Budget
reels
under
second
defeat
Clackamas Community College's $3.6 mil­
lion proposed operating levy request was
defeated for the second time last Tuesday
by approximately 800 votes.
The final tally was 6,725 yes votes to
7,535 no votes.
The major topic of discussion at the June
8 Board of Education meeting will be the
college's budget and possible cutbacks.
"I won't say it has to be cut," said CCC
President John Hakanson, "but it will be
given serious consideration. We will have to
look very seriously at everything we do up
here."
The next time the levy can go before the
voters is Aug. 9 but the college must decide
on a budget amount by the last week in
June.
Hakanson said he had been concerned
since the first election April 19 because most
of the favorable areas approved their local
school levies and would not have as much
incentive to go out and vote this time.
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Clackamas Community College
Hakanson also felt that last week's state­
wide election of the school safety net pro­
posal played a part of the low voter turn­
out.
Another possible explanation for the levy
defeat is a lack of community identity in
Clackamas County, said Hakanson. He feels
that the lack of county-wide identity makes
¡t difficult for county residents to identify
with the college.
Hakanson was also confused and less-
then-happy with the absentee ballot tally --
a large portion of which was made up of
student votes. Forty per cent of the absentee
ballots were negative votes.
"We've tried a lot of different ways to
get the students to vote and I can't re­
member a single time it paid off," said
Hakanson.
If the levy is not approved on Aug. 9, the
next opportunity to approve it will be
Sept. 20 - six days before fall term classes
are scheduled to start. Even if it were to
pass on Sept. 20, Hakanson feels that en­
rollment will be severely effected.
"People won't wait around to see if
we're going to have classes," said Hakanson.
"In August the people in Clackamas
County will have the opportunity to decide
whether they want a community college or
not," said Hakanson.
Thursday, May 26, 1977
Poor turnout
plagues
spring fair
The Associated Student Government spon­
sored Spring Fair held last week at Clack­
amas Community College did not come off
as well as its backers had expected.
CCC Director of Student Activities Jim
Roberts estimated that 500 people partici­
pated in the fair during its four day run.
"A turnout of 1,000 would have been
enough to make this fair a success," said
Roberts.
Roberts faulted the weather and the lack
of a major theme for the poor turnout
rather than a lack of publicity.
"The weather forced everything inside
on Friday," said Roberts, "and coming to
the college and seeing empty tents didn't
invite them (the public) in."
Roberts said that those involved in the
planning of the fair will be involved in an
evaluation of the fair in terms of its worth
and the reasons it didn't come off as well as
had been expected.
Roberts feels that a total college effort
will be needed if the fair is to be success­
ful in the future but he thinks that there is
definitely worth in the fair.
"A lot of community people thought it
was a good idea and they hoped that it
would be continued in the future," said
Roberts.
Photo by Brian Snook
(member of the "Alley Cats" senior citizen band plays her unique instrument to the
|f "Little Brown Jug" for the "Lei Day" held for senior citizens at Clackamas
lunity College last Tuesday.
According to Roberts, the fair got ex­
cellent support from some of the areas on
campus, particularly from maintenance and
the cafeteria crew.
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