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Chewing up
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Clackamas Community College______________________
H Wednesday, February 25, 1981
Vol. XIV, No. 17
Video students
interning for
cable and PBS
By Tom Jeffries
Of The Print
■IVO FOR THE MONEY--“We must pass a levy to operate by June 30 when our current
■vy expires, or the College may have to close,” said Dr. John Hakanson,
poters give college
■no confidence^® vote
By David J. Hayden
■Following the Feb. 17 defeat
of the two proposed tax levies,
the College Board met. Mon-
day. and passed a resolution
-■Hing for an operating levy to
bet brought before the voters;
■irch 31.
■he levy, if passed, would
■horize a tax rate of $1.14
per $1,000 true cash value for
three years beginning July 1;
thersame rate as the previously
■eated operations levy., It
would provide funding only for
the operational expenses of the
■lege, and not for any con-
■ction costs. The Board tabl
ed all considerations for a con-
■iction levy at this time.
Rioters in the College tax
■trict rejected the College’s
previous jrequesft for an
»rating levy by 7-,276 to
9,476 and voted down the
■struction levy by 4,891 to
■62 during the Feb. 17
fecial election. This followed
the College’s unseccessful bid
fort a tax base last November.
Dr. John Hakanson, College
president, commented, “I
believe the levies failed both
because of the general
economic situation and the
public’s lack of awareness of
the College’s needs.”
Hakanson further suggested
that the current economic
climate placed additional
pressure on the College. “The
focus nationally is on cutting
budgets,” he noted. “It is a very
difficult time, to raise money
from the public.”
“The College is in a difficult
situation, however,” Hakanson
emphasized. “We must pass a
levy to operate by June 30
when our current levy expires
or the College may have to
close.” If we haven’t passed a
levy by May, Summer School
will be cancelled, and if we fail
to pass one by June, the ma
jority of the staff will be
suspended.
.“The major objective of this
institution is training people so
they may become productive
members of the working
force,” Hakanson continued. “I
find it ironic that in these
economic times the public does
riot recognize die value of such
training and support it.”
“I couldn’t learn what I need
ed to know here. Carlds
couldn’t teach me, so he ar
ranged
someone
who
could,’’said Carin Cheek,, one
of four video technology
students currently working as
an intern for various cable
television stations and Channel
10.'
Cheek and John Bunch
work together at Liberty Cable..
Another studerit, Kevin Ervin,
interns at'Storer Cable while
the fourth, JPeter Schoop, has
been working for Channel 10.
All of the internships were
set-up by Carlos Ricketson, the
video instructor.
“I called up the people in
charge and let them know that
if they needed any interns I had
students who were interested,”
he explained. “Naturally, they
don’t get any money for what
they do, but it’s good on-the-
job training.”
“We started about five weeks
into the year,” continued
Cheek. “At first all we did was
engineering work. We did
maintenance and repair, white
balancing, and going out in the
field to help set up for produc
tions. Lately, though, we’ve
been able to help put programs
over the air, community access
and stuff like that.”
“I’ve been applying what I
already know and learning
more as I go along,” added
Bunch, who has also been
working extensively with
lighting.
Ervin spent, his first few
weeks learning how to - use
Storer’s editing system. He
became a relatively proficient
editor and now also helps with
remote shoots, setting up their
lighting, and general lighting
maintenance.
Internships for video
technology students benefit
both the station and the stu- ,
dent. Students are able to work
firsthand with commercial
video and learn processes and
gather experience they would
be unable to receive in any
classroom. The stations they
work for-get the benefit of the "
students’ work as he interns,
and the benefit of more
qualified personnel in the field
after the students graduate.
“I really like the work,” con
cluded Cheek. “I work with
good people. They know what
they’re doing and if I have a
question, they’re more than
willing io answer it.”
High school competition offers
challenge to talented students
A force of 600 to /00 high
school students will hit
Clackamas Community Col
lege Thursday around 0830,
according to campus in
telligence reports.
CCC will host the third an
nual Clackamas Regional Skills
Competition, this Thursday.
High school students from
throughout Clackamas County
will compete in 14 skill areas.
Competitions will include
academic areas such as
mathematics and vocational
areas such as welding.
“High school students will
benefit from the experience of
competing against the best,”
said Bob Wynia, contest coor
dinator. “It gives them the
chance to see how well they
are trained and how well they
are doing.” Competition bet
ween schools is being down
played this year, with the con
test designed to be more of a
personal challenge. Awards
will be sent to high schools for
presentation.
The contest also serves as a
college visitation. Students will
have the chance ,to talk with
College instructors.
The Clackamas. County
Educational Service District, a
taxpayer-supported organiza
tion, is sponsoring the Regional
Skills Competition. The ex
pense to the College is time
and space. One objective of the
contest is to show the quality of
education to
to the
the community,
co
education
according to the ESD. The
ESD says, too, that the event
“promotes school to college ar
ticulation and express coopera
tion among residents of
Clackamas County.”
High schools irivolved in the
competition are Lake Oswego,
Estacada, Gladstone, West
Linn, Molalla, Lakeridge, and
Oregon City. Students atten
ding the Owen Sabin Occupa
tional Skills Center will also be
competing. There will be com
petitions in accounting, auto
body, auto mechanics,
business education, drafting,
electronics, journalism, life-
sciences, machining, marketing
and job interviewing.