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4 WEdNEsdAy, ÜECEIVlbER 1, 1999 News TI he CL ac I camas P rínt YPOP celebrates the holidays with annual buffet Advisory Board, we wanted to get involved in what we were Staff Writer doing, so we started this,” said Fresh aromas will tickle your Bell. She took her idea of having a nose and warm your heart as par lunch to YPOP advisors and they ticipants in the Young Parents liked it. Every year, Bell has pro- Opportunity Program (YPOP) cel vided and prepared a home- ebrate the holidays tomorrow with their annual lunch prepared by 75- cooked buffet of meatballs, rolls, salads and desserts. Her husband year-old Florence Bell. Ed Bell also helps by setting up “It’s a wonderful way to cel ebrate the end of the first term,” tables and bringing in supplies. said Linda Durham, YPOP in Although the Welfare Advi sory Board dismantled three structor. years ago, Bell has continued on The lunch is hosted by a num with the lunch. ber of volun “I didn’t want teers and was to drop it; I felt started in 1992 like the kids by Bell, Durham were deserving said. of it. I wanted YPOP is a them to know I comprehensive cared,” Bell educational pro Florence Bell said. gram housed in Volunteer Besides being a the Family Re nice way to end source Center the term, there (FRC), which are many ben serves young parents. It helps teens continue efits to having this lunch. It their education, increase their teaches the students how to host parenting skills and prepare for a nice party and shows them dif ferent ways that they can do com employment. Bell explained that she and munity service, according to others from the Welfare Advi Durham. “There are so many (benefits) sory Board wanted to find a way to connect with the people they it’s really wonderful,” said Durham. serve. The Lions Club and The Com- “When I was on the Welfare DIANA SCRIVNER I felt like the kids were deserving of it. I wanted them to know I cared CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY LINDA DURHAM Florence Bell has cooked and prepared the buffet lunch for YPOP students since 1992. Here she is at last year’s lunch with husband Ed. munity Partnership Team of the Department of Human Services in Clackamas County also contrib ute to the holiday lunch by giv ing gifts for students and their children. They supply each par ent with a sweatshirt, and give him or her toys and books for their children. “I thought that it was really cool that someone would do that Bridges offers path to success KRISTIN WISER Staff Writer A holiday food drive and a gradua tion ceremony Dec. 7 are two high lights of the Bridges program this month. Bridges, a tuition free program that started last year, prepares students, ages 16-22, for the challenges that lay ahead ofthem in both college and the job market by adding a sense of di rection and helping students become successful. The program covers such areas as stress management, personal wellness, expanding options, and in creasing self-awareness. Leslie Black teaches the class that is held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 to 11:50 a.m. “Because it is about success in col lege we look at the whole person.. .anywhere from spirituality to.. .money,” explains Black. The Bridges’ food drive, to help the hungry in the community, Was ini tially prompted by a quote by John Adams brought in by student Amanda Yates: “There is no experience better for the heart than reaching down and lift ing someone up.” “This (quote) probably best de scribes Bridges’’ Black adds. There are currently nine students enrolled in the program. The low num ber is due to the lack of awareness of the program and of its content, which is offered in the Career Planning sec tion of the college catalog as HD202- 04 and HD208-04to be taken together, for a total of 6 credits. Every student in the class is par ticipating in the operation of the food drive. They are looking to collect non- perishable cans and boxes of nutri tional food. Along with the food drive the stu dents are also caroling at the Childcare Center located in the Fam ily Resource Center. These two community service projects come just before their Dec. 7 graduation. “Each student graduates with a personal action plan,” said Black. News Anchor Julie Emory is set to be the guest speaker at the ceremony. The donation boxes for the food drive are located in the Family Re source Center as well as in Student Services. Bridges students are ask ing for your support by donating food to their food drive to help the less fortunate throughout the com munity. for us,” said student Shanna Watman, of the efforts of the volunteers. Every year after food is served, the students, staff members and volunteers share with the group the things they are proud of or have accomplished over the term. According to Durham this is a fun time for the students as well as the volunteers. “The social interaction with each other” is what student Kylee Feagin enjoyed last year at the lunch and Feagin is looking for ward to this year. “We can all just eat and mingle,” she said. “We appreciate what they’re doing,” Bell said about YPOP stu dents. “They’re turning their lives around and they deserve a second chance.” Speech Team brings home award MANDY GOOD/ Clackamas Print Nash Carey accepts the second place debate award on behalf of himself and his partner Kindra Hazen at the Greater Portland League hosted by Mr. Hood Community College on Nov. 16. Y2K: ITS performs equipment checks Continued from page 1 Would you like to be your own boss, sell an exclusive internet product with corporate backing, and earn commission not just off of the product, but what your customers buy USING the product... eveiy month... forever? Sounds good to me. Call Frank at 503-650-8157 ITS will perform checks on equip ment to help ensure system compli ance. “There are many elements in volved in this,” said Milton Reuck, help-desk technician. ITS will be doing system checks to make sure the date will roll over. “If someone has a problem with their PC’s, I help them. If I can’t help them over the phone, I send someone over to help them,” added Reuck. ITS does not support anything other than the basic computer soft ware. Any individual software in date is?’ If it knows today is Dec. 1, 1999, then you need to check it out. Does it know that the day after Dec. 31,1999 is Jan. 1,2000? Those are simple things you can do in your home and around the workplace,” said Rothi. Rothi doesn’t anticipate any prob lems going into the next millennium, but if there are, Clackamas will be ready. “There’s going to be some bumps. I can’t predict what the bumps are. They’ll iron themselves out pretty quickly. I don’t think the planes are corporated into the system may not going to fall out of the sky. People ‘ be supported by ITS. PageMaker is are watching and working on the one of the programs not supported systems making sure it’s ready to by ITS. “We don’t support those sys- roll,” said Rothi. tems so they’re not our concerns,” said Reuck. ITS still has a three-page list of equipment they are checking off as they run through the software. The library has been checking through their system independently. “To the best of my knowledge Dynex, Ebsco, and Newsbank are compliant,” said Terry Mackey, col lection management librarian. The library did everything that needed to be done over the sum mer. Clackamas is well on its way to millennium compliance and no prob lems are foreseen. “We’re not done yet. We still have some equipment we are working through. Will we be done by Jan. 1, 2000? Absolutely,” exclaimed Rothi.
