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communique’_______ _____ State loses big bucks balancing budget The anxiety attacks have depleted, and now it’s just getting plain boring. doesn’t. All the House’s approval means is that the House approved the package. On Monday, the Oregon House of Representatives approved a one-time 3.9 per cent tax surcharge to take care of $39 million of Remember way back, what seemed like months and months ago, when Gov. Atiyeh’s plan was defeated, and the House took over the to decide who and where the money should question of what to do about the state’s come from to make up the state’s deficit. Now deficit? That long period is the same length of that makes a lot of sense. time that the House had been debating on what And if you want to believe what Senate to do about the hole in the budget. President Fred Heard said about his cohorts, Well, that could mean that we are only two- “The plan that passed the House will not pass thirds the way through the waiting period, since the Senate,” it may be almost too true that the the House has to have the Senate’s approval on waiting period on a final budget decision is on ly two-thirds the way over.' what they just approved. the state deficit, and voted to remove $44 million for the state’s property tax relief pro gram. Plus a one-year, 3-cent-per-back tax on cigarettes. Does that mean it’s finally over, and the community colleges will soon know how much of a cut each Institution will have to take? No, it And in the mean time, it’s costing the state government close to $8,000 a day to keep the debate going. So far it’s been five weeks. That means, so far it has cost about $200 thousand Holidays see rotating dates Holidays are special times for everyone. Children look forward to a day out of school and adults enjoy a day away from work. Yet how many of you have ever given a thought about the government chang By Duane Hiersche landed in the New World on October 12, 1492. WRONG. If that was the correct date, why then would we observe it on the preceding Monday? Or is it just that government officials feel they have the right to rewrite the history of mankind? Why not recognize Christ’s birthday on December 20, then we can have a longer holiday between Christmas and New Year’s Day? No. Better yet, ing many holidays for the con change it from Christmas day venience of having three-day to the Chinese New Year, January 25. That would give weekends? everyone a one-month holiday! I aim referring to holidays The birthdate of the such as George Washington’s United States as a new, free birthday and Columbus Day. nation has stayed the same, yet Washington’s traditional the birthdate of a man who birthday is February 22, yet it is helped make it all possible is officially celebrated February changed. Now I ask you, does 15, one week before his true that sound fair? birthday. My policy is all-or-nothing. I would bet that our Foun If changing official holidays is ding Father would turn over in actually what the bureaucrats his grave if he found out that want, I feel I should put in my the government he helped blue two cents worth. print, changed his very own birthdate just to let them have a After that long of a holi three day holiday. To the Editor: day, can you imagine all the mail you would receive on History also teaches us that Christopher Columbus January 26? I, Greg Betts, a law en forcement student, do now ac cuse The Print of dereliction of duty. I base my charge on Readers write The Print ignores duty Staff THE PRINT, a member of the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association, alms to be a fair and Impartial journalistic medium covering the campus community as thoroughly as possible. Opi nions expressed In THE PRINT do not necessarily reflect those of the College administration, faculty, Associated Student Govern ment or other staff members of THE PRINT. office: Trailor B; telephone: 657-8400, ext. 309 or 310 editor: Rick Obrltschkewitsch news editor: J. Dana Haynes; arts editor: Tina Riggs feature editor: David J. Hayden sports editor: Wanda Percival photo editor: Duane Hiersche; copy editor: Mike Rose staff writers: Kristi Blackman, Amy De Vour, Laura Henkes, Jay Lynch, Thomas A. Rhodes, Tracy Sumner, Darla J. Weinberger staff photographers: Reid Carscadden, Duffy Coffman cartoonist: J. Dana Haynes business manager: Joan Seely sales: Angie Rogantine typesetter: Pennle Keefer; graphics: Lynn Griffith advisor: Dena Splelmann_______ - page 2 the fact that I collect The Print, and of 14 issues publish ed, I have nine. I get The Print at Clair mont Hall, which has been short changed by The Print four of five times. I wish The Print would handle all its duties as well as it produces the papers. Yours truly, Greg Betts Do you have an interest? Concern? Problem? Complaint? Want to vent steam? Warn the world? Raise some hell? Inform the public? Care about social problems? Political kibbutzing? Foreign af fairs? Local issues? Then let people know! Write a letter to... The Print Trailer “&’* Clackamas Community College ...or call us at ext. 309, 310. All letters must be signed, and preferably typed.