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By Jim Rogers
Cougar Print Editor
Voters
down
budget;
next
attempt
in May
Clackamas Community College's oper
ating levy failed to pass in Tuesday's elec
tion by a margin of 135 votes, according to
the Elections Office at the"Clackamas Coun
ty Court House.
The total vote count for the operating
levy was 8,401 yes votes to 8,536 no votes.
The Elections Office also said that 1,024
voters in the college district voted on other
measures but failed to vote one way or
the other on the college's operating levy.
The percentage breakdown of the vote
was 46.7 per cent yes, 47.4 per cent no and
5.7 per cent under votes (votes that could
have been but were not cast).
One reason for this discrepency in votes
could be attributed to voters who support
the college but who feel that the amount
asked for was too much and decided to ab
stain on the matter.
Another possibility is voter ignorance as
to what to vote on.
"There's nothing we can do to get voters
to read everything carefully," said a deputy
in the elections office at the county court
house.
According to this source, if voters wanted
to make sure that they voted on every mea
sure affecting them they could vote on
everything on the ballot. The ballots are
computer coded to only record votes on
specific issues in each area in the county.
County areas most receptive to the opera
ting levy were the Milwaukie, West Linn and
Oregon City areas. County areas that were
not so receptive included the Estacada, Col
ton, Canby, Redland and Molalla areas.
According to Dr. Howard Fryett, CCC
Assistant to the President and chairperson
of the college's Elections Steering Com
mittee, the results of the other levy elec
tions may be a factor in the next election.
"I think that the fact that so many of
the public school levies passed (Canby High
School was the only levy to fail) will be a
definite factor," said Fryett.
Fryett went on to explain that voter
turnout could be reduced in many favorable
areas where the public schools are all taken
care of for next year.
The Election Steering Committee will
probably meet tomorrow to decide on
strategies to get the levy passed.
"I would guess that no attempt will be
made to convert no votes into yes votes,"
said Fryett.
Fryett also stated that they would em
phasize student participation in the elec
tion.
"The students are still a critical area,"
said Fryett. "They didn't turn out at the
polls like we had hoped. I guess it's a matter
of convincing them that they should vote."
May 24 has been set as the next try to
pass the operating levy. The dollar amount
asked for will not change on the second
attempt.
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Clackamas Community College
Thursday, April 21, 1977
First spring fair slated by ASG
jociated Student Government (ASG)
|(taken the task of planning the first
Mi Fair ever held at Clackamas Com-
[Itstarted out as a small fair," said ASG
■president, Marsha Marzano, "and it has
Bly grown bigger."
he fair will be held Thursday, May 19
Mh Sunday, May 22 and will feature
poise and buggy tours of the campus, belly
,jing exhibitions, public football and
¡Iannis competition, a rodeo and possibly a
-Based pole contest.
■ The main focus point of the fair is to
Ijirovidean open house to inform the public
what CCC students are doing. Programs
Hered by the college, such as Focus On
ramen, will provide information booths or
■lain their programs.
■Crafts booths, such as a Senior Citizens
Booth and a Public Arts booth, will be
featured and a variety of entertainment
Etding CCC student musicians will be
ided.
Thursday, May 19 at 5 p.m. - booths
will open and the public will have the
opportunity to obtain information about
various organizations.
Information booths such as the Oregon
City Junior Women's Club (toys for child
ren), National Guard, Co-op Food Ventures,
Historical Society, Lovejoy, Birthrite and
Right to Life will be provided.
Seven to 10 p.m. -- closing time, The
Gnu Crusty Knostrils will provide entertain
ment and music,
Frida', May 20 -- booths will open at
noon and Ecology Pond tours will begin at
2 p.m.
CCC student wrestling matches will begin
at 4 p.m. and CCC student Rod Ragsdale
will provide music from 5 to 7 p.m.
At 7 p.m. music by William, Douglas &
James will be provided and at 7:30 p.m. a
CCC student basketball game will be fea
tured.
Saturday, May 21 -- booths will open at
noon and open house will begin.
During open house the public will have
the opportunity to walk around campus and
see areas such as the machine shop.
At 1 p.m. Mountain Railroad will pro
vide music and at 2 p.m. Ecology Pond tours
will begin.
William, Douglas and James will provide
ligh school tours are being offered to
■high school students what the CCC
■ is like and a general college infor-
|oncenter will be available.
music from 6 p.m. until 7 p.m. when
Cassidy will perform. From 8 p.m. until
Ecology Pond tours will begin at 2 and
2:30 p.m.
At 2:30 p.m. the CCC theatre depart
ment will display their talents.
Cassidy will perform at 3 p.m. and at
4 p.m. William, Douglas and James will pro
vide music along with CCC music instructor
LeRoy Anderson.
At 4 p.m. at Horsemanship West the
CCC Rodeo Club will present a rodeo.
Public participants will be included
d
prizes will be awarded.
Cassidy and William, Douglas and James
will perform from 5 to 6 p.m. and at 7
p.m. the group Raintree will once again be
featured. A basketball game will also begin
at 7 p.m. and at 9 p.m. the fair will close.
The fair has taken many hours of plan
ning and support has been received from
the community as well as the entire presi
dent's council.
For more information contact Marzano
at ext. 257 or any member of ASG.
closing time at 10 p.m., the group Raintree
will play.
On Sunday, May 22 -- booths will once
again open at noon. Public tennis competi
tion for prizes will begin after noon
CLACKAMÂS community
COLLEGE ARCHIVES
lot all plans have been confirmed, but
■s have been made and the tentative
Kile'is as follows:
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