Clackamas Community College
Wednesday, October 3, 1979
Vol. XIII, No. 2
Deli idea
promotes
indigestion
Leanne Lally
[be Print
A proposal to start a san-
ich deli on campus has
gered a series of debates,
ih any chance of resolution
earing still far in the future.
Il all started when Richard
>iss, Associated Student
ivernment vice president,
is enjoying lunch at Oregon
ly’s downtown restaurant,
irry’s Moustache, and talked
i deli owner Rod Harris
iut how to arrange and
nage a food service. Harris
j Weiss that he would be in-
lested in providing and
waging a campus deli if the
illege would allow it.
Weiss arranged for a com-
Itee meeting consisting of
mistrators and others ap
inted by the College board,
: the proposal to begin an
ernative food service on
«pus was introduced.
All did not go as planned by
Iss or Harris. “It blew me
ay," said the restaurant
ner. “I had written a
tement telling the board
icily what I was planning
i a contract that limited
tty to the board, and they
¡edit down.”
fhe committee was ap-
inted by the school board to
fore the possibility of a
ond food service on cam-
i, but Harris expressed
pleasure
with
the
eaucratic process. “It was a
eked committee,” said
® “You can’t have a fair
: prudent committee when
¡member is the manager of
!cafeteria, one is in charge
labor, and one is the person
charge of the gym who is
id she’ll have to do more
ik if an alternative food
ice is housed in Randall
The old concession stand in
Randall Hall was to be the
proposed site of the new
restaurant. Norm Grambusch,
cafeteria supervisor, said the
stand would not be a good
choice for a deli. “I went
through it,” he said. “We used
to have the cafeteria there, and
it was a mess.”
Grambusch argued against
the establishment of an alter
native food source being
operated by another company.
“I have worked here for six
years, and I have seen a need
for another food service for a
Jong time,” he said. “I think
that if one is introduced, it
should be run and managed by
one entity.”
Grambusch said it would not
be right if another management
came in and worked during the
“peak hours” of 11 a.m. to
1:30 p.m., when the cafeteria
enjoys its best business. But in
fact, that was what Harris had
planned to do. “I run a service
to the students, and I run it on
a low margin,” said Gram
busch. He keeps the cafeteria
open all day, not just during
the prime selling hours.
But Harris disagrees. “I don’t
understand what the problem
is,” said Harris. “The cafeteria
isn’t- equipped to serve the
1,000 students who break for
lunch now. What I would be
doing would be picking up the
overflow.” Harris said he is not
in the place to “bad mouth” the
cafeteria, but added, “the
cafeteria is not being run effec
tively.”
Harris added, “Grambusch
says he makes a 45 percent
profit. When he gets done
calculating h-is labor and
management costs, it’s about
50 percent for labor. Then you
figure the other 50 percent for
operation, 3 percent for in-
BON APPETITE-college takes part in argument of an altenative food source, photo by
Robert Hand.
surance, 6 to 8 percent for
lease, 15 percent for taxes.
You don’t have much left over
for food.”
Weiss, who came up with
the proposal in the first place,
believes the administration
“has no real consideration for
the students. If they (the school
board) haven’t got one hurdle
against me, they’ve got
another.”
“The only place we can
locate an alternative food ser
vice is in Randall Hall unless
they want to build another
building,” Weiss said. “They
don’t police Randall now, and
they’ve got the Servomation
machines in, so I don’t see how
another food service is going to
make a difference.”
Weiss says Grambusch
should not open a second food
service on campus. “I don’t
think he can handle two shows
at once if he can’t handle the
one he has now,” said Weiss.
“To bring in another com
pany would make it a
protaganist situation,” agrued
Grambusch. “Competition is
good,” countered Hanis.
“I get the feeling the board is
protecting a bad measure,”
Harris. “The students are stuck
with a dying horse.”
Jim Roberts, associated
dean of student activities, said
there will be further in
vestigation into the issue.
“There are a number of things
stopping the
deli from
locating,” said Roberts. “One
of those is the fact that we
haven’t an adequate space for
it.”
'
Grambusch proposed that
the school cover the outdoor
patio and use that as a space
for a second food service. “The
students need a place that is
restful on the campus. I’ve put
in a request for that a long time
ago, and so far it hasn’t hap
pened.”
Will the issue be brought to
the students for a vote?
Probably not. “The board
looked poorly on a hearing of
the student body,” said Hanis.
“They compared the voting to
the election last year, stating
you can’t get a fair knowledge
of what the students want
when you have only 40 per
cent of the student body
voting/’
The next meeting to discuss
the issue will be Oct. 9. “We
are going to go at it with a dif
ferent approach,” said Roberts.
“A thing like this really
deserves to be looked into,”
added Weiss. “Food adds to
the quality of life.”
laycees find a place at college
«e Jaycees, a national
Nation, are starting a
Pier here at the College,
Linet with potential mem-
s Wednesday to discuss
’future plans.
Hansen, former editor
Enterprise Courier and
■fot director of the Jaycees,
la guest speaker to explain
Ws of the organization.
Roby Robinson, College
theater technician and recipient
of several awards for his work
with the Jaycees, will be one of
the coordinators for the
College chapter.
The
Jaycees
is
an
organization for men aged 18
to 33 who want an opportunity
to develop leadership skills and
enhance
their
personal
development.
Hansen explained the “total
Jaycee concept,” which places
equal emphasis on individual
development “so they can
develop managerial skills and
provide effective service to the
community.”
The Jaycees programs focus
on individual development,
community health, responsible
drinking education, family life
development, criminal justice,
environmental improvement
and other concerns.
The organization encourages
a “process by which the whole
chapter can offer its members a
total experience-personal
growth, development of their
managerial skills and effective
service to the community,”
Hansen said.
The Oregon City chapter of
the Jaycees has paid for mem
bership fees to get the College
chapter started.
Interested members may , at
tend the chapter meetings,
each Wednesday at 10 a.m. in
the Harold Daniels Room in
the
Community
Center
building.