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THE PRINT Clackamas Community College , Oregon City, OR 97045 December 10, 1986 World peace beckons Darla Durisch Contributing Reporter Today she is in charge of the library, but tomorrow head librarian and peace activist Margaret Dresbach may be helping the world. Dresbach retires from her college job Dec. 31. Dresbach first came to the col lege back in 1968 and was hired as “Head of Technical Processes.” At that time the several years ago when the library recieved a grant to pay for lecture series on Soviet life. The series was designed to present a picture of the lifestyles behind the iron curtain. After hearing the lectures Dresbach became intrigued with Russia. She then went over to Russia on a study tour. She commented, “I find work ing in the peace movement both frustrating and gratifying because of the apathy we encounter Clackamas held its own Chnstmas Bazaar in the Community Center. Revised VA workstudy- Spanish Club lelps non-Vietnam vets taine pointed out the necessity sends gifts by Scott Wyland for revitalizing this dying horse: A revision in the veterans’ “The full-time work force (for to Costa Rica workstudy program can help VA) is getting cut back faster mr Writer spare more veterans the necessi than the work load is. “All VA facilities depend on by Darla Durisch ty of choosing between going to workstudy students to take up Contributing Reporter school and eating. .This revision, which came in the slack and do the work that “Making A Child Happy” is to effect less than two weeks full-time employees don’t have the theme of a project headed by ago, allows veterans enrolled time to do”. This suggests that vets Spanish instructor Cariota Holley under the Veteran’s Education distance Program (VEAP) to wouldn’t be doing useless, in and the college Spanish Club. The members of the Spanish take advantage of the Veteran’s vented work, but would be per «ministration (VA) facilities forming important tasks while Club, along with Holley , their advisor, have prepared a box of gaining useful experience. for work study. Previously, only Vietnam era “It (VA workstudy) gives toys for Christmas to send to a vêts under the old GI bill were them an opportunity for work day care center in rural Costa ■emible for VA workstudy. experience they wouldn’t other Rica which is in Central America. Although the box of toys is But as the Vietnam era slip- wise have. Also, it’s more flexi «1 further and further into the ble than Burger King.” com small- some jacks, marbles, crayons, and dolls among other past, the pool of vets eligible for mented Fontaine. “And besides,” she added things- the expression of human the old program was, as Pat ¡Fontaine, VA representative jokingly,“most of us are kindness is great. Each toy con noted, “...shrinking each wonderful people to work for.” tains a hand-written personalized The workstudy tasks include message saying, “With Love, year.” The result was not only a reception work, intake process Clackamas Community College. diminished workstudy force, ing of forms, data input, inter Entre Amigos.” “Many of these children have but a pool of skilled VEAP viewing and peer counseling to never been given a toy in their students being wasted.“Here we name some. If you are a vet under VEAP lives and may never receive one were screaming for help, and we had to turn away quality VEAP and would like more informa again,” commented Holley. tion about VA workstudy, con The one aspect that delights students.” Aside from being an obvious tact Pat Fontaine at the campus Holley the most is the participa tion in the project by people out benefit to the newer vets, Fon- VA office. side the club. Two students, from the night class Holley teaches at Portland Community College, offered to personally take the gifts to the day care center in Costa Rica. Holley commented, “The two students were so excited about Costa Rica after seeing films and video taped I showed in class that they wanted to visit. I told them about the club’s project and they offered to take it to the day care center personally.” The last two years the Spanish Club has sent Christmas gifts to Costa Rica.This is just part of the three projects the club does every year. Another project includes developing a fund to help a finan cially needy student enrolled in Dean Edwards talks to one of the Environmental Learning Spanish class with a scholarship Center’s red tailed hawks during one Sunday’s Birds of to attend the college. The Club Prey show. See story, page 4. also helps a student from the col lege enter a student exchange pro gram to study abroad. centimeters Colors by Muriseli Color Services Lab Margaret library operated in a trailer with a staff of two. It has come a long way since that time, according to Dresbach. Now the library facili ty is completely automated except for the circulation department. When not shelving books Dres- enbach is practicing modem dance which is her big love. She originally wanted to go into dance education. Her interest was partially carried through; she taught modem dance at the col lege, until the present instructor Jan Richenbaugh was hired. Other dance interests include ballroom and round dancing. Currently, she is involved in the peace and disarmament movement. Dresbach’s interest in the peace movement was fired up Photo by Beth Coffey Dresbach amongst people- our friends, neighbors and associates. In church, at work or anywhere in general we find it difficult to get people involved.” Through her twenty years, some memorable events have happened. One example is the Friday night when a student somehow got himself locked in the library’s; conference room after the staff had gone home. The student managed to break the door’s lock - meanwhile set ting off an alarm. Retirement will open a new life of traveling for Dresbach. She hopes to travel to Alaska as well as Latin America. Her Latin American trip is in connection with the peace movement.
