Vol. XV, No. 23
Clackamas Community College
Wednesday, May 5, 1982
Clairmont parking site
of attempted kidnapping
By Mike Rose
Of The Print
“Nobody messes with
me,” stated Ruth Baars who
was grabbed and pinned
against her car by an unknown
male assailant at 10:30 p.m.
April 26 in the Clairmont park­
ing lot.
Baars, 46, a part-time in­
structor at the College and a
teacher at Marshall High
School broke away and refused
to cooperate with the assailant,
who looked to be about 18
years old. She was unhurt ex­
cept for a slightly swollen upper
lip, caused by the assailant
clamping his hand over her
mouth.
Detective Paul Grady of
the Oregon City Police said the
incident was classified as an at­
tempted kidnapping. It may
have been a rape attempt; the
assailant’s exact intent is
unknown, he said.
Grady noted that Barr’s
description of the assailant
resembles that of an unknown
man who has reportedly been
indecently exposing himself in
the Oregon City area. In both
cases, _ the police have no
suspects.
The police report said
Baars had just got out of a class
she was attending in the Clair­
mont building and was in the
parking lot reaching into her
purse to get her car keys.
Baars said in a Print inter­
view, “I left class when
everyone else did, but I was the
last one to get into my car.
About the same time as all the
other cars left, he (the
assailant) pulled into the park­
ing lot. Either that was a
remarkable coincidence, or he
was waiting for the last person
in the lot.”
The assailant was driving a
dark blue Datsun pick-up with
a loud exhaust, when he ap­
proached Baars’ car, the police
report stated. The driver stayed
in his vehicle and asked Baars
what time the College opened
in the morning. Baars said that
she didn’t know, and suggested
he use the telephone in the
Clairmont building to call the
switchboard to find dût, accor­
ding to the report.
When Baars turned away
to unlock her car door; the’
assailant grabbed her, put his
hand over her mouth, and told
her to lean against the car. .
Baars said “no you don’t”
and pushed the assailant back
away from her. She told him,
“You just get the hell out of
here!” He backed away and
began to take his shirt off. “You
heard me,” Baars said “Get the
hell out of here!’; The assailant
got into his car and left the
parking lot, the report stated.
Baars went into Clairmont and
called the police.
Baars’ description of the
assailant was used to make a
composite drawing of a
suspect, she said in a Print in­
terview. “He looks like
everyone, his only distinctive
features,” she said, “were that
he had blondish-brown hair
that touched his collar and
turned up at the ends, and a
very smooth ‘baby face’ com­
plexion. It didn’t look like he
ever had to shave in his life.
POLICE ARE LOOKING for this man in connection with
an attempted kidnapping that occurred at the College
April 26 in the Clairmont parking lot. He is reportedly a
white male between 5’7” and 5T1” tall and weighing ap­
proximately 150 lbs.. He is around 18 years old and has a
slender build and blond-brown wavey hair. He has a fair,
baby-faced complexion with big eyes. In the kidnapping
attempt he was driving a dark blue Datsun pick-up with a
loud exhaust. If you have any information regarding a
possible suspect, contact the Campus Security at ext.
302 or call the Oregon City Police.
.
“When he grabbed me, ’
Baars said recalling the attack,
“I was afraid for my life, but no
way was I going to let him take
charge of me. I thought, ‘I am
going to be in control,’ but
you’re, not. If he would have
had a weapon it might have
made a difference, but I doubt
it.”
She added, “I even
thought about hitting him. But
then I thought what am I sup­
posed to do, sit on. him until
morning?” .
She said of her assailant,
“He seemed scared, but maybe
that was because I was so
scared myself. There was a lot
of fear in that parking lot”
After the ordeal in the
parking lot, Baars said she was
“running on adrenaline for 24
hours.”
Baars said, “I am not go­
ing to be the last one out of the
parking lot anymore. But, I will
not quit coming to the College
to take classes and teach.
‘Couples’ seminar offered
It has become the rule
rather than the exception in
America to be a two-career
family. An estimated 30 million
families subsist on two in­
comes.
The College’s Focus Pro­
grams will present a workshop
on “Two-Career Couples”
Thursday
from 7-10 p.m. in
MIKE DOANE SHOWS the art of serving. The men’s ten­
nis team won their most recent competition 8-1. For Pauling 101. It will be con­
details, see page 7.
staff Photo by Duffy Coffman ducted by Jan and John
Salisburn, national award win-
The adventure
of trout fishing
for youths
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ners for their Family Life pro­
grams.
John Salisbury is an
elementary school teacher arid
certified school counselor. He
holds a bachelor’s degree in
Child Psychology and Elemen­
tary Education, and a master’s
in Counseling.
His wife, Jan, has been a
trainer for the federal govern­
ment as well as a classroom
teacher for a decade. The
Salisburys have conducted
seminars throughout the Nor­
thwest, and were honored in
1980 for having the best Family
Life program in the nation by
the United States Jaycees.
The workshop is designed
to aid couples with time
management and other sur­
vival techniques. Married
couples are urged to register for
the workshop together.
Sylvia, Sylvia-Aberg
provide display
of artwork
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