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WEdiNEsdAy, FEbRUARy 16, 2000
Speech and debate team compete at OSU
MANDY GOOD
Sports Editor
Clackamas' Forensics team traveled
to Oregon State University to compete
in The Cheap and Easy Tournament
last weekend, and brought home the
first place overall sweepstakes award,
dominating the tournament in indi
vidual events and debate.
There were nine schools that com
peted; only three were two-year
schools. The remaining six were four
year institutions. Clackamas, led by
Assistant Coach Brian Everest, beat
not only the two-year institutions in
their di vision but also tallied more team
points than the four year school teams.
“We did well, exceptionally well; it
was the best performance that we’ve
had all-year. They took over half of the
awards offered at the tournament,”
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explainedEverest ‘Clearly by the time
that the awards ceremony was over,
we knew that we had won the tourna
ment"
In individual events, Samantha Grif
fin placed in the top novice events in
Bad Interpretation, Impromptu, and
Persuasion. Roxanne Johnson placed
in top novice events in Extemporane
ous and Informative. The next to break
in those events were Matthew Steketee
for Dramatic and Nash Carey in Im
promptu.
In Open Placing individual events,
Kindra Hazen placed second in Pro
grammed Oral Interpretation (P.O.I.),
second in Prose and first in Poetry;
she was a finalist in Drama. Kerrie
Baker-Hughes placed first in P.O.I., sec
ond in Prose and first in Dramatic. Grif
fin placed third in Bad Interpretation.
Steketee placed second in After Din
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ner Speaking and placed as a finalist in
Extemporaneous. Nash Carey placed
first in Bad Interpretation, first in Im
promptu Sales and second in Dramatic.
In addition, Carey
took home the Pen
tathlon
Award.
Katherine
Stockmann placed
third in Impromptu
Sales. MelissaJones
placed as a finalist in
Impromptu Sales.
“Nash Carey was
the star of the show;
he ended up taking
home six awards.
The closest person
to him only took home four awards.
So he did a really great job,’ ’ explained
Everest “There wasn’t anyone that
didn’t come home with an award; ev
News Editor
Hoekstra: Identified
by Star of David
Continued from page 1
/ had a triumphant feeling, which
was stupid. I could've been killed
for it," said Hoekstra.
At this time she was pregnant
with her first child.
After being kicked out of their
last house, they moved from place
to place. Friends that were non
Jews helped out at times.
All the Jews were then Ordered
to the courthouse where they were
given a Star of David to wear. At
any time the soldiers could come
up and demand to see their identi
fication cards.
“It was dangerous to wear the
star or not to wear the star, ” said
Hoekstra.
There were about 140,000 Jews
in Holland. Every day they were
loaded into trucks and only 25%
eventually returned
Everything of value was taken
from them. They were given re
ceipts for their belongings. Some
of the things taken were wedding
rings, cars, and bikes.
Hoekstra gave birth to her son
April 28, 1942 and gave him to a
non-J ewishfamily to keep him safe.
“Putting my son and husband
out of my mind was the only way to
survive, " said Hoekstra.
During her three years in the
camps she worked hard to survive
even in the worst conditions. She
survived bouts of Scarlett Fever and
Dyptheria. Hoekstra survived dis
ease, little food, unsanitary condi
tion and one toilet for 400 people.
“Some had the misconception
that they had legitimate protection,”
said Hoekstra.
Being exempted many times, her
family was able to avoid being taken
to a concentration camp, but even
tually, they did end up at the
Barnavelt Camp for Intellectuals, for
over three years. They remained
there until liberated by the Canadi
ans.
By the end of 1944, the war was
coming to a close. Hoekstra’s im
mediate family survived the or
deals of the Holocaust. She lost
many loved ones due to the rav
age of the Holocaust.
“Everyone hoped to maybe sur
vive, somehow,” she said.
The experiences of Holocaust
survivors may be read, told, or
known, but could never be felt to
the degree the survivors know.
“There are wounds you have
that just don’t heal,” said
Hoekstra.
to be first in debate.
“It ended up being a little difficult
having your own team knock you out
of the semifinals,” said Everest. “They
took it with great stride. They did the
debate as if they were from different
schools; they were just more friendly
and more comfortable.”
Final debate teams consisted of
Steckmann and Thatcher, Carey and
Johnson, and Steketee and temporary
teammate Cody Johns. Steckmann and
Thacher placed as semifinalists, Carey
and Johnson placed in Second and
Steketee and Johns placed first
“We have some tough tournaments
ahead of us. Our next tournament is
Western State in Sacramento and that
one is a big tournament It’saregional
event that draws from all over the na
tion. That will be our true test for na
tional level,” concluded Everest.
YMCA launches campaign of support
SANDY LUPO
Members of the Bridges program gave Valentines
Thursday to children with cancer at Emanuel Hospital, in
association with Alexandar Ellis Children's Cancer
Association. Bridges is a Clackamas program that prepares
students ages 16-22 for the challenges of life and career.
eryone that went walked away indi
vidual winners. As well as the team
and the school walked away winners.’ ’
In Novice Debate, the speakers are
evaluated on
their overall
speaking ability.
Steketee placed
as the number
one speaker at
the tournament
Johnson placed
as
second
s p e a k e r ,
Steckmann
placed fourth,
Carey placed
fifth
and
Thatcher placed sixth.
Three Clackamas teams met in the
semifinals, so no matter what the out
come, one Clackamas team was going
Clackamas’ YMCA Child Care
Center joined the area-wide, non
profit YMCA of Columbia-
Willamette last night to launch its
annual support campaign for
childcare at a kickoff dinner and
rally at the Double Tree Inn, Lloyd
Center.
Funds raised or given by Clacka
mas staff and friends during the
month-long effort will go directly
to benefit the YMCA Childcare
Center on campus, at the Family
Resource Center (FRC), which
cares daily for 80-90 children of
students, staff and area residents.
The center offers evening
childcare for students and staff as
well.
“Community Support Campaign
2000 is a community builder,” said
Mike Mercer, YMCA Director of
Development, Childcare. “It’s an
opportunity for parents and
other childcare supporters to
reach out to friends, businesses
and community leaders, and for
them all to come together to
make a difference.”
Area wide, the YMCA operates
64 childcare sites. They also offer
a variety of other youth and teen
programs ranging from after
school activities to summer day
camps, sports and fitness pro
grams, parent-child programs, and
the Achievers program, which
provides mentors to teens.
“People make the difference,”
Mercer emphasized. “ Without
volunteers, we could not do what
we do.”
About 700 volunteers will par
ticipate in this year’s support
event, and hope to raise $82,000
for childcare.
A phone-a-thon will take place
on campus the evening of Feb. 29,
with all funds raised dedicated to
the Clackamas YMCA Childcare
Center.
Judy Kling, Director of the
Clackamas' child care center, ex
plained that all funds raised on its
behalf will support childcare schol
arships, and other direct services.
Kling, who earned her Associ
ate Degree in early child develop
ment at Portland Community Col
lege, and has worked in the field
of child development for almost 30
years, including 24 as director for
Clackamas childCSlV, fut wliivh she
supervises 28 employees and six
regular volunteers.
That amounts to one adult for
four children, and Kling is proud
of the Clackamas center’s work.
“We do an excellent job of do
ing child development appropriate
to the age (of the child),” Kling
said. “Our children are safe, nur
tured and cared-for every day they
are here.”
Kling emphasized that as con
scientious as the Center is for the
children, it is equally important
that the caregivers are paid a liv
ing wage, and have a quality, ad
equately-supported work environ
ment.
So Kling is always seeking sup
port for the Childcare Center. She
arranges story- telling sessions for
students in education; she always
welcomes volunteer caregivers;
she’s been known to raise money
collecting bottles and cans.
And she says, “No donation is
too small. Please give.”
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