Oregon City, Oregon
Clackamas Community College
Vol. XXVIII No. 13
Wednesday, Feb. 22,1995
AT A GLANCE
Compiled by Cori Kargel
Copy Editor
Y Pick up alibrary survey ques
tionnaire and give your input
about library hours. Let the li
brary know your opinion. Ques
tionnaires are available in the
ASG office, the Help Center and
on the circulation counter in the
library.
N Clackamas art major Chris
(Angel) Miller is currently pre
senting an art show in the CCC
Art Center. The works are “emo
tional abstracts” and are some
times accompanied by Miller’s
personal poetry. The show runs
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. until Mon
day, every weekday in the Art
Center’s second-floor gallery.
N Thanks to everyone who en
tered the Writers’ Club contest,
and congratulations to the award
winners!! The Awards Cer
emony will be held, at noon Fri
day, in the Gregory Forum.
"V The CCC Theatre Department
will be looking for four women
and three men to perform in the
upcoming environmental comedy
“Betty the Yeti.” Auditions will
be March 6, from 3 to 5 p.m., in
the McLoughlin Theatre. For
more information, call ext. 2356.
“V Learn how to avoid scams at
a seminar sponsored by the Sea
soned Adults Enrichment Pro
gram. Cost is $3. The seminar
will be March 1, from 9:30 to
11:30 a.m., in room Hill of the
Harmony Center. For more in
formation, call ext. 3212.
V The North American Open
Poetry Contest will be awarding
a total of $24,000 in prizes to over
250 poets. The contest is open to
everyone. The deadline is March
31. For more information, call
Pamela Roberts at (410)356-
2000.
"V Pianist Jennifer Gooden-
berger will perform at 7:30 p.m.
today in the Gregory Forum. Cost
is free and the concert is open to
the public.
N The Book Mart will be open
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 13-
17, 27-31 and April 3-5 in the
Commmunity Center. For more
info see page 2 or contact ASG at
ext. 2247.
________
All day classes on the
main campus will be can
celled tomorrow for the
Skills Contest.
INDEX
NEWS
Page 1,2& 3
FEATURES
Page 4,5 & 6
SPORTS
Page 7 & 8
College honors black history month
is split up into six dif
ferent categories: Sla
very in America
1649-1865, The Abo
litionist Period 1688-
1865, The American
Revolution 1770-
1783, The Civil War
1861-1865, The Re
construction Era
1865-1871, and Civil
Rights 1946-1971.
Some important
dates in African
American history,
SlüHTA ill .UlkTKiS
recognized in the art
work, include Jan.
1, 1863, when Presi
Photo by Chad Patteson dent Lincoln signed
ASG honors black history month by displaying artwork of African the Emancipation
American history In the Dye Learning Center.
Proclamation declar
by Anjanette Booth
Learning Center.
ing all slaves free. In 1865 the
News Editor
The time-line runs from 1619 13th Amendment was passed
Student government is through 1971, recognizing sla abolishing slavery in the United
helping CCC recognize very and its abolishment, great States. The 14th amendment was
Black History month by dis African American leaders and the passed, establishing equal protec
playing a time-line of black process of establishing equal tion for all citizens in 1866.
history art work in the Dye rights for everyone. The art work
The first black lieutenant
governor in the U.S. was Os
car J. Dunn. In 1874 Robert
B. Elliot of South Carolina, de
livered his famous speech on
civil rights in the House of
Representatives.
“What you give to one
class you must give to all; what
you deny to one class you shall
deny to all...,” said Elliot in his
famous speech.
In 1946 the movement for
equal rights took off. The U.S.
Supreme Court banned segre
gation in interstate bus travel
in 1946. Rosa Park’s refusal
to take a seat in the back of a
bus in 1955 began the Mont
gomery Bus Boycott. In 1957
President Eisenhower sent
troops to Little Rock, Arkan
sas to prevent interference with
school integration. The Civil
Rights Act was passed in 1964
ending discrimination in pub
lic accommodations. Martin
Luther King Jr. also won the
Nobel Peace Prize.
CCC eyes new law enforcement center
by John Rumler
Contributing Writer
The fate of a proposed
Clackamas Community College
Regional Law Enforcement Cen
ter won’t be decided until a CCC
Board of Directors meeting
March 8, but support for the $2.7
million facility seems to be gain
ing momentum on and off cam
pus.
If approved, construction on
the center could begin late this
summer and be completed by Sep
tember of 1996. The training cen
ter, which would be one of the
first such facilities in the nation
to be community college based,
would boost student full time en
rollment by 100, with the tuition
money going into CCC’s general
fund.
See related story, Page 3
Although plans for the train
ing facility have been in the works
for two years, the curriculum, a
key element for the center, came
together last fall. Another impor
tant hurdle was cleared in Decem
ber when a comprehensive survey
reassured CCC officials that the
19,000 square-foot training cen
ter would be used by a wide range
of people throughout the metro
politan area.
Through independent re
search conducted by Hobson,
Johnson, and Associates, CCC
officials estimate that the center
could attract over 123,000paying
customers per year. Both the gen
eral public and the law enforce
ment community were included in
the survey.
Dean of College Services
Gary Dirrim is confident that the
center, if approved, will be a boon,
and not a boondoggle, for the col
lege. “It fits into where our crimi
nal justice department wants to
go, plus I see it as a money maker
for the college,” he said.
The center, which will be lo
cated off campus, has attracted a
wide range of out
side supporters
ranging from the
Clackamas
County Sheriff’s
Office to the
United States
Postal Inspection
Service. Dirrim
received over a
half dozen re
sponses from local city police de
partments, including letters from
the Portland, Oregon City and
Lake Oswego Police Depart
ments, citing a desperate need for
an up to date firearmstraining fa-
cility.
The training center, which
hopes to serve 3,000 police offic
ers as well as over 10,000students
is projected to realize around $1
million in annual revenue. With
estimated operating costs of
$700,000, CCC would net a
firearms instructors will be on the
ranges at all times and safety and
security will be priorities, accord
ing to Dirrim.
Dirrim stressed that the cen
ter will be built off campus and
said the college was looking at a
2.5-acre lot next to the Oregon
City Fire Station on Mollala Av
enue. The lot is about one-quar
ter of a mile from CCC and is lo
cated between Highway 213 and
Mollala Avenue.
“It’s our primary site right
now. We’re keeping our options
open as far as
choosing a loca
tion,” Dirrim
said.
Seven full-time
and part-time
employees, with
salaries totaling
-Gary Dirrlm
$211,000 annu
Dean of College Services a ( ally, will staff the
training center
and Curriculum Orientation class, which would be open to the pub
said Dirrim. The firearms curricu lic every day of the week, from 9
lum includes four levels ranging a.m. until 9 p.m.
from beginner level to expert level
Main features of the physi
certification. Dirrim said other cal structure include two separate
community service courses such firing ranges built with concrete
as security officer firearms quali double-construction walls, four
fications and concealed firearms classrooms, a conference room
permit certifications may also be and various offices and storage
offered.
facilities.
The firing ranges will pro
A 15 year certificate of par
vide training for pistols and shot ticipation (COP) bond.will be cre
guns but no high powered rifles ated to cover the construction
or automatic weapons. Trained costs and all equipment for the
center.
yearly profit of approximately
$300,000.
Ninety percent of the center’s
income would be generated by lab
fees, tuition and ammunition
sales. It is estimated that the cen
ter would bring some 30,000 re
peat visitors each year, not includ
ing law enforcement agencies
from a five county area who will
also pay for using the facility.
All persons accessing the
firearms center will be registered
CCC students and must first com
plete a mandatory Firearms Safety
It fits into where our criminal
justice department wants to go,
plus I see it as a moneymaker
for the College.