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Check It Out Bump’. Wednesday, March 1,1995 AT A GLANCE Compiled by Cori Kargel Copy Editor y Spring term registration is fast ap proaching. Registration for returning students with appointments starts Mon day. New students with appointments can start registering March 13. Open registration starts March 15. Registra tion will be held until April 1. For mere information, call ext 2254. "V The next Coffee House Live will fea ture the “Local’s Only” Top 10 grunge band, Nero’s Rome. Check them out from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., today, in the Skylight Dining Room in the Commu nity Center. >/ Petitions for graduation are now being accepted at registrar’s office and the Help Center. The graduation cer emony will be June 9. Information on the ceremony will be sent out during Spring term. For more information, call ext 2254. a / The College Foundation will honor donors at the dedication of the Family Resource Center. The center was paid for entirely with donations. The dedica tion will be at 2 p.m., Thursday, in the Gregory Forum. There will then be an open house and the unveiling of the do nor plaque at 3 p.m. in the Family Re source Center. For more information, call ext 2402 or 2456. y The bookstore will resume book buy backs during finals week, starting March 13. For more information, call ext 2248. “V Come listen to Diana Golden tell about her experiences during the Ger man Holocaust. The Social Sciences Department is sponsoring the presenta tion, which will be held from 1 to3 p.m., today, in the Gregory Forum. ■\/ The CCC Theatre Department will be looking for four women and three men to perform in the upcoming environmen tal comedy “Betty the Yeti.” Auditions will be from 3 to 5 p.m., March 6, in the McLoughlin Theatre. For more infor mation, call ext 2356. >/ Learn how to avoid scams at a semi nar sponsored by the Seasoned Adults Enrichment Program. Cost is $3. The seminar will be from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., today, in room Hill of the Harmony Center. For more information, call ext 3212. "V The North American Open Poetry Contest will be awarding a total of $24,000 in prizes to more than 250 po ets. The contest is open to everyone. The deadline is March 31. For more infor mation, call Pamela Roberts at (410) 356-2000. V The Book Mart will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., March 13 to 17,27 to 31 and April 3 to 5 in the Community Cen ter. INDEX NEWS Page 1 OPINIONS Page 2 FEATURES Page 3 SPORTS Page 4 Apartment complex to benefit CCC by Christina Snavely Opinion Editor How many times have you sat at the exit of Clairmont Dr. and cursed yourself and those around you as you attempt to turn left onto Beavercreek Road? You sit for what feels like for ever, and finally, in a fit of insan ity, you gun it, causing many vo cal and visual reactions from those around you. Well, good news. Have you seen that construction on Beavercreek Road (you know, the project that adds additional ter ra- to your attempt to exit safely)? Well, when they’re finished, we will have an additional lane and a traffic light! This progress is due in part to Paul Ables, a local business man who is building 260 low-in come apartments on 15 acres to the north of our campus. The city of Oregon City ap proved Ables’ building permit, with a couple of conditions. Those conditions have certain influences on the college. The road improve ments and the traffic light will affect faculty, students and staff. “They are building on our property. They will have to hook up to our electricity to run the light,” said Gary Dirrim, dean of college services. “He (Ables) gets a tax credit which comes from the federal government and the state, then allocates those on a project-by- project basis. He came with apian to the state and said, ‘This is what we’re going to do. If you give me tax credit, I’ll build 260 low-in come housing units, and at the end of 20 years, I’ll give the whole site to a non-profit entity,’” Dirrim said. The school’s involvement works in two steps. “There are two contracts. The first just takes a look at giving him a license to come on our property and make the roadway improvements that Photo by Chad Patteson The new apartment complex located on campus will benefit students and staff who use the Beavercreek Road entrance, as well as create low-income housing near the school. you see taking place on Beavercreek Road right now. We have not dedicated that land to him yet. “What we’re trying to do is hold title to it, to keep the pres sure on to encourage him to enter into a thorough, meaningful dis cussion on doing the comprehen sive contract. The comprehensive contract is the one that will give us the apartments in 20 years,” Dirrim said. He went on to say that “Ables would like to have us give $150,000 cash to him to build a child-care facility that’s inside the apartment complex. “If we put up the $150,000 today, and we say that that could earn 6 percent over 20 years, I think that’s still less than $500,000. Whereas, this could have a value in excess of $7 mil lion and would have an annual cash flow of about $600,000.” The process is still in its early stages right now, and progress toward completion of the compre hensive contract is on Ables’ back burner. Dirrim cited some reasons for the delay. “There is no timeline, really. I’m just anxious to get this nailed down. One of the reasons is that Ables wants to get those 260 apartments rented. For every day that he’s not. and he’s behind schedule right now, and it’s cost ing him $3,700 a day,” Dirrim said. “So, I think he’s quite fo cused now. He’s not worrying about having to put this dedica tion deal together, he’s worried about getting those roadway im provements done, the boundary project done and the apartments completed so he can start leasing those turkeys. “Once he gets over that ini tial hump, then we’ll be able to start sitting down with the law yers and putting together the com prehensive contract,” Dirrim said. The school has some security by contracting in two stages. Ables will pay Clackamas $51,000 for the land, then when the comprehensive contract is fi nalized, it will give back the $51,000. If, for some reason, the contract doesn’t go through, the college keeps the money and re ceives value for the land it gave up. Dirrim was asked if he saw a future for the $60,000 Clackamas will earn annually. “We don’t even know if this is going to ma terialize yet, but I think a fantas tic place for something like that to go to would be scholarship money.” So, soon we will have a bet ter entrance and exit, and we will have to come up with something new to complain about. Writers awarded for their achievements Anjanette Booth News Editor The Writers’ Club award ceremony was held on Feb. 24 to recognize the winners of the 1995 Writers’ Contest. “It’s great to see such tal ented students being recognized for their work,” said Diane Averill, English instructor The top three winners in the categories of fiction, poetry and essay were able to read their work in front of an audience of teachers, staff and students. They will also have their work pub lished in the literary magazine on campus “Synesthesia.” First place winners in each category received an award of $40, second place winners re ceived $30 and third place win ners received $20. Gustav Anderson won first place in the fiction category for his work, “Old Grey.” Second place was taken by Matt Russel for “The Woods” and third place was awarded to Erick Mertz for “Skates.” In the poetry category, Anna Walker won first prize for her piece, “Birth Right Lost.” Mat thew Donahue took second place with “Sophomore Revisited” and third place was received by Todd McNamee for “Nightmare From the Night Before.” “A Different World,” by Marsh Perkett, won first place in the essay category with Scott Tubs finishing second for “My Dad” and Donna Creek taking third for “The Education Issue: A choice or a stand.” Each winner was chosen from over 103 entries received for the contest. For information about the winning entries or how to get involved in the contest, contact Diane Averill at ext 2370.
