There are three candidates up for the college Board
position left vacant when William Gregory passed
away last fall. Meet them and read their views on page
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Both men ’s and women’s basketball teams are going to
regionals and the wrestling team will be represented at
the national meet in Chicago. Look for the SPORTS
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THE PRINT
Vol. XXI, No. 15
February 24,1988
Clackamas Community College
Levy campaign
in full swing
by Heleen Veenstra
Editor
The college had the first of
eight community forums last
night to answer questions about
the March levy election.
“It’s an informational presen­
tation that the college puts on in
order to inform the communities
about the levy and about the col­
lege,” said Bill Symes, director of
Marketing and Publications.
The community forums will be
held on different days in different
districts. College President John
Keyser will be at each meeting
and the Board of Education
Representative for that district
will also attend the forum.
“John (Keyser) will put on a
short presentation that explains
what the college is seeking and
how much it will cost. He’ll have
some relevant facts about the ser­
vice that the college is providing
in each of the communities, so
the people can get some ideas of
what they get from the college for
the money they spent,” Symes
expressed.
Keyser will also present com-
paritive figures to show how
CCC’s cost of operation com­
pares to other community col­
leges and other government ser­
vices.
Clackamas Community Col­
lege is seeking for a rate-based
levy of $1.32 per $1,000 of assess­
ed property value. The rate will
remain the same for two years.
“Assessed value in Clackamas
County went up about two per­
cent for the last four years.
Assessed values in our county are
not going up as fast as inflation.
This is one of the key factors in
the rate increase. Even though
costs are going up in a certain
growth rate, revenue is not going
up as fast,” Symes said.
In order to inform the com­
munity about the forums, letters
to 65,000 voters were mailed, ads
have run in local papers, and the
local Friends Groups have done
phone calling.
“How many people will ac­
tually want to go out on a week
night and atttend a meeting about
the college. Realistically I don’t
think there will be more than 20
or 30 people at any of these. That
is typical for this kind of a
meeting,” Symes explained.
March 6, a televised forum will
be held, which 60 people are in­
16900 S. Molalla Ave.
Oregon City, Oregon 97045
Hollywood comes to O.C.
vited. It will be a Town Hall type
of forum and Larry McIntyre,
former mayor of West Linn and
talk show host at Cable Access,
will be the moderator.
“The idea was to have a Town
Hall type forum that could ad­
dress this issue the same way that
Jack Faust addresses the issues he
talks about on Town Hall.
Hopefully, some people who are
interested in that kind of program
would tune in to our program.”
The forum will be broadcasted
Sunday, March 6 from 5-6 p.m.,
cm the following channels. Chan­
nel 32 for Oregon City,
Gladstone,
West
Linn,
Clackamas. Canby will get it on
channel 3, and Milwaukie will
receive the broadcast on channel
57. Estacada, Wilsonville and
Molalla will not get it live, but
probably will get it on cable later.
Symes said that many different
groups in the community are in­
photo by Julie Church
vited to get a wide range of
A Palamino team pulls the Alpenrose Dairy wagon around a comer at Olson’s Drug Store
response. “I expect it will be a
on Molalla Avenue in Oregon City during recent filming of Whoopie Goldberg’s latest
more illuminating forum just
movie.
because of the people that will be
there to explain a different angle
of how a college works in the
community.
“There is going to be a phone
back-up to the studio so that
“The chair in a department, continued. “This is the second
viewers can call in their questions
by Michelle Walch
such as Jim Streeter in math and year we’ve had the recognition
to John or to anybody in the Staff Writer
computers, will work with the ¡ceremony to give awards to first
audio, which I think is a very nice
Clackamas County high school high schools to find what levels
second, and third place winners
feature. It creates a tele­
students
will
compete the testing should be at,” said (the latter two receive medals).”
conference where people can in­
academically and vocationally in Mindy
A slide show will be presented to
Brown,
Skills
teract with the studio audience,”
the 10th Annual Regional Skills Coordinator. “We also look at show friends and family what
Symes expressed.
Contest on campus March 3.
went on during the contest. The
contests outside the state to get
“One reason for the televised
Students will compete in areas information on how to formulate dinner will be held in Randall
forum is to make it more conve­
such as welding, business, and testing.”
There
are
Gym. “We try to stress that
nient for people who are not in­
math. Some areas like journalism approximately 16 division
everyone that comes here is a
clined to leave their homes to go
and foreign language have contests. Last year 700 to 800
winner because they went
to a mid-week evening meeting.
expanded. There are individual participated, and this year about
through testing at their schools in
The idea is to make the informa­
and group events. In some 1000 are expected.
order to compete here. It’ a real
tion available to as many of the
events, the student will do the
“Every first place individual
high caliber group,” Brown said.
voters as possible we realy want
project off campus and bring it winner will receive a one term
to get the word out.”
here on March 3 to be judged.
scholarship to CCC,” Brown
Symes pointed out that he
would like everybody to attend.
“I know that students, just like
everybody else, have better things
to do at night. I think it would be
The workshop viewed the ed, such as the draft of
Sherri Mirtierh
valuable for them, as well as I
policies for AIDS as a Serious In­ Washington State University’s,
Co-News Editor
think that their participation
Portland Community College’s
fectious Policy which included
would be very valuable to the col­
Clackamas is to have an AIDS Hepatitis, Tuberculosis, HIV,
working draft, and possibly
lege. So anybody who can make
policy drafted by spring quarter, and HTLV-III. The college
Beaverton School District’s, for
it, we would certainly like to see
according to Debbie Baker, stu­ policy is also going to be written ideas that will help implement
them out there. We would be ex­
dent activities director.
as a Serious Infectious Policy.
Clackamas’ policy.
tremely interested in seeing
Both Baker and Rusty Painter
The preparation for writing
“The probable basis for the
students become more involved
this policy has included attending policy will be the current State of
of personal are working on the
in the election. I think it’s impor­
an AIDS workshop at Oregon policy,” said Baker. In­ policy which has been requested
tant for them to understand,”
Chemeketa Community College, cluded in the policy will be con­
by spring quarter for review by
Symes concluded.
where policy writing was covered fidentiality, workplace saftey,
President’s Council the first of
extensively. Baker attended the employee benefits, and education
the quarter.
workshop with Gladys Michael for both staff and students.
.«nd Bob Wynia.
Other policies are being review­
College hosting skills contest
AIDS prompts policy action