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Oregon City, Oregon Clackamas Community College Vol. XXVIII No. 11 Wednesday, Feb. 1,1995 AT A GLANCE Compiled by Cori Kargel Copy Editor "V Come to the Resume Workshop and learn the basics of resume writing. The workshop will also include prepar ing cover letters and providing refer ences. Cost is $5. For more informa tion, call ext 2409, orregister for WKS 6-02. "V The Small Business Development Center is offering a “Going into Busi ness” workshop, introducing the essen tials of opening your own business. The course will include discussions about licensing, permits, tax requirements, hir ing, developing a business plan and iden tifying markets. Cost is $30. Formore information, or to register, calL656- 4447. "V Become a volunteer for Healthy Start of Clackamas County. Visit new mothers at the hospital or at home. Bi lingual Spanish-speaking volunteers are especially needed. If your skills are in organization, volunteer to work in the Clothing Bank, which provides clothing and supplies for infants and pregnant women. Training began Jan. 23. For more information, call Dixie Whetsell at 655-8430. "V TheFoster Grandparent Program is looking for older adults on limited incomes to help children who have spe cial needs in learning situations in Clackamas County. Under the guidance of a supervisor, foster grandparents give individual attention and personalized care to help-children grow academically, socially and emotionally. Foster grand parents receive $200per month non-tax- able stipend, a daily meal while in ser vice and transportation reimbursement. For more information, call 249-8215. "V “Exploring Our Dreams,” the lat est seminar from Focus on Women, will focus on what secrets and messages dreams, hold, about life. Marilynne Keyser will give examples of the use of dream work to know more about our health, relationships and hidden goals. For more information, call ext 2548. a / The next Aging Issues discussion will focus on Family Dynamics. Dr. Joanne Gribble, a family therapist, will discuss caregiver interaction with the families of clients. For more informa tion, call ext 2456. a / Learn about the wonders of the Northwest winter skies at the ELC’s as tronomy class. Participants will use various instruments and survey a num ber of stellar phenomena. The class will be from 7 to 10 p.m., Feb. 6, at the Haggart Memorial Observatory. Cost is $45. For more information, or to reg ister, call ext2351. INDEX NEWS Page 1 OPINIONS Page 2 FEATURES Page 3 & 4 In men’s basketball action: Cougars get an ‘A’ for midterm performance by Jesse Sowa Sports Writer The men’s basketball team definitely receives an ‘A’ for their hard work in turning the flagging season around. Spectators were able to take a break from mid-term stress to applaud the two-game home wins the Cougars recently came up with. The Cougars held off a late second-half run by Portland Community College Jan. 25 to beat the Panthers 90-85. Clackamas had to come from be hind on Saturday to defeat Lane CC 73-69. In the game against PCC, the Cougars got off to a slow start, but still managed to main tain the lead throughout most of the first half. The Panthers stayed in the game during the first half with some great out side shooting by their guards. Kenny Walker hit Jay Moore for a lay-in, and Walker added a jumper and two foul shots of his own to give Clackamas a 24-17 advantage with 9:30 remaining in the first half. Moore nailed a three-pointer off a Ryan Coffey pass and an 18- footer from the comer for a 29- 19 lead. Jawanza Hadley came off the bench late in the first half to score six points and help the Cou gars maintain a 44-36 advantage. Moore' hit a lot of good open shots for 15 points in the first half after Portland sank back in a zone. “They sagged off of me and I just put them up and they just luckily they went down,” he said.. Moore also grabbed a ton of rebounds in the first 20 minutes to keep his team in the game. “Coach Kiser just tells me to go to the outside boards,” said Moore. “I just listen to coach. He’s always right.” Jay Lassen and Aaron Pearson provided most of the spark for Clackamas early in the second half. Pearson hit two jumpers and a pair of free throws while Lassen added three baskets off of re bounds and three foul shots to give the Cougars a 66-46 advan- Continued on page 4 Photo by Josh Kehler The Cougars heat up with a spectacular mid-season performance after a cool start Scholarship provides child care for students by Christi Snavely Opinion Editor Here is the question: What do you do when you cannot afford to go to school because you lack funds for quality child care? That exact question has been a matter of concern to our ASG. In fact, they have made it a prior ity as one of their many goals this year. The Child Care Scholarship program began fall term of ’94 by purchasing two full-time slots at the Family Resource Center. The slots were then divided into seven part-time child care scholarships. “The scholarship program provides a short-term solution to the problem. It provides afford able student child care,” said Rachel Austen, vice president of ASG. With very limited advertis ing, ASG received 21 applications in one week’s time. Recipients of the scholarships had to provide proof of financial need for child support, complete a minimum of eight hours per term, maintain a GPA of at least a 2.0 and the child must be between six weeks to five years of age. “My biggest financial hurdle has been trying to pay for child care,” said Elizabeth Funk, a re Scholarship Committee asking committees to create this big cipient of a scholarship for fall for assistance. scholarship program to offer a va term. “The child care scholarship “We wanted to get adminis riety of different scholarships for that I have received has helped re trative support of it (the scholar student needs here. Child care is duce my financial burden, and has ship program) through funding, a really big priority. When that helped to make it possible for me especially because then we know program comes about, child care to continue my education. “Re that they have taken a personal issues will be addressed through ceiving the child care scholarship interest in it. This ensures that it those scholarships,” Austen said. has been an en Hopefully, couragement to through me in that the efforts The scholarship program provides a somebody be of ASG short-term solution to the problem. It lieves in me and other enough to want people and provides affordable student child care. to help with my organiza- - Rachel Austin child care ex _ _ tions on Vice President of ASG 7 ✓ campus, penses.” Betsy Par child care tridge was given a scholarship for will carry on for years to come,” scholarships will become a per her sot Alexander. She had this Austen said. manent option for those who to say in her letter to ASG: “This The Foundation quickly re couldn’t attend CCC without is not only a gift for the adult par sponded to the proposal by grant them. The results and apprecia ent students, but it is also a gift ing ASG’s program $1000 for tion can best be seen directly by for the children of these parents. Winter and Spring terms. ASG those it assists, like Funk, who I don’t know what is going to hap and the Student Activities Depart said it all when she ended her let pen to this program in the future, ment then matched that figure for ter to ASG: but I must tell you it has certainly their funding of the scholarships. “By furthering my education, been a benefit to the Partridge Austen is excited about other I am learning the skills that will family.” possibilities for the program that one day make me a great doctor. Due to the tremendous re may lead to it being enacted as a Through my services, I will give sponse that the program received permanent source of help for stu back to all those people who have in Fall term, ASG decided to ad dents on campus. helped me along the way, and so vance the program to a higher “Jane Sharp, (part-time your gift of the child care schol level. They sent a proposal to scholarship coordinator) is work arship is a gift that will keep on the CCC Foundation Board ing with a task force and college giving.”
