News The Clackamas Print Pg. 2 Clackamas boasts winning horticulturist News Clips by Tracey Roozenboom Staff Writer There will be a community reading of fiction and poetry read by CCCfaculty, staff and studentsFriday from 1 to 2p.m. inPauhng 105. For m ore t nformation, con tact KateGrayat extension 2371, Contest deadline has been at eU 2359; mw&intorin^ion,- eimtact .AOen Nursing hopefufe may now sign up for the SCAT test in the Assessment Center. Testing dates are March 2 through 4. Drop A Job Fair wiUbehosledbyCCCm the Gregory Forum Thursday W(tit&T^’^ mornings from8 to9a.m. in the^mall diningroom, They areJam 26 for mitiation of new members, Feb. 9, 23 and March 9 for general meetings, ilf'^fr wwjmote lnfp^afton come to the orientation meeting oa ^eb?il h ixxtm CG127 from 8 to 9 turn Transfer Day: TwentyOregon colleges will be on campus on Friday. Jan. 29from.lfraM to ! a mi in ppi - tyhat yon, need to do to mar tite fransfer |«oc|^ work. EteadlOl^qmremeriis theexpertsi '. ' * y/ ' , Wednesday, January 20, 1993 ' : •The Annual Northwest Career Fafr is SatmdayframJOakm.to 4 pari, :at tl^^feon’C6nii«htioh’<^^^^.e:tair.^iif^nir!e: representatives from local add r^idh^^^^^^-:.md^stii^s,j agencies and colleges. For mcue information,- contact’ Angie Leverenzat 231-0750, '* ' ' ' Without realizing it, we as individuals may have walked beside a nuclear physicist, an award-winning writer or even a prize-winning horticulturist. These are people who simply excel at what they do. One of these people is Clackamas Com munity College freshman Stephan Skowronek, who just happens to be the award-winning horticul turist mentioned above. “It’s been really nice because it’s something I find interesting and fun to do,” Skowronek said about his love of horticulture. Skowronek placed fifth at the National Floriculture contest that tookplace last November in Kan sas City, Mo. The contest was arranged through the Future Farm ers of America (FFA) program. The FFA is a national network of people concerned with agricul tural development. According to Skowronek, to compete in the contest, the Owen Sabin Occupation Skills Center (an FFA organization that teaches nursery landscaping taught by Kery Naylor), in conjunction with three Milwaukie area high schools, had to first compete at the state level last spring. “Whoever goes to state and places first goes on to nationals,” Skowronek said. Similar to the judging in state competition, na tional winners are determined by a general knowledge test, plant identification (listing the scien- Stephan Skowronek tific names) and practicum. Skowronek said the practicum is the hardest test due in part because you have to make an arrangement in under 20 minutes while figuring out “how much soil, how much bench space, how much bark dust and how much it costs." Once the judging was com pleted, Skowronek came out in fifth place (winning a plaque and a medal) and his team from the Skills Center finished second at nationals (among 45 teams of three people each). Skowronek plans to continue work in the horticulture field. “I’m considering golf course man agement. It’s real interesting to photo by Bill Symes me. If you're the manager, you can take care of all the greens and it involves a little bit of every thing. It also pays very well. You take care of landscaping, grass, turf and the business. Surpris ingly, there’s a lot to do.” As interesting as Skowronek’s award is, so is the fact that he is going to CCC on a $750 scholar ship from the Oak Grove Garden Club. Another perk Skowronek admits is due to his high SAT scores, his general requirement classes were waived. This just gives him more time to concen trate on what he loves... horticul ture. Students and Faculty make seasons bright for needy by Tina McFarland Staff Writer Faculty and students' atti tudes were “very positive, once again,” as 60 tags were taken off of the Giving Trees and 17 Clackamas families were given assistance during the Christmas holiday, according to Amy Gaskell, former ASG president. “The last two years I’ve done extensive promotion, but there wasn’t the time to do that this year. I sent out memoran dums to offices, but there was no other promotion other than the paper articles. It was surprising that people knew to participate,” Gaskell said. Overall, 60 tags were issued by the Salvation Army. ASG ordered more, but none were ever sent. According to Gaskell, Phi Theta Kappa set trees up, but there were no tags to put on them. “Phi Theta Kappa was very eager, I’m just sorry we didn’t have more control over getting tags in,” Gaskell explained. In addition to the various Giving Trees around campus, there was a' “CCC Wish Tree” Thè Clackamas Print Editors- in-Chief: Melissa Freels, Robert A. Hibberd / News Editor: Nolan C. Kidwell Sports Editor: Daphne Hartt Photo Editor: Vivian Johnson 1 Features Editor: Heidi Branstator Copy Editors: Jason Eck, Paul Valencia Business Managers: Scott Morris, David VanKeuren Staff Writers: Hafidtia Acuay, Melissa Baughman, Cyndie Davis, Sandy DeBarbieri, Tracy Grier, Frank Jordan, Jeff Kemp, Daniel J. Mala, Tina McFarland, Tracey Roozenboom, Staci Smith, Claudia Smulders, Eric St. Anthony's, Nicole Turley Photographers: Anjanette Booth, Lynn Slckel Adviser: Linda Vogt The Clackamas Print aims to be a fair and impartial newspaper cov ering 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 distributed every Wednesday except for finals week. The open adver tising rate is $4.13 per column inch. Clackamas Community College, 19600 S. Molalla Avenue, Oregon City, Oregon; 97045, Barlow 104. Telephone: 657-6958, ext 2309 (office), ext 2577 (advertising, news), ext. 2578 (features, photos, copy, sports), ext. 2576 (Editors-in-chief). located in the bookstore, and one in the president’s office, that ac cording to Gaskell, “provided Christmas for 17 on-campus families.” Those families ap proached ASG asking for assis tance, which is how the Wish Tree originated. “Un fortunately, there is no guarantee that the tags will be returned,” Gaskell said. This year, how ever, many people from various offices donated money rather than taking tags which helped make up for lost or unretumed tags. Gaskell said there was a wide variety of participants this year. “Once again beautiful toys (were donated). There was a variety of participants — single men and younger students. This year if people didn’t participate in the Giving Tree they helped in other ways, which is the point. It was very surprising,” she said. According to Gaskell, in the past there has been one coordina tor for the Giving Tree. This year, however, Jarrod Scheiffele, legislative director, and Senator Liberty Hunt coordinated the project. “It wouldn’t have happened without their help,” Gaskell stated. ASGalso sponsoredacanned food drive. Unfortunately, it wasn’t as successful as last year. According to coordinator Kristi Mabon, two barrels ended up missing. “We can only hope people who needed the food ended up getting it,” Gaskell said. The Giving and Wish Trees are charities that Gaskell would like to see continued. ' “This was the third annual Giving Tree, and the first year with the Wish Tree. I hope it’s a tradition that will continue. “Of course, I’d like to thank all the people who participated, whether they volunteered time or purchased gifts. I hope they had a nice Christmas as well,” Gas kell concluded. Students party together in the snow by Heidi Branstator Feature Editor Ski-Ball ’93, an all college and university snow party, is the "happening thing" Friday from 4 p.m. to midnight at Mt. Hood Meadows. The party will be held in the North Lodge. Tickets are $7 and include night skiing, activities, exclusive use of the North Lodge and college bar/nightclub until midnight. The activities going on all night are snow football and volleyball, keg toss, tug-o-war, NASTAR ski and snowboard race, a live classic rock band and a top 40’s disc jockey. ‘The fun, the dancing and the music” is what draws the crowds, Marc Essig said. Essigis the head of the automotive de partment CCC, the faculty advi sor for the ski club and also the ski coach at Oregon City High School. Night skiing has been ex tended by an hour and will go until 11 p.m. “We’ve had some pretty bad injuries on Ski-Ball night,’’Essig said. The slopes are watched closely and he said that “if kids start skiing too fast, they’ll start clipping tickets.” Ski pack ages or lessons will be $8 and snowboard packages will be $ 16. Affair w/ Hair-Student Nail Special Gladstone 657-7860 “1993 has had the nicest snow we’ve seen in seven or eight years,” he said. “It’s going on close to 10 years” since the first Ski-Ball, Essig said. He guesses that in the past, 1,000people have attended. With that many people, safety is a concern. Essig said that they stop every car as it leaves the parking lot. Anyone driving drunk is given the option of parking and sleeping it off, or sleeping it off in the local jail. Ski-Ball ’93 is sponsored by Z100, Hillcrest Ski and Sports, Mt. Hood Meadows, Gresham Awards and Engraving, Mt. Hood Community College ASG, Mead owlark Ski and Sport, Extreme Comp Ski Shop. Tickets areavail- able at the cashier's desk and in the ASG office.