Ride exchange open for student use
By Mike Koller
ride exchange program better Beavercreek, Canby, Colton,
this school year.
Estacada, Milwaukie, Molalla,
For those College students
“The program has been Mulino, Oak Grove, Oregon
who live in the far-lying out going on for about five years City, Wilsonville and southeast
posts of Clackamas County like and every year the senate re Portland. Yellow cards, for
Colton, Mulino, or Wilsonville, evaluates the program, but students who need a ride to
tiansportation to and from the nothing much ever gets done. and from school, and pink car
campus can be a problem. The We hope to make the program ds, for students who can give
(Associated Student Gover more effective this year,” Por rides, are available for students
nment’s
ride
exchange ter said.
to fill out and place by the area
program could be a solution to
in which they live.
their commuting headaches.
A ride exchange board is
ASG President Don Porter posted in the Community Cen
According to Porter, finding
Would like to see a serious ef ter by the ASG office. The students who live in the same
fort on ASG’s part to make the board lists such areas as area is not nearly as much of a
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problem as the schedule and
time-factor elements involved.
“It’s hard to find students
with the same exact schedules.
So, if someone wants a ride
bad enough, they usually have
to make sacrifices in their time
schedule to make the program
work. You might have to get
up a little earlier and be on
campus a couple hours before
your class, but you can always
use the time to study,” Porter
stressed.
Porter also said that ASG is
planning a “Ride Exchange
Day” sometime in the future in
hopes of stirring more interest
in the program.
“With gasoline prices con
tinuing to rise, the ride ex
change program is a very good
idea for those who still drive
alone to school,” Porter said.
Further information on the
ride exchange program can be
obtained by calling ASG at ext.
245.
Wednesday, November 7,1979
Nursing home
guide helps seniors
By Leanne Lally
mation.
This is not the only thing the
A comprehensive program Senior Council has done. The
for the elderly is now available non-profit organization also has
for those living in the Tri a grocery delivery system
County area, including a nur organized in Sandy. Retired
sing home guide initiated by persons phone in their grocey
the Senior Citizen Council, part orders and volunteers do the
shopping and deliver the groc
of which is located on campus.
The booklet is the first of its eries to the citizen. Then, the
kind in the state. Bill Anton, store bills the persdn, so the
senior does not have to worry
president of the Clackamas
about leaving his or her home.
County Senior Citizens Council
Anton talked about another
and College development of
program in Oregon City in
ficer, met with Governor Victor
which a sticker is placed on the
Atiyeh and State Represen
mailbox of a senior citizen. If a
tative Ted Achilles on Thur
mailman sees that the mail has
leach combers walk along the beach at Short Sands. This upcoming three day
sday to present the publication.
not been picked up, he can
reekend may be a good time to go to the beach and watch a winter storm. Photo by
Anton said that the governor
contact the council and, in
Juffy Coffman.
would like to see other counties
turn, the council will make sure
use the guide as a model for
the person is all right.
their individual programs.
Anton said the program
The guide includes every operates totally on a volunteer
nursing home and retirement level, and at the moment has
home in Washington County, 200 members. Anyone can be
Multnomah
County
and a volunteer. “We’re all going to
The
services
of
the
New
Deal
Busy days were in store for
By Ramona Isackson
Clackamas County. It includes be seniors someday,” said An
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all of the representatives who Rhythm Band were obtained a map to locate the 70 homes ton, “and I want to become in
Four Associated Student attended. Their days were by the College at a reduced listed, and a run down on what volved before I need help.”
Government members traveled spent attending various sssions rate through a process known each home includes. It also in
The nursing home guides are
Io Idaho State University in such as, A to Z concert as block booking. When block cludes a patient’s bill of rights, a available to anyone and can be
Pocatella, Idaho, last week for programming,
Indoor booking, several colleges in an checklist for evaluating homes,
purchased by sending $5 to
i joint conference of the Recreation, Recreation Center area hire tne same group ror covering such areas as safety,
Clackamas County Senior
Association of College Unions- Promotion, Philosophy of consecutive performances, food services, social services
Citizens Council, Inc., P.O.
which
reduces
the
cost
of
travel
bternational (ACU-I) and the Student Activities, Film Series
Box 102, Marylhurst, Oregon
and other areas.
National Entertainment and Programming, Selection and for the performers and thus,
The guide also states the 97036. They will also be
Campus Activities Association Orientation and Training of cuts the rates for the em Oregon State Laws governing
available in libraries, doctors of
ployers. The New Deal the skilled nursing home and fices and social service agen
Student Leaders.
JECAA).
Rhythm
Band
will
be
appearing
( It was the first time the two
In the evenings, they par
where to go for more infor- cies.
organizations have held their ticipated in the showcasing at Lower Columbia Com
program where professional munity College, Chemeketa
meetings concurrently.
Representatives from 55 dif entertainers demonstrated their Community College, Clark
ferent colleges were present at/ talents and the various Community College and the
lie four-day conference. At representatives had an oppor Oregon College of Education
The College speech team Pronty, Bernice Lee and Gayle
ting from the CCC student tunity to look at them for per in Monmouth, as well as here
tested its skill against other Nor Schmidt broke finals in their
Jovernment were Don Porter, formances at their respective at Clackamas.
Students who attended this thwest colleges during a tour respective categories. Pronty
w president; Michele Miles, colleges.
Due to this program, studen conference said they learned a nament at the University of placed first in oratory, and Lee
# director; Mark Matthews,
second in novice oratory.
Wivities director ahd Ginny ts the College will be able to en lot and came back with Oregon last week.
The tournament, which took
As a whole the College team
®ggs, acting media director. joy the music of John Bayley broadened experiences.
“We got a lot of new ideas," place Nov. 1, 2 and 3, hosted placed third.
Uso attending were Jim
come January, and in commented Michele Miles, speech students from Oregon,
On Nov. 16 and 17, the
Hoberts, associate dean of
February, the New Deal
Idaho
and team will compete in the
Went activities, and Debbie Rhythm Band will offer their ASG art director. “But it’s Washington,
when we apply them that we’ll California.
Columbia Smelt Classic at Lin
per, student activities coun-
College speakers Karen field College.
know how good they are.”
talents here.
nr.
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Student representatives
see new alternatives
Speakers successful
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COLLEGE ARCHIVES