NEWS
December 5,1990
THE CLACKAMAS
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9-1 -1 class prepares dispatchers for job Revision in
Editor-In-Chief:
Angela Wilson
Feature Editor:
Jennifer Soper
Sports Editor:
Aaron Brown
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Lane Scheideman
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Ron Jagodnik, Jr.
Business Manager:
Gregg Mayes
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Frank Jordan
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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.
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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..