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ARTS Holley joins exchange program By Amy LaBare Of The Print. Cariota Holley, Spanish in structor at Clackamas Com munity College, is traveling to Costa Rica this summer to teach at the Instituto Americano de Lenguaje y Cultura in San Jose. At the private institute Holley will teach English and possibly humanities, history or literature. Holley was offered the chance to teach in Costa Rica through a man she met work ing with the Partners of the Americas, an exchange pro gram which is involved with setting up sister states and countries between the United States and Central America. Holley has worked to set up a program for exchange students from the U.S. and Costa Rica. It was suggested to her that teachers also ex change, and she will be the ex change teacher this summer. Holley is also working with the Partners to set up an ex change library between Costa Rica and Oregon. This library will be in the College’s library and will contain information on community education, health and agriculture. Holley is “really excited” about teaching in Costa Rica. She said she has no family there, but she does have “friends that are like family” that she will visit. “7 need to go back to relearn what I am all about. ” While in Costa Rica Holley will also be working on the ex change library for the Part ners. She said she would be go ing to Costa Rica this summer to work on that project even if she wasn’t going to teach. So her trip will serve a double purpose for her and others in volved. Holley’s husband, James, will also be in Costa Rica this summer working with the Partners educating people through health seminars. Holley said she will be able to see her husband at times this summer, which said makes her happy. She explained that if they were both there with the Partners, they would not be able to see each other because they would be traveling in dif ferent places. Two years ago Holley taught in Spain for the sum mer as a Spanish instructor through a cross-cultural studies program. She said she was asked to go back to Spain this summer, but told them she would have to “take a rain check.” Holley said that traveling to other countries is fun, but stressed that going to a Latin American country was more than fun. “It gives me an in jection of what I am. I’ve been away from my own country for so long, I need to go back to relearn what I am all about. I never lose my identity, but it is easy to lose my culture. I come back with enthusiasm and ready to teach.” Spanish instructor, Cariota Holley will spend the summer teaching in Costa Rica. She will participate in a newly facilitated teacher exchange between countries. Photo by Joel Miller Costa Rican library exchange held up By Amy LaBare Of The Print The National Association of the Partners of the Alliance, Inc. is currently seeking final approval to begin stocking the Costa Rica exchange library at Clackamas Community Col lege. College Spanish Instructor Cariota Holley is a member of the association, also known as Partners of the Americas, and is the head of the library ex change program at the Col lege. The program began last summer when Holley traveled to Costa Rica to collect films and books for the library and This summer Holley is traveling to Costa Rica again to teach at the Instituto Americano de Lenguaje y Cultura in San Jose. While there she will continue to work on the library in hopes that ap proval will come soon. The exchange library will be located in the College’s library ,and materials will be available to check out the same way regular library materials are handled. Holley stressed the greatest help anyone can offer to the program is to use the available resources and to contact her if they have any information or contributions at extension 392. to work with the head of the exchange program there. While in Costa Rica, Holley did gather some documents and view some films, but the physical form of the library re mains unsettled. Holley said the reason for the delay is “red tape.” The final draft of the plan is in the process of being approved by the state office of the Partners, Holley said. Then it must go on to the na tional office in Washington, D.C. to gain approval. Holley is disappointed and frustrated with the delay but is confident the plan will be ap proved. Special interests fill final week ----- The ancient Japanese art of “Raku” pottery firing will be demonstrated by Clackamas Community College art students Wednesday, June 5 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Community Center. Benefit auction sponsored by Friends of Clackamas Community The fast-firing technique is College last Friday in the Community Center, featured such used to create the delicate cups silent bid items as a 14-foot Glastron fiberglass boat. used in their tea ceremonies. A Photo by Joel Miller kiln heated to 1,800 degrees Page 4 Fahrenheit will be used for the demonstration. Extra pots will be available for people who would like to glaze and fire some pottery work. Student works will also be on sale. For more information, call 657-8400, ext. 386. A country, folk, and bluegrass music concert per formed by Clackamas Com munity College students will be performed in the Com munity Center Mall June 8 from 7 to 9 p.m. Tickets will be $1 for adults, 50 cents for students and seniors free with a gold card. Refreshments will be provided. For more infor mation, call 657-8400, ext. 434. Clackamas Community College
