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fbje i Print Gâckam^Communit^Coheg^ Vol. XVin, No. 24 % Wednesday, May 22, 1985 Committee looks at option involving gym floor repairs By Amy LaBare Of The Print A committee has been form ed to look into the cost of repairing or replacing Clackamas Community Col lege’s Randall Hall Gym’s 14- • year-old tartan floor, Chuck Hudson, health and PE department chairperson and athletic director said. “The heavily used areas, like the keys, are worn out. They are much less (in thickness) than the original 3/8 inch floor,” Hudson said. He explained this wearing down of the floor causes it to become sticky, which has resulted in numerous injuries to athletes in recent years. “It’s time that we do • ■ something about it (the gym t floor). It is around 14 years ; old and is just worn out,” Hudson added. INDEX Phil Garver, women’s basketball coach, said the tar tan floor is not good for play ing basketball on. He explain ed there are many small in juries that happen while play- ing on the floor as it is now and that team members have voiced complaints. He added, “Recruiting-wise it hinders more that helps. People just don’t like to play on tartan, they would rather play on wood.” Three options are being eyed by the committee, which is made up of College staff members, Jim Roberts, dean of student services, said. One option would be to pour a new layer of tartan over the existing one. This had been the original plan and was budgeted for before other alternatives were brought up. The estimate for a new tartan ASG cabinet to set goals at retreat By Shelley Ball NEWS Of The Print Pgs. 3,4 ARTS K Pg. 5 SPORTS k Pgs. 6,7,8 y covering is $54,000. Garver and Hudson said this choice would not be practical due to the cost of maintenance and the lifetime of the floor. They agreed a wood floor would last longer and be a better playing surface. Garver said the choice between a tartan or wood floor is like “renting a junker or renting a Cadillac. Which is better?” Another option would be to resurface the entire floor with wood. The estimates the com- mitte has seen at this time are for the allotted $54,000 plus up to $14,000 for a wood RAND A floor, Roberts said. been adversely affected, by wear and tear of constant use. Bot The third alternative would tom photo gives close-up view of floor. Photos by Dan Wheeler be to cover the main floor in wood and resurface the ex the floor not be finished at to assess maintenance costs isting tartan. Cost for this is that time, however, ar but the committee is reviewing not known as yet. The com rangements would have to be that aspect anyway. Roberts mittee is researching this alter- made for the volUeyball team also said the gym floor “has nativeto see if the floor would to play elsewhere and schedule not been up to snuff lately.” have a level surface or if the changes made for PE classes. After the committee makes wood floor would have to be a final draft of their plan the higher than the tartan floor. The gym is used for athletic President’s Council will review Roberts said the committee as well as community-related it. If it is within the budget and hopes to stay within the activities, and other events is approved by the council, the budgeted amount of $54,000 such as the career fair and new matter will then be turned over in order to avoid any added students orientation sponsored to the College’s Board of extension on approval. He ad by the College. Roberts said a Directors. The Board will ded that there is the possibility wood floor “provides a better make the final decision con the floor could be finished playing surface for athletics cerning the gym, and must ap before Sept. 15, in time for but a tartan floor is better for prove bids put out for con volleyball season and the muti-purpose activities.” struction before any further beginning of fall term. Should He added it would be hard action can be taken. Following the official swearing in of Clackamas Community College’s Associated Student Govern ment (ASG) executive cabinet members May 16, the group’s next major activity will involve taking a three-day retreat on the Oregon coast. The retreat will be at Rockaway and will take place May 31, June 1 and 2. The pur pose of the retreat is for the group to discuss and organize their goals for the coming year. Accompanying ASG Presi dent Dan Hilts and Vice Presi dent Shawn Watterberg on the retreat will be students Roy Thorp, Connie J. Poff and Henry Palacios, who were recently selected to round out the five-member executive cabinet of the ASG. Thorp holds the assistant to the president position, Poff is administrative assistant and Palacios is activities director. Student Activities Director Debbie Baker and Student Programs Specialist Dave Buckley will also be taking the trip. “I’m really glad that I’m getting this chance to know what student government is about,” Poff, 25, said in regards to becoming ad ministrative assistant. A second-year student at the College, Poff said being ad ministrative assistant will be a good job experience for her, as she is majoring in secretarial science. She added she is look ing forward to being able to “put my skills to work.” Thorp, 20, said he is pleased with getting the “opportunity to help people and deal with the public on a general basis.” Also a second-year student at the College, Thorp, a physics major, said his interest in politics led him to get in volved in ASG. Palacios, who previously served on the ASG as a senator and campaigned for the office of vice president during the ASG elections, said it was im portant for him to continue to be involved in student govern ment. “I feel pretty good about being selected activities direc tor,” he said. A freshman at the College, Palacios, 19, is majoring in mathematics. One of his goals as activities diretor will be to plan more activities for the community.