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The Clackamas Print Page 2
Wednesday, Feb. 8,1995
NEWS
Service to Community Pilot
Project begins at Clackamas
by Tina Guinn
this year to ‘bridge the gap;’ that ing games and others. Reinolds
Editor-in-Chief
was their goal last year. But it is must overcome language barriers
As a means of meeting one one of ASG’s goals this year, so with Spanish-speaking children
of the chief goals of ASG this it all fits in together,” Austen said. who attend the preschool.
year, and to help extend the finan­
Andy Brewster, who had
The interns for this year went
cial aid program, a few students through an extensive application worked as a volunteer in the
and staff members have estab­ process last spring. The interns’ school system, chose for his com­
lished a program called Service duties include giving 75 hours of munity service site Candy Cane
to Community Pilot Project.
community service per term, as Lane Elementary School. He pro­
In the winter of 1993, Rachel well as reporting back to the other vides a role model for fifth and
Austen (current ASG vice presi­ interns at the group meetings sixth grade students who have had
dent), Amy Lundy (current ASG what their projects are and how negative influences in their lives.
president, who was co-volunteer their time is going. With the suc­ Brewster tutors the students and
coordinator with Austen at the cessful completion of the 75 directs educational plays that will
be performed for
time),
Mindy
Brown, director of
assemblies, par­
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the high school re­
You learn things in the community ents and even for
lations program;
that you can’t learn in the classroom. You other schools.
Frank El ar do,
Austen is also
can take something from a textbook, but an intern, how­
Foundation board
member; David
ever, her service is
it’s just not the same.
Dickson, assistant
unique. She de­
-Rachel Austen
to the president for
votes her time to
Vice President of ASG y y
helping Brown
college advance­
with the coordina­
ment and Norm
Bemey, ASG advisor traveled to hours, the interns will receive tion of the program.
Central Oregon Community Col­ $500, totalling $1,500 for the
Austen acts as a public rela­
lege (COCC) to investigate the year.
tions specialist for the project,
The five interns are Guy drumming up support for the pi­
Service to Community Internship
program COCC had begun. The Crooks, ASG volunteer coordina­ lot program.
“I’ve benefitted indirectly in
project was successful for COCC, tor, who works as a math and
so the representatives from English tutor for boys at the Par­ a lot of ways. It is really inspir­
Clackamas decided to implement rot Creek Ranch, a non-profit ing to hear stories from the other
organization that provides coun­ interns. With Mindy (Brown)
the same program here.
“The volunteer program at seling and education for violent I’ve visited all four sites and seen
people being impacted.
COCC was successful and we or troubled young men.
“It excites me when I can see
Jason Carnahan is another
thought it would be a good way
to extend the opportunitips at intern who volunteers his time at what other people are doing, but
a similar program at Son Village somebody has to be back here to
CCC,” Austen said.
This year, there are five in­ in Welches. Carnahan attends promote the program so that it can
terns as part of the pilot program, drug and alcohol rehabilitation succeed,” Austen said.
Austen encourages people to
which is being funded by the Ruth meetings with residents at Son
Allen Endowment in the CCC Village, as well as participating get involved in the program. “It’s
so beneficial to your education --
Foundation. Austen said that if in weekly staff meetings.
Elementary education major in just preparing you for life in
the program continues on and is
successful, they will seek busi­ Tammy Reinolds works at Head general. You learn „lings in the
nesses to fund the program who Start, a preschool for low-income community that you can’t learn
share the same sort of college families. Her duties include help­ in the classroom. You can take
community vision that CCC does. ing the children in learning skills something from a textbook, but
“It is not the college’s goal such as working puzzles, count­ it’s just not the same,” she said.
Photo by Chad Patteson
The ELC’s new solar house provides a simple look at
how solar energy Is generated.
New solar house
displayed at ELC
by Donny Kemp
Staff Writer
What do solar energy, hot
water and energy reduction
have in common? They are all
part of the new solar house dis­
play at the Environmental
Learning Center.
The solar house, the
ELC’s newest display, is a
model of the solar technology
that is being currently used in
homes as an alternative method
of heating water. The working
model house includes a full-
size solar panel, a hot water
heater and a working sink that
gives visitors a true demonstra­
tion of the solar process.
The solar heating process
uses no electrical pumps and no
outside energy source. “It is a
great way to reduce energy
costs,” said Jeff Kechter, the
ELC’s recycling coordinator.
But the solar house isn’t
the only change that is planned
for the Environmental Learn­
ing Center. The display marks
the beginning of a new ap­
proach for the ELC. “We plan
to completely remodel the re­
cycling center,” Kechter said.
The proposed remodeling
includes expanding the recy­
cling depot, landscaping1 the
entire area, embellishing exist­
ing displays and installing a
number of new displays on al­
ternative technology. The new
displays, like the solar house,
will be designed to demon­
strate to the public that there
are many ways to protect the
environment, and save money
at the same time.
The entire remodeling
project is designed to increase
public awareness of the recy­
cling center. It is also designed
to link the recycling center
with the nature reserve, so the
public will come to think of the
ELC as a single entity, instead
of two separate areas.
Kechter has high hopes
for the remodeling project. He
expressed these hopes when he
said, “Last year, there were a
lot of problems in the world.
This year is the year to turn ev­
erything around and get it
right. Hopefully, we’ll be a part
of it”
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