THE USE AND ABUSE - Don Myren exits through self-opening door.
fumbles with “pull” door in Linus Pauling Center.
Center - Ronald Zumwalt eases through electric door. Right - Student
Staff photos by Duane Hiersche and Jay Graham
A Feature opinion
Handicap facilities subject to use, abuse
He strides quickly across campus, to the self-
■ opening doors. Joe Athelete pauses momentarily,
■ allowing for the door to open, then proceeds into the
■ Community Center. He is the image of perfect
■ health, yet he chooses to enter with the unnecessary
■ aid of an electric door.
This casual attitude is typical. One afternoon,
■ 15 minutes, 124 students and faculty entered or ex-
wited the north doors of the CC Mall, 67 of which us-
■ed the automatic doors for the disabled. None were
■handicapped.
This unnecessary usage wears out these doors
■and also consumes a great deal of electricity, accor-
■ ding to Facilities Development and Planning Officer
■ Don Fisher. He estimated the cost of one door to be
■ $2,000 including installation.
The new Linus Pauling Center is not equipped
■ with electric doors and there are no additions plann-
Although the “pull” doors currently in use are
within their limits of thg handicap code, they are still
difficult for many handicaps to open. This creates a
difficult situation because there are 60 handicapped
students on record at the College and estimated
150-200 that do not “identify” their disability.
harder to open than a classroom door “anywhere
else”. The guestton whether this is plausible comes
into view when considering a disabled student en
cumbered by books attempting to enter one of the
buildings. It would seem, that an entrance would be
next to impossible. Another major concern is that
there is only one handicap-access ramp in theJJnus
Pauling Center.
With all the concern about meeting the han
dicap code, some handicapped students seem left
out of the definition. When Fisher refers to the doors
as being no harder to manage than any classroom
By Amy De Vour
Handicap Specialist Debbie Bennett stated the
absence of these doors was discovered during the
preliminary planning of the Pauling Center. She also
noted that there should be a minimum two self
opening doors for each of the three buildings.
However, Fisher related that the “pull” doors are no
door, is he referring to the abilities of an abled person
or a disabled person? Commented one student,
“The bronze doors are indeed easy to open as long
as your 6’4“, 200 pounds, carry books and there is
no wind blowing!
CCC.
WORKSHOP ON LOCAL
ECONOMIC DEVELOMENT
AT CCC OCT. 15-16
“Clackamas
County:
Economic Development from a
Local Perspective” will be the
subject of an intensive two-day
workshop at Clackamas Com
munity College Thursday, Oct.
15, and Friday, Oct. 16.
Developed by thé National
Economic Development and
Law Center in Berkeley,
California, the workshop is
aimed at helping residents,
business people, property
owners, and local governments
to understand economic
development and to realize
local benefits from economic
opportunities.
Five workshop sessions
Clackamas Community College
will cover the skills needed to
get involved in local economic
development, understand local
planning and project develop
ment, utilize development op
portunities for local benefit,
create organizations to serve
local interests, and apply these
skills to specific local issues.
Luncheon panel discussions
each day will further explore
economic development from
both the regional and local ap-
: proaches. Panelists include
representatives from Metro,
Port of Portland, Clackamas
County, Oregon State Univer
sity Extension, and the Na-
tional Economic Development
and Law Center.
The workshop begins at 9
a.m. each day and concludes
at 5 p.m. on Thursday and 4
p.m. on Friday. Registration is
open to anyone, but limited to
the first 50 registrants. If you
wish to register at the door,
please call in advance to insure
adequate space. The fee is $12
which covers materials, coffee,
and two catered lunches.
For registration and infor
mation, call David Dickson at
657-8400, ext. 414.
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