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About The print. (Oregon City, Oregon) 1977-1989 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 11, 1978)
Fire student brightens her fiel By Don Ives . Of The Print Many picture a woman firefighter as a 6’3”, 200 pound weightlifter, whose hobbies in clude marathon running and passing out petitions to- get women on pro-football teams. On the contrary, Tracy Shelton, the College’s first female fire science major, is the complete opposite. According to Dan Olsen, College fire science instructor, the key to a better fire service is What most people fail to a better prevention system. realize is that Tracy doesn’t Olsen said that fire prevention plan to become a firefighter. in the United States is presently She does plan to make a career inadequate and unnecessary in the fire service, but she has tax dollars are being wasted on decided to focus on the often fire suppression. More impor overlooked but highly impor tantly, many lives have been tant field of fire prevention.. wasted, needlessly lost because of, a lack of proper knowledge in how to deal with fire, he said. Shelton feels that other women are interested in fire science knowledge, but she is determined to do something about it. mined to do something about it. “Most people don’t even know the basics, like to drop and roll when you catch fire,” Shelton said. “Even if 1 did get into,' say, inspecting, I’d still want to do some public educating.”" Shelton seems to enjoy her held throughout Oregon and fire science curriculum, and so Washington. Several on- do her male classmates. Shre campus debates are planned plans to continue her education includina a “Proposition 6- at the university level in order versus 11” debate held Oct. 25 to be as qualified as she in the Community Center Mall. possibly can in her career. Other plans include a public Shelton first became in forum for community benefit terested in the fire service while and the Tri-County Handicap attending Rex Putnam High ped Speech Tournament in the spring. Harlow is confident that the team will do well, par ticularly in the individual even ts. - “I’m looking forward to this year,” said Coach Harlow,. “We have a good schedule of tournaments and many fine speakers for individual events.” Returning from last year’s The Portland-based Rent-A- team are: Thomas, Grandparent program, which Milwaukie; Chitty, was initiated by Loren Deming Mulino; - Kline, in 1976, will soon have an ex Estacada; Sherri Montgomery, tension at the College campus. Oregon City;'and Carolyn Rent-A-Grandparent is not a Gaupo, Milwaukie. babysitting organization, ac Newcomers for this year’s cording to Deming. It is speech team are: Joe Woods, designed to put people 50 Sellwood; Kathy McMahon, years-of-age and older back to work and to provide a sup West Linn; Mike Cookingham, West Linn; Linda Idol, Por plemental income to their tland; Fritz Wenzel, Milwaukie; social security benefits, which, under most circumstances is and Phil Boitnott, Oregon City. “The team is growing and never enough to live by. Currently, the Portland of still welcomes new members7;” fice of Rent-A-Grandparent is Harlow said. receiving all the calls from per “It doesn’t require a lot of sons needing everything from experience,”he said. “We brick laying to television repair. believe in educational ex The program has 400 willing perience first, competition seniors to get the job done. second.” The College office of Rent- “Last year was our first in A-Grandparent “will provide a competition. The team is satellite program for work that’s young, still in its embryotic in demand on the local level,” stages,” he said. “I feel that said Larry Forsythe, chairper son of Human Services. For we’re winners just getting sythe could not indicate at what there.” Speech team ready College speech coach, Frank Harlow, is hoping to build on last year’s success as his team begins 1978-79 competition at the R.D. Mahaffey Invitational Speech Tournament at Linfield College, Friday and Saturday. Although it is only in its second year of competition, the team is unquestionably ac tive. They will compete in nine college tournaments between now and May. These will con tain numerous events and be Engineering class expands By Scott Starnes S The engineering program Print News Editor at the College is a totaly ap proved two-year tran The College's, sferable course to any engineering program has university, Platt said. “Respective courses ap expanded from a one to two year transferable credit cour plying to the freshman se due to requests by major through senior years at a universities to bail them out university have . been, ge > of excessjye. -student nerally picked so that the engineering student at the enrollment. College will be able to com Harrison Platt, College plete most of his general math and engineering in studies here,” Platt said. structor, said that two of the First year engineering, four-year universities in students will be involved Oregon (Portland State and with engineering orientation Oregon State) are receiving their first through third quar more engineering students ters which will orient them than their faculty and with basic engineering prin facilities can accommodate. ciples and problems, Platt “OSU especially couldn’t said. handle the increase in .Trignometrical as well as freshman students,” Platt Calculus principles will be said. “Evidently, while I was used to solve problems “sin teaching engineering in ce problem solving is what Europe, the state school engineering is all about,” he board agreed that said. engineering would become Although not employed available in the community until this year, several colleges as a two-year tran engineering students from sferable program.” last year are now working in The problem was that the second year studies such engineering ’ students as Statics, Dynamics and enrolling in either OSU or Strength of Materials, he PSU found that the classes, said. or lecture halls were very Computer languages, such large. Students would have as FORTRAN and to pay close attention to the PASCAL, which are used instructor for this was the frequently in engineering, only time they consult him, will be touched upon in Platt said. some of the later courses at A burdensome average of the College. 18 credit hours, plus the “Though many of the inability to consult with the universities are switching to professor after classroom PASCAL, it will be hours, caused, in many beneficial to the student to cases, a huge amount of learn the principles and ap student withdrawal, he said. plication of both,” Platt said. “By initiating a two-year The two-year College engineering’ course at the engineering program was College, students who need designed mainly to relieve the extra time with the in university overcrowding, but structor will have this oppor it will also help the student tunity and will not become who demands individual at discouraged as, readily as tention. Also tuition expen with a major university,” ses will decrease sizeably, Platt said. Platt said. School, where she cam contact with the Oak LodB department, she said. Shffl began going to Fire AwaS Conferences, helping | Prevention!. Day and’ do volunteer work at Oak Lol J “The guys at Oak have been very positive! encouraged me,” Shelton | “But a lot of other people ji think it’s a big joke." Shelton feels that 6t| women interested in firj s ence should lean toward! prevention. “There will b® more openings in fire pr| tion for women than firefighters,” Shelton said.! heard of girls working or® pumping iron to pass the® That’s okay, too, if it’s you want. But it’s going to ta all kinds of people to get jl people. That’s whatffl doing,” she said. Senior citizen! get jobs done particular point the sal program will come into e but the office will be loci Trailer D and manned h:ring coordinator an three telephone operaton According to Lillian] bacher, the founders seq the R'ent-A-Grandq program “gets people on shelf, and makes life mors th while for them.” It also! hinder the aging procel said. “A couple who began Rent-A-Grandparent fr| start said ‘we have becd years younger because# Steinbacher said. Whatever kind oil people need done, whl be carpentry, plumbing! ting, tiling, wallpaperin'" yard work, the people a! A-Grandparent may f low-cost, quality gran# to complete it. The If Rent-A-Grandparent nd 233-9961. something? \ Try the classifieds All classified ads must be paid in advance at the rate of $1 for the first 15 words and 10 cents a word thereafter. Deadline is the Friday preceding the next Week's issue at 3 P.M. Come to Trailer A or Trailer B to place your ad. 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