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Bond essential for
student growth overload
MARIA FIFE
Of Oregon City High School
Maria Fifeplaced first inNews Writ
ing at the Clackamas Regional Skills
Competition last Thursday. This is
her winning piece.
If the two bonds pass, both Oregon
City High School and Clackamas Com
munity College will be beneficiaries of
taxpayers’ dollars.
Oregon City School District is pro
posing a $67.5 million bond. If it
passes, the entire high school student
body will be moved to the Moss Cam
pus. Being located next to the college
will make additional courses, such as
auto-body, auto-mechanics, natural
sciences and construction, available
to more students, according to Oregon
City District Superintendent Barry
Rotrock.
Clackamas is asking for $47 million
to update resources, renovate older
buildings and add an additional build
ing.
“People love the college,” said
Corky Kirkpatrick, spokesperson for
the college. “If we want to continue to
serve you, we need more space.”
Clackamas will turn 35 years old next
year and has become one of Oregon’s
fastest-growing economic centers.
Like Oregon City’s schools, Clackamas
is experiencing a student growth over
load. The college enrollment has in
creased 25 percent over the past five
years, and this year is expecting an
other five percent increase. Areas that
were once used for classrooms and
study areas are now being used for
offices and services.
“There’s really no student space
left,”explained Kirkpatrick. “You’ll see
students here out in the hallway study
ing.”
According to current estimates, if
the bond passes, taxpayers will pay
an additional 20 cents per $1000 as
sessed property value. In other words,
an owner ofa$150,000 home will pay
$31 more annually.
“It’s about the price of a few piz
zas,” Kirkpatrick said.
Kirkpatrick realizes that voting on
the two bonds at the same time may
hurt at least one of the schools.
“We really hope they (taxpayers) will
support both (bonds),” she said. “ With
the Oregon City population having
these two pieces together, it’s really,
really a plus.”
The last day to register to vote is
April 25. Voting will be May 16. For
more information, contact the
Clackamas County Elections Office,
825 Portland Avenue, Gladstone, or
phone655-8510.
Books donated to Asia
MATTSHEMPERT
Staff Writer
Clackamas’ bookstore has do
nated books to Asia for the past
five years, through Bridge to Asia,
a San Francisco based non-profit
organization promoting education
and research in developing Asian
countries.
Donated books are sent to Cam
bodia, China, and Vietnam. The
bookstore represents one of over
200 donating schools, including
Mount Hood Community College
and ChemeketaCommunity College.
The age of the books is not im
portant since the countries can use
books that are old. Often they are
books that have new editions pub
lished, or books in useable condi
tion which students were unable to
re-sell.
“They can take books that are
old, even 10 or 15 years,” said Steve
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receiving cleric.
English books are in high demand
because it is the language used with
science and computers, and is the
primary means of communication
in the West.
Bridge to Asia can use textbooks
in almost any field: journals, maga
zines, reference materials such as
dictionaries, encyclopedias and
other materials such as teaching
aids, syllabi and sheet music; dona
tions are tax deductible.
Books that are not needed include
computer books keyed to specific
systems, foreign language books
aside from English, “life style” books
and books that proselytize a religion
or political view.
Last year 28 boxes were shipped,
20 to 50 books in each and weighing
1,472 lbs. This is over twice the
normal shipment, which is usually
about 10 boxes.
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Students attend scbool-to-work opportunity fair
MANDY GOOD I Clackamas Print
High School students gather at the U.S. Army booth to hear a recruiter talk about their
incentives. The jobs fair was hosted in Randall gym last Thursday during the Clackamas
Regional Skills Competition. Over 50 different professions were represented.
Census 2000 brings jobs, tallies people
StartingMorch 6, a census form will be mailed to every household in
America to be completed and returned by April 1,2000
DIANA SCRIVNER
Associate News Editor
The 2000 Census offers part-
time work for students as thou
sands of jobs open up for /^pieri-
cans,
Due to the mass census that is
taking place, many jobs are avail
able in Clackamas County and
throughout America. Census
takers and office clerks are paid
between $8.25 - $12.25 an hour.
The Census is an attempt to
count every man, woman and
child in America, according to
Census Bureau officials. Every
resident will receive a census
form by mail beginning March 6,
to be completed and sent back
by April 1. If the form is not com
pleted correctly, or is not re
ceived by then, a representative
will visit the house address and
request the occupants to fill out
the census form and return it as
quickly as possible.
_ Tor individuals with no perma
nent address, census forms will
be available in public locations.
It takes approximately 10 min
utes to fill out the short form and
38 minutes for the long form ac
cording to the census website.
Investing this time could have
a direct effect on everyone in the
community. The census results
are used to determine where new
schools need to be built, and
where money should be distrib
uted for education, hospitals,
highways and stadiums. The in
formation collected is also used
to update 911 emergency system
maps and in helping to plan pub
lic transportation services, ac
cording to Census Bureau offi
cials.
Census data will be published
for businesses and the public by
April 1,2001.
All information that is col
lected during the census is kept
confidential. When the informa
tion is used, it is summarized and
grouped together so it will not
show the answers of one certain
individual. The information is
kept confidential for 72 years,
after which time it may be used
for genealogical research.
More information is available
on the census website at:
www.census.gov or by calling
the Salem Census Office at:
1-888-325-7733.