Board adopts new plan
By Brett Bigham
Of The Print
Bob Ellis, dean of community education
Photo by Troy Maben
By a vote of five to one,
the Clackamas Community
College School Board adopted
a plan to allow the school to
contract classes out to local
businesses. This would provide
students with an opportunity to
take classes in word-processing
off campus and to work with
equipment that the College
does not own.
“The College was unable
to handle the students’ needs,
so we developed a program
through a private firm that has
the word processing equip
ment,” Bob Ellis, dean of com
munity education said.
According to Ellis the
equipment for the class is too
expensive and becomes ob
solete far too quickly for the
College to make a substantial
investment.
The College, however,
will not be spending any
money on the new courses..
“The nice thing about this par
ticular program is we didn’t
have to buy equipment—it’s
already there,” he said.
“Whenever we contract
out, we try to recoup all the
direct costs of the course,” Ellis
said, “Unless we get all the
money back they offer no
class.” The direct costs of the
courses are for payment for in
struction and the use of equip
ment. “In many cases we get
back more than the cost of the
course.”
Ellis further said, “The
classes are going over quite
well. Approximately 125 peo
ple have gone through the pro
gram since last spring.
“Generally wejind people
who are taking the course to be
in the job market,” Ellis said, “It
is the situation where you have
to know ‘this.’ now and not in a
year. People who take the class
need the skill in a short period
of time. “Students seem to
prefer a two week condensed
course instead of a full year,”
he said.
There is a possibility of
more off-campus courses being
offered. “We would use this
sort of program where there is
a student need greater than the
school can offer.”
Instructor/deputy rescues youth from river
By Jenni Weber
Of The Print
An early morning swim
was in store for Clackamas
County Sheriff Deputies
Wayne Smith and Dave Byrne
as they saved the life of a
16-year-old Oregon City youth
last Tuesday.
Smith, 39, is a substitute
teacher for the Fire Science
Program at Clackamas Com
munity College. Smith became
a deputy in Washington 13
years ago mainly because he
“enjoyed meeting people.”
At approximately 1:25
a.m. Smith was alerted to
watch for an automobile being
driven erratically in the Oregon
City area. Smith spotted the
vehicle on the 1-205 freeway
and attempted to get the driver
to pull over. Byrne later
entered the pursuit as the
youth attempted to elude the
deputy.
After chasing the auto to
Riverside Park the deputies
assumed he would stop at the
turn-around. “The car was go
ing approximately 35-40 mph
when the car plunged off a boat
ramp and began to sink after
floating 75-77 feet from
shore,” Smith said.
“It was obvious he had no
idea of where he was going,”
Byrne said.
After dumping their arms
on the ground both deputies
tried diving underwater to save
the youth, but muddy condi-
.tions held back the deputies’ ef
forts.
“We thought he was a
‘goner’ after about two
minutes underwater,” Byrne
said.
“We knew once he got
himself out of the car we could
get him out of the water,”
Smith said.
After returning to the bank
the deputies spotted the
suspect surface once, then
disappear under the water
once again. The deputies
rescued him only after the
youth plunged underwater the
third time.
“He (the youth) was so
confused and exhausted from
struggling to the surface he
started to swim the wrong
way,” Smith said. “The water
was very cold.”
Deputies took the youth in
custody and went to the
sheriff’s office, where the
juvenile was booked on
charges of attempting to elude
police officers. He was later
turned over to his parents.
“This is really the first time
I’ve had to save someone from
drowning,” Smith said.
“The water was so cold
you became numb as soon as
you hit the water. The fire
department told us later it was
between 35 and 40 degrees,”
Byrne added.
Financial aid info now available
Despite economic tough
times, several scholarships are
either available now or just
around the corner, according
to the Clackamas Community
College Financial Aid Office.
Applications are now
available for the Northwest
Oregon Operators Section
Scholarship, specifically
designed for Waste Water
Technology students. The
deadline for this is Monday,
March 7.
Health, Physical Educa
tion and Human Service
students can also pick up ap
plications for monetary help.
The deadline is also March 7,
and applications can be obtain
ed in the Financial Aid office in
the Community Center.
The Women’s Maritime/
International Trade Scholar
ship is also available, the
deadline for which is April 15.
Last, information on the
up-coming Bertha P. Singer
Scholarship is now obtainable.
For more information on
the above mentioned aids, or
with any other questions, con
tact Financial Aid, ext. 422.
Book exchange to benefit students
Shirene Hayes
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One of the largest ex
penses for college students is
the purchase of textbooks re
quired for classes. Depending
on the major and the amount
of credit hours Taken, these
books may cost $100 or more.
Even if the books have been
“used,” the prices still mount
up.
In an attempt to lower
these costs, the Associated Stu
dent Government is sponsoring
a book exchange. It will take
place at the end of Winter
term, March 14-17; and the
first two weeks of the spring
term March 28-31 and April
4-7. Sign up sheets will be
posted in the Community
Center stating which books
people wish to sell.
When a student brings in a
book to be sold, a record is filed
on that book telling who owns
it, and for how much it is being
sold. If a prospective customer
wishes to buy the book, he
then takes the notice from the
board and goes to the Student
Activities office to look over the
book.
The sale runs between 10
a.m. and 2 p.m., Monday
through Friday. Students have
until April 7 to pick up their un
sold books. For more informa
tion contact ext. 245.
Deputy sheriff/instructor, Wayne Smith
Photo by Jenni Weber
Dean seeks ASG aid
Norm Bursheim, art in
structor at Clackamas Com
munity College, asked the
Associated Student Govern
ment for financial help in his
quest to construct a display
cabinet for ceramics to go in the
cafeteria.
The project has been drag
ging on for three years Bur
sheim said, and he felt it was
time he came to the ASG, after
inquiring almost everywhere
else.
“We have some of the best
art of any community college in
Oregon, and it is not being
displayed,” Bursheim said.
“The display case would
go against the inside wall of the
cafeteria. It would be con
structed of walnut, glass and
mirrors, with the perfect type of
lighting so it would glow,” Bur
sheim said.
The ASG also heard from
Lee Fawcett, assistant dean of
Student Aid and Support Ser
vices. Fawcett requested com
mitment to help with the up
coming “Take Charge Day.”
The event will be held
April 16 at the College to help
people cope with today’s
economic problems, Fawcett
said. He is looking for about
100 volunteers to make the
event successful.
The Instructional Council
at the College is looking into a
new addition to the grading
procedures. The addition
would be a plus-minus system,
but it would only be used for
“B’s” and “C plus’.” ASG
president Paul Nastari made
mention of the system to get in
put from student government.
Also at the meeting, the
election dates for next year’s
ASG positions were set. The
elections will take place April
18, 19, 20. Petitions are due
by April 7.
Clackamas Community College