Wednesday, February 10, 1993
The Clackamas Print
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Vol. XXVI No. 13
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Clackamas Community College
Oregon City, Oregon
INSIDE Clackamas programs seen as model
Task force leader speaks at Resource Center
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Comedians host game show at
Clackamas
Thecomedy game show "You
Laugh You Lose!" was held in
the- college’s skylight dining
room yesterday. The ASG-
sponsored event gave CCC stu­
dents a chance to win money by
withholding; : laughter in
humorous: conditions.
by Nolan C. Kidwell
News Editor
The Clackamas Community
College Young Parent Opportu­
nity Program was highlighted at a
press conference Thursday at the
Family Resource Center (FRC).
Kevin Concannon, the direc­
tor of the Oregon Department of
Human Resources, spoke tojep-
resentatives of the media and teen
mothers enrolled in YPOP and
other FRC programs.
Concannon, 52, was recently
appointed to a special task force
See page 2
Features' 7';
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Clackamas student helps drug
abuse victims
Cecil Washington, a student at
CCC and a former drug addict,
is using his past experiences to
help others. He is currently
working at Fire Mountain, a
Christian Independent Living
Center in Beavercreek. The
center teaches men 18 years
and older how to live indepen­
dently.
See page 4
Rhapsody: A Literary Insert
Literary work by CCC students
and faculty is featured in this
special edition of Rhapsody.
The insert includes "A Very
Different Five Centuries," by
KevinHaines,whichplaced first
in the Gary I. Beck Short Fic­
tion Contest. In addition, Diane
Averill’s poem, "Learning
Translation," is featured. The
poem has never been published
before.
See insert
Cougars defeat Lane Com­
munity College
The women's basketball team
won their sixth game in a row
against Lane C C They now
hold a 7-3 league record.
See page 7
Index
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Sports...................................7
Kevin Concannon praises
YPOP during Thursday’s
press conference.
of five governors, which will ad­
vise president Bill Clinton on
welfare reform, using Oregon as
one of the models for change in
the national system.
“We have about 85 percent
of teen parents back into pro­
gramslike this (YPOP) and about
10 percent on waiting lists,”
Concannon said. “A number of
states have not been able to make
the commitments that Oregon
has.”
Concannon said that just be­
fore the holidays, Oregon was
shown tohave the
highest marks of
any GED(General
Educational De­
velopment) pro­
gram.
“In the next
few weeks I will
be talking to
people all over
Oregon. I’m go­
ing to urge that
they support pro­
grams like we see
here today,” he
said.
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One
of
Clinton’s goals,
which Concannon
hails as important,
is moving people
in and out of the
system. quickly.
Concannon ex­
plained that not
everyone will be
able to move
through the pro­
grams in a matter
of two years, as
outlined
in
Clinton’sprelimi-
nary plans. Ac­
Photo, by Nolan Kidwell
cording
to Children from the YPOP program were featured at last Thursday's press
Concannon, if ev­ conference in the Family Resource Center. YPOP was cited as a model
ery one moved because of its success with teen parents.
through the programs thatquickly, the priority which has been placed
He expressed that some of
there would be a need for “a on them. Governor Barbara Rob­ the keys to these problems will be
million-and-a-half public jobs,” erts sees these programs as an health care, child care and job
not taking the private sector into investment in Oregon’s work training, which he feels are some
consideration.
force, he explained.
of the most ominous problems
“One either has to have a
This priority is in response to that people li ving in poverty face.
massive public jobs program or the 25 percent increase of people
“These are huge investment
tinker with things like health care living in poverty from 1980 to areas in the state,” he said.
and such,” he said.
1990.
In the next couple of months,
Concannon attributed the
“There is the need for more Concannon will be looking at
success of Oregon’s programs to support on thatfront,’’Concannon programs like YPOP to make rec­
said.
ommendations to the new Clinton
task force.
Locker thefts created
by'peoplepfoblem' Former dean dies;
service Saturday
by JeffKemp
Staif Writer';'
Watches, clothmgand cash
are some of the'items that have
'; Three to five lockers were ' bccnreportedstole®, Wiseman’s
reppried tohavebeen hufgiar- best piece of advice on avoiding
izedsMre school 1w|an fotir getting your valuables stolen is
months ago,
rieeAtb hai^eaheight-
eped awareness tdrifte potential
of loss of our persona! objects,’’
said Jim Wiseman of the Public
Safety Of fice.-
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.Apparentlyone Of mOfeper-
sori« have gotten thetr hands on
a set of the masierlock pass keys
that are issued annually by the
college for those staff members
and Jani tors thatneed them. Ac­
cording to Wiseman, there has
td just not bring, them to school.
He also suggests that, whenever
poSsible; yOu should use ybur
own lock- bheck W make-'sure
your locker- is secured and be
f aware of others around you tbat
i lock" suspicious, '
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-
' Wiseman said that the Pub-
1 lie Safety
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f yestigating possible suspects . It
1has been turned Overtbthe
.’ClackamasCounty District At-
further inv^-
' gation, Ifybu find that yohhaye
been no sign of forcible entry.
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people problem^ : been burglarized: On campus or
WisemaneXpIained. ’"’When you. ■: can aid the PublicSafety Office
have h very small number of Lwithanyinformation, regarding
people wniingtostealfromcach: .Stolen ;prbpert^:.Wisemaii:en-
Other, then you are always going icouingesyou tocdlext.2302:
to have a problem ”
by Frank Jordan
Staff Writer
William F. Hargadine, along-
time instructor and later, an assis­
tant dean at Clackamas Commu­
nity College, passed away in
Mesa, Ariz. Thursday. He was
62.
Hargadine was hired in 1969
as a history, social science and
physical education instructor. In
1973, he became the CCC Coor­
dinator of Special Services.. In
the same year, he was hired as the
head football coach and served in
that capacity for two years,
Between 1976 and 1983,
Hargadine started as the Coordi­
nator of Comm unity S ervices and
later became Associate Dean of
Community Services.
In 1983, Hargadine became
Dean of Instructional Support
Services^ Finally, in 1986, he
served as an Assistant Dean of
Instruction until his retirement in
1988,
After his retirement,
Hargadine remained active in the
CCC Foundation and helped to.
run the Foundation’s annual golf
tournament.
Hargadine is survived by his
wife Carol, a retired business
manager for the Molalla School
District, , his son Ron and two
grandchildren.
Services for. Hargadine will
be held this Saturday at 2 p.m. in
the Gregory Forum on the
Clackamas campus. Internment
was by cremation and the re­
mains will be returned to the fam­
ily. Donations are to be given to
the CCC Foundation in lieu of
flowers.