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
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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.
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