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.
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