Miller volunteers teaching abilities
by Caree Hussey
Feature Editor
Kermit Miller, 82, is a
volunteer Latin instructor here
at Clackamas Community Col
lege. Volunteer, meaning he
doesn’t get paid. This is his
fourth year of teaching at CCC.
“This is just fun for me, I don’t
want any money, I like people,”
Miller commented.
When asked how long he’d
CALENDAR
Feb. 3 through 26 - Painter
Paul Missal and ceramist San
dra Green will display their art
at the Pauling Gallery. Exhibit
opening is Feb. 3 from 7-9 p.m.
A workshop will be held Feb. 3
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Art
Center. Free. Call ext. 386 for
more information
human as the rest of us. A few
weeks ago, there was a big wind
storm that blew over a tree on
Miller’s property. After calling
to make sure he could burn it,
Miller set to work. “I was so
busy that I completely forgot1
about class,” Miller laughed,
“but the students stayed and
worked from two to four (the
class lasts from two to five)
working by themselves. Or
dinarily, I don’t,skip.”
Feb. 10 - Red Cross blood i
drive, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., in the
Community Center. Donors
may drop in or make an ap
pointment in advance. Blood
will be used locally. Call ext.
247 for information.
Feb.10 - ’80’s Issues
Breakfast: Women and Career
Transition, 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m.,
Speaker: Marilynne | Ktyser.
“I get down on my knees at church and I ask them
their names and I tell them my name is Kermit and
that Kermit the Frog is my uncle. ”
been teaching, Miller replied,
“All my life!” He was an in
structor in Wisconsin for about
25 years, then he taught in
Portland for 27 years. When he
retired, he and his wife made a
trip to Ivory Coast, Africa
where Miller taught high school
English and sophomore Bible
for three years in a missionary
children’s school.
Miller said that people make
a lot of fuss over him, but he
emphasized that he’s just as
Miller is also very involved in
his church. “I love the Lord,”
he stated, “I do a lot of church
work.” Miller said that he en
joys talking to the children at
church. “I get down on my
knees at church and I ask them
their names and I tell them that
my name is Kermit and that
Kermit the Frog is my uncle,”
he chuckled.
Miller said that he enjoys is
students because “they make
my brains work!”
Photo by Julio Church
Kermit Miller shares his 59 years of teaching experience
with CCC Latin students. Miller is also very active in his
church.
Art works in library’s future
by Beth Coffey
Photo Editor
Any persons having recently
visited the library have un
doubtedly experienced a shared
sense of displacement amidst the
newly rearranged surroundings.
Over winter break the library
was entirely recarpeted, and as
head librarian, Valerie McQuaid
explains, “everything had to be
taken out anyway.” A perfect
opportunity to reorganize.
The intention was to give the
library a more spacious, up to
date appearance.
Spacious, yes. However, rear
ranging the library sections has
heft an abundance of empty wall
[space, most apparant near the en
trance.
I John Hooley, assistant dean
|for Humanities and Social
'Sciences, brought this to atten-
‘,tion and suggested the possibility
¡of incorporating a mural or
graphic design onto the concrete
pillars and the stretch of bare wall
that greets each person as he or
she enters.
After discussing several op
tions, Graphic Artist Kevin
Forney accepted the project as an
optional assignment for his com-
merdal art class. “This sort of
grew out of them wanting some
new signage in the library,” ex-
plains Forney. Really, it’s “not
very inviting” being “confronted
with a cement wall.” Forney has
introduced the project to his
commercial art class, but explains
he has left it “open ended, so
students can approach it anyway'
they want to.”
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Forney has requested each in
dividual to bring his or her own
artistic interpretation1 to class.
Wednesday, Feb. 3. During this
class the ideas will be displayed
and the class will “decide as a
group how many we want to
share with the library,” says
Forney, they’ll “just wait for
them to decide.”
Forney explains that once the
•'library has chosen the design they
prefer, “everybody will work
1 together as quickly as possible”
to have the project “completed
over the course of this term.”
Keeping in mind the northern
|
lend
of McLoughlin is only
temporary location for the
library, the art must be portable.
Forney has chosen to use “foam
core board” a light weight,
smooth surfaced material, and
velcro. Thus the students can
work in the art center without
any inconvenience to themselves
or the library staff and users.
When finished the art can be
transported and then stuck
to the wall using velcro runners.
We can “just slap it right up
there,” describes Forney.
Served
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Feb. 10 - The CCC Jazz
Ensemble will perform at 7:30
p.m. in the Community Center
, Mall, $2 for adults, $1 for
students, and seniors are free
wth a Gold Card. Call ext. 434
for information.
Feb 10 - Naval Aviation
Cadet Program presentation,
3p.m., B-112, open to all
students.
‘Breakfast Club’ produced
by theatre students
by Michelle Walch
Staff Writer
“Because it’s a popular film,
we are trying to break the
stereotyped characters,” express
ed Michelle Hagen, student direc-
, tor for a scene from ‘The
Breakfast Club’ in the Individual
; Studies in Theatre class.
i “I got the script two years
} ago,” according to Hagen, “so I
rounded up a bunch of people.
It’s worked out really well.”
<• The cast—Melissa Olmsted
plays Allison, the basket case;
Marcy Andersen as Clair, the rich
girl; Brian Egan as Brian, the
brain; Mike Nealson as John, the
criminal; and Garrett Lytle, as
Andrew, the jock—at first had to
“break the fear of being com
pared,” said Andersen. “When
people walk in, they are going to
expect Ali Sheedy, Molly
Ringwald and Judd Nelson. But
it’s not going to end up that
way.”
Taking a popular screenplay
has been somewhat of a challenge
for the cast, but with the cast’s
belief in themselves, success in
the imminent performance looks
assuring, as Olmsted said, “It’s
gotten easier just talking about
the characters and looking at
ourselves is deeper than looking
at the clothes they wear.”
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