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NEWS December 5,1990 THE CLACKAMAS PRINT Page 3 9-1 -1 class prepares dispatchers for job Revision in Editor-In-Chief: Angela Wilson Feature Editor: Jennifer Soper Sports Editor: Aaron Brown Photo Editor: Lane Scheideman Rhapsody Editor: Ron Jagodnik, Jr. Business Manager: Gregg Mayes Staff Writers: Carle Gardener Heatherle Himes Brenda Hodgen Heidi Hoffman Frank Jordan Nolan Kidwell Jennifer Lessard Richard Marx Jane Wilcox - Photographers: Kyle Moe Darby Pereira David VanKeuren Eva Worley Production Staff: Anthony Porter Jillian Porter Tricia Schneider Ad Salesman: Dan Champie Computer Tech: Scott Johnson Darkroom Tech: Debbie Felix Advisor: Linda Vogt The Clackamas Print aims to be a fair and impartial newspaper cover* ing the college community. Opinions expressed in The Clackamas Print do not necessarily reflect those of the college administration, faculty or advertisers. The Clackamas Print is a weekly publication distrbuted every Wednesday except for finals week. The open advertising rate is $3.75 per column inch. Clackamas Community College, 19600 S. Molalla-Avenue, Oregon City, Oregon 97045. Trailer B. Telephone: 657-6958, ext 309 (office), ext578 (production) and ext 577 (advertising). The Tow List The following vehicle license numbers currently have two or more unpaid college parking citations. EKN-755 EYN-843 JUD-913 QBM-233 QKL-956 QVC-800 RBC-631 PGZ-814 QMT-867 QTG-589 They are on the Department of Public Safety's computerized tow list and are due to be impounded when located. If your vehicle has overdue parking citations, please pay them now. Payment may be accepteted at the cashiers windows in the College Community........Center building. by Jennifer Soper Feature Editor Applications for the 9-1-1 program will be accepted starting at the beginning of winter term. “The program is designed as a vocational offering to persons interested in 9-1-1 dispatching,” i explained Director of Public Serv ices James Brouillette. The year long certificate pro gram was designed over a two year period by Clackamas and Port land Community Colleges’ in co operation with 9-1-1 Dispatching in the Tri-County area. “The purpose is to try to bring about a training program that would allow people to have all their fundamentals and back ground in 9-1-1 before going into dispatching," explained Brouillette. The program was imple mented because of the need for qualified dispatchers who could handle the stress related to the job, according to Brouillette. At one pointy 70 percent of Portland dispatchers were not completing their first year on the job. “The certificate program will provide us trained applicants that are predicted to have a lower at trition rate and a higher degree of productivity,” Chief of Portland Police Bureau Richard Walker stated. Testing for entry into the program is set for next Sept Applicants must take a four and one half hour long exam that tests spelling, mathematics, memory, "Dispatching has been likened to seven hours and 55 minutes of panic with five minutes of boredom." logical reasoning, multi-tasking and listening skills. Applicants are finger printed, their criminal his tory is checked and they must pass an oral interview. Brouillette said about 200 people normally test for the 30 available positions in the program. “The job itself is extremely demanding,” said Brouillette. “It is a very stressful occupation.” “Dispatching has been likened to seven hours and 55 minutes of panic with five minutes of bore dom,” he continued. Once enrolled in the program, students receive many hours of classroom instruction. They also are enrolled in a co-operative work experience program, that places them in actual dispatching cen ters. As a part of their work expe rience requirement, students must ride with police, fire and ambu lance personnel. “The more mature person Seems to do better in the pro gram,” said Brouillette. “Dispatch ing puts strains on your personal life. Your time is not your own.” “People whose previous oc cupation has a strong background in dealing with people and con flict seem to do well,” he said. Refunds available to students deployed to Gulf by Frank Jordan Staff Writer As more U.S. troops get shipped out to the Persian Gulf, people may ask how the reserve call-up will affect those members . of the National Guard and the Reserves who attend Clackamas Community College. “The college will gladly work with any students that are affected by a call-up,” according to Mary Dykes, the college registrar. “We will work hard to see that the student(s) get the most favorable results possible as far as course work make-up or refunds.” When the Persian Gulf crisis broke in August, the college in structional council, led by Lyle Reese, dean of instruction, and Dian Connett, acting dean of stu dents, decided that “itwould be in the best interests of the college and the students involved to give those affected students all of the help that they needed,” according to Dykes. Three students so far have withdrawn from school because of their activation into the Armed Forces. Two of those students took the option of 100 percent refunds, while the other student chose to take incompletes on his course work. Each of the students involved received a 100 percent refund on their books from the college bookstore. “Any withdrawals by affected students will show up with a ‘W* on his/her official transcript, but attached to the ‘W* will be the notation ‘called to duty*,” Dykes said. Any students that are called up to active duty and are in the middle of the school term will need to contact the registrar’s office, with a copy of his/her or ders, to make arrangements for either a complete withdrawal with incompletes, or to get a full re fund from the college. Parking lot construction creates confusion by Nolan Kidwell Staff Writer The McLoughlin Parking lot is a confusing place for some people according to Melissa Banks, presi dent of the classified employees association who has received com plaints about it “What I have heard from people is there are no arrows, they have gotten lost,” said Banjs. Because of the layout of the parking lot and the lack of direc- tional markings, many people get inside the lot and cannot find their way out A sign committee is being formed and Banks hopes it will clear up any confusion. “They most certainly need arrows painted in the lot,” said Chief of Public Safety Jim Wise man. Carol Patterson, who will be working with Andy Rice, the lot’s original architect, on retooling the WEIL ERASE YOUR COLLEGE LOAN. facility with directional signs and markings, also agreed to the pos sible confusion which the lot could pose for some people who are not familiar with it. “I’ve heard that people are uncomfortable with the parking lot because people will start in one direction and not end up where they were going,” said Patterson. Rice does not think that any changes will be made until the other projects under development are completed. He also pointed out that the parking lot was origi nally two separate facilities and were not designed to be used as one. If you’re stuck with a student loan that’s not in default, the Army might pay it off. Get all the details from your Army Recruiter. SSG Cates 659-1525 ARMY. BE ALL YOU CAN BE. by Kyle Moe Contributing Writer Winners of scholarships from the Clackamas County Skills Olympics will have more op portunities to use them. The County Skills Olympics is hosted annually by the Col lege to give local high school students a venue to compete against one another in an ef fort to test the skills they have acquired in their vocation of interest. "The revision was made to allow more students to use the scholarship" Tuesday, in a decision prompted by recommendations made by Assistant Dean Kit Youngren, the President’s Council approved amendments to the scholarship to allow the winner of each individual con test to attend Clackamas tui tion free for one term, either part or full time. The scholar ship may be used any term af ter it is awarded through the year following the student’s high school graduation. Thestudent may also attend the college while still in h igh school with a state ment of approval from her or his school district “The revision was made to allow more students to use the scholarship,” says Skills Con test Coordinator Mindy Brown, “One student wanted to take classes that his school didn’t offer and couldn’t use the schol arship.” “I think that if they’ve earned [the scholarship] we want to make sure they can utilize it,” Brown said. George Stevenson, an elec tronics teacher at Oregon City High School is pleased with the change. “It gives us one more posi- | live thing to work with to keep j our studen ts focused,” said Ste venson. — Have a safe and happy holiday season. HOLIDAY CRAFT FAIR If you qualify, we’ll reduce your debt by V3 for each year you serve as a soldier, so after just 3 years you’ll have a clean slate. You’ll also have training in a choice of skills and enough self-assurance to last you the rest of your life. scholarship Uontest December 4th and 5th Stained Glass Plants Hand made wooden toys Silver Gold Come see it all, Clackamas Community College in the Community Center Mall L 10AM-4PM on the 4th and 9AM-3PM. on the 5th..
