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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
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'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.
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