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THE CLACKAMAS PRINT
FEATURE
January 23,1991
Speech team dominates recent tournament;
first place win scores them trip to nationals
by Heidi A. Hoffman
Feature Editor
They went, they spoke and
they conquered; the Clackamas
Community College Speech Team
drove to Lower Columbia with
nothingandtheyretumedwith 14
trophies.
“It was absolutely incredible
when we were in the awards cere
mony. We were between all of the
other schools with almost all of
the trophies collected at our table,”
commented one of the team
members, Todd Alexander. “Of
the four year schools and two year
schools we won the sweepstakes
award. That’s more than unusual
... that’s unheard of!”
This tournament enabled the
Clackamas team to qualify for
nationals.
“We met our goal and we’re
on our way to Disneyland,” ex
claimed David Nash, speech team
member.
One of the new members, Paul
Henry, felt that this tournament
was “just a warmup.
“I got more than my feet wet
and next time I plan to drown in
trophies,” said Henty.
The team really felt that
Henry’s positive attitude helped
couldn’t believe that he’d actually
won.
“After I received first place in
extemporaneous I set it down on
the table and stepped back and
looked at it for a few minutes then
slowly and cautiously I reached
out to touch it and make sure it
was real,” said Thatcher.
The team took first place
"It just goes to show
you that if you don't
limit your
possibilities there's
no telling what you
can do."
-Frank Harlow
Photo by Altan Ziemke
The speech team came home from Lower Columbia with 14 trophies. From left:: Frank Harlow,
Paul Henry, Cheron McGuffee, Jared Thatcher, Dave Nash, William Andersen, Tammy Recknor,
and Todd Alexander.
them out at this tournament.
“Even though Paul didn’t get
a trophy he kept our spirits high.
he was the element of our success.
He wins the support trophy,”
commented Alexander.
11 / thought the last
tournament was
going to be hard to
live up to, but now
we have to enter
more events and win
ALL
of the trophies."
ing and drinking through a flex
Threat of chemical warfare
increases in Persian Gulf
by Kyle Moe
Staff Writer
As The war moves toward a
ground confrontation, a major
threat continues to be that of
chemical weapons. Even though
Iraq now apparently has only
limited ability to fire SCUD mis
siles, Sadam Hussein still has the
ability to deliver chemical agents
by other means. Alternative de-
v livery systems include helicopters,
airplanes, artillery, and even gre
nades.
According to Sgt. Rick Kelly of
the Oregon National Guard, ev
ery Infantryman and pilot stationed
in the Persian Gulf has protective
gear with them at all times, and
receives training in its use every
year.
The protective gear consists:
of a charcoal lined suit, heavy
rubber boots and gloves, and a gas
mask to keep chemical agents from
coming in contact with the wearer.
If the soldier doesn’t get the suit
on in the required time, or the suit
should somehow fail, each indi
vidual carries three doses of a
antidote called atropine which is
injected into their thigh. They also
carry a neutralizing agent that is
applied to the skin.
“U.S. forces have been train,-
ing in chemical warfare every year
since 1973,” said Sgt. Kelly. “We
are required to spend at least six
hours in the suit without taking it
off, and perform all normal du
ties.”
In combat a soldier may be
required to spend as many as 72
hours in the protective suit, eat-
ible rubber tube built into the gas
mask.
“Our biggest concern over
there [while wearing the suit] is
heatstroke and dehydration. You
have to control your breathing and
take in lots of fluid,” Kelly said.
Personnel in helicopters and
tanks have a slightly different means
of defending against chemical
warfare. Their version of the stan
dard M17 gas mask can be hooked
to an on-board air source and most
vehicles are able to be sealed,
keeping outside air on the out
side.
-Tammy Recknor
Of the eight members that
went to the tournament seven
received trophies and three
members received one in every
event that they entered.
Give.
“Now that we’ve all won tro
phies we can all begin to concen
trate on what’s important," said
William Andersen, ” which is that
we all set performance standards
and goals and that we feel satis
fied that we’ve accomplished it.”
According to the team mem
bers the team now has an even
bigger reputation to live up to.
“I thought that the last tour
nament was going to be hard to
live up to, but now we have to just
enter more events and win all of
the trophies,” explained team
member Tammy Recknor.
Jared Thatcher, who took first
place in extemporaneous, just
overall. They were competing
against both community colleges
and universities.
“University of Oregon is
number one ranked in the nation
and they scored 21.1 points over
all and we scored 75.2. That’s kind
of how the whole tournament went;
it was that one sided,” said An
dersen.
Frank Harlow, the team coach,
was really proud of his team.
“It just goes to show you that
if you don’t limit your possibili
ties there’s no telling what you
can do,” said Harlow.
Their next meet will be at
Willamette University on Feb. 1 -
2.
According to Andersen, the
team is looking for more mem
bers. The team meets Mondays
and Wednesdays in McLoughlin
111 at 2 p.m.
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