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Market crash affects levy
by E.A. Berg
Staff Writer
Oregonian Si ’ skepticism regar
ding property tax increases and a
low voter turnout are two of the
reasons most given around cam
pus on the Nov., 3 defeat of the
college operating levy by district
voters.
Only one school property tax
levy passed statewide. Oregon
voters in rural areas, especially
during the depressed economy of
the 1980’s, are reluctant to sup
port property tax increases due to
this state’s reliance on property
taxes for local government
revenue.
Forty-eight percent of
registered district voters returned
a mail-in ballot. “If we’re not in
terjecting 60 percent of the voting
public, we’re in trouble,” said
College Board member Larry
Wright during a College Board
work session Nov. 4.
Board member Rodger Rook
said the levy failed partly due to
last month’s stock market crash
and voters receiving their proper
ty tax statements the same time as
the election.
Rook and fellow board
member Ross Smith said they
received calls from several angry
district residents complaining
about inaccurate information in
college material promoting the
levy. They said the colleges cur
rent property tax rate is $1.34 per
$1000 of assessed value, not $1.25
like some of the material said.
A public survey on why the
levy failed is being conducted by
the college, said Lee Fawcett,
Assistant Dean of Student Ser
vices. This will be used to help the
college prepare the next levy re
quest.
The College Board will most
likely try again by voting to place
a levy request on the March, 1988
ballot. The current levy expires
June 30, 1988.
College President John Keyser
told the Board the College will re
main on the current' budget
calendar despite the levy’s defeat.
ASG goals voiced
by Heleen Veenstra
Editor__________________________________
Student Government recently
adopted four new goals, which
are about improving student in
volvement on the college.
“We want to lower the net
costs of text books to students,”
said Neale Frothingham, ASG
president. Probably a faculty
committee will be formed to
study the book store prices.
The second ASG goal is to in
crease student involvement in the
decision making process of the
college. The way student govern
ment will approach students is to
have their Dec. 3 ASG meeting in
the Fireside Lounge, so many
students are going to be able to
attend.
There also will be a year long
poster campaign and ASG would
like to get a student on the Foun
dation Board to achieve that
same goal.
is to increase the student
emergency loan to pay financial
aid for students who have
emergency needs. Money for the
emergency loan will be collected
from increased parking fines.
Another way to get more
money for financial aid is from
Washington D.C. Over 50 per
cent of the financial aid on cam
pus is federal.
Student Government also
adopted a child care bill which
will become part of the financial
aid program, if the Board of
Education will approve the bill.
“ASG and CCOSAC are ag
gressively seeking for support
from our Boards of Education,”
Frothingham expressed.
\
Child care will be provided to
anyone who gets less than 115
percent by State median income.
It will be federal funding for peo
ple who got involved in the child
care industry.
“ASG and CCOSAC are aggressively seeking sup
port from our Boards of Education. "
Frothingham said he would
like students to be more active in
the decision making process of
matters concerning students. Stu
dent tuition provides 14 percent
of the college’s revenue and
students could have a strong in
fluence on decisions, when being
more active.
To improve communication
between faculty and students is
the third goal, which can be
established through faculty in
volvement in student activities,
and “have students and staff in
teract more outside the class
roortt”
The fourth goal is to increase
financial aid. The way ASG
would like to approach this goal
The child care bill refers not
only to college students, but to
“anyone with children in this
state would be eligible to
apply.”
Child care facilities licensed
by the State of Oregon would
also be able to apply for funds
to increase the salary of. the
workers, to do education to in
crease the abilities of the
workers, and to have an educa
tional program to increase the
learning experience of children.
“This is an area where
students can be involved. This is
their chance,” Frothingham
concluded, pointing out the im
portance of student involve-
m e n t in the decision making.
NEWS
Novambar 18, 1987
Old trailers potential hazard
Gaping hole under Student Health Trailer depicts general disrepair of 20-year-old trailers.
by E.A. Berg
Staff Writer
A gas leak late last month that
left several persons nauseous as
well as leaky roofs and a heating
and ventilation system that, at
best, works sparingly, are only
some of problems with the three
trailers north of Me Loughlin and
Randall Halls, according to Stan
Johnson, Public Safety Chief.
The 20-year-old trailers, which
have been “temporary for 15
years or so,” said Johnson, house
his offices and those of the Stu
dent Health Services and Student
Publications. He said he and the
other college employees that
work in the trailers have
presented a list of needed repairs
to Bill Ryan, Dean of Student
Services.
Johnson said in addition to the
leaky roofs and the heating and
ventilation problems, the floors
sag, the walls are collapsing, the
plumbing and electrical system
needs repair, and the phone
system in the Student Health Ser
vices trailer has broken down.
Other complaints include the
trailers need painting and metal
work done to improve their un
sightliness, plus the need for
carpeting and soundproofing.
Johnson said the trailers have
not received regular maintenance
because they are considered tem
porary. Ryan’s office said until a
new building is built, no plan ex
ists to remove them.
A gas leak in the Student
Health Services trailer was
repaired Oct. 29 after a week of
complaints of dizziness and
nausea from several persons, in
cluding Health Services physician
Rodney Powell. Earlier attempts
to find and fix the leak failed.
CCC students participate...
Great American Smokeout
Some Clackamas Community
College students will be
volunteering to take a test on
Thursday, Nov. 19. .
This “test” won’t establish
their knowledge of American
history, English literature or
basic accounting. It will test
their ability to do without
cigarettes for one 24-hour
period.
The CCC students will be
among the millions of American
smokers participating in the
American Cancer Society’s
Great American Smokeout.
The Society sponsors the
Great American Smokeout each
year on the third Thursday in
November, to encourage
smokers to test their willpower
for just one day. This year
marks the Uth annual
Smokeout celebration. Last
year, almost 24 million smokers
quit or cut down for the day.
The Student Nurses Associa
tion will have a display in the
Community Center Thursday,
Nov. 19 from 11:00-1:00.
“The best news is, this is a
test nobody can fail. Making
any attempt to quit makes you a
Smokeout winner! Anybody
who triés, gets an ‘A’ for
effort.... and if you make it the
whole day, that’s a definite
*A+’,” said Sharon Todd and
Karen Hamilton, campus
Smokeout coordinators. Sharon
added that the Smokeout is in
tended for everyone - students,
faculty, smokers, non-smokers,
and even “smokeless” tobacco
users.
“We hope everyone will par
ticipate,” they said. “If you’re
not a smoker, or you’ve already
quit, you can ‘adopt’ a smoker
and help them get through the
day,” they said.
Adoption papers and survival
kits are available at the Student
Nurses Association display
table.
Start the year right
with a bright smile !
Steven Blakley
1104 Molalla Ave. Oregon City
656-7131
DMD