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CCC auction is successful Gideons crusade on CCC campus by Dean Gray Editor Over $4,200 was raised at the May 1 auction held by the Friends of CCC for the purpose of supplementing the budget election effort. “The money will be used for different things to promote a ‘yes’ vote. For ex ample, depending on election strategy, it may be used to finance a flyer,’’ said Jim Roberts, dean of student ser vices. Approximately $3000 was raised in the oral part of auction and $1200 in the silent. The main article was a 1977 Ford LTD and was obtained by Carol Peterson. The event started off with a Bar-B-Que that consisted of beer sausage, hot dogs, and an assortment of picnic fare. This was followed by a talent show which featured such guests as Dianne Shepard, accompanied on the piano by Gloria Tomlin, David Dickson, the Pauling Four, among others. The oral auction started at 8 a.m. and ran until about 9:45 a.m. The silent auction went from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m. by Heleen Veenstra News Editor Auctionee makes a bid in last Fridays silent auction in the CC Mall. “Our aim is to admit people to Jesus Christ. Wherever we can we try to spread the word of God,” said Lloyd Johnson, who is a gi- deon for the Gideon organiza tion, explaining why the organization was at Clackamas Community College, Wednes day, April 29. The Gideon organization con sists of “businessmen and profes sional people, primarily for men.” Johnson stated that women can join with their hus band but more as an observer. The organization has around 200 members in 136 countries throughout the world. The inter national headquarters are in Nashville, Tennessee. From there members are divided up in camps. The members distribute Bibles in motels, schools, colleges, airplanes, ships, etc. That is one million bibles every 15 days throughout the world. “We don’t force our way anywhere. They allow us to come one day a year,” Johnson said to explain why Gideon was at CCC. All the work the Gideons do is voluntary work. They pay their own expenses and use their own time. Johnson pointed out it takes him four or five hours a week, with a monthly meeting and a prayer meeting every Satur day morning. He said he has been a member for 12 years now. The organization is very disciplined. It’s so successful “because it’s so disciplined. We go by the rules that have been doctrinated through the 85 years.” Gideon has been in existence for about 85 years now. It was started by three traveling salesmen who tried to win people over to the Christian religion. To become a member, people need a “recommendation from a church concerning spirituality. We qualify them as far as their business position is concerned too.” The purpose of the Gideons’ work is to “try to win people to the Lord, that is the Christian religion by personal witness and by the witness of God,” Johnson concluded. President: present and past Neale Frothingham by Bret Hodgert Design Editor What made you want to be president of the Associated Stu dent Government (ASG)? “I didn’t feel that there was anyone running for office that could give the student govern ment the direction it needed. Students needed to be represented on issues that were important to them.” What made you feel that you had the qualities needed? “I’ve got extensive past ex perience in student government. I was involved with it my first year here. Last year, I stayed outside of student government and worked on financial aid, which gave me a completely dif ferent perspective.” What will be your main ob jective with student government next year? “Reprioritizing what student government does. Rather than looking and seeing what we’ve done, we will decide how much emphasis we are going to put on each area.” “We’ll be doing some polling later on to see what the students really want, then providing the services that they ask for.” One of the main drives for your campaign was the financial aid issue. What do you have planned for this? “Whoever I appoint to be my administrative assistant will be given a lot of responsibility for following financial aid legislature in Washington D.C. I will also be working to get COSACC more involved because they are representing all the community colleges in Oregon. “When this session of con gress is over and our con gressmen are home, I will be go ing around and talking to them. I will be, in particularly, be talk ing to Denny Smith because he’s the only congressman in Oregon’s congressional delega tion that is opposed to financial aid.” You’re going to talk to a lot of people, but what is actually going to be done? “By talking with a lot of peo ple, you make it a grass roots issue. By having a lot of students talk to the con gressmen you give them the im pression that this might be a good campaign issue. “There will be a survey going, out in May to find out what students are actually spending on housing, schooling, etc. We will use this information to document our case for financial aid.” Also in your campaign, you mentioned lowering bookstore prices. How are you going to do this? “I’ve had a lot of students and faculty come up to me and say ‘Yes, I agree, bookstore prices are too high.’ The next thing to do will be to further document the case and then go to the presi dent’s counsel and say we would like to see the bookstore’s books and find out where the money is going.” “One thing other colleges have done is to make their bookstores continued p.3 for the same purpose and goals.” What are the things that you by Heleen Veenstra want your administration to be News Editor remembered for? What was your main objec “Just for representing the tive? students in small areas. I think “The main objective probably our student government didn’t is being student body president. really come across large and Also to represent the students’ humongous problems. But when needs and to be a liaison between the students did come to us to faculty and administration and voice their complaints I think we for that, if a student had a com represented them.” Are there some things you wish plaint that they could come to student government and would had never happened? be well represented.” “I wish for sure that the tur What was the most important nover rate wasn’t so high.” With the high turnover rate do thing you got out of being stu dent body president? you feel that it is a reflection of a “I learned a lot about how lack of leadership? “The only reasons why the tur people interact and the process it takes to get things done and that nover rate was high, was because you really can make a difference of grades.” as a student body president.” Why do you think students Were the connections always might be apathetic on what ASG good? is? “There is always going to be “Each group of students that people that are more difficult to comes here is different from year work with because they come to year. Just like a group of peo from different backgrounds. ple, I think a student government They don’t value the same things does represent the needs of the you do and the biggest challenge is to get all those people working continued p.3 Pattie Groombridge