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tudent recreates
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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.
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