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Clackamas Community College
News briefs
Job to be filled
College officials have expressed concern over the college entrance on Beavercreek Road.
Safety a concern at intersection
by Michelle K. Taylor
Staff Writer
With the opening of the
Oregon City bypass the amount
of traffic through the Beaver
creek Road exit at CCC has in
creased dramaticly. Because of
this increase the safety personal■
at CCC are expressing some
concern.
Bill Ryan, dean of college ser
vices and planning, is currently
working on getting a federal
road grant for the college to im
prove the roads on that intersec
tion.
“Accidents have only taken
place during times that college is
in session,” says Stan Johnson,
Chief of Public Safety here at
CCC. He also commented that
the “Majority of accidents seem
to involve rear end collisions
and inattention of drivers.
Johnson seems to feel that ex
panding the road and putting in
a left turn lane along with an
amber warning light would im
prove the situation.
Levy election strategy...
Back to the grass roots
by Heleen Veenstra
Editor
“Basically the strategy for
running the election is really
been transferred from a college
based effort to just get the in
formation out, to a real grass
roots effort to support thé col
lege and it is very gratifying for
me to see that,” expressed
David Dickson, Assistant to the
President, about the campaign
strategies of the eight Friends
Groups in this district, for the
March 22 levy election.
The way the campaigns are
coming along is from “fairly
good to outstanding, and I’d
say we’ve at least six of the eight
communities that are absolutely
on top of it, and they are doing
a tremendous job.”
President Keyser said that the
reason he thinks the Friends
Groups strategy works so well is
“because they are so close to the
uniqueness of each community.
They’re certainly in the position
to divide strategies that will
work better.
“It’s interesting because
although staff here at the col
lege have a very strong personal
stake in the election, I think we
are a little shy about going out
and asking for the community
support, because there is a
direct benefit. The community
people have taken what we
thought was possible and kicked
it up about three notches, in
terms of the amount they want
to raise for the election, in terms
of the things they are willing to
do,” Dickson stated.
Some of the projects the
Friends Groups are working on
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is lawn signs, mailings, presen
ting information at grocery
stores, and forums. “A lot of
traditional campaign efforts
reaches the already informed.
But people who go to the
grocery store on Saturdays are
as likely to be non voters or
uninformed voters as informed
and that is a good way to reach
a general cross section of the
population,” Dickson said
about the grocery store strategy.
The purpose of the forums is
to invite the community to ask
questions and raise concerns to
the local Friends Group and
Keyser. “It’s our attempt to
both give them the facts and
also listen to the community’s
perspective and any concerns
they might have,” stated
Dickson.
The approach of the Friends
Groups to the community is very
personal and works so well, ac
cording to Dickson, because,
“people tend to listen to what
their neighbors say, or their
friends say, much more than they
would tend to listen to an adver
tisement or something that was
more slickly produced. I think
part of any election campaign is
not a one way communication,
but a two way.”
Passing an election with a tax
increase is hard but “I think we’ll
win. I think we are going to have
to work hard to win and it will be
very close,“ Keyser pointed out.
The key according to Dickson
is to turn the uninformed voters
around and “then I still think it is
going to be close. But I’m op
timistic because I think we do
have a very grass roots campaign
set up and I think that we can
turn it around and win this one.”
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Marcia Coker, depart
ment
chairperson,
Employee and Management
Development, will be
recommended to the Col
lege Board as the new Assis
tant Dean of Off Campus
Instruction, according to
Lyle Reese, dean of instruc
tion.
If approved, she will
replace Bob Ellis, who left
the assistant dean position
to become Director of the
Business Center of
Clackamas County.
Tuition rise
Starting this summer term,
students taking over 19 credit
hours will be paying $23 per
extra credit.
Alternatives, according to
Bill Symes, Public Informa
tion Supervisor, were to raise
the tax levy or to cut pro
grams. Symes noted that
Qackamas taxpayers already
pay 55 percent of the com
munity college’s tuition as
opposed to the states average
of 48 percent. Symes said
that expected revenue will be
$2,283,735.
Currently, extra tuition is
charged to students taking
more than 21 credits. There
is approximately 250 sudents
this term with more than 19
credit hours.
NCC month
February has been
designated as National Com
munity College Month, and
this years theme is “Com
munity Colleges: Where
America Goes to College.”
The community college
share of total undergraduate
students nationality has in
creased steadily for the past
10 years, according to the
American Association of
Community and Junior Col
leges. Enrollment in com
munity, junior, and technical
colleges represent 41 percent
of all undergraduates in the
United States and junior col
leges are the choice for 55
percent of first-time
freshman.
More than 21,600 students
took classes at Clackamas
Community College in
1986-87, ranging from six to
98 years of age.
Breakfast set
“Women and Career
Transition- Making Change
Positive” is the title of a
Feb, 10 breakfast in the
Snail Dining Room,
Marilynne
Keyser,
Oregon deputy secretary of
state, will l?e the speaker.
Pre-register by calling ext.
204. The cost is $4.50.
PTK: new club
Phi Theta Kappa, the
honor fraternity, is going
through an organizational
phase here on campus, ac
cording to its newly elected
president, Clackamas Com
munity College student Jim
Evans.
According to Evans, ap
proximately 70 students
have been attending the re
cent meetings. The fraterni
ty is in the process of being
recognized as an official
campus club as well, he
said.
Students earning a 3.5
GPA or above are eligible
to join. Interested students
should contact Chemistry
instructor Dave Arter.
Art exhibit
Portland painter Paul
Missal and ceramist Sandra
Green will display their art
in the Pauling Gallery Feb.
3-26.
The exhibit opening will
be Feb. 3 from 7-9 p.m. A
workshop will be held Feb.
3 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Call
ext. 386 for more informa
tion.
Urban renewal...
Plan propses changes
by Lisa Graham
Staff Writer________________ .________
A
sky-bridge
over
McLoughlin is among the urban
renewal changes Milwaukie
residents will be voting on
March 22. The Milwaukie ur
ban renewal plan proposes
changes concerning the repair
of streets, sewer lines, water
lines and the relocation of the
Milwaukie boat launch.
The plan was adopted by the
Milwaukie city council, in
November of 1987. A petition
from residents demanded that
the issue be voted on.. If
adopted, the urban renewal
plan will take .place,, over. the
next 19 years and will carry a
price tag of $12 million .
Also included in the plans is
better access and a gate to con
trol access to Elk Rock Island.
This is an uninhabited island in
the middle of the Willamette
River by the Oak Grove area.
The purchase and consolida
tion of 13 different properties
along the river front is also be
ing considered. According to
Bill Adams, the Community
Developer, the area is being
discussed for the development
of a small motel, restaurant, or
office. A public open-space and
a walkway long the river front
are also being considered.