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THE CLACKAMAS PRINT
FEATURE
October 24,199(
Rolling on the river: Astoria to Oregon City
Skipper Alfred Alexander, above, shakes hands with Jeri
Herman while on board the fishing yacht Alika. Throughout th
day the group traveled more than 150 miles on the Columbia an
Willamette Rivers.
Photos by Nolan Kidwell
Prepare to mash...
Halloween dance slated
The view from the Alika onto the Columbia River was enough to make even a land lover want to
board.
River trip a 'not miss' for future
by Nolan Kidwell
the St Helen court house.
unique experience up through the
Staff Writer
Our tour continued up locks near the falls in Oregon City.
Jerry Herrmann, director of through the Portland shipyards Jumping from one river to an
the Environmental Learning where we saw every form of freight other in a series of five locks was
Center, slid into the seat of the ing ship and tug boat imaginable. incredible.
crowded little Ford Taurus, next The majestic super tankers made
None of us relished the idea
to where I was sitting. We were, our Alexander’s tiny craft seem of leaving. Everyone involved
soon off for Astoriat for a scenic almost microscopic.
agreed that it was an experience
river cruise down the Columbia.
The voyage ended with the not to miss.
Herrmann, who was to be our
tour guide throughout the day,
began to give a brief, yet thor
ough, geographical history of the
area we were driving through. Soon
the other three passengers on the
Editor-in-Chief:
Angela Wilson
cruise, our driver - a friend of News Editor:
Jim Spickelmier
Feature
Editor:
Jennifer
Soper
Herrmann’s - and myself were all
Sports Editor:
Aaron Brown
looking at the basalt formations
Photo Editor:
Lane Scheideman
on thesides of the road in a whole Rhapsody Editor:
Ron Jagodnik, Jr.
new light. We were even fortu
Business Manager:
Gregg Mayes
Carie Gardener
nate enough to see a group of Staff Writers:
Heather Lee Himes
antelope on the side of the road.
Brenda Hodgen
The real tour actually began
Heidi Hoffman
though, when we boarded the
Frank Jordan
Nolan Kidwell
Alika. This small fishing yacht
Jennifer Lessard
belonged to Alfred (Alex) Alex
Richard Marx
ander, our skipper for the day. He
Jane Wilcox
welcomed us onto his boat and we
Photographers:
Kyle Moe
began our journey which would
Darby Pereira
David VanKeuren
take us down 129 miles of the
Eric Sanders
Columbia river and 24 miles of
Production Staff:
Scott Johnson
the Willamette river.
Jillian Porter
“This is one of the mostbeau-
Anthony Porter
tiful places on earth,” Alexander
Tricia Shcneider
commented. As we cruised past Ad Salesman:
Dan Champie
Darkroom Tech:
islands and singularly unique
Debbie Felix
Advisor:
Linda Vogt
shorelines in the early morning
sun, we all began to see what he
The Clackamas Print aZmvtobe a fair and Impartial newspaper covering the
meant.
college community. Opinions expressed in The Clackamas Print do not neces
We stopped in St. Helens for
sarily reflect those of the college administration, faculty or Advertisers. The
lunch and a further discussion of Clackamas Print reserves the right to edit letters for content, grammar and té
reduce the length of letters without changing the meaning intended by the writer.
the geological rarities which we
Unsigned letters will not be printed. The author’s name will not be printed if
had seen so far on our river trip.
requested, buttheorgihai letter must be signed. Clackamas Community College,
While there we also checked out a
19600 S. Molalla Avenue, Oregon City, Oregon 97045. Trailer B. Telephone: 657-
6958,
ext. 309 (office), 578 (production) and 577 (advertising).
small Oregon museum which is in
Get out your Halloween cos
tume and get ready to do the
“Monster Mash” because this
Friday, Associated Student Gov
ernment (ASG) is sponsoring a
Halloween dance from 8 p.m. to
midnight in the Community Cen
ter.
“We*ve actually had a lot of
people coming in and asking for a
dance,” said Paul Kyllo, student
program specialist.
“We hope that the people who
have been requesting it actual
show up,” Kyllo said.
The group “New Verses” w
perform live at the dance.
“We had a dance with the
last year and thought they hi
done a great job,” said Kyllo.
Costumes are not requin
best costume. Admission into
dance will be $3 for singles
$5 a couple.
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