NEWS
The Clackamas Print Page 4
Wednesday, April 26,1995
ELC offers rafting courses
Take a whitewater adventure
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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.
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