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Vets offered employment search training By Shelley Ball Of The Print Veterans needing work can learn job searching tips by attending a Veterans Employ ment and Training Seminar, scheduled for Feb. 8 in the small dining room of Clackamas Community Col lege’s cafeteria from 1 -4:30 p.m. Following the seminar at 5 p.m. will be the premiere of a slide/tape program titled, “From Vietnam to Washington, D.C. and Beyond,” and will be shown in the College’s McLoughlin Theater. Both programs have free admission. The seminar is sponsored by the Oregon Alliance of Business, Labor and Education and was put together by Jeff Dearing, program director of Veterans Employment and Training Seminar (VETS). Dearing described the seminar by saying, “It is a job-finding training seminar, and a motivating type of thing.” Although seminars of this type have run at Portland Community College, this will be the first time the seminar has been held at the College. Dear ing said he got the idea to hold the seminar at the College when Financial Aid/Veterans Specialist Kathy Scheer sug gested the idea to him after she had attended a seminar at PCC. “That’s what really got me going,” Dearing said. The seminar will be divid ed into three sessions, the first one concerning a self marketing discussion by speaker Murray McBride, who will give advice on what people need to do to get what they want. The second session will consist of an employers panel made up of local companies from Oregon City. The employers will discuss inter viewing processes, after which there will be a question and answer period. A community resource panel made up of speakers from the Veterans Administra tion, State Employment Office and Career Center at the Col lege will form the third session, with each telling about the ser vices available to veterans. Special emphasis will be placed on the hidden job market at the seminar, which Dearing said comes from job seekers searching for jobs only through the newspaper. Dear ing said that about 15 percent of the jobs taken are through the newspaper, and that “peo ple knowing other people and people interviewing people” are how most jobs are ac cepted. “Taking a look at what the Vietnam Veteran has ex perienced” will be the theme of the slide/tape program follow ing the seminar, college video Technology Instructor Carlos Ricketson said. Ricketson, a former Viet nam veteran who was one of 65 Oregon veterans that at tended the Washington, D.C. memorial dedication, is in charge of combining the slides with music for a 15-minute show. Presented by the Vietnam Veterans of Oregon Memorial Fund, the group wishes to establish an Oregon memorial for Vietnam Veterans, and hopes that the slide show will start people thinking about the idea, although Ricketson said the presentation is mainly an “entertaining, informational piece.” The slides have been donated by veterans and will depict the life of a Vietnam Vet, from the days of war and coming home, to the trip made to Washington, D.C. for the dedication of the black granite wall memorial, as well as possi ble dedication sites for an Mid-term increases tutor need By Kristi Blackman Of The Print A large demand for tutors needed by students has grown now that midterms have come upon many here at Clackamas Community College. The Study Skills Center has many students and professional tutor students for reading, arithmetic, sciences, and in many other subjects which coincide with subjects offered in the College curriculum. It’s very important to let your teacher know that you’re having trouble,” Tutorial Ser vices Coordinator Judy Peabody said of students who think they may need some ex tra help. “The teacher is the best, then the tutor.” “We don’t do the work. We do not try to take the place of the teacher,” Peabody said. She said students have to be at tending class and make an at tempt before they can receive tutoring. “We are a support,” Peabody added. Students working in this eleven-year-old program are sought out by instructors who recognize them as able to work with their peers on a one-to- one basis. There are no educa tional requirements and most students have never taught before. Tutors fill out a question naire and a time schedule where slots may be open for tutoring. This service is free to college students, as the tutors are paid minimum wage com mensurable with job descrip tion and experience by the Col lege. Peabody trains and super vises these tutors, “We have a film ‘The Tutor as a Guide to Learning,’ books and handouts for beginning tutors,” Peabody said. The tutoring staff works on campus in the Study Skills Center or in a classroom, or any other spot which is comfor table for learning on campus. Any student in need of in formation regarding tutoring should contact their instructor or the Study Skills Center in McLoughlin Hall. ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT SHIRINE ponder incoming business during last Hayes and ASG President Paul Nastari week’s meeting. Staff photo by Troy Maben Page 4 Oregon memorial. Musical selections will cor relate with the slides, one of them being Billy Joel’s Good night Saigon, Ricketson said. In addition to the slide show, Ricketson said that there will be local speakers, including Coralee Popp, the wife of a vet listed missing in action, Frances Rauschkolb, who lost a son in the war, as well as Robert Hunter, chairman of the Viet nam Veterans of Oregon Memorial Fund. A question and answer period concerning an Oregon memorial will follow the slide/tape program. “It’s a lot of work, but the contributions and interest have been very good,” Ricketson said. Although there are still many seats open for the seminar, Dearing advises that anyone interested in attending should pre-register by calling either his office at 226-4063, or the College’s Veterans Office at 657-8400, ext. 443. “I’m optimistic; I can’t see why we can’t fill up the place,” Dearing said. Epstein researches heritage of houses By Dianna Hardy Of The Print It has been said that the people who live in an area are the least knowledgeable about it. Most people know of or about the McLouglin House, but only a few realize that there are at least ten other historical houses in Oregon City, many of which are still occupied. Recently, the Oreogn City Planning Commission initiated a study of the historical houses in the area. Originally the plan was designed to list the building, and perhaps learn when they were first built. However, in the course of the investigation, the planning commission discovered a great amount of history about the houses and their owners. Needing someone who was experienced with the research angle, the commission contacted Dr. Donald Epstein, a history professor at the Col lege. Epstein said it is im perative that this large source of information not be ignored. In order to do this, he. is inter viewing the residents of the houses, most of whom are bet ween the ages of 60 and 90 years. ’ For more information con tact Dr. Epstein, ext. 345, or the Oregon City Historical Society, or better yet, go take a look yourself. Two ASG senators resign By J. Dana Haynes Of The Print Two senate resignations, a visit from the secretary of state and a planned conversation with Congressman Denny Smith dominated last week’s Associated Student Body meeting. The resignations came from Tim Sytsma and Don Porter. Both cited lack of time as the major reason for leaving their posts. The ASG voted unanimously to accept the resignations. ASG President Paul Nastari stressed that both Sytsma and Porter were good senators, and neither resigna tion stemmed from trouble within the student government. - “I’m sure they both meant well, and I’m sorry their time requirements didn’t work out,” Nastari said. The ASG is accepting ap plications for replacements. Two people have already re quested consideration. No dates have been set for their in terviews. In further business, Nastari announced that Oregon Secretary of State Norma Paulus will be on campus Feb. 23. Paulus will take a tour of the College and will hold a question-and-answer session in the Community Center Mall. On Saturday, Feb. 5, Nastari and Brian Gardner, the chairperson for the Community Colleges of Oregon Student Associations and Commissions (CCOSAC) will travel to Salem to attend a meeting with Con gressman Denny Smith, R-5th District. Smith recently announced his support for a total federal freeze in all departments. CCOSAC is opposed to the monetary freeze. “We’ll talk about his federal spending idea,” Nastari said. “I recently sent a letter to Smith. He responded and sent a legislative aide to talk to Brian (Gardner) and me about our feelings on the subject. The aide arranged this meeting.” Nastari, Gardner and Smith will also talk about Presi dent Reagan’s military and defense spending. Clackamas Community College
