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College blood drive rescheduled for Feb. 8 By Kristen Tonole Of The Print BLOOD DONOR—Participant from last term’s record blood drive rests quietly while giving blood. This term’s blood drive will be held Feb. 8 in the Community Center. File Photo Once again Red Cross of America will hold a blood drive at Clackamas Communi ty College on Wednesday, Feb. 8 from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. in the Community Center. “We really need a lot of publicity if we’re going to meet our goals,” Nancy Per man, ASG assistant to the president said. Although last term’s blood drive at the Col lege brought in 126 pints of blood, the goal set For this term’s drive is 120 pints. “But we’d be happy to raise any amount over that,” Per man said. With the fear of AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) on people’s minds, possible blood donors are shy ing away from the needle. However, Perman assures everyone that “there’s no way to contract AIDS because you’re not coming in contact with anyone else’s J)lood. Peo ple receiving blood transfu sions are the ones who have a chance to catch it, but donors are safe from the disease,” Perman said. Anyone wishing to sign up and reserve a time to give blood will find a sign-up sheet in the Student Activities of fice. The blood drive is being sponsored by ASG in conjunc tion with Red Cross. 'Growing up toofast focus of campus workshop By Kathy Johnson Of The Print A workshop discussing the characteristics and pro blems of the hurried child will be presented by the Child Developmental Center at Clackamas Community Col lege on Tuesday, Feb. 7. “A hurried child is a child whose development has been speeded up by our culture,” Carolyn Knutson, chairperson of family and human services said. “The hurried child is do ing things now which are nor mally expected of an older child. Examples might be the five-year-old who is wearing make-up or the fifth-graders who go on dates.” Speaking at the workshop will be Claudia Ross, an early childhood parenting instruc tor. Ross has previously work ed for Seattle Community Col lege, and has had experience working with parents and their children in the Seattle area. She has just recently worked in the Portland area. creates because they lose their childhood. They lose their ability to be children. They aie forced to grow up too soon,” Knutson said. “By holding this workshop, we hope to achieve an awareness on the part of the parents of things they may be doing unconsciously, or things that society is doing “The hurried child workshop is for parents who are concerned about their children being hurried and about the problems that this consciously or unconsciously, to hurry their child’s develop ment,” Knutson stated. The Hurried Child Workshop will take place from 7-9 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 7 in the Community Center. A $2 fee is required. People interested in attending the workshop must register at the Registrar’s Office before the workshop begins. College History Barlow paved way to Oregon frontier By Judy Barlow Of The Print “God never made a mountain that he didn’t make a way to get over it,” was the belief of Samuel Kimbrough Barlow, the man after whom Clack amas Community College’s Barlow Hall was named. He was known as a pioneer road-builder and was the leader of a wagon train that in 1845 explored the immigrant trail across the Oregon Cascades, south of Mount Hood. On January 24, 1795, a Kentucky mother gave her baby boy her maiden name, Samuel Kimbrough Barlow. In On December 12, a bill was reported to the Legislature by M.M. McCarver, commissary general, to authorize Barlow to build and operate a toll road across the Cascade Mountains and was passed on December 17, 8 to 2. Shortly thereafter, Barlow began breaking ground for the road, soon to be called In December of that year, Oregon the Barlow Road. The people and Governor Abernathy recommended to animals who participated in the expedi legislature that surveys be made for a tion were Samuel Barlow, his family, new road into the Willamette Valley. Joel Palmer who later became com Several applications were sent for the missary general and peace commis authorization to build and operate toll sioner, 19 men and women 16 yoke of roads, one of these applications was cattle, as well as horses and 13 wagons. Barlow’s request. 1820 Barlow met Susannah Lee in In diana and they were soon married. They raised a family of five children, William, John Lawson, James K., Elizabeth Jane and Sarah. Barlow and his family led the Spring migration from Missouri to Oregon in 1845. In 1845 Barlow led a migra The Road began at Tygh Valley, tion successfully on route south of then followed the Indian trail through’ Mount Hood to the Willamette Valley. the Warm Springs Agency. From there it crossed the Cascade Mountains, con tinuing through The Dalles to Oregon City by a route leading south of Mount Hood, which was named Barlow Pass. The Road ended at Foster Road, where it connected at the Sandy River. The distance of the Road from start to finish was between 83 to 85 miles. After Barlow blazed the way, the men and boys followed, slashing about four or five miles per day. Many hardships were found along the way and one of these was on the east side of the mountain; because of the swamps the horses became mired, the wagons stalled. Traveling on the “Big Sandy” was easy as there was an Indian trail; the trouble was getting over the stream, (continued on page six) Winter term enrollment up, othercolleges drop While other community colleges in the area are ex periencing a decrease in enroll ment for winter term, Clackamas Community Col lege’s early reports show an in crease of almost one percent in the total number of students, according to the Admissions Office. “We didn’t know what to expect, but other colleges in the area are facing a decrease in enrollment, so we just feel Wednesday, February 1, 1984 lucky,” Mary Dykes, assistant to the director of admissions and records at the College, said. The Admissions Office’s second-week report has shown a total head count increase of 51, just below a one percent increase. Even though the head count was up, the Full- Time Equivalency (FTE) was down 11 from winter term 1983. FTE is a system for counting equivalent full-time students. “We have registered a lot of community education students this past week, so I am expecting that we are going to be very close to the totals last year,” Dykes said.. r available until the end I of the term. RON & DAN’S Auto Repair New Address 1007 Abernethy Rd. Oregon City, OR 97045 656-6148 The next report put out by the admissions office will 4 cylinder tune up $20.00 Discount on be completed sometime this includes plugs and rotor complete brake job week and will include all $34.95 with coupon with coupon. registered students through thel (Reg. $49.94) fourth week of the term. The \ Across from County buildings coupon expires 4-1-84 final statistics will not be » I I I I Page 3
