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About The print. (Oregon City, Oregon) 1977-1989 | View Entire Issue (May 3, 1978)
amelot revisited; tudent recreates f The S.C.A. is a non-profit educational corporation, found ed in Berkeley in 1966, with the purpose of studying and romant ically recreating the Middle Ages. The S.C.A. has branches around the United States, and in Ger many, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. "Everybody in the society adopts character and a name other than their own," Oliver said. "Their goal is to get so deeply into this persona that weapons lie Thacker ghthood and chivalry are ad. At least as far as liver and the Society for j Anachronisms (S.C.A.) is a nursing student at ge who spends his spare :ing armour, chain mail, and other implements eused during the Middle always had an interest ions," Oliver said. "I making armour basically out how it works. It »four months to make t suit and most of that was spent making patterns. When it was done it was light and flexible enough to do an Irish jig in." Although Oliver first started making armour ten years ago he has only been involved with S.C.A. for six years. "I learned about the society through newspaper articles and television and it took two years to find the society after I heard about it," he said. The basic idea of the S.C.A. is to recreate knighthood, chival ry and the courts of medieval days, according to Oliver. Jim Oliver ... creating anachronisms they could be transported into that time and place and fit right in." The S.C.A. has divided the United States into four king doms; The Kingdom of the East, the Middle Kingdom, Adenvaldt, and the Kingdom of the West. The kingdoms- are divided into principalities and baronies. Society members in this area be long to the Barony of Three Mountains, a part of the Prin cipality of AnTir, in the King dom of the West. Oliver is the Master of Science for the Three Mountains and his job is to provide technical aid for society members who want to mix authentic inks, build a loom, outfit their horses with authentic bits and harnesses and to make swords, daggers and, of course, armour. In order to make these things as authentic as possible, Oliver, spends a great deal of time doing research work. He gets his basic information from books, libraries and old manuscripts and from people who have an item similar to the ones he wants to make. "I do it as a hobby and to make a buck or two," Oliver said. "A full suit of plate (armour) sells for about $1,200 and takes about six months to build in my spare time." He also sells daggers for $25 to $150, swords from $50 to $300 and helms which come in various styles, sizes and prices. Most of his work is done with a hammer like it was in the Mid dle Ages and he can turn out anything anyone desires, from brooches and. belt buckles to pots and pans. Three-quarters of his work is making cutlery of various types. He considers blacksmithing an art that is being revived and is now doing research on pattern- welded knife blades, learning the exact process of combining hard and soft metals to get a desired effect. "My workbench is an anach ronism itself," Oliver said. "At one end there is a suit of armour and at the other end a firearm." For anyone interested in earning more about the S.C.A. Dliver recommends that they attend a few events. "Once you've attended three events you're hooked," he said. "The society has 15,000 to 20,000subscribing members and is always looking for new ones." It costs $10 per year to be come a subscribing member and receive the monthly publica tions. However, according to Oliver, just showing up is enough to become a member at the local level. "We have three non-paying members for every one that pays," he said. During the summer S.C.A. holds monthly events such as the annual Rennaissance Fair in Eugene. They also host the Reed College Mayfaire. In the winter S.C.A. activities usually consist of parties, or revels, held at places like the Medieval Inn in Portland. The next society event is Egil's Tourney in Eugene May 27. There will be jousting, booths, exhibits and other ac tivities in keeping with the spirit of the Middle Ages. On June 17 the 2nd Annual Baron Sir Fred Men Adiantum Reclamation Project and Pos sible Peasant Uprising (War) will be held at McIver Park, near Estacada These events are open to the public. For more information on the S.C.A. or on Oliver's work call him at 282-1351 after 6 p.m. or Rod Cook at 282-1834. dia competition winners revealed igh school journalists nab CCC scholarships student journalists from ihools in the Clackamas unity College district were ¿scholarships last Friday I978 Clackamas Journa- Lally, Gladstone; Kel- ly Laughlin, Clackamas; Michael Koller, Milwaukie; Greg Kienzle, Oregon City; and Rick Hofstet ter, West Linn, will receive schol arship money to apply towards their tuition at the College next year. The recipients will also ef raids art department; tensive pot wheels stolen ibstantial amount of pot- luipment has been stolen taker's art center which Might about special invest- i from the Oregon City Department, said Nancy s,College ceramics instruc Skutt and Sons brand Ke pottery wheels, valued HO, were reported missing the ceramics department fednesday, April 26, said Johnson, college security hey were apparently stolen Hekends ago,"-he said. hnson said that there were |ns of forcible entry that could see and that the kwereprobably stolen dur- W students need to work 'ejects over the weekend •leavesthe ceramics depart- wlnerable to outsiders," ting to Travers, there •«»classes scheduled to be [for students over that R and that no super- ?.*ere on the premises at fa, May 3,1978 "Although it appears that no forcible entry occurred, I be lieve that there was no other way to get in the room without forcibly breaking in," Travers said. "There were no super visors available in the art center to let students in." Travers said that the cul- prit(s) would have had to know something about the building in order to get in. "There are a lot of places for a person to hide inside the building," Travers said. This is not the first time ceramics equipment has been stolen from the art department, Johnson said. "One pottery wheel and vari ous ceramics textbooks were stolen last year but were return ed after an anonymous phone call reported that the party knew of the whereabouts of the equipment," he said. Johnson said that Oregon City detectives have been investiga ting the incident because the material stolen amounts over $100 which makes it a felony. participate in Student Publica tions for the 1978-79 academic year. Nearly 100 persons attended the conference which featured journalism workshops applying towards the students' learning experiences in that field. Ben Hansen, editor of the Oregon City Enterprise-Courier, was the speaker during the main session. Hansen warned the stu dents that they face a crammed field when looking toward a career in journalism. Hansen urged students who were serious about becoming journalists to get as much exper ience as possible throughout their college career. Also during the main session, Randy Clark, a journalism in structor and Student Publica tions adviser at the College, announced the winners of the media competition held in con junction with the conference. Entries were received in nine separate categories and judged by professiona s in the journa lism field. The categories and their win ners were: Reporting/Spot News: Randy Cook, Clackamas, first; Doug Nash, Oregon City, second (tie); Doug Fick, West Linn, second (tie); and Kevin Drew, Oregon City, third. Reporting,'Sports: Greg John son, Gladstone, first; Scott Sayre, West Linn, second; Randy Cook, Clackamas, third (tie); and Jim Thompson, Gladstone, third (tie). Reporting/Editoriais: Steve Wisoker, Gladstone, first; Kelly Laughlin, Clackamas, second; Leslie Steptoe, Clackamas third. Reporting/Features: Brent Waith, Milwaukie, first; Jim Burkhead, West Linn, second; and Leslie Steptoe, Clackamas, third. Photography/Spot News: Marv Hennig, Oregon City, first. Photography/Sports: Kelly Laughlin, Clackamas, first; Don Megrath, Gladstone, second: Pfcter Jantz, Milaukie, third. Photography/Feature: Dean Gibbons, Oregon City, .first; Rick Hofstetter, West Linn, second: Kelly Laughlin, Clacka mas, third. Photography/General: Kelly Laughlin, Clackamas, first; Mon te Benson, Clackamas, second; David Griffitts, Gladstone, third (tie); John Tate, Gladstone, third (tie). All-Around Newspaper: Clackamas High School, Marilyn Hager, adviser, first; La Salle High School, Hope Stalker, ad viser, second; Gladstone High School, Linda Vogt, adviser, third. Women’s rights Employment, finances, rela tionships and property will be the areas for discussion in "Legal Rights of Women", a program being offered at the College. Judy Peabody, a Clackamas County Hearings Officer for the District Attorney's Night Prose cutors Program, will lead the program which is to be held Thursday, May 18, from 7 to 10 p.m. in the College's Community Center room 117. The cost will be $1. Pre registration is advised and can be done by contacting 656-2631, ext. 232. Unique Haircare Center for Guys & Gals 334 Second Street Lake Oswedo. Oregon 97034 635-5578 ©REDKEN* Try Me ES Open Mon. —' Sat., Appts. Preferred Evenings by appt, only Page 9
