  – $351,509 for the second calculation of 2016 and $416,664 for the first calculation of 2017! We have now returned over $4,200,000…

Dear Members- The scholarship committee met on September 7th to review the scholarshipapplications that we received and pick the award winners.  Many thanks toJoel Dietzman (Anchor Insurance), Jill Jones (Bitco Insurance), Carlie Moore(Iron Horse LLC) and Janelle Markovich (Propel Insurance) for volunteeringtheir time to select the winners. Our 1st place high school winner is Katherine…

INITIAL SCREENING FOR MINI-SELECTION FOR REGION 1 PROJECT UTILIZING THE RFQ PILOT PROGRAM: PROPOSED PROJECT: I-5 Rose Quarter Improvement DBE Outreach Click for full PDF

1st Place:  Knife River 2nd Place:  Propel Insurance 3rd Place:  MW Equipment Annie Oakley Winner:  Bob Wentz – Guest of KG Specialties

John Kalkhoven, Titan Utilities (Sam Tenney/DJC) John Kalkhoven literally came up through the ranks, from the ground up, to establish Titan Utilities LLC. “My Dad was in the business, and I started at 10 years old working with him on weekends and during the summer,” Kalkhoven said. He graduated from Aloha High School in 1972…

(Jon Oldenburg, a pipe layer with Westech Construction, sets a manhole in place while building a pipe trainer at the Northwest College of Construction. (Sam Tenney/DJC)) Study hard in school, teachers would say to John Kalkhoven, or you’ll end up a ditchdigger. Kalkhoven is today head of Titan Utilities of Beaverton, and though his field…