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Clackamas Community College
April 18,1990
Oregon City, Oregon
Environment to be celebrated
ELC plans Earth Day events;
CCC Resource Fair scheduled
by Roseann Wentworth
streets. At noon, in the ELC For­
News/Managing Editor
estry Wildlife Demo-Area, an
The twentieth anniversary of Urban Woodlands Vegetation
Earth Day is Sunday, April 22. Project is to take place for'screen­
Throughout America and other ing Beavercreek Road traffic and
global locations, Earth Day will the enhancement of wildlife habi­
be celebrated with rallies, protests, tats. Up to 500 evergreens will
educational seminars. Information also be planted.
On Sunday, officially Earth
on how each person can do their
share to save Earth will be abun­ Day, the ELC is hosting a 15-year
dant and readily available.
anniversary open house scheduled
“Earth Day will be a great from 1-4 p.m. On Monday, April
' time to make a pledge to your 23, there is a Recycling and Waste
family, friends, and yourself about Technologies Fair also from 1-4
the changes you will make from p.m. at the Northwest Recourse
that day forward to help save Institute Museum of Conserva­
Mother Earth,” states an issue of tion and Recycling.
Clearing Magazine, which is lo­
Evening family tours by van
cally published.
are scheduled for April 24, 6-9
The John Inskeep Environ­ p.m. focusing on regional' recy­
mental Learning Center is doing cling and how waste is recovered
their part to help inform the for recycling. On Wednesday, April
campus and the general public on 25, an evening focus on the art of
recycling and focusing more on resource conservation will be
the environmental impact of eve­ presented by the CCC art depart­
ryday life in 1990with daily events ment and Art Garden Commit­
open to the public from April 21 tee. The ELC will also present the
to April 28.
means and ways of the Northwest’s
Beginning Saturday, April 21, largest controlled demolition and
the ELC will help sponsor Earth recycling project. Also, on Wed­
Day events in conjunction with nesday, 9-11 p.m., the Haggart Ob­
CCC and Payless Drug Stores. At servatory at CCC will offer astro­
9 a.m. the Downtown Oregon City nomical viewings focusing on the
Beautification begins where 50 “environmental and evolutionary
major trees will be planted along concepts of our galaxy” for a
minimal fee of $1.50. Abig-screen
showing of Isaac Asimov’s “Tour
of the Solar System" will also be
shown at 9 and 10 p.m.
In the ELC Lakeside Hall on
Thursday, April 26,7-9 p.m., there
will be a free lecture called “Wild­
life Landscaping for Oregon
important points highlighted.
Those elected will receive a
full tuition waiver. People who
are appointed to the positions
of activities coordinator, admin­
istrative assistant, and assistant
to the president will also receive
tuition waivers.
“I’m excited to see how it
turns out,” Stardig stated, “be­
cause there were a lot of people
The CCC chapter of Phi.
interested ip running - even more
Beta Lambda, a national colle­
than we needed, and I think it
giate business club, competed
will be the same this year.
in the statewide Spring Confer­
“I hope there will be too
ence held at the downtown Hil­
many so we can have a really
ton Hotel.
strong group," she concluded.
Three members, Gale
The ASG president and vice
Wheeler, Terry Reinecker, and
president will begin their duties
Renae Austin represented
in the fell of 1990; however, there
Clackamas Community College
will be approximately one meet­
in various competitive events
ing every month during thesum-
focusing on the business world.
mer, according to Paul Kyllo,
Elections process for 1990-91 ASG
begins; applications available to all
by Margy Lynch
News Editor
It is time for ASG elections
again. The elections process for
the 1990-91 school year Associ­
ated Student Government presi­
dent and vice president will be­
gin today.
“The positions are open to
anyone,” said Heidi Stardig, ASG
senator and coordinator of elec­
tions. “Although high school stu­
dent government experience and
things like that help, it is not re­
quired,” Stardig added.
Because the elections will be
by popular vote, Stardig encour­
aged people to campaign hard.
Shealso emphasized that people
interested in any of the positions
should read about the office they
are running for in the student
handbook. “I also encourage
people to read the constitution,"
Stardig commented.
Forms for the positions are
available beginning today, in the
Student Activities Office. There
will be a candidates meeting for
all people running for office on
April 25.
Applications for appointed
positions will be available April
30. These positions include ac­
tivities coordinator, assistant to
the president, and administrative
assistant The applications can also
be picked up in the Student Ac­
tivities Offiee.
Actual elections will take place
May 9 through May 11. Students
will be able to place their votes in
the Community Center. The polls
will also be open for night stu­
dents’ convenience.There will be
copies of the constitution and of
the job descriptions available in
the Student Activities Office with
Phi Beta Lambda
member qualifies for
nationals in D.C.
student programs specialist
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Homeowners.’’ On Saturday,
Oregon City presents its 2000
Livability Annual Arbor Day cele­
bration and Earth Day Clean-Up
Campaign with registration be­
ginning at ,7:3Q a.m. at the OC
Senior Center.
The largest Earth Day event
sponsored by the ELC is planned
for Friday, April 27, from 10 a.m.-
4 p.m. Held in The Community
Center, the Resource Conserva­
tion Fair is going to concentrate
on educating the community to
take lopl action on global issues.
The walk-through event will “show­
case processes of resource con­
servation and new technologies in
recycling and will demonstrate
products and materials made from
recycled feedstocks,” according to
sources from the ELC.
Some popular vendors in­
cluding McDonald’s, McFarlane
Bark, Oregon Department of Fish
& Wildlife, The Traveling Gar­
bage Museum, and Retree Inter­
national among others will par­
ticipate.
Louie Dick, Jr. of the Uma­
tilla Indian Reservation of Pendle­
ton, Oregon, is the scheduled
speaker at noon for the Resource
Fair. Dick will be discussing the
philosophies and predictions of
the future of the “white man’s"
environment that Chief Seattle
made in 1854 that has been called
“the most beautiful and profound
statements on the environment
ever made.”
For more information or to
register for events, call the ELC
at ext. 351.
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Austin placed second in the
Business Communications
event, and honored third in the
Accounting I event, which quali­
fiés her for Nationals.
Nationals ate held in Wash­
ington D.C. during July. Phi
Beta Lambda is currently trying
to raise funds to cover the costs
of Austin’s plane fare and con­
ference costs.
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