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Clackamas Jörint Vol. XXII No. 20 Wednesday, April 12,1989 Clackamas Community College Oregon City, Oregon CCC staff attend Wash., D.C. meeting by Briane C. Dotson News Editor Fourmembers of the Clacka mas Community College staff re cently attended a meeting of the American Association of Colleges and Junior Colleges in Washing ton D.C. President John Keyser, Docu- mentation/InformationSpecialist Kim Faddis, Counselor Bernie No lan and Dave Arter of the chem istry department represented Clackamas Community College at the conference. President John Keyser has ! been vice-chairman of the AACJC for the last two years and has re cently been voted chair-elect for next year. Keyser also has been on several committees. • Over 6,000 people from around the country attended the conference. President George Bush gave an opening speech in which he stated he would make significant strides to support colleges in the United States, according to Key ser. There are many goals of the AACJC, including providing pro fessional development opportu nities for community, technical, and junior college educators. Examples of the commitment to provide professional development are providing in-service education and professional development for college and campus executives. Another program which is being worked on by the AACJC is the Office of International Serv ices, which promotes the commu nity college’s role in international education and helps colleges link up with counterparts around the world. AACJC also works at fund raising. It is their policy to get as much grant moneyas possible to local colleges. Recent grants re ceived by the AACJC include $358,000 from the U.S. Depart ment of Commerce for the Mi nority Business Enterprise Proj ect, and $475,000 from the Sears- Roebuck Foundation for twenty mini-grants and nine planning grants in the Keep America Work ing program. Another program that AACJC extends unites two year colleges with four year colleges and uni versities. The goal is to help, re duce barriers that complicate stu dents transferring to four year colleges. Performers slated for CCC country music extravaganza by Christopher L. Curran Editor-In-Chief . Ricky Skaggs, Lyle Lovett and * possibly K.D. Lang or Holly Dunn will headline Clackamas Commu nity College’s “New Pioneers Country Concert.” The concert will be held in Wilsonville Memorial Park Au gust 19. It is designed to be similar to the Mt. Hood Festival of Jazz put on each summer by Mt. Hood Community College. If the con cert is successful, it may become an annual event. College officials expect 3,000- 5,000 people to flood the 15 acre park, which will also feature food, beverages and souvenirs sold from a number of concession booths. The concert is planned to last for 10 hours. This Week Magazine, KWJJ and KATU-TV are media spon sors for the event. KATU and Thriftway Association are corpo rate sponsors. The concert is a fundraiser for the Clackamas Community College Foundation, which will use proceeds for scholarships and the development of the South Clackamas property, Wilsonville. Steve Reischman of Event Management has been hired by the college as a promoter for the event. He is an experienced pro moter, who has put together such events as Washington Park’s “Zoograss” and the Rippling River Concerts. Reischman has worked closely with KWJJ who would be catego rized as “traditional country,” the music which will be featured at the concert. “(Traditional country) is ba sically country music that’s, return ing to its roots and more tradi tionally based,” according to Re ischman. The concert is an attempt to raise money for the college foun dation. Tektronix donated the college a 93 acre piece of prop erty located along the Wilsonville Town Center Loop. Tektronix challenged the college to have an educational facility on the prop erty by 1993. Money from the bond levy has been allocated for the educational facility in Wilsonville. Proceeds from the concert will help pay for emergency grants, scholarships, classroom space and lab and computer equipment. Confusion surrounds purchase of car >y Briane C. Dotson tews Editor Clackamas Community Col- ege President John Keyser has >een in the midst of growing con- roversy in recent days following iis recent acquisition of a 1989 [eep Cherokee. Keyser receives a new auto mobile every four years under the terms of his contract with the »liege. This, however, is not an uncommon occurrence, as Keyser pointed out. It is common for a president of a college to receive either a car or an allowance which goes to provide transportation for the president. . This is the case at. Mt Hood Community College, where the president receives $450 a month. The Treasure Valley Community College president receives $300 each month. The ’89 Jeep Cherokee, which cost a total of $16,000 and has an expected life of four years, cost the college $165 a month, quite a bit less than what other college presidents receive for transporta tion. The projected resale value of the Cherokee is $8,000. Keyser has said that if he knew that there was going to be this much controversy he would just have taken the monthly allowance instead of the new car every four years. The car Keyser had before the Cherokee was a 1985 Chrysler LeBaron. Inside: What's it like to ride an elephant in Thailand? See pg. 6. News Digest IRS moves deadline for returns Late income tax filers will have two extra days this year to prepare their tax «turns. Since April 15, the regular deadline for tax returns, falls on a weekend (Saturday) this year, the returns are due by Monday, April 17. Exhibit to open at zoo The Washington Park Zoo is looking for persons from EastAfrica or inter ested in East Africa to par ticipate in cultural festivi ties at the grand opening of the new four acre Africa exhibit at the zoo April 29- 30. The opening will fea ture East African cultural activities inchiding crafts, music, dancing, food, games for children and other fac ets of African life. Nicaragua slides to be shown A Clackamas County couple will show slides and share their experiences from traveling* and working in Nicaragua for three years. The presentation is scheduled for 12:30 p.m., April 18 in the Community Center’s Fireside Lounge. ASG holds blood drive The Clackamas Com munity College Associated Student Government is holding a blooddrive April 24 in the Community Cen ter. Sign-ups are currently available at the Student Activities window next to the Financial Aid Office in the Community Center. i