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About The print. (Oregon City, Oregon) 1977-1989 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 18, 1978)
iL«n i * football dies a hard death for Clackamas fans jnnBreyne [lie Print sion. Freshmen are scrambling for schools to attend along with high school seniors who would have 'ootball has been abolished come to CCC. ¡jackamas—like it or not. The Marty Pinz, a former Shrine favored its demise 4—2 but all-star, is one of the lucky ones. ralopinion seems to be against "I was stunned," Pinz said, "I came back to school and it decision. lany students and taxpayers was gone. You just have to find some place to play football if you ¡till unaware that football been dropped. Athletes, want to play." "A lot of the freshmen didn't hes, and fans only wish they get to play too much because of j forget. the people in front of them. They 'My concern is to find a place proved themselves to our coaches the athletes to continue. I t want this to ruin any of and now they have to go some college careers," said Paul where else and do it all over again." he said. um assistant football coach. "I'd like to continue going to The Blue Ribbon Athletic a two-year school, probably Mt. |y Committee met for three ths and were supposed to e a recommendation to th'e d, Instead they submitted a age with 21 separate impres- s of the College's athletic pm. I voted against the football pm. I felt it was not neces- in a two-year school," said irge Van Bergen, a committee nber. toother committee member, y Cusick said, "I was for the yam. I hated to see it go. «Id see from day one that it strictly political. Hakanson John Hakanson, CCC's Pres- it) made the same statements the end as he did in inning." lakanson's position was led to the committee on Recruiting enough players n within the district is an Kjssibility, and with the in- asing age and increasing num- of part-time students at CCC, indication would be to dis- itinuethe program, he said. Hakanson would rather see the ney used on activities that [ra longer carryover for part lints as they advance in years. The actual budget for football s $15,500 according to Len inroe, dean of student services, the 20 tuition waivers available Hood. I'm also considering some football players, 10 have been four-year schools." Pinz said. ipped with the others going to "I'm not sure what I'll do," ¡remaining sports. Wade Starbuck another freshman 'The use of the money hasn't player, said. "I felt that football pn decided as yet, but $4,000 was great for me, for a bunch of i been put into the National guys. 1 think they were wrong ivel fund while $3,000 went for abolishing it." |o paying a financial aid book- Steve Maynard is a sophomore eper, Monroe said. The rest of on the team. Although the death lmoney went into the contin- of football at Clackamas doesn't mcy fund with its fate to be directly affect him, he has strong «data later date. feelings on it. "I wasn't surprised by the "I think a lot of kids are being Mishment of football. Politic ripped off. They made a commit ly, it was a good move. The ment to the school and the school «pie in my area—Canby—favored broke its commitment to them." »abolition," said Dr. David Maynard said. "I was just sorry to W, a committee (nember. see it go." huMutty, y favored the contin "I was planning to go to ue of it. The budget for ath- Clackamas. Now I have to start fc is just a drop in the bucket all over again," said Mike Vaught, MI think the people involved a Gladstone High School senior. Pgreat things out of it." "I thought since it was cheaper Players and potential players and I might get more playing time pi the hardest hit by the deci- it would be the place to go." SPORTS SCHEDULE OF EVENTS "«is basketball Fri. 20 Sat. 21 Umpqua CC SWOCC 7:30 7:30 Roseburg Coos Bay Romens Rtball Fri. 20 Tues. 24 Umpqua CC Lane CC 6:00 6:30 Roseburg Home Rstling Fri. 20 Sat. 21 C of Idaho CCC Tourhey 7:30 Home Home Wed. 18 Mt. Hood 3:30 Tri-City 1-6 Gym Pawling Recreation ' ■ Sun.22 'January 18,1978 Vaught plans to become a high school football coach and needs the college playing experiences on his resume. "I can name at least three other guys who wanted to go to to Clackamas, but aren't now." Vaught said. The trio—Mike Nel son, Scott Tietz and Tom Jar- bos—are all from Gladstone. "I wanted to play college ball," Dave Baer said. "I'm going to go down to California to play." Baer enrolled at CCC this term but has decided not to register again next term because the foot ball program has been dropped. Baer is an ex-Marine who played football while in the corps. Clackamas High School Foot HOME bor dropped their program their full-time enrollment dropped by over 100 people." Chuck Adams, College director of admissions/records, is not quite so pessimistic about the change in enrollment due to the abolish ment of the football program. "I don't think there will be a significant impact on enrollment because of the lack of football," he said. "However, we will lose some students, but not a signi ficant amount." Some students agree with the athletes that football should not have been eliminated. Interest ingly enough few of them knew that football had already been abolished. VISITOR Jackson are in two-year associate programs at CCC. "I feel that there are some individuals missing out on it. It's bad because they get their enjoy- inent out of it." Boyer said. "I can't see anything wrong with it," Jackson said. "If people want to participate in it I think it's all right." "I don't think they should have dropped it. I was never involved in sports but I think they're vital." Kevin McAllistar said. "Where do all the athletes go now?" Tim Titrude disagrees. "I think football should have been abol ished. I don't believe in it because of lack of attendance," he said. Titrude has never attended a Clackamas football game, but he feels the money should be put to use for a less expensive sport, such as soccer. Tony Terry, a freshman foot ball player, has different reasons for objecting to the termination of the program. "Abolishment of football isn't going to help the school, it's going to hurt it. Football draws people here and establishes communi cation. It gets the name across to other places," he said. Chuck Hudson, board member and opponent of the move feels that no programs are safe at Clack amas involving the sports depart ment. 'The board is free to do anything they want," Hudson said. English instructor Marcia Myers voiced her opinion saying,"I think that in view of the community controversy over the idea of foot ball, that the decision to drop it was a wise one." "I think that it was a mistake," Buck Monroe, counselor and cross country coach said. "It may have been a mistake to put it in but it's an even bigger mistake to take it out." Photo by Lorraine Stratton ball Coach Bill Hartman sees the abolishment as a bad move for the community as a whole. "Some of the high school coaches are trying to get the board to reconsider. There's no place for the guys to go," Hartman said. Mt. Hood Community College faced a similar problem last year. Like at Clackamas, a’Blue Ribbon Board was formed. Their decision was entirely different, however. After nine months of total comprehensive study the MHCC board voted to retain football and back it. Previously board members against had numbered more than board members for the retention of football. "It was a sad day when I read in the paper that football at Clackamas had been dropped. I was very confused and bewildered by those who made the decision for the students," Marv Heibert, Mt. Hood's Head Football Coach said. "I believe that football is a part of the total education process. This denies some students the opportunity to participate. Why discriminate against football over music or tennis?" "I understand the squeeze," Heibert said, "But why was foot ball used as the whipping board?"' Heibert estimates that if Mt. Hood dropped their program approximately 200 to 300 full- time students would drop. He cites student reimbursements from the state as a major loss of funds for the college. "I also think it will hurt the school and the sports program," said Fiskum. "When Grays Har- "I'm not too involved in the politics of athletics here, but I think they should have football," Steve Andrews, a CCC student, said. "Other schools seem to be able to maintain their programs." Both Martha Boyer and Marlin So, the controversy continues. Nothing definite has been done except for the cancelation of the football program. Some moves are being made to reinstate it, but only time will tell if CCC will field a football team next year. r~ Sports Notes The Clackamas Commun ity College Planning Division is in the final stages of a plan to build a public jogging trail that will cover the same routes as the campus road system. According to the division head, Ken Fischer, all the plan needs now is to be approved by the College board. They will then begin gathering the necessary mat erials with construction be ginning in June and finishing up sometime near the end of the summer. The trail will be built with sawdust base and will follow the outside loop of the cam pus road for most of the way until it breaks off near the Greenhouse and Clairmont Hall area and crosses over to Beavercreek Road, covering about two miles. The idea for the trail is a result of the immense pop ularity of jogging in and a- round the area. The resulting use of the track and field facilities were noted. The feeling was that these people would probably rather run on a standard jogging surface than the hard asphalt. Tri-City Baptist Temple College & Career Invites you to attend Bible class with them at 10 a.m. on Sunday 18025 Webster Rd. Gladstone, Oregon Come help change the world. Family Bible Hour 10:00 Church Service 11:00 Baptist Bible Fellowship -- Independent Pastor McCormick 655-9326 or 761-7842 Page 7
