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NEWS The Clackamas Print Page 4 Wednesday, April 26,1995 ELC offers rafting courses Take a whitewater adventure Continued from page 1______ plained one of the preschool children of his whereabouts when the alarm went off. “I was about to say, ‘what was that?’ I was in the back of the line and I had toehold the door open.” The child said he waited outside for so long that ‘1 had to sit down because my legs were too tired to stand up any more.” After being evacuated and kept outside for about 30 min utes, staff and children were al lowed back inside the building. Brendon Neal Staff Writer Are you bored? Check out the rafting trips that the Environ mental Learning Center is going to be putting on. This year there will be trips on the Clackamas, McKenzie, Sandy, North Santiam rivers and two trips down the Deschutes River. There is a 10 percent dis count available for members of the Environmental Learning Cen ter and senior citizens. The Clackamas trip is from noon to 5 p.m., Saturday. It costs $25 per person. The trip starts at McIver Park and floats down to Barton. There was a preplanning session from 6 to 8 p.m., yestersay, to discuss the plants, birds and geology around the river. The McKenzie trip goes from Blue River to Ben and Doris Kay Park. The trip is May 6 and will cost $45. There is also the option for an overnight campout, day hike and soak at a local hot springs offered. The planning session will be held from 6 to 8 p.m., May 2 at the center. For the Sandy River trip the rafts will leave from Doge and go to Oxbow Park. The cost of the trip is $35 and will be May 13. The price includes rafting equip ment. Orientation will be from 6 to 8 p.m., May 9. The North Santiam River is fast and rocky at lower levels. There are two raft rapids called “Spencer’s Hole” and “Carni vore.” This trip leaves May 20. Cost is $45. The Environmental Learning Center recommends intermediate skills for this trip. Rafters also Family Resource Center... Amidst mumblings of having an exciting morning, children resumed play. Preschool teacher Dana McCart said her four-year-old students cooperated well under the stress. / “They went .fight to the door, stood nice and still out side for a long time. Once I ex plained to them that we had to get outside because the smoke would hurt our lungs, and we needed the outside air, they were ok with that,” McCart said. Enroll now in exotic classes at the ELC Brendon Neal Staff Writer may go on a overnight camp-out and day hike. The planning ses sion is from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., May 16. There are two Deschutes River trips. The first one goes from Harpham Flats to Sandy Beach for an overnight campout on June 3. It includes a no-host dinner in Maupin and will be followed by an astronomy lecture and star gazing. The pre-trip meeting is from 6 to 9 p.m., May 30. The trip costs $80. The other Deschutes trip is on June 10. It is an overnight camp-out. * The' Environmental Learning Center will host a natu ral history and astronomy lecture for trip participants from 6 to 8 p.m., June 6. The cost is $80. If you want to register for one of these trips, call ext. 2351 Tues day through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. If you are tired of sitting in a class room taking notes about abstract subjects, try going to one of the classes being put on in May by the Environmental Learning Center. Primitive Cooking allows participants to learn from mountain men how to cook on an open fire, stick, grate, spit or in the coals. It is from 9 a.m. to noon, May 6. The class costs $30 and includes recipes and notes. Another class, Butterfly- Hummingbird Gardens, will be held from 1 to 3 p.m., May 6. The class will talk about ways to attract butterflies and hum mingbirds through achieving full season garden color and planting new plants. The cost is $15. Cast Iron Cooking teaches how to care for and cook with cast iron. The class starts at 9 a.m. and goes to noon on May 13 and costs $30. Learn how to use fresh herbs in every day cooking in Cooking With Herbs. The class runs from 1 to 3 p.m, May 20, and costs $15. It will also dis cuss how to save money by growing herbs. Kitchen Cosmetics teaches how to use fresh herbs to make homemade cosmetics that can be made from a garden. It will be from 1 to 3 p.m., May 27. There is a 10 percent dis count for seniors 65 and older, and to center members. For more information, call the ELC at ext. 2351 Tuesday through Friday. Council creates plan to improve ‘bottom line’ by Jocelyn Gauthier Feature Editor President’s Council has de vised a “Macro” Plan for the 95- 96 budget in hopes of decreasing expenditures and increasing rev enue in order to improve their “bottom line” by $500,000. A combination of anticipated revenue, savings and cuts, this plan is the first step in a multi year approach which will result in the $1.7 million gap antici pated to occur over the next four budget years. “This plan is intended to be consistent with our values and our visions plan. Making budget re ductions and increasing FTE is a challenge of significant magni tude. All individuals and depart ments are encouraged to help im prove this draft plan,” according to the council. The following “macro” goals were proposed by the council as a starting point, and they believe that to some extent, these ideas may be easier to implement than those made in the coming years. To “enable more time for creativ ity,” a meeting to discuss ideas for 96-97 and 97-98 will be in mo tion this fall. To gain additional revenue of $100,000, 50 percent of the pre vious year’s profit from each en terprise fund will be returned to the general fund. For a savings goal of $10,000, each division will be asked to cut non-contracted travel. For a savings goal of $20,000, each division will be asked to re view the use of part-time classi fied help. As much as possible, the in stitution will try to employ stu dents as part of their educational experience while reducing the amount spent for part-time clas sified. For a savings goal of $14,000, the cost of living in crease to Materials and Services accounts will be removed for 95- 96. For a savings goal of $200,000 to $250,000, each divi sion will be given a minimum goal of the number of positions it will need to eliminate. This will be accomplished through retirements, resignations, reassignments and/or shifting. A problem-solving strategy is still needed as to how to accomplish this, and to help the transition, all vacancies will be frozen for three months. The savings will be returned to the general fund, and the divi sion will be asked to propose al ternatives to filling the vacancies. For a savings goal of $25,000, the utility savings from summer weekend closures will be returned to the general fund. For a savings goal of $110,185, each department will be asked to look for savings by being responsible for .5 percent of the divisional budget, allowing for problem solving and adjust ing as needed. The projected bottom line improvement for 95-95 is $479,185 to $529,185. Some suggestions given by the departments and divisions on how to save are as follows. 1. A comprehensive study of fee account spending and planning will be conducted to determine the potential for revenue generation. 2. Beginning 1996-97, the driv ers education program will return $10,000 to the general fund with increasing amounts as the pro gram grows. 3. Beginning 1996-97, we will begin to shift the cost of tuition wavers ($10,000) to Foundation resources. Additional waivers will be transitioned as the planned giving and scholarship efforts grow. 4. Additional attrition savings will be needed and goals set for each year. 5. Every area of the college will be asked to look for savings. 6. Equipment decision packets will be reduced by $30,000. 7. An exempt salary freeze will be considered. 8. Design optional ways to de liver services. 9. Use technology to improve ef ficiency. 10. Consider additional incen tives for early retirement. EXCLUSIVE Solid organization seeking person with strong public relations talents and a broad range of skills: phones, light paperwork, organization of travel. Help us keep this busy office productive. FT/PT: hours vary. Call 526-7633 for interview.
