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sss Features Opinion The forensics team came home from the national speech competition with one gold and three bronze awards. Co-Editor-in-Chief Heidi Branstator is angered by posters put up around campus last week by Babtist Student Ministries. See page 2 Columnist Janice Staehely discusses volunteer opportunités relating to the SOAR program. See page 6 See page 3 Sports Cougar softball captured six additional road victories last week. Their record now stands at 9/1. See page 7 The Clackamas Print Vol. XXVII No. 20 Clackamas Community College Oregon City, Oregon Most advanced aquatic park in region to open soon by Russ Jones The Print Staff Area water enthusiasts have much to look forward to when the anticipated grand opening for the most advanced aquatic center in the region, the North Clackamas Aquatic Park, takes place on June 1,1994. The aquatic center, to be located near the juncture of SE Harmony Road and SE 82nd Av enue, will provide a variety of indoor water activities for indi viduals and families through a combination of five separatepools, three water slides and four com munity rooms. The North Clackamas Parks and Recreation District, which manages the center, was formed by voters in 1990 to pro vide recreational programs and services in the North Clackamas area. The District is boundried by the Willamette River to the west, Gladstone city limits and the Clackamas River to the south, the Urban Growth Boundary (near 145th) to the east and the Happy Valley/Portland city limits to the north. In addition to the new aquatic center, the District is also developing aregional park, neigh- , borhood parks, sports fields, trails and natural areas, and will spon sor year-round recreational pro- grams. All facilities and activities will be available, on a split-fee basis, to both residents and non residents of the District. The aquatic center, with a construction cost of $7,266,000, funded solely by revenue bonds and contributions, will provide a year-round, one-of-a-kind, all enclosed 45,400 sq.ft. facility de signed to appease the appetites of the most avid water lovers. Principle features include a 186,000gallon wave/splashdown pool that will simulate natural wave action (the wave pool also includes an attached inter-active play pool for group sports and activities); a 124,000 gallon lap pool; a 13-foot deep, 115,000 gal lon diving pool, with-two one- meter boards; a 3,000gallon wad ing pool and a7,000gallon whirl pool. To accent these pools, the center will also contain three water slides: a200-foot open slide, a 167-foot aqua tube and a 20-foot drop slide. “There’s almost no limit to the aquatic services we’ll be able to provide. Recreational swimming, water polo, watersliding, swim lessons, scuba lessons, lifeguard training, com petitive swimming and diving, lap swimming and exercise classes are included in the summer pro gram offerings, and many other fun, new activities will be added throughout the year,” said Aquatic Park manager Lori Stim. In addition, beginning Fall term, Clackamas Commu nity College will be providing five swim-related credit classes as part of the Physical Education Division’s curriculum. These classes will cover such diverse uses of the facility as aquatic fit ness (water aerobics), beginning swimming, water- fitness instruc tion and lifeguard training. For information regarding these classes, contact the Health/PE Division at Ext.2291, Stressing this connection between the aquatic center and the public, Stirn commented, “We havebeen speaking to many groups throughout the District, and meet ing with schools, organizations and businesses to develop a sched ule that meets the District’s di verse needs for a facility like the Aquatic Park. From infants to seniors, we value everyone’s in put. The Aquatic Park is an excit ing addition to our community, and we want everyone to share in that excitement.” For additional informa tion, contact the North Clackamas Aquatic Park at 650-3483 or794- 8002. Student awarded with $30,000 scholarship by Jocelyn Gauthier The Print Editorial Staff Months of hard work and suspense have paid off for CCC student Jill Staffers, who has been awarded a $30,000 scholarship from the Harry S. Truman Schol arship Foundation. The Truman Award, es tablished by Congress in 1975, is available to college sophomores and juniors who are involved in public service. Staffers, who is major ing in International Relations, is thinking about attending Willamette University, Stanford University or Lewis and Clark College as an undergraduate. She will attend George Washington University, in Washington, D.C., for graduate school. “This has really opened a lot of doors,” Staffers said. “Now I’m definitely going to graduate school.” Staffers’ interest in in ternational relations began as a student at Oregon City High School where, according to Bill Symes from the office of public information, she was a member of the American Field Service Club and participated in the Model United Nations Conference. In the summer of 1995, Staffers will go to Washington, D.C. for a ten-week, paid intern ship with the government agency of her choice, as part of the Jill Staffers, winner of the $30,000 Truman Scholarship, enjoys Limbourg, Germany with friend Alex. “Truman Summer Institution.” Staffers, whose first-choice agency is the State Department, said, "I’m really excited about the internship in Washington, D.C.” Although she lived in Sheffield, England for seven months, she has never vis ited Washington, D.C. Staffers startedapplying for the scholarship last November by writing an 800-word essay ad dressing public policy for the Council of Economic Advisors to the President. The council drew 12 candidates for the scholarship to go to Anaheim, CA to be rigor ously interviewed on April 8. The interviews were con ducted by a panel of five, includ ing presidents of colleges and the advisor to the Chief Justice. The purpose of the interviews was to test the students’ values, beliefs and convictions; there were no right or wrong answers. “It didn’t matter what they were, as long as they were vours.” Staffers said. “They deliberately tried to back you into a comer...no matter what you said, they had a come back.” Of those 12, only three were named Truman Scholars. The other two scholars are Michael Cambell, 24, of Miami, FL, and Miguella Borbes, 38, of Arkansas. Staffers describes the day of the interviews as scary, emo tional and terrifying. “It was the most intense day of my life,” she said. “It was awful...it was so nerve-wracking.” The candidates, all strangers, supported each other by giving backrubs and talking non-stop. “Everybody was fantas tic. It wasn’t a competitive envi ronment. Everybody was so sup portive. “We were all thrown in this room together. It was really neat how we all bonded. The ones that were not chosen are in no way losers. They are all going to go far,” Staffers said. After the interviews, ev eryone was given a letter notifying them if they received the scholar ship. “Ididn’tbelievewhatitsaid. Dave Arter was over my shoulder, and when he shrieked, I finally believed what it said. It didn’t seem like I could have won,” Staffers said. “In one way it’s all over, and in one way it’s just be gun.” Staffers, Borbes and Cambell will go to Independence, MO (Truman’s birthplace) for Leadership Week, a public poli cies writing seminar with Kitty and Michael Dukakis. The awards ceremony will be held at the Truman Library on June 5. Staffers expressed sur prise at the three of them being selected. “We were all surprised. We’re the black sheep, of this group...Michael always called us the black sheep. (He's) quiet, but he’s got a great sense of humor andhe’sverythoughtful.” Staffers added that Borbes is “fantastic. She can do anything, and she can make anything.” Although they only spent two days together, the scholars grew very close. “We’re looking forward to seeing each other...they’re fantastic people, I could learn a lot from them," Staffers said.
