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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
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OPINIONS
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FEATURES
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SPORTS
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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.