Annual Meeting–It’s Virtual

Join us for the annual meeting. Because of Covid restrictions it will be on Zoom. Get together starts at 6:30 with updates from the Board.

At 7pm, Ruth Fitz, General Manager of Cook Engines Inc, will speak to us about caring for our diesel engines.

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Here’s bit of a bio about Ruth Fitz:

Ruth’s grandfather purchased Cook Engine from Mr. Cook in 1962, and moved Cook Engine from under the sellwood bridge to Vancouver way (where Jubitz is now) and then in 1980 to the location that it now sits.  Ruth was babysat in the office she now works in, in the 80s.

Ruth says:

When I was 13 yrs old I proclaimed to my grandfather that I was going to be a mechanic and while he may have been skeptical, as always he held no limits on the women in his life.

In 2000 I started working the summers at Cook engine while in high school behind the parts counter and in the office.  After graduating high school in the Gresham area, I enrolled into Diesel School while continuing to work at Cook Engine.

This year I mark 20 years working for my family’s business.  While I do not physically do a lot of wrenching, I pride myself in being helpful to the technicians, and my customers.

Outside of work I stay very busy, spending time with Family and Friends, volunteering with Girl Scouts, fishing, hunting, snowmobiling, water-skiing, off-roading, crafting, woodworking, gardening, & hanging out with my goats, and pets