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Cougar thinclads look good in Portland Indoor Page 8 Lip sync con test draws large au dience Page 3 SPRINT Wednesday, February 22, 1984 Clackamas Community College Vol. XVII, No. 16 Sixth incident hits Pauling Center By J. Dana Haynes Of The Print A woman was accosted in the Pauling Science Center bathroom last Wednesday, the College’s public’ safety depart ment has announced. This is the sixth in a series of similar reported incidents. Stan Johnson, chief of public safety, said a woman was accosted but not harmed at 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 15. As in other reported cases, the woman (who re mains unidentified to the press) entered the women’s bathroom in the Pauling Center, building C, alone. An unidentified man followed her, entered an adjoining cubi cle, reached under the metal partition and grabbed her leg. This time, unlike the other reported cases, another student heard the screams from the rest room, saw the culprit leave and chased him into the Barlow Hall parking lot. The witness said the suspect drove away in a small, blue Ford pick-up with a white Group to operate child care center The child care center at Clackamas Community Col lege will be operated by the Clackamas County Children’s Commission starting spring term. The College previously eliminated the center’s fun ding as part of a $420,000 reduction of the College’s general fund in November. The child care center will become the third section of the children’s commission, a non profit organization, the other sections being the Head Start program, a pre-school for low- income citizens, and an infor mation referral office for Tektronics, Inc. “We knew the child care center (at the College) was really well run, and that’s why we wanted to take it over after their funding was cut,” Tom Klein, executive director of the children’s commission, said. He added that when they considered operating the child center, parents composed a list of concerns which the commis sion took into consideration. “We discussed the par ents’ concerns with the Board (of Education) when we were negotiating,” Klein said. “We also have two positions on our executive board for parents.” One change the center has made is. the hours of opera tion. Klein said there seemed to be a need for longer hours, so operating hours were ex tended to 10 hours per day. “We want to continue to keep the high quality,” Klein said. “It is one of the highest quality centers in the county and we want to keep it that way while keeping fees low and be self-sustaining.” Another adjustment that will be made is the pricing structure. The center previous ly charged by the hour, but the children’s commission will charge monthly rates. “For some this will be better and for others it will be worse,” Klein said. “Before it (the center) was being sub sidized by the College to a tune of $30,000. There are things we have to charge for if we are going to be self-supportive.” Klein said the new price system will benefit the parents who leave their children all day, but for those who leave their children for a few hours at a time, it will be detrimen tal. canopy. He was unable to make out the license plate number. The most recent incident prior to last week, took place on Nov. 1, 1983. The first reported case was in February of last year. Usually, the culprit has hit on Tuesdays. Last week’s incident, on a Wednesday and in the after noon rather than the evening, has constituted a slight change in his method of operating, Johnson said. The description of the suspect in last week’s incident correlated with earlier descrip tions, except in height. Wit nesses said last week’s suspect was approximately 6’1” or 6’2”. In the past, he has been described as 5’6” or 5’7”. However, he has always been described as having dark hair and hairy forearms and hands, with a gold wedding band. Last Wednesday, he was wearing a blue sweatshirt with a hood and blue jeans. The witnesses also said the suspect has a moustache and is bet ween the ages of 30-35. The public safety depart ment, which is handling the case, is operating under the assumption that only one per son is responsible for the various incidents. After the happening last term, Johnson said that since no one has been injured or directly threatened with viol ence, the culprit would pro bably not be imprisoned if captured. Rather, the charge against him would be harrass- ment, Johnson said, adding the perpetrator would pro bably receive professional help rather than a prison sentence. Johnson encouraged any one with further information to contact public safety, ext. 302, 303. BOBBING FOR APPLES?—Lois Lobdell, hydrostatic weighing demonstration in Ran a nurse at Franklin High School, was one of dall Hall last Wednesday. 20 people to get weighed in water during a Photo by Joel Miller