THE PRIX
Vol. XXII No. 14
Wednesday, February 15,1989
Clackamas Community College
Bond Levy campaign schedule set
by Brianc C. Dotson
News Editor
According to Clackamas
Community College President
John Keyser, a large amount of
support is coming in for the $9.5
million bond levy that will go before
voters in March.
Currently the college is ask-
I ing for at least 200 faculty mem
bers to help promote the passage
I of the bond levy. The volunteers
11 will be going door to door to vot-
11 ers in the precinct.
“The $9.5 million represents
I a compromise between what we
I need and what the voters are will-
I ing to pay,” said Keyser.
Keyser feels that the college
■ needs about $5-10 million to do
| all that needs to be done. The
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college would like to build a per-
forming arts center, a new library
and several other projects, but these
items are not included in this bond
proposal.
What is included in the pro
posed bond levy is the building of
a Wilsonville facility, a business
and computer tech center, expan
sion of the Community Center,
library expansion and maintenance
on the roots and other areas around
the campus.
The Wilsonville facility will
cost $1,215,000. The building will
have four classrooms, a confer
ence room, an office and study
area and 100 parking spaces in
10,000 sq. ft.
The business and computer
tech center will include ten class
rooms, four computer labs, a 300
seat meeting room, offices, study
area, and 200 parking spaces. The
center will be 37,000 sq. ft. and
cost $4,760,000.
The remainder of the $9.5
million will go to finance the rest
of the projects that the college
will start.
According to Keyser, the
proposed building site at Wilson
ville (which was donated to Clacka
mas Community College) must
be developed by March 1993 or
the land will go back to Tektron-
ics. The land is appraised at
$700,000 and must be used for
educational purposes.
Keyser said that there is a
three percent annual rise in en
rollment, and the college is al
ready behind inspace perstudent.
The average is 137 sq. ft., where as
Clackamas has only 95 sq. ft. per
student.
Clackamas’ district is the third
lowest in tax rates among Oregon
community colleges, costing
around $1.41 per household. The
state average is around $1.90 per
household.
“I hope people in this county
will realize that they have not
Photo by Tara Powers
ELC Director Jerry Hermann is presented with a $4,500 check from AMOCO Corp in a recent
ceremony. The money will help support outreach programs for the center. From left are
Dean Edwards, Jr., with a red tail hawk; Bob Russeel, AMOCO Corp.; Herrmann; Tom
Kornegay, AMOCO; Dave Luneke, ELC board member; and Leon Horton, AMOCO.
New scholarship established
■ Editor
Beginning fall term next year,
I
a new full-tuition scholarship will
i be available to students attending
« Clackamas Community College.
The scholarship will honor
■ the late William C. Gregory, a five
1 term member of the Clackamas
■ Community College Board of
1 Education, who passed away Oct.
■ 24,1987.
The scholarship is made pos-
■ sible by the William C. and Mar-
■ jorie Gregory Memorial, which
■ was established last year.
The endowment was started
■ by Gregory’s family, friends,
■ Clackamas Board members, re-
■ tired Board members, staff and
■ the Clackamas Education Asso-
■ ciation, who pulled together to
raise $6,OCX). The college matched
that sum and brought it up to its
original goal of $12,000.
The $12,000 will never be
spent, it will rest in the bank and
accumulate interest. It is out of
that interest that the scholarship
money will be derived.
Scholarships will be based on
academics, leadership and finan
cial need. Clackamas students as
well as high school seniors will be
eligible for consideration.
The endowment was origi
nated by Clackamas President John
S. Keyser, who approached Mar
jorie Gregory and son, Gene, about
the idea They both seemed pleased
to have the endowment in Gre
gory’s name.
Keyser then took the idea to
the Board at their Dec. 9, 1987
Dignitaries
to visit
Clackamas
by Briane C. Dotson, News Editor
and Rick Piller, Staff Writer
A leading Soviet economist
and a group of five Chinese social
scientists will visit Clackamas
Community College Monday, Feb.
20.
ELC receives grant
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■ by Christopher L. Curran
invested as much in this college as
other communities have in their
colleges,” Keyser noted.
The rate for this bond would
be an average 7.1 cents per house
hold. The old bond rate was 15.4
cents per house hold.
The Friends of Clackamas
Community College have hired
D’Ann Gilmore to help with the
campaign for the bond levy.
Gilmore has worked on several
campaigns before this one.
“There has been no organ
ized opposition to this proposed
bond levy,” Keyser said.
meeting. Now that the funds are
in place the scholarship is moving
ahead.
Gregory, a West Linn resi
dent, was serving his fifth con
secutive term on the Clackamas
Board when he died in 1987. That
term would have ended in 1990.
He was succeeded by Mimi Ur-
bigkeit. Gregory had been a prin
cipal in the West Linn School
District for 39 years and in the
Oregon City School District for
two years.
Gregory earned the Clacka
mas Community College Board
of Education Award for Excel-
lenceand the Distinguished Serv
ice Award from the Oregon
Community College Association.
He was awarded both in 1986.
Soviet economist Dr. Lev
Nicholaevich Karpov will be speak
ing about the peculiarities of
energetic complex of the develop
ment of the USSR and the recon
struction of the Soviet economy
at noon, Monday in McLoughlin
Theatre. A leading Soviet econo
mist and economics professor,
Karpov is an expert on regional
economics. He is also an advisor
to Soviet President Mikhail S.
Gorbachev. His talk is free and
open to the public.
Five social scientists from the
People’s Republic of China will
also visit Clackamas Community
College Feb. 20 to tour and sit in
on classes around the campus.
The visitors include Li Xuekun
and Feng Shize, both professors
and senior editors of social sci
ences in China, Professor Yan Jiaqu
from the Institute of Political
Science, He Zuorong, director of
the Philosophy Department and
also a senior editor of social sci
ence in China, and Zhao Zheny-
ing, the deputy editor-in-chief of
economics.
While on campus the Chinese
will participate in three classes:
human relations, economics, and
political science. They are sched
uled to arrive at 9 a.m. next Mon
day.
These social scientists are
participants in the Conference on
the Transformation of Socialism
in China and the Soviet Union.
Those who have questions
about the visitors may contact the
co-chair of the Clackamas Com
munity College International
Education Committee at 657-6958
ext. 315 for more information.
Oregon City, Oregon
News
Digest
ELC offers
river cruise
The Clackamas Com
munity College Environ
mental Learning Center is
hosting a cruise on the
Willamette River from
Oregon City to Sauvie Is
land and back.
The trip, scheduled for
Feb. 17-18, is designed so
adventurers can learn about
the ecology, history, wild
life and geology of the river.
Friday, Feb. 17 will be spent
at the ELC facility and Sat
urday, Feb. 18 will be spent
on the river.
Advice given
on finances
Feb. 18 a seminar on
planning a sound financial
future will take place in the
Community Center Mall
from 8:30 a.m. to3:30 p.m.
Top financial experts
from all over the Portland
area will give presentations
on approximately 30 top
ics, including launching a
small business and the
changes in tax law. The
Seminar is sponsored by' the
Portland area community
colleges, The Oregonian and
professionals in finance,
banking, law and account
ing.
Molatore
recognized
Instructor Nick Mola
tore was awarded the Presi
dent’s Award of Excellence
in regard to his perception
of how computer resources
benefit the entire campus.
Molatore was nomi
nated for the Banyan Tree
pin by Pat Reinert, Chair
person for the Secretarial
Science department at the
January Board Meeting. The
nomination was seconded
by Dean of Instructional
Services Lyle Reese and
Assistant Dean Chuck Scott.
Drive held
The Red Cross is spon
soring, in conjunction with
the Clackamas Associated •
Student Government, a
blood drive set for Feb. 22
from 10a.m. to2:30p.m. in
the Community Center.
They are currently in search
|| doners.