Council reviewing package
Pauling needs handicap improvements
By Shelley Ball
Of The Print
FOR ALL ITS modernistic design, the college’s Pauling
Center was built without handicapped access doors, such
as these in the Community Center (below).
Photos by Buck Jennings
Handicapped people may
gain easier access to the Paul
ing Center this summer, as
Clackamas Community Col
lege’s president’s council is
reviewing a decision package
that would install 10 automated
doors, Facilities Development
and Planning Officer Don
Fisher said.
The council began review
ing the package Thursday and
will continue to do so for
another two to three weeks. If it
is approved it will be referred to
the College’s budget commit
tee, and if passed, it will go into
effect July 1, 1983.
Acceptance of the deci
sion package would make it the
first active step towards im
proving the Pauling Center
since spring of 1981, when
Handicapped Specialist Debbie
Derr, in conjunction with the
Handicapped Advisory Coun
cil, conducted a study on the
accessibility of the center, after
which they made recommen
dations to Dean of Student
Services Jim Roberts.
Derr said she and the
council made two recommen
dations, one concerning the
lack of automated doors, the
other regarding grass strips bet
ween the cracks of concrete
blocks on a wheelchair ramp.
The grass makes it difficult for
people in wheelchairs to cross
over, she said.
After the recommenda
tions were made, Fisher
estimated in Oct. of 1981 the
combined cost of the auto
mated doors and the replace
ment of the grass strips with
concrete to be $20,200.
Nothing more was done about
the situation until the decision
package was formed.
The Pauling Center was
opened to the public in the fall
of 1981, and was constructed
by Rockrise Odermatt Mount
joy Associates (ROMA), which
is located in San Francisco.
When asked why such a recent
construction did not have
automated doors already in
stalled, Derr thought the cost of
such doors was a probable
answer.
“I would venture to say
that it was a way to save
money, by meeting minimum
requirements,” she said. Den
said the center currently
meets the minimum state and
federal requirements, because
these requirements are divided
into “recommended ‘shoulds’
and ‘musts’.” One of these
“recommended musts” is that
the doors in the Pauling Center
have seven pounds pull, which
Derr said they have, but one of
the “recommended shoulds” is
to have self-opening doors,
which Derr said were left out
because they were not thought
of as a necessity.
Derr also said the
automated doors are not cur
rently thought of as an impor
tant priority item for the Col
lege’s budget. “I think for it to
happen (remodeling of center)
it’s got to become a priority for
the College—I’m not sure if it is
now,” she said.
Fisher also cited priority
level as the reason no
automated doors have ever
been installed in the Pauling
Center, instead of the costs of
the doors themselves, although
he did say that the College cur
rently spends $4,000 a year to
keep the other self-opening
doors on campus in good
working order. He also said
the center is meeting state
and federal requirements, and
that the automated doors have
not been thought of as a high
priority when compared with
repairing roads, which he said
$15,000 a year is spent for.
“If we could get through a
year or two without road
repair, we would have the
money to do it, but we haven’t
been able to do this,” Fisher
said. He also said he thought
the automated doors were
gradually becoming a higher
priority now, as more han
dicapped people are attending
the College than before.
Derr said that more
students need to be aware of
the situation in order to help
improve it. “It’s more than han
dicapped people; there are
other students, elderly people,
even people with breathing
problems who can have trouble
with the doors,” she said.
College student faces robbery
A holdup attempt at the
Clackamas Fred Meyers was
foiled Easter Sunday, April 3,
by a quick-thinking witness.
According
to
the
Clackamas County Sheriff’s of
fice, Bruce Wayne Oaks, 22,
attempted to rob the Home Im
provement Center of the store.
Oaks claimed to have a gun in
his coat pocket, and demanded
all the money in the cash
register.
The employee working at
the register was Thomas R. Jef
fries, a journalism major at the
College. Jeffries emptied the till
Program looking for volunteers
to aid victims of sexual assault
The Clackamas County
District Attorney’s Rape Victim
Advocate Program is currently
looking for 20-30 female
volunteers to assist both male
and female victims of sexual
assault. The Advocate Pro
gram will be looking for a six-
month commitment from the
volunteers.
Rape Victim Advocates
provide support to victims of
this crime of violence, working
with all the police agencies in
Clackamas County. The ad
vocates are expected to meet
with the victim as soon as
possible after the assault is
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reported and to provide
assistance, information and
support through the necessary
hospital exam and police inter
views.
Advocates are required to
sign up for one 24-hour duty
day each month and attend
one monthly training meeting.
Prospective volunteers should
understand that, if a call is
received during the 24-hour
shift, there will be more houfs
of follow-up work on that case
during the month.
Because of the unschedul
ed duties required by follow-up
work, each volunteer should
carefully evaluate applying to
the RVA program.
The women who are ac
cepted will be given eight train
ing sessions which will prepare
them for all areas of advocate
duties. Classes are expected to
begin in April, 1983. Interested
applicants must be 18 years of
age, have a valid driver’s
license, and have an
automobile.
For more information or to
apply, call the RVA Program at
655-8616 between the hours
of 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday.
and the assailant fled the store.
A witness outside, who is
unidentified as of press time,
noticed Oaks “looking
nervous” as he made for his
car, a 1967 Mercury. The
witness jotted down the license
number of the vehicle.
With that information, the
sheriff’s office put out a bulletin
for the car. It was spotted by
the Oregon State Police
heading north on the 1-205
freeway. A chase ensued,
which included members of the
Multnomah County Sheriff’s
office.
Oaks was finally stopped
near the Lewis and Clark Park
in Troutdale. Shots were fired,
but there were no injuries. A
pistol and the stolen money
were found in Oaks’ posses
sion. The caliber of the weapon
and the amount of money were
not disclosed.
Oaks was wanted for escaping
from the Oregon State Peniten
tiary. He was also being sought
for questioning concerning a
robbery on March 31 at the
Waremart on Johnson Road in
Milwaukie.
Spring term enrollment
parallel to past years
Enrollment at Clack
amas Community College
for Spring term is equivalent
to a year ago Mary Dykes,
assistant to the director of
Admissions and Records at
the College, estimated.
She stressed that the
figures are not completely
totaled as of press time, but
they are approximately
equal to last year’s count at
this time. The official total
will not be completed for at
least two more weeks,
Dykes said.
The head count of stu
dents two weeks into the
term is 4,246, but after all
areas of the College’s educa
tional program are tallied the
figure should reach near
9,000, Dykes estimated.
The Full-Time Equi
valence (FTE), a figure used
for State records, is also
near the same level from
years past. The College’s
FTE for spring term is 862.
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