Ropes course builds trust
By Thomas A. Rhodes
Climbing trees and falling off
tree stumps may not fall under
Daniel Webster’s definition of
what education is, but David
Buckley, Student Projects
Specialist,, believes it is very
educational. That is why he has
built the ropes course.
The ropes course is an out
ward bound .style obstacle
course. Located near the
Timber Lake Job Corp, the
course contains many obstacles
where the students and faculty
alike get to know and support
each other.
“It is important that we all
support each other,” Buckley
said. “I always encourage co?
workers to applaud when
teammates conquer an
obstacle.” .
Buckley has taken some 200
people through the course
since its completion last sum
mer.
“You learn to trust yOur co
workers,” Buckley said.
“In one event, a person
stands on a tree stump and lets
himself fall backwards into the
arms of his comrades. He must
trust his co-workers,” he said.
Buckley constructed the
rope course in 6 months with
the help of some friends. “I got
involved with the same kind of
project in California. It worked
so well down there I wanted to
try it up here,” he said. The
course is also used for leader
ship training ' and for
firefighters.
“The course is fun, but it’s
also scary at times.” “On two
separate occasions the par
ticipants have to climb trees up
to 50 feet,” Buckley .added.
Jumping off a 50 foot tree with
nothing preventing one from
hitting the ground except a
long rope connected to both
the jumper and Buckley could
scare about anyone.
“The most important thing is
that you try. Success is not the
most vlaued,” Buckley said.
He recommends alLclubs and
organizations to try it. .
.¿eft to right: Jim Colgan, Debbie Baker, Lynn Purdue,
Vol. XIV, No. 1
Levy goes to voters
David Hayden
*The College Board will ask able to concentrate on the
waters to approve a permanent development of educational
tax ibase, Nov. 4, to replace its programs, and spend less time
expiring- three-year 'serial levy on funding programs. That for
at no increase in thé current tax us, is a major consideration.
Although the tax base would
rate.
If passed, the tax base will be take effect July 1, 1981, there
the LCollege’s first. Although would be no change in the tax
. several have been previously rate. The old budget levy rate,
brought before the voters, of $1.90 per $1,000 assessed
valuation would continue with
none have been approved.
ja)r. John Hakanson, CCC the'new tax base.
Funds raised through the tax
President, commented, “Until
recently, only very selective base for building construction
(j&ups, such as fire districts, Would qualify for the state’s 30
percent rax rebate to tax
have been able to successfully
payers. Construction money
pass tax bases.” t r
Hakanson cited the improve raised any other way will not
ment of the three-year levy qualify for this rebate.
The tax base is expected to
oyer the previous one-year
levy as one of the major con- be adequate for three years. By
siderations in seeking the tax then the College Board expects
base: The experience of the future inflation, increased
college staff, since the three- enrollment and expanded pro
year levy, has been very grams to make an increase in
positive. The staff has been the budget necessary.
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In this, the first issue of The Print, the main focus is or
Curtis Azdell, the man who is in charge of watering the
crops at Greenfingers. Azdell, the man, story and photos
appear on page 5.
Also to be found on page 4 is a report on the needs of
energy for the Northwest up til the year 1995.
Marlon Brando, Robert DeNiro, and Dustin Hoffman
are discussed on the Arts page. Also on the Art’s page is a
glance at the work of Thomas Hardy. The creator of metal
sculptures.
I The focus in sports this week is the Men’s and Women’s
^Kss country teams who have high hopes for the upcom
season. Read and enjoy!
College bowl no 7*10 split
“If' my enthusiasm is any in
dication of how this year’s team
will do, we’ll be first place!”
College bowl coach Dick An
drews has high expectations for
this year’s college bowl team.
Anyone
who
is
knowledgable in any one area,
or in a broad range of subjects
is invited to join the team.
Practice rounds will deter
mine five players for the varsity
level. Those students not
chosen for the varsity team will
still have the opportunity to
participate in college-bowl com
petition. College bowl players
can get 1 to 3 college credits,
depending on how well they
perform. This credit will count
for speech 270.
This year’s team will have a
full quarter to practice instead
of the usual four or five weeks.
Team , member^ will concen
trate on anticipating the answer
to questions as soon as they hit
the buzzer nt training sessions.
Coach Andrews believes that
the response time after the
buzzer has been hit was one
problem with last year’s team.
Practice questions will be taken
from the Reader’s Digest
Almanac. The questions asked
in college bowl competition
cover a wide range of topics,
From “how many eggs does a
chicken lay in a year” to “in
what Shakespearean play is
Greensleeves played three
times.”
Clackamas’ college bowl
team has not placed well in the
three years it has existed (last
place of seven colleges every
year). It is hoped that the in
creased practice time this year
will make the difference. One
reason that Clackamas has
never gotten any better than
last place is because of stiff
competition of four-year
schools. In this district,..
Clackamas is the only two-year
institution that takes part in the
college bowl.