Bird exhibit gets flying start
as owl, hawks await visitors
By Fritz Wenzel
Of The Print
INJURED RED TAIL hawk is given encouraging words from
trainer Dean Edwards during recent exercise session. The bird,
which is now a permanent resident at the ELC, is held by a
teather around its ankle.
Photo by Daniel Wheeler
A screech owl that lost an
eye and two red-tailed hawks
injured by gunshot are the first
inhabitants of the new Birds of
Prey Education Facility at the
John Inskeep Environmental
Learning Center here on cam
pus.
The facility will rehabilitate
birds that have potential to
return to a life in the wild, and
will keep and care for those
birds whose injuries would not
allow them to survive on their
own. The exhibit is only for
birds of prey, which are pro
tected by state and federal law.
James Dalton, biologist and
education coordinator for the
center said the owl, who is
scarcely eight inches tall, pro
bably lost the eye while diving
for prey at night. “Some
thought he (the owl) had been
shot, but there is not really any
evidence,” he said.
The center has a flight line,
which is a wire between two
posts that runs about 12 feet
off the ground and for 90 feet
in length, which the birds,
once loosely tethered to, can
fly along to gain strength in
their bodies. Dalton explained
that without such a line, it
would be possible for a crippl
ed bird to get away before it
was fully recovered and able to
cope with life in the wild.
He added the birds of prey
exhibit points to the problems
birds are having in this world
of shrinking habitat, increased
use of pesticides, which limit
their source of food and the
damage that is wrought direct
ly by humans when they take
aim at these federally-
protected birds with a rifle.
The two red-tailed hawks
are kept in an enclosure
together, which Dalton said is
a little unusual. They receive a
steady diet of whole, dead
chickens among
other
similiar fare.
One of the hawks has been
shot in the wing and will never
return to the wild, Dalton
said. The other has lost some
tail feathers, but with excercise
will be able to return to a wild
setting in time.
The short-term holding of
the birds at the center should
not affect their natural in
stincts to hunt and kill prey,
which is mostly small rodents
and insects. Dalton pointed
out that while some people
considered the hawks a threat
to livestock or poultry, they
are actually one of farmers’
best friends because they help
with pest control.
The exhibit will be open and
increasing in size (a Great
Horned Owl is due in soon)
for school groups and others
interested in learning about
the birds.
Eight telecourses offered as network gets bigger
By J. Jason
Of The Print
Clackamas Community
College is offering a total of
eight telecourses during the
winter term, ranging from
computer literacy to the study
of the history of World War
II.
Run by Video Technician
Steve Johnson, the half-hour
courses are broadcast in pairs
once a week from the college’s
campus over Telecommunica
tion Inc. (TCI) and Milwaukie
Cablevision cablesystems.
With the recent addition of
Milwaukie Cablevision to the
college, Milwaukie residents
can now become involved in
the telecourses. “The two
companies are working
together,” Johnson said.
Episodes of the astronomy
program Project Universe are
the only new additions to the
telecourse program being of
fered this term. “Overall, we
have 20 telecourses on file and
many will be offered later,”
Johnson said.
Although the benefits of
telecourses are obvious to the
student on the go, Johnson
feels that they also benefit col
leges.
“The college has a
classroom shortage,” he said.
“Space is a premium and this
is a way to get around over
crowding. We can enroll more
'students, yet we don’t need
classrooms,” Johnson added.
Programming runs from 9
a.m. to 7 p.m. and each pro
gram is repeated five times a
week at different times. “I’v
started an experimental run
from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m.,”
Johnson said. “It looks like
it’s going to work out well.
The picture quality isn’t quite
as good because it’s a copy
program, but it still helps the
students out that can’t catch
the original broadcast.
“Also broadcast in the mor
nings at 8:30 a.m. is a 10-20
minute news show produced
here at the college, and it’s
repeated in the evening at 6:30
p.m.. They cover different
news items on campus,” he
added.
Each of the telecourses cost
the same as any other credit
course plus require a $10 lab
fee. “It (the fee) still doesn’t
pay for the whole course, it
barely covers the royalties,”
Johnson said. “The College
subsidizes for the rest.”
The class with the highest
enrollment so far is the World
War II class. Produced at the
college by Social Sciences
Chairperson Fred DeWolfe,
this 29-program course com
bines CBS-produced programs
with DeWolfe’s own research.
“Ten of the shows will be
broadcast out. The rest must
be seen on campus due to
royalty rights,” Johnson said.
For more information about
the different telecourses being
offered, contact the Counsel
ing Department at ext. 266.
Some things
speak for themselves
Scott Fischer resigns financial aid post
By Rodney Fobert
Of The Print
Scott Fischer
Scott Fischer, a three-year
veteran of the Financial Aid
Department, has resigned
from his position as financial
aid officer at Clackamas Com
munity College. Fischer will be
moving to Spain, where his
wife has accepted a new
teaching position.
Fischer explained that when
he first came to the college, the
financial aid process was
“slow and cumbersome,”
which caused errors in typing
and filing. With the help of his
boss, Lee Fawcett, Fischer
said he was able to get the
financial aid office more
automated and efficient.
He also pointed out that
Tsuyoshi Inouye and Pro
grammer Analyst An Ton
That also “really helped make
it work” in setting up the new
financial aid processing
system.
Fischer’s assistant, Finan
cial Aid Specialist Kathy
Scheer, will be taking over his
position in the department. “I
have real confidence in her,”
Fischer said of Scheer.
As of now, Fischer is unsure
of what type of job he will
seek in Spain. He said he will
possibly seek a job in business
or maybe stick to education.
“It’s exciting but a little
scary,” he said of his move to
Spain.
Fischer stressed that he real
ly enjoyed his work at the col
lege. He feels the staff and
people are really easy to work
with. He added that there is a
“much better emphasis on
working with the student”
here than at other schools he
has worked at.
PIE HOUSE
Restaurant
10 percent off on
regular menu items
To Clackamas
Community
College
Students
Show student Valid through
body card
March 1, 1985
Open 6 am to Midnight
Beavercreek Rd. Oregon City
656-6406
Wednesday, January 16, 1985
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