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About The print. (Oregon City, Oregon) 1977-1989 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 15, 1986)
Opinion ‘Construction’ means migraine by Lyn Timpson Photo Editor In July of 1982, the Oregon Highway Division began work on the Oregon City Bypass. Ibis new route would extend 4.1 miles from Caufield and Glenn Oaks Roads to 1-205, For mainy students, this means ten minutes more sleep. The .original schedule predicted completion of the bypass sometime in 1985. Five con- tracts, 27 million dollars and four years later, the hopeful date is now early this Coming November. .There are .two words" j U&ranteed to cause even> the most hard-core automobile drivers to squirm: road con struction... When a person sees the sign ‘‘Road Construction Ahead,” new routes to the desired destination begin spr inging to mind. The only thing worse than road construction Then the actual construction itself, is when it goes on for long periods of time. Four years is a begins, complete with giant day glow orange signs and inattentive iong time. It all starts with the survey traffic control personnel who crew out with their tripods, scop- don’t know exactly what they ing out land for future construe- \ .want you to do and/or can’t ef- tion. It’s truly amazing how two i fectively convey the idea if they Then, there’s the faulty men and a tripod can take up so do. much space and cause such a equipment which frequently visual distraction for drivers. seems bent on stalling in dead center of a road and the condi tions that will age the average vehicle a year for every pass over the area. Just think: how often has the front end of your car needed to be realigned in the past four years? For college students and per sonnel, there has been no alter native but to face these problems Dry dock now college service by Dean Grey Editor .. As. a new year dawns, the col lege has added many new facets to its services to the community.' Some of these services have been used only by a select few, because the knowledge of them has been kept hushed. I am on ly now learning of them, and wish to clue you on one in par ticular. This service has been dedicated to fishermen and sports' cruisers alike, for an unlimited amount of time the college has allowed boat park Page 2 ing in the Journalism area. However, the knowledge of this aquatic endevor has been limited to just one soul. And we, well at least I, feel that it should be made known to the rest of the faculty and students. As a Journalism student I am directly affected by the lack of car parking space but feel this is an important service. To show my support I encourage all the people who attend this college that own boats to take advan tage of this sport unity and park your boat here. The space isn’t limited to the Journalism space although that is favored. I suggest a good spot down at Barlow. By, bring ing your boat you will show your school spirit and will ingness to participate in and use the services the school provides. Once again I tell you, bring all you seafaring (or river, lake, or pond) vessels and help make this a successful school. For those with airplanes, helicopters, jet fighters and the like, next year they will open an airstrip in back of*McLoughlin. on a daily basis, as construction has been ongoing near both exits. Waiting in a long line of cars to get out, they hit the traffic, out side the college, caused by the construction. As if being harass ed by the impatient, horn-happy ding-dong behind them weren’t enough! Another aggravation is know ing that if things were managed differently the torture would end sooner. Having a couple of crews take shifts working sunup to sun down, projects would get done sooner. Being that jobs are hard to come by, these crews could easily have been found, Realizing that the taxpayers money funds these projects adds to the headache of road construc tion. Design and survey of the Oregon City Bypass alone cost 1.4 million dollars. To acquire the right of way from private landholders and the the college to build the bypass cost 6.2 million dollars. Actual construction costs ran 19.4 million dollars for a total budget, of 27 million dollars. For that kind of money, surely the Highway Division could have hired people and equipment to do the job more efficiently and. in less time. If nothing else they can find a way to make road con struction, easier on drivers. After all, the drivers are the ones pay ing for it, one way. or another. END The Print The Print aims to be a fair and impartial newspaper covering the col-. lege community. Opinions exprèsséd in The Print do pot necessarily reflect those of,the college administration, faculty, Associated Student Government or other members of The print staff. Articles and infor mation published in The Print can be reprinted only with permission from the Student Publications Office. The Print is a weekly publica tion distributed each Weds, except for Finals Week'. Clackamas Com- munity College, 19600 S. Molalla Ave., Oregon City, Oregon 97045. Office: Trailer B. Telephone: 657-8400, ext. 309. y. Editor-In-Chief: Dean Grey. Entertainment Editor: Thad Kreisher .Sports Editor: Christopher Curran Copy Editor: Bret Hodgert Design Editor: Melody Wiltrout Darkroom Tech: Juan Callahan, Amy Clifford, Jeff Schoessler Advertising Manager: Jim Brown ■ : Advertising Sales: Michelle Miller,,Stephani Veff Office Manager: Stephani Veff Staff Reporters: Marie Stoppelmoor, Alberta Roper . Typesetter: Crystal Penner : Advisor: . Linda Vogt Clackamas Community College
