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Vol. XVI, No. 8
Viet Nam vet
Ricketson represents Oregon
Ballot Measure,
press relations
top conference
The Community College’s taxes. The community colleges
of Oregon Student Associa receive a large proportion of
tions and Commissions their budgets from taxes.
(CCOSAC) held its Fall
Brenda Babcock of the
Workshop on Nov. 19-21. The Oregon Committee (a lobbying
conference was, in the opinion organization) and Bob
of the Executive Chairperson Scanlon, a banker and former
Brian Gardner, “the most pro manager of the Multnomah
ductive CCOSAC workshop County tax collection agency,
that I’ve been involved with. spoke to the gathered students
The Community College’s of on what changes, if any, the
this state are really coming of tax systems of the state will
age.”
undergo.
By T. Jeffries
Of The Print
It was called the “National Salute to Viet
nam Veterans” and it was five days of events
and celebrations culminating in the dedication in
Washington D.C., Saturday Nov. 13, of a
V-shaped slab of black granite inscribed with the
names of all 57,692 Americans killed or listed as
“missing, presumed dead” during the Vietnam
War.
Attending that dedication were 65 Orego
nian veterans, including Clackamas Community
College Video Technology Instructor Carlos
Ricketson.
“I went back to a conference in New York
City and then went down to Washington D.C.
and joined the Oregon group,” Ricketson said.
Ricketson, 35, was in Navy boot camp in 1964
when the Tonkin Gulf incident launched
America into the war. He was stationed in
various posts throughout Viet Nam, finally being
discharged three and a half years later. He arriv
ed home in time to watch the massive “Tet Of
fensive” on T.V. “I was glad to be at home wat
ching that one. My unit was hit pretty hard in
that, some of my buddies were killed,” he said.
The memorial and dedication, though con
troversial, pleased Ricketson. “It was a good way
to memorialize those who made the supreme
sacrifice. It (the memorial) is black and set into a
hillside like a tomb, a tomb of recognition.”
The memorial was planned, built and fund
ed through a private venture by a Viet Nam
veteran. It cost $7 million to construct and took
three years to get the funding from individuals,
businesses and corporations. Permission was
granted to put the memorial in the D.C. mall
where Lincoln, Washington and Jefferson
memorials are located, and each state was asked
to send a delegation of veterans. Each group
had to raise their own funding.
Events the week before the dedication in
cluded senate hearings on benefits for the
families of men killed in Viet Nam and a
ceremony at the Arlington National Cemetary.
The dedication was preceded by a big parade
from the Capitol building to the memorial.
“It was real inspiring,” Ricketson said. “Peo
ple were applauding and saying ‘Welcome
home.’ D.C. people were bending over
backwards to be nice. They were always buying
us drinks and some cab drivers weren’t accepting
money from us. It was a national coming-home
party and it was needed. There was no coming
home process at the time. By the time the war
was over everyone was tired of Viet Nam, they
didn’t want to deal with, it. Everyone was too
burnt out,” he said.
Several Clackamas Corn-
Babcock felt that a Ballot-
rhunity College students at Measure-3-type bill will un
tended the three-day affair, in doubtedly come up for vote in
cluding Associated Student two years if the state legislature
Government members, the does not change the current tax
Editor in Chief of The Print, system. “It (Measure 3) cannot
and Gardner, who is a student be defeated again,” Babcock
at the College.
said. “The measure that was
The conference was held written on Ray Phillips’ kitchen
at Portland Community Col table almost caused chaos in
lege’s Sylvania (Beaverton) this state.” Phillips was the
campus, and drew represen originator of Measure 3.
Other sessions at the con
tatives from all 13 Oregon
community colleges. The pur ference included a cadre of stu
poses of the workshop were dent editors from throughout
varied, and included sessions the state, who fielded questions
on effective student govern- from the various ASG
ment/student newspaper rela members. The Editors In Chief
tions, the management respon included Bob Malchow of Cen
sibilities of an ASG and “The tral Oregon Community,
Implications of Measure 3; Wayne Allen of Chemeketa,
How Oregon Taxes Will Be Reid Idleford of PCC, Kevin
Violette of Clatsop County
Restructured.”
Ballot Measure 3 was an Community, Steve Ouellette of
initiative that would have Rogue Community and J.
severely cut back property Dana Haynes of Clackamas.