Admission Director explores terrain
Climbing, skiing, rescue excites Adams
By Kari Gassaway
Of The Print
has shown longtime interest in
mountain climbing and I’ve
been involved in it for about 30
years now,” Adams said.
area, but I am usually the one
called first if there is an
emergency, because they do it
alphabetically,” Adams said.
Ever wanted to climb a
mountain? Chuck Adams,
director of admissions and
records at Clackamas Com
munity College wanted to and
did. “Mountain climbing was
just something I wanted to try,” “These Situations (rescues) can get pretty beastly but
Adams said. Adams has you can’t give up. You just have to keep plugging
climbed Mt. Hood 26 times
and other peaks such as Three away.”
Finger Jack and Mt. St. Helens
“before it blew up,” Adams
said.
Adams is a member of the
“My responsibility as coor
The thing Adams enjoys
American Alpine club. “The most about the Alpine Club is
dinator is to figure out on the
purpose of the American the speakers. “It gives you the spot what the weather and
Alpine is to promote scientific opportunity to meet and talk other conditions are and how
exploration and work for the with those guys who are doing many rescue people are need
best interest of American the peaks and lets you share in ed. Once at the mountain, a
mountaineering,” Adams said. the fun.” he said.
base camp is set up and then a
“The club is to mountaineers
Adams is also a member game plan is decided on. The
what the National Geographic of the Portland rescue unit, a rescue unit acts under the
Society is to science, and team of approximately 112
sheriff’s legal authority,” he
membership is by invitation skiers and climbers who come said.
and qualification only,” Adams to action when someone is lost
“These situations can get
said.
or an accident has occurred on pretty beastly but you can’t give
“I suppose what qualified a mountain.
up. You just have to keep plug
me is my years of experience
The role Adams plays in ging away,” Adams said. “A
climbing, leading climbs and the rescue unit is as rescue typical rescue on the southside
teaching. What the Alpine club coordinator. “There are seven of Mt. Hood takes between 12
is looking for is someone who rescue coordinators in this hours and two-and-a-half days,
News Flash
Stress issue
dealt with
Community members
wishing to recognize stress and
do something about it are
welcomed to the Stress
Management workshop at
Clackamas Community Col
lege Thursday, Nov. 4, 7-10
p.m, in CC 101.
The workshop will teach
the students how to recognize
stress and learn mechanisms
that will prevent it in the future.
The seminar will deal with ways
to relax such as progressive
relaxation, imagery, self
hypnosis and thought
stopping.
The course is taught by
Nancy Macklin, a counselor
who has had extensive practice
in the field and is now involved
in private counseling. Her
other experience includes a
Master of Science in alcohol
and drug counseling from the
University of Arizona. She then
was a group and individual
counselor for Clackamas
County Mental Health.
College has
CPR course
Several courses concern
ing basic life saving skills will be
offered to Community
members
through
Eastmoreland General Hospital
and American Heart Associa
tion.
Clackamas Community
college will host a life saving
class dealing with the techni
ques for heart attack and choke
victims. The American Heart
Association will sponsor the
event and a CPR certificate will
be given upon successful com
pletion of the class. It will be
held in Barlow 204, and a fee
of $5 will be charged. For more
information call ext. 233 at the
College.
Actualization
class slated
Integration and Actualiza
tion is the title of a nine-hour
self-awareness workshop of
fered through the community
education program at Good
Samaritan Hospital and
Medical Center. The class,
scheduled November 9, 10,
and 11 from 7-10 p.m. will be
held in the Nursing Education
Building, 2255 N. W.
Northrup.
Exploration of mind-body
connections, focusing on the
ways in which emotions and at
titudes towards oneself and
others may influence one’s
physical health will be offered
along with guidance and
counseling.
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Cost of the course is $40.
For more information call Mary
Anne Harmer, 229-7205.
Aid given
to elderly
Something new has been
added to the lives of the elder
ly. A new program to assist the
elderly who are home-bound
Wednesday, November 3, 1982
but we did have one that lasted
13 days.” Most rescues begin
during the night, he said.
Although Adams does not
have much free time with his
responsibilities at the College,
church and a ski mail-order
business that he and his wife
run, he did manage to get
away on a few cross country ski
trips and do a little downhill ski-
ing. “1 plan to get some skiing
in this winter,” Adams said. As
for the mountaineering he is
not sure when he’ll take on
another peak. “It is really fun
being on the top of Mt. Hood
when it is clear,” he said.
Adams is speaking on
cross country skiing Nov. 16 at
noon in the Community Center
Fireside Lounge.
ASG OK’s overhang
The Associated Student
Government meeting on Oct.
26 discussed the possibility of a
motorcycle overhang on cam
pus to help protect motorcycles
from the weather.
ASG Senate member Don
Porter investigated the
possibility of situating the
overhang behind McLoughlin
Hall where the building makes
a natural overhang. He
estimated that the cost of this
would run around $50 as op
posed to building a separate
unit to house the cycles. A
separate unit is estimated to
run up a cost of $20,000.
The
$50
for the
McLoughlin proposition would
and those who need some ex be to pay for signs to instruct
tra income has been funded by motorcyclists where to park.
Action and coordinated by
The
ASG
voted
Clackamas Community Col
unanimously to support the
lege.
The Senior Companion motion at the December Col
Program is designed to delay lege Board of Directors
the aging process for the elder meeting.
It was announced by
ly. Low income seniors can
receive a stipend from Action, David Buckley, student ac
meal and mileage reimburse tivities supervisor, that No On
ment, liability insurance, sick Ballot Measure No. 3 yard
leave, vacation time and a signs were available in
health screening, in exchange Clairmont Hall and that the
for spending 20 hours a week Association of College Unions
with several seniors in need of international workshop would
assistance.
be held Oct. 28-30.
Those who are interested
He also reported on the
please contact the proqram. IBM copy machine’ in the stu-
ext 436.
dent activities office. It was an
nounced that free copies would
be available for the remainder
of the week. Response to the
machine was reported as good
and the possibility of a perma
nent machine was discussed.
Paul Nastari, ASG presi
dent announced that the Com
munity Colleges of Oregon
Associations and Commissions
membership dues were raised
to provide money for student
lobbyists. He also said that
CCOSAC’s summer goals
were as of yet unapproved,
Activities director Steve
Vohs also discussed the Hallo
ween^ week’s activities; and
Emma Espinal, assistant to the
president, announced her
committee goals would be out
soon.
ASG Vice President Jay
Schaller showed that pool and
foosball tables had grossed
$625 for the week of Oct.
18-25.
Committee reports were
asked for and it was reported
that the ways and means, sug
gestion box and campus club
committees would be arranged
soon. It was decided that the
elections and constitutional
revisions committee would
meet immediately at the start of
the winter term.
Elder class
scheduled
Alcohol and substance
abuse will be the topic of the
third workshop in the Fall Ag
ing Program series.
Judy Smith is the coor
dinator of this four-part pro
gram. The discussions will be,
on the use and abuse of drugs
and alcohol by seniors.
The goal of this program is
to reduce drug and alcohol
problems which seniors face,
and to help resolve their pro
blems with no assistance from
drugs or alcohol.
This program will be at the
Milwaukie Center from 9:30
-11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov.
9; Tuesday Nov. 16; Thursday
Nov. 18 and Tuesday Nov. 23.
Each session is $3, or free with
a gold card. For more informa
tion, contact the Aging Pro
grams department, ext. 436.
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70% OF CLACKAMAS county voters turned out
yesterday, including 601 at the College (Please see story,
page 1).
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