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By R. W. Greene
Of The Print
With a flourish of ribbons
and plies, the John Inskeep
Environmental Learning
Center Pavilion was officially
opened Sunday. In a departure
from the traditional scissor-
slicing ceremony, an inter
pretive dance followed
dedicatory remarks by ELC
Project Director Jerry Herr
mann, and ribbons across the
entrance to the pavilion were
untied In the course of the
dance.
Under muted skies and occa
sional drizzle, a crowd of about
100 attended the ceremonies,
which featured a keynote ad
dress by First Congressional
District Representative Les Au-
Coin. The crowd included Col
lege faculty members Les Tip
ton and Norm Bursheim, ASG
Secretary Ginger Olney, as weH
as members of the public.
In place of what were once
two waste water tanks for the
old Smuckers Jelly Plant now
stands the 1400-square-foot
pavilion. Valued at $1 million,
the facility features such en-
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Staff photo by Karen Marshall
.es AuCoin spoke at the ELC pavilion opening last Sun-
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May blood drive
to help solve plasma
shortage in hospitals
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I By Tom Jeffries
I Of The Print
I Every day, 450 units of
I blood are needed by the 80
I hospitals served by the Oregon
I Trail Chapter of the American
■ Red Cross. To that end, the
I College is sponsoring a blood
■drive May 27 in the Communi-
Ity Center.
The drive will run for four
■ hours, beginning at 10 a.m.
land finishing at 2 p.m.
“We’re expecting about .
1100,” said Dick Edwards, ASG
I activities director. “These last
Ifew years we’ve been ex
ceeding pur expectations,
■ though. Last year we had
I estimated 75 and received a
■ record 101 donors.. So this
■ year we’ll have more cots and
[less waiting time. We’re also
I planning on having a conceal-
I ed area for the squeamish,” he
I said.
“Because we are a com-
| munity college and have close
I ties to the community , the Red
I Cross likes to try out new
I techniques here,” Edwards
I said. “So, this year, we’re try-
I ing to have people sign up on a
I time schedule we’re passing
I out around the campus. If peo-
I pie do that and stick to the
| schedule, it will speed up the
I process,” he said.
There are some re-
I quirements that must be met
I before a person may donate
I blood. To be- eligible, a donor
I must be between the. ages of 17’
I and 65 and weigh at least 110
I pounds. Donors also must hot
I have donated blood within the
I past eight weeks.
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tions for most communicable
diseases must- defer donating
blood for up to two months,
depending on the immuniza
tion. Anyone having received a
tatoo or plasma transfusion
must wait six months to
donate.
In addition, expectant
mothers will be deferred until
three months after delivery,
unless they choose to
breastfeed, in which case their
wait must be extended to six
months. Any person who has
ever had hepatitis is ineligible to
donate, due to the possiblity of
being a lifetime carrier.
Each unit of blood collected
will be fractioned off into three
components: piasma for bum
and shock victims, red cells for
open heart surgery and anemic
patients, and platelets for
leukemia and cancer patients
undergoing chemotherapy and
radiation treatment.
“I’ll be helping and donating,
as will 99 percent of ASG,”
said Edwards. “We’re proud of
our school. Every year we blow
away PCC, and we’re, doing
our best to catch up to Mt.
Hood.”
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Scientific Creationism
causes serious debate
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A hundred and fifty people, sitting
intently, stare at the four professors,
each an expert in the field of Dar
winism, creationism or scientific crea
tionism.
That was the atmosphere of the
Scientific Creationism Debate, which
evolved in the Randall Hall Gym,
May 13-15. The three professors
(Dr. Donald Chittick, an indepen
dent biologist; Dr. Richard Thomas,
a paleontologist from PSU; and Dr.
Marc Feldesman, an anthropologist)
conversed for three days, Chittick on
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issues, used the occasion to at
tack the policies of Secretary of
the Interior James Watt.
Specifically, AuCoin took issue
with the opening of certain oil
and natural gas leases off the
coast of Northern California, a
plan which Watt supports, and
which
AuCoin
called
“cockamamie. Oregonians
who love clean beaches should
stand forwarned,” said Au
Coin. “Ocean currents know
no state boundaries. We’re
talking about environmental
disaster.”
Nan Hage-Herrmann,
designer of the pavilion, spent
much of her speech thanking
the numerous businesses and
organizations which have con
tributed services and materials
free-of-charge. She also thank?
ed the College, saying, “Where
would we be. without them?”
After the ribbons had been
untied, the crowd mingled with
the dignitaries in touring the
site and being entertained by
an exhibition of Native
American Art and the fiddle
music of the group, “Pepper’s
Black.”
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Some illnesses and medica-
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tions require a deferral time.
Those with colds, flu, hay
fever, allergy shots .or bee
stings are deferred until the
donor is feeling better. Any Above: Student watches (L to R) Dr.
person receiving immuniza Feldesman, Dr. Chittick, and Hicks.
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vironmental technologies .as a
pre-heat solar water tank,
passive solar heating and a
forced-air wood burning fur
nace. A composting, toilet is oh
the way.
After his opening, remarks,
Director Herrmann introduced
Sue Plaisance, president of the
Association for Environmnen-
tal Education, an organization
which was been at the forefront
of the development of the
center. Plaisance mentioned
three of the uses of the center
as being a wildlife habitat, a
recreation area for the public
and a recycling project. “But,”
said Plaisance, “now that the
actual construction is finished,
our current thrust is tp develop
environmental education pro
grams.”
Congressman AuCoin called
the pavilion’s completion
“remarkable. It’s. fitting that the
facility is dedicated to the con
cept of environmental educa
tion, /because environmental
education has never been more
important,” he said.
AuCoin, who has a strong
record on environmental
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creationism, Feldesman on evolution
and Thomas on the evolutionary
hypothesis.
On Friday, Dr. David Hicks, a
theistic evolutionist, threw his two
cents into the ring. The pennies fang
out the thought that the Bible and
Darwin go together like bread and
butter.
Organized much like a “Town
Hall Tonight” production, the forum
gave the foursome a chance to field
questions from the spectators, many
there for college credit.
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