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About The print. (Oregon City, Oregon) 1977-1989 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 15, 1980)
Clackamas Community College Wednesday, October 15, 1980 arking crammed Tickets vex drivers 1 I 1111^ à By Amy DeVour I ■You are walking through the parking lot and as you near your car you see a bright yellow piece of paper flapping against your windshield. You think laughingly to yourself, ‘So I parked on the grass, big deal. Hey, I only got a $3 ticket. That’s only my lunch money for a week, no BIG deal!’ It never even occured to you that you are pretty lucky. Instead of a $3 ticket you could have been the not- so-proud owner of a big, juicy $15 citation from the Oregon City Police for violating a city ordinance. Since the beginning of fall term, there have been 91 parking violations issued. Most of these tickets were cir culated between the hours of 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. which is considered the “peak” of student parking. Security is not only responsible for patrolling the park ing lots, but also aiding in emergencies. Security • secretary Laurita Semke said just a few days ago a car caught on fire and security men extenguished the fire and contacted the car’s owner. She further explained, “You have to step on some toes i orf you’re not functioning properly” regarding the ) sometimes present ill-feeling towards the security. (Under the direction of Chief Of Security Stan Johnson, they hope to overcome their inadequacies and create a positive atmosphere with the students, staff and com- Imunity. .There are 12 part-time students on duty and approx- I imately four uniformed policemen during a 24-hour I period. Staff photo by Duffy Coffman raises fares Staff photo by Duffy Coffman After a ten cent increase in its base are, Tri-Met now has the third highest bus fare in the na tion. The base fare was raised from 55 cents to 65 cents for one or two zone rides, Oct. 1. The monthly pass cost has risen also. The pass was $18 previously arid is now $21. The three zone fare has in creased: from 75 to 90 cents for single rides arid from $25 to $29 for monthly passes. The special Portland to Vancouver base fare rose from 85 cents to Everyone duck it’s a bomb! TPX • w»r 1 No, not from the Soviets but * fl fS WCCK Portland Civic Theatre as they unleash their new play “Ornelas” onto the unsuspec ting (maybe unwilling) world. 5” 1,1,1 "T ôhh I 23 I 72.46 -24.45 55.93 The Doobie Brothers can be found on page 6. What’s available in the form of finan cial. aid? Steve Lee has some surprising answers to the ques tion on page 5. $ centimeters \10 24 I 72.95 16.83 68.80 | SN; OL0055 $1. Its monthly fare rose $29 to $35. . The latest increase follows an increase of 10 cents which oc- cured March 31. Now Portland ranks behind only Las Vegas, Nevada, and Memphis, Tennessee in the price of its basefare. Citing inflation, rising ex- penses, and- the cost of new equipment, Tri-Met manager Peter Cass defended the in crease as necessary. “Right now, we need that $3.4 million in additional fare box revenues Colors by Munse» Color Services Lab The special of the week can be found on page 7. On this page we give a run down of the candidates in pursuit of those few (20) ASG Senate seats. to help us pave the way,” Case said. After a high of 155,000 riders in February, passenger totals have dropped to 131,000 in August. If ridership continues to drop, Cass has stated that service to outlying areas will have to be cut. Despite its rating of third in its basic bare, Tri-Met is fif teenth in farebox recovery - percentage. The remaining budget, currently 104 million, comes from a tri-county payroll tax and state and federal sub- sidies. On sports, a personal profile on Cross Country’s Carolyn Raimondi and a look at our unbeaten soccer team. J
