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About The Clackamas print. (Oregon City, Oregon) 1989-2019 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 17, 1990)
FEATURE October 17; 1990 THE CLACKAMAS PRINT Page 3 Hicks gathers memories in college archives Photo by Darby Perori* Karen Hicks, former Clackamas librarian, has been the campus archivist since 1975. by Nolan Kidwell Staff writer Adam sits with his face bur ied in his hands. “What am I going to do?” he cries out in anguish. His term paper on the history of CCC is to be completed promptly at noon tomorrow, and he has not even begun jotting down simple notes. Then a ray of hope hits him; he raises his head. He races for the library to gather statistics and information. However, he finds very little there. Adam is doomed to failure. Karen Hicks, the school archi vist, could have helped him. Hicks, 49, started as the col lege’s first librarian in 1967. However, in 1975, she decided to give up the position for her chil dren. Doctor Hakanson, former president of CCC, offered her a position as the campus archivist. Hicks accepted the position, and now works one day a week collecting records, items, photos, and other things of historical value to the college. “I’m kind of a history buff,” said Hicks. Some of the more unique memorabilia that she has reaped include: A 4x4 inch aerial shot of the college in its very early stages; Microfilm of all of the board minutes; and tapes of all of the board meetings which concerned the elimination of the CCC foot ball program. She collects some of everything. “You can’t imagine what kind of interesting little tidbits that I find,” exclaimed Hicks. She goes through all of the depart ment office records and finds documents and files that are no longer needed but possess his torical significance. She related the story of an alumni football player, who had gone on to graduate from a state university, and came to her look ing for a picture of his old team. Hicks was able to go back and find thè old negative for him. Included in the collection of data which she continues to gather are copies of almost every issue of the school’s newspaper back to when it first started. Hicks is married and has two children. One of her kids is start ing his senior year in high school, and the other is entering the sixth grade. Hicks also works part-time as a librarian at Carus elementary school. She also taught as a librarian at all levels of education, from kin dergarten to college. She even brought a slide show from the college archives on the history of Clackamas County to show to a group of fourth graders at Carus. “I did teach English briefly,” Hicks added to her list of creden tials. However, along with her lim ited availability, her office is also difficult to find. As she said, “You have to know how to get there.” She is currently located in the telephone switch room. She is glad to announce that she has been promised a spot in the new library when it is completed. Hicks is available on Tues days for students who seek infor mation about the college. "Hunter11 leaves viewer disappointed Research works. American Heart Association^^ by Nolan Kidwell Staff Writer “You are by far the ugliest bitch I have ever seen,” was one of the many dramatic lines used by Clint Eastwood, as director John Wilson, in his latest movie “White Hunter, Black Heart” In fact, this movie was filled with moving racial controversy, action, incredible acting and even a good story line. Still, it was seri ously lacking in one point 1 was completely disap pointed in the ending. I felt cheated and angry. There was a note of poetic justice some where in the spot where the movie was left hanging, but I wanted a little bit more than mild irony. The entire plot was summed up perfectly in its opening lines which were quoted from Pete Verill. “John Wilson-a violent man, given to violent action. . Some ascribed his wild and troub led life to his personal mania for self destruction. These generali zations always seem in accurate to me. That’s why I had to write all this about John—a brilliant, screw-you-all-type filmmaker who continually violated all the unwritten- mws or motion picture business, yet had the magic, al most divine ability to always land on his feet.” The story itself took place deep in Africa at the location of yet another movie, “The African Queen.” Nd one ever came out and said which movie they were on location to create, but the clues were very obvious, from the ride down the Congo in a boat identical to the “African Queen,” to the appearance of Hepburn and Bogart under different names. However, there is little focus on the movie they are making. The heart of the movie is domi nated by Wilson’s mania to shoot an elephant. He becomes so caught up in the shooting of an elephant, that he soon gives very Photo courtwy of Warner Brothers Clint Eastwood Is director John Wilson, posing in front of a bull elephant in "White Hunter, Black Heart, a Malpaso/Rastar production for Warner Bros, release. little notice to his real purpose in Africa. If not for his close friend Pete Verill, and his hated produc ers, he may have given the film up completely. This film is a “must see” for those who enjoy dramatic action. Ifyouare looking foramovie with a happy ending, consider Fanta sia. Those who are ready for a typical Eastwood “shoot em’ up” film should be warned that he is not “Dirty Harry” in this story. Unlike his usual films, Eastwood portrays a “who cares” character. He $hows perfectly that Wilson felt he was “God." This is also even stated numerous times throughout the feature. The effects and cinematogra phy also rivaled the outstanding acting. Visual effects took no back seat to the emotional plot Watch for scenes with brilliant African sunsets; you won’t be dis appointed. As Wilson pointed out, “It is not only wrong to shoot an ele phant, it is a sin.”
