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Vol. XII, No. 4
Wednesday, October 25, 1978
Cutbacks devised
n anticipation
if tax measures
y Kelly Laughlin
[The Print
¡Foreseeing the passage of
bperty tax Measure 6 or 11 in
ie November election, a
jssible 10 percent budget cut
an has been submitted by
Apartment deans to College
tesident John Hakanson.
¡The president said the orien-
lion of any tax measure
puldn’t. affect the College’s
irrently sound financial status
ml July of 1979.
¡The reason for a tighter
jdget would result from a lack
revenue by property tax
aids, which the college relies
a heavily for operation,
tirrently the College depends
42 percent of its funding
nd local property taxes.
Ideally, the 10 percent objec-
e would help cut on spen­
ds, without the elimination of
yprograms or jobs.
“The ‘pre-planning’ project
rould help soften the impact
at a property tax measure
puld have on the college,”
akanson said.
A broad scope of potential
olicies have been considered-,
we the actual impact of a
Beasure is still uncertain.
Beasure 6 and 11 have dif-
Brent consequences.
Several of the alternatives
pat deans planned to possibly
Educe affected expenditures
are attrition, and the cut of
faculty and administrative
hours. Attrition would result in
“a limited replacement policy
of faculty members,” Hakan­
son said.
Gary Cornelius, chairperson
of the College Board of
Education said, “It would sim­
ply mean not refilling positions
that are lost as a result of
retirement or resignation.”
Administrative working
months would be cut from 12
to 11 months, and a minimum
of school faculty and other em­
ployees would remain for the
last few weeks of school. The
president also mentioned the
possible reduction of in service
trom the current ten to five
days.
Raising revenue is another
way the deans and Hakanson
consider to help balance the
budget.
“There could be a possible
increase in tuition and supply
fees, and it is also possible that
lab fees may be required for the
use of the school equipment in
certain courses,” Hakanson
said.
Hakanson could not com­
ment on where actual cuts will
be made, if any.
“No one can effectively plan
in the absence of data. We can
not assume that any of these
programs will come to pass,
they are among the options we
need to explore,” he said.
A local cornfield casts an eery mood, for the Halloween Season.
Photo by Kelly Laughlin
Solar pavillion to utilize
alternative energy sources
By John Bosserman
Of The Print
Photo by Greg Kienzle
The John Inskeep Environ­
mental Learning Center has
taken up the project of building
a more or less ecologically
balanced pavillion demon­
strating
environmental
processes and ecological
relationships in its operation. .
The project, headed by Jerry
Hermann and Nan Hage-
,Clarke, of the learning center,
is supported by various clubs
and organizations such as the
Clackamas
County
Homebuilders, who are doing
the main structural work on the
pavillion, the College, which is
helping out with the funding,
and even local scouting
programs and the National
Guard, who are helping out on
weekends.
The pavillion will be equip­
ped with compost restroom
facilities, the first public ones in
the State of Oregon, and some
solar power, also for heating
the building wood stoves will be
used. The building will also be
heavily insulated to protect
from heat-loss in the winter and
the heat of summer. Included
in the construction is Thermal
Pane glass for more protection
from weather variations. The
building will be very compatible
with the ecosystem around it
and as self sufficient as possible
with the aid of the solar power
and wood stoves.
Hage-Clarke commented on
the objectives of the Pavillion
and what it will be used for.
“The pavillion will be a
meeting place for the Environ­
mental Learning Center and
the Retired Senior Volunteer
Program, and teachers in sup-
port of in-class teaching plans
related to environmental
education. The pavillion will
also include an energy/en-
vironmental information and
resource system connected to
existing research and net­
working
organizations
throughout the United States.
“It will also provide spacé for
exhibits demonstrating en­
vironmental processes and
ecological relationships, such
as water quality and content
analysis,” she said.
Hermann noted that artists
will be able to display some
paintings and drawings in the
pavillion. He estimated the cost
of the pavillion to be ap­
proximately $80,000 “but it
would definitely pay for itself in
that everyone would be able to
enjoy its educational benefits as
well as its natural rustic beauty.”
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