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Wednesday, April 6
Human Services
Coalition
3*5 p.m.
CC101
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Friday, April 8
Seminar: “Eliminating
Self-Defeating Behavior”
Open Recreation
7-10 p.m.
6'9 p.m.
Small Dining Room
Randall Gym
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Saturday, April 9
Tuesday, April 12
Dance Festival
Workshop:
“Goal-setting”
8 a.m.-4 p.m,
R 101, 11, 12,
Randall Lobby, Gym
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9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Holly Farm Mall
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Community Colleges
Voters nix four of seven school levies
By J. Dana Haynes
Of The Print
Seven Oregon community
colleges went before the public
with funding requests last
week. Three schools passed
their levies, while four others
were handed defeats.
The three community col
leges that won their funding
fights were Blue Mountain of
Pendleton, Chemeketa of
Salem and Clatsop of Astoria.
All three schools presented “A”
ballots only. An “A” ballot is a
request for funding to maintain
current services, as opposed to
a “B” ballot, which is used for
building and program expan
sions.
The Blue Mountain Com-
munity College ballot was pass
ed by a margin of 5,391 to
3,987, with 57 percent in
favor. Chemeketa’s funding re
quest was passed 13,060 to
12,151 for 51 percent. The
voters in Clatsop County pass
ed their college’s ballot by a
margin of 2,905 for and 2,576
against, or 53 percent in favor.
The colleges which went
down in defeat were Treasure
Valley of Ontario, South
western Oregon Community of
Coos Bay, Linn Benton of
Albany, and Lane of Eugène.
SWOC and Linn Benton both
presented “A” and “B” ballots,
all of which met defeat.
SWOC’s “A” ballot was
denied with 4,188 for and
6,463 against, or only 39 per
cent of the voters in favor.
Their “B” ballot received 3,970
for and 6,807 against, for a
mere 36 percent.
Linn Benton’s “A” ballot
garnered 9,036 votes for and
9,807 against, for 47 percent.
Their “B” ballot went down in
defeat 7,999 to 10,728, or on
ly 42 percent of the voters in
favor.
As of press time, no final
results were tabulated for
Treasure Valley or Lane.
However, Roger Bassett,
chairperson of the Oregon
Community College Associa
tion, said early estimates in-
dicated Lane lost by approx
imately a two-to-one margin.
“It sounds bad, but I’m a
little surprised that three
schools won,” Bassett said.
Last year, six Oregon com
munity colleges pleaded their
cases before the voters. Five of
those schools were turned
down.
Clackamas Community
College must go before the
voters next year
Lane Community Col
lege’s funding request came in
the form of a three-year
maintenance serial levy.
Clackamas prepares
for 1984 levy battle
Seven of the Oregon com
munity colleges presented fun
ding requests to the voters last
week, with only three of the
seven schools meeting success.
Next year, Clackamas Com
munity College’s current levy
will run out, and plans are
already underway for that bat
tle.
Dr. John Hakanson,
president of the College, said
letters to voters were already
being produced, to supplement
the continued public relations
program.
Hakanson feels confident
that the College stands a good
chance of passing its next levy.
“Our record for levies is better
than average,” he said.
The College is, and will
continue to be, a major part of
life in Clackamas County,
Hakanson feels. He explained
that the number of students at
tending the school has not
dropped with the declining
economy. In fact, enrollment is
up.
“We’ll probably have the
same number of students next
year, but that’s because we
dropped the Timberlake Job
Corps program, which equall
ed about 180 FTE (Full Time
Equivalency) students,” he
said.
Hakanson sees three
reasons for the increased
popularity of community col
leges. First, four-year schools
School board elections:
Johnson in, Groener out
in O.City, Gladstone zone
DR. JOHN HAKANSON said “Our record for levies is better than average.”
and universities have con often encourage other high
tinually increased tuition, mak school graduates ts attend the
ing it hard for poor and middle two-year schools.
class students to attend, and
Three, current forecasts
making the lower tuition seem indicate a pick-up in the
more appealing.
nation’s economy. As more
Second, more students jobs become available more job
from the area high schools are training will be needed, as
attending community colleges technology has continued to
and finding the level of educa mutate the country’s industry.
tion acceptable. These students Community colleges specialize
Area voters turned down Ralph Groener’s
re-election bid for the Clackamas Community
College Board of Directors last week, opting in
stead for Jim Johnson of Oregon City.
The seat being fought over was the fourth
district representative. There are seven zones in
the school district. Zone 4 encompasses Oregon
City, Gladstone, and the unincorporated areas
in between. Groener has held the position for 12
years and is a Clackamas County Commis
sioner.
Johnson, 41, has been a member of the
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in job training.
With all these factors in
mind, Hakanson estimates the
College’s enrollment will dou
ble by the year 2000 to approx
imately 6,500 students. He
feels the county will continue to
grow as well. Housing starts in
Clackamas County for 1983
already equal the total number
of starts in 1982.
Oregon City City Council for the past two years,
and recently came into the limelight with his suc
cessful battle against the proposed, and now
defunct, Resource Recovery Facility.
The election was a close one, and brought
out only 14 percent of the county’s voters.
Johnson won the contest with 1,584 votes to
Groener’s 1,478.
“My major goals are to have better use and
accountability for public funds, and to break
down the barriers of communication between
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