Basketful a handful
by Caree Hussey
Feature Editor
Jill Stensby has no free time. In
addition to working four days a
week as an oral surgeon’s assis­
tant and attending classes, she
has started her own business.
Stensby creates baskets. There
are baskets for holidays such as
Valentine’s Day, Christmas,
Thanksgiving, etc., as well as
baskets for special occasions such
as birthdays, housewarmings,
and new mothers. This
Valentine’s Day will be Stensby’s
first holiday in business. The
business is appropriately called
“A Basketful.”
Stensby said she got the idea
from “Entrepreneur” magazine.
She sent away for the manuals
offered. Stensby also enrolled in
the Greenhouse program, which
is a program offered for people
who will be starting a new
business sometime in the next
year or who have been in business
for six months. “The class is
wonderful,” exclaimed Stensby.
“A Basketful” is run out of
Stensby’s home. She does have
help with the phones, but she
spends all of her free time making
baskets. She also offers a per­
sonal shopping service where
people who are too busy to go
out and buy gifts can give her an
idea and some money and she
will go out and buy the gift or if a
gift is already picked out, she will
go and pick it up. “I love to
shop,” stated Stensby.
Stensby’s baskets start at $25
and can be shipped anywhere.
She also offers gift mugs filled
with goodies for any occasion
that start at $5.
photo by Roger Hancock
Jill Stensby displays some of her creations from her
business “A Basketful.” Stensby creates gift baskets and
mugs for any occasion and also runs a personal shopping
service.
If you don’t wish to buy a
ready-made basket, Stensby can
make up an original one for you.
If you are interested in buying a
basket or mug or making use of
the personal gift shopping ser­
vice, call 829-5400 (Molalla) or
228-5217 (Portland).
photo by Roger Hancock
Dr. Ronald Powell is one of the medical personnel who
serves students in the health trailer. The student health ser­
vice is open Monday through Friday 9 to 3.
health
Have you ever worried about
your health? Your questions
can be answered by the medical
staff at the Student Health Ser­
vice in Trailer A.
Erna Lewis is an ANP (Adult
Nurse Practitioner). She has
been a Nursing faculty member
here at CCC for 11 years. She
says that she mostly sees
students and some faculty who
have health concerns. “The
most common things that I see
are flu .and cold symptoms and
sports injuries,” Lewis com­
mented. Last term, Lewis!
estimated that 500 students were
seen by the medical staff. “Nur­
sing is a helping profession, and
I like that role,” said Lewis. Er­
na Lewis is at the Student
Health Service on Tuesdays
from noon to 2 p.m.
Pat Krumm is also an ANP.
She is the Nursing department’s
chairperson. Krumm has been
at CCC since 1973. Krumm has
kept busy by being on the board
of directors of the Oregon
Nurses Association for the past
four years. She also donates one
evening per week at the
Clackamas County Health
Clinic. Pat Krumm is in the Stu­
dent Health Trailer on
Wednesdays from noon to 2
p.m.
Dr. Ronald Powell is a fami­
ly practitioner who has been
here for the past nine years. He
also has a private practice in
West Linn. Dr. Powell is not
only a doctor, he is also an ac­
complished artist. “I’m in
galleries all over the country,”
he stated. Dr. Ronald Powell is
in the Student Health Trailer on
Thursdays from noon to 2 p.m.
Mary Fitzgerald is an Alcohol
Treatment Specialist for
Clackamas County Mental
Health Department. She does
free drug and alcohol counsel­
ing and evaluations. Mary Fit­
zgerald is in the Student Health
Trailer on Tuesdays from 9
a.m. to 11 a.m. (by appoint­
ment only). -
The Student Health. Service is
open Monday through Friday 9
a.m. to 3 p.m.
What’s your sign? Peace
by Michelle Walch
Staff Writer ■
BOOK STORE
■
“It’s a sign ’o’ the times,” as
Prince would say. What sign
should we be looking for? Cur­
rently, it is the peace symbol.
That little emblem has an in­
teresting history and much
meaning as most mall hoppers
and merchants might not know.
The peace symbol originated in
England in the 195O’s for a
nuclear disarmament campaign
headed by Ian McCall, Bur-
trand Russell, and Peggy Segar
(her brother Pete recorded a
brilliant folktune called “Little
Boxes”). Later on, the Commit­
tee for Non-Violent Activism
adopted it for their symbol.
The symbol itself is
semaphore for an “N” and a
“D,” hence, “nuclear disarma­
ment.” The “N” is superimpos­
ed over the “D.” Another way
to look at the peace symbol is as
the Runic symbol of life, i.e.,
with the symbol inverted, it ap­
pears to have extended arms. I
asked a colleague of mine what
he thought it looked like, “It
.
,
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A Deace symbol •
looks like the arms of love
opening up to all.”
So, there. When you buy a
peace symbol earring or
necklace or draw one or see one,
think about what it means. It is
not just the popular, cute sym­
bol you see in Nordies that some
designer knew would capture
the fashion conscience buyer’s
eye. It is more than that. It
stands for peace and love. And
UVEIT.