Two escaped Polish students attend college
By Darla J. Weinberger
Of The Print
The following interview
was translated for The Print
by Irene Hyde of Gladstone
The dream of many
citizens of a terror stricken
country is to live in a free socie
ty. For two polish refugees this
became true on December 16,
1981, when they made'
America their new home.
Wojciech Pustkouski, 33,
and Ludwik Rultowski, 19, are
currently enrolled at the Col-
lege, studying English
language.
In Poland, English wasn’t
taught in public schools, it was
up to the individual to learn
English by other means.
The two are taking Sur
vival English, in hopes of fin
ding employment and further
ing their education.
Pustkouski and Roltowski
met in Vienna, Austria, at the
American Embassy and lived in
a refugee camp in Austria for
Rultowski
three and a half months before
coming to America.,
The Tolstoy Foundation, a
non-profit refugee organiza
tion, sponsored the two men
and suggested several cities in
which they might settle. They
chose the Portland- area
because it would, be easy to ad
just and would be most adap
table.
Oregon is approximately
the same in geographic size as
Poland. Also the landscape is
very similar. It is different in
that Oregon has a population
of approximately two million
and in Poland there is a
population of 36 milion..
The Tolstoy Foundation
paid the first month’s rent on
their West Linn apartment and
gave them $35 a week for the
first month. Pustouski’s and
Rultowski’s present income is
from welfare and Social Securi
ty.
In Poland, Pustkouski
worked for the Department of
Projects for six years as. a
technical mechanic and also as
a “Straw-boss” on a copper-
mine in Lubin. Rultowski was
employed as a car painter
before leaving his homeland.
Rultowski was bom in
Zienlonoi Gorol, Poland where
he left his mother, two sisters,
and a brother. “There was no
future there for me,” he com
mented.
“I like the College, I have
few problems adapting,”
Pustkouski said.
He left his 65-year-old
mother and a sister in his home
town of Szczecin. His last letter
from home was on December
10, 1981. He said he has writ
ten letters and hasn’t received
any answers. He has also tried
to call but couldn’t get through
to Poland.
Pustkouski and Rultowski
plan to stay in the Northwest
and have their refugee papers.
After learning English, both will
go for their American citizen
ship. They agreed that “We áre
very happy.”
Pustkouski
Request for copier, money barrage ASG
By Rick Obritschkewitsch
Of The Print
A petition to acquire a
copy machine for the Com
munity Center Mall signed by
40 interested students was
among the items discussed at
last Thursday’s ASG meeting.
Business Manager Steve
Vohs felt the purchase of a
copy machine for the CC Mall
would “eliminate a lot of has
sle.”
Vohs said, “A lot of time
can be spent waiting for use of
the copy machine in the library.
Librarians are busy sometimes
when people need help making
copies.”
Senator Emma Nelson ad
ded that a CC Mall copy
machine is needed since the
library machines are sometimes
unavailable or not working.
Vohs suggested, “We
could charge a quarter if we
really wanted to suck people’s
blood.” Vohs volunteered to
check into how much such a
project would cost.
In other business, the
ASG listened to guest speaker,
Larry Gray, a Democratic can
didate for Oregon’s new 5th
District (see story, right)
ASG plans on inviting all
of the candidates running for
the 5th Dist. to speak at student
government. meetings, and
then have a “Candidates Fair”
for all the Congressional com
petitors.
ASG denied a request to
give $50 to Molalla High
School students that would
have helped send seniors to
Washington DC through “Pro
ject Close-up.”
Senate liaison John Schaf
fer said, “We are out of móney
in some accounts, and low in
others. I think we need to keep
the money on campus.”.
Senator Jerry Hale argued
that giving money to “Project
Close-up” could not be used as
a recruitment tool, as he had
heard other senators saying.
“I would hope the
(Molalla) students, since they
are going to Washington, are
smart enough that they would
not say, ‘Clackamas Com
munity College helped me
when I wanted to go to
Washington, therefore I should
pay them back by attending the
college.’
Music instructor Lonnie
Cline’s request for $222.30 to
cover transportation, and/or
lodging so two students can
compete in a tournament • in
Walla Walla, Washington, was
referred to Ways and Means.
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Northwest college choirs.
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State University and Portland
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Theater department chair
man Jack Shields urged the
ASG not to cut funding for the
theater department.
ASG received a letter of
thanks from the American Red
Cross. A new record of 114
pints was collected at the recent
blood drive, breaking the
previous mark of 105. This in
cluded 20 “first timé” donors.
The student'government
also received a request that the
body sponsor a Little League
Baseball team for the second
year.
Congressional candidate Gray
discusses campaign, opponent
Larry Gray, a Democratic
nominee for the 5th Congres
sional District spoke last week
to the Associated Student
Government.
According to ASG Presi
dent Sam Crosby, Gray is the
first candidate to speak before
the student council. “We hope
to have all the nominees speak
here,” Crosby said, noting that
a candidate’s fair is scheduled
to happen during the spring
term.
Gray said because he
never held public office he is
not “tied to the mistakes of the
past.”
Gray grew up in the
Willamette Valley and in 1966
graduated from West Linn
High School.
He studied
speech and communications at
Portland State University.
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broadcaster eventually led him
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radio news service that he
operated in Washington, D. C.
Gray specialized in covering
the U. S. Congress.
“When
I was in
Washington, I didn’t feel that
Oregonians were adequately
informed about the national
congress arid I still feel that
way,” he said.
The newly formed 5th
District consists of parts of
Marion, Clackamas, Linn,
Benton and Polk counties.
Gray felt the district would be
predominated by small
business and small-farm
populations. The College is
also included in the district.
Denny Smith,
the
Republican incumbent from
the 2nd District, is currently the
only Republican opposition to
the seat.
; “I think Denny is a fluke,”
Gray said, “He isn’t respected
in Washington, D.C., not even
by his own party?’ ’
Gray has already launch
ed an attack against Smith,
claiming that he “.. .has raised a
smoke screen to separate him
from the Reagan budget.”
The main points of Gray’s
campaign are support for small
businessmen and farmers and
to decrease military spending.
“Right now, 60 percent of
all new jobs are from small
business,” Gray said. “Also,
what’s more important-a riew
bomber system or a remedial
reriding program?”
Inskeep Center receives
METRO recycling grant
Recently, Environmental
Learning Center, was awarded
a grant from METRO’S Recycl
ing Support fund . totaling
$5,084 to develop a 24-hour
full-service depot for the coun
ty. Plans are in the works to
provide training for disadvan
taged youths arid handicapped
adults through work ex
perience.
The College’s En
vironmental Leaning Center
(ELC)' has a model recycling
program encompassing over
15 tons of seven distinct grades
of recyclables.
The center handles recycl
ing for the college and is serv
ing as a model for the com
munity.
the, depot will, accept
glass, metals/caris, motor oil
and all grades of paper. The
facility will be designed to in
clude an information and ex
hibit area as well as recycling
workshops to be held for the
public and for schools.
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