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Celebrate art this weekend
Friday May 26
Gregory Forum
9-12 John Callahan artist (room C)
12-1 Will Homyak stoiy teller (room C)
2-2:30Opea mic poetry reading (room C)
2-6 Labyrinth-meditation; maze
(room A)
9-6 Student art show (room B)
JASON LINGEL
11- 12:30 Meditation(room A)
12- 12:45 Footwork dance (room C)
1-3:30 Piano recital (room C)
4-6 Studio One dance (room C)
3-6 Labyrinth-meditation (room A)
Upper Courtyard
Upper Courtyard
1-3:30 Historical Spinners
9-6 Vendors
9-6 Medieval Shrewsberry Fair reen
actments
11-1 Environmental Fair
9-6 Vendors
Amphitheater
Amphitheater (in front of Li
brary)
10-10:50Tdi Chi demo-Geoff Winn
11 Martial arts demo
2:30-4 Ron Heagy
4 Martial arts demo
Lower Quad: Bands
11-1 The Sugar Daddies
1:30-2 Stateline 55’s
2:30-4 OR Old Time Fiddlers Assoc.
4-6 Whisky Hill Combo and Jazz
Saturday May 26
Gregory Forum
Lower Quad'. Bands
10-11:30 Back 40 Channel Light
130-3 Marathon MonkeysOesus H. Christ
330-4:15 Willamette Falls Symphony
4:30-6 Lewellyn
Randall
12-7 Pow-wow
12-3 1“ round of Pow-wow
4-7 2"d round of Pow-wow
Staff Writer
The first annual Arts and
Awareness Festival will be held
at Clackamas Community College
this Friday and Saturday.
The festival will showcase arts
and will include martial arts pre
sentations, a labyrinth, guest
speakers and live bands through
out both days.
“The purpose of the festival is
to promote arts and awareness
of students with physical chal
lenges,” said Associated Student
Government (ASG) Clubs Sena
tor Amanda Dorie. “It’s also pro
moting an awareness of the en
vironment and of other cul
tures.”
The Arts & Awareness Festi
val is being held in conjunction
with Environmental Week and a
Native American Pow-wow.
Bond campaign uncertain
for November election 2000
JOHN THORBURN
Editor-in-Chief
Measure 3-74, the college’s
bond bid of last week, failed to
get the approval of 50% of the
voters and did not pass.
Not only did the bond measure
not receive the 50% voter turn
out that is required for all money
matters, it received a “no” vote
from 53.6% of those voters who
did cast their ballots.
“I think [the college’s reaction
to the bond failure] was one of
surprise,”
noted
Corky
Kirkpatrick, director of commu
nity relations. “We were fully pre
pared for it not to get the 50%
participation. So, we really need
to rethink where we fit in the com
munity.
“From all of our previous con
tacts, including our research last
summer, we felt fairly certain that
we’d get our 'yes' votes. We’ll
have to do some really good
analysis and try to figure out
why it happened so we can
change our campaign to get a
'yes' vote.”
College will reassess
campaign strategy
Yesterday morning discus
sions began for a new plan in
President’s Council, which
kicked off a potentially lengthy
debate over a possible restruc
turing of the measure.
“Estelle Harlon was chairman
of the Friend’s Committee and
she asked the Steering Commit
tee to get together on June 21
before that day’s Board Meet
ing,” continued Kirkpatrick. “I
would guess that there would be
some type of report made at that
time. In the meantime, we’re go
ing to survey people to find out
why they voted yes or no and
we’ll do an analysis of the vot
ing by precinct.”
While Kirkpatrick hopes for a
favorable November election,
she acknowledges the difficulty
that the college has experienced
with fall elections.
“November elections are hard
for us,” noted Kirkpatrick, “be
cause we don’t start school until
the end of September, and in the
summertime we don’t have as
many people around to work on
things.”
She feels that factors are still
favorable for Clackamas because
this November will be a presiden
tial election in which 50% turn
out is not required.
While details on a revamped
measure may not be in place for
some time, the impact the college
will feel if a November bond fails
is enormous.
According to Kirkpatrick, the
next time after November that the
college will have the opportunity
to put a measure to a vote with
out having to endure a 50% turn
out requirement at the polls isn’t
until November 2002.
According to the most recent
budget projections, if the college
simply maintains at the same in
come/ expenditure level it has
now, reserve funds will be ex
hausted by 2003.
Repair costs will continue
to rise
In that time, repair costs for ex
isting buildings that would have
been covered in a bond this year
could be greater.
“Roofs are going to keep leak
ing, parking lots are going to keep
heaving and coming up,” said
Peter Angstadt, dean of college
services. “The sooner we start
[to make repairs], the better off
we’re going to be. If you can
make repairs, take care of some
of these issues now, they’re go
ing to be a lot less expensive now
than if you wait until later. It’s
very imperative that [the bond]
passes. This is one of those
things where the longer you
wait, the more expensive this is
going to become.”
If the bond fails again in No
vember, students will continue to
feel the effects of an aging and
shrinking campus.
“The worst case scenario
would be a decline in our facili
ties over the next several years—
however long it will take to get
the measure passed,” noted
Angstadt. “We’ll have less and
less money to put into them. It’s
just not a good situation. Stu
dents will still be crowded in
classrooms. The choir will still be
practicing in stairwells. The art
students will be crowded into
facilities that are 30-40 years old.
Students might not be able to get
the right classes that they need
at the right time of day just be
cause we’ll be maxed out of class
room space.
“We always try [to add new
programs and expand existing
ones],” continued Angstadt.
“It’s really tough to stretch dol
lars to do that. We have a lot of
creative people here—faculty
and staff—that could probably
figure out ways to do things.
Even then, though, we have
people who are hitting the wall.
You can only be creative so far
and not have the resources to
back it.”
Sizemore initiative poses
$3.4 million threat
Opposition that community
colleges around the state face
this November is a Bill
Sizemore tax cut proposal that
would eliminate 10% of the
state’s funds, including a ma
jor portion of funding for two-
year schools.
“There’s a real paradox right
there,” commented Angstadt.
“You have a bond measure [on
the ballot] asking for money for
needed repairs right next to an
initiative that would basically
take $3.4 million away from the
college if it passes.”
Two major events scheduled
are presentations by disabled
artists John Callahan and Ron
Heagy.
Heagy is a paraplegic and mo
tivational speaker from Tangent,
OR. He founded a group he
named Camp Attitude, which
works mostly with middle and
high school kids. Heagy paints
his art with his mouth; he will
show his art and speak during
the festival.
Callahan, also paralyzed,
draws a nationally syndicated
cartoon for the Willamette Week.
Callahan has published a few
books featuring his cartoons in
cluding one named Don’t worry
he won’t get far on foot. A movie
is also being made about his life,
starring Robin Williams as
Calahan. The cartoonist will be
showing his art at the festival.
Another certain crowd pleaser
will be the dunk tank. Members
of the Oregon City School Board,
and various Clackamas staff and
instructors, including Norm
Bemy, will be available for dunk
ing.
The festival is hosted by ASG
and Still People, an organization
(led by former Clackamas student
Jerry Ryan) which focuses on ar
tistic and athletic abilities of
people with spinal cord injuries.
“Kids need to know they can
still have fun, they can still ex
cel, they can still win trophies,”
said Ryan. “When one of these
kids wins a trophy it is usually ;
the first one in their life. Bring
ing them that feeling makes all
the effort worth it.”
Volunteers are needed for the fes
tival, especially for the dunk tank. If
you are interested in helping out in
any way contact Amanda Dorie at
x2247 or Jerry Ryan at 632-5227.
Indian Pow-wow
attracts state-wide tribes
SANDY LUPO
Copy Editor
Native American heritage will be
celebrated Saturday with dance,
drumming, singing and food as part
of the Memorial Day weekend and
Clackamas’ First Annual Arts and
Awareness Festival.
Decole Camarilla, organizer of the
inter-tribal pow-wow for the Asso
ciated Student Government (ASG)
and Clackamas’ Native American
Club, will welcome representatives
in Indian regalia from tribes through
out Oregon, to include the Grande
Ronde, the Siletz and the Klamath
Falls tribes.
Camarilla learned first-hand about
pow-wows and Native American
heritage as a teenager/cook for
Salem’s Chemawa boarding school
for Indian youth.
“We still have our ethnic heri
tage,” she said. “We still honor our
traditions.”
The host drummers are called
Foxtale, and have performed to
gether since 1992. A master of cer
emonies will open the celebration in
Randall Gym at noon with a color
guard in full costumes. Vendors will
sell food (fry bread, chili, “Indian
tacos”) and drink, and Native Ameri
can artists will sell handcrafted jew
elry. The celebration runs to 7 p.m.
“We’re going to have agood time,"
Camarilla enthused. "The M.C. will
introduce the dances, the drummers
are great, and Crystal Boyd (the cook)
has worked at Chemawa for ten
years—they’re here for the people.”
Announcements
Student Directed One Acts: Come
watch fellow students perform
short plays today at noon and 8
p.m., and tomorrow at noon. All
performances are free and held in
the McLoughlin Hall Theater.
A Radio Show: Come listen as the
Radio Broadcasting class pre
sents "The Noon SAow," from
noon to 1 p.m. Tues. May 30-Fri-
day June 2 in room M229. For
more information contact Jane
Rickenbaugh at ext. 2472.
contact librarian Shannon Stiles
at ext. 2493, or online at
shannons@clackmas.cc.or. us.
Writers Club Awards: Hie Writ
ers Club invites all to their
awards presentation Tues. May
30, from 1-3 in the Gregory Fo
rum, section A. Winners will read
from their works and cake, cof
fee, and pop will be served. For
more info, contact Allen
Widerburg at ext. 2359.
Summer Registration: Open
Registration for summer term is
now through June 23. Classes
begin June 19.
ASG Positions Available: If you
are interested in being an ASG
senator or officer for the 2000-2001
school year, applications are avail
able in CC140. Applications are
due by June 2. For more info, con
tact the ASG at ext. 2598.
Fall Registration: Returning stu
dents may register for fall classes
now through Sept. 29.
Ushers Needed: Ushers are
needed for the play “As You Like
It,” June 1-4. Admission is free
for those ushering. For more info,
contact Alice Nelson at ext. 2356.
Industrial Division Open House:
May 31,5 p.m. Event will focus
on Drafting & Manufacturing.
Contact Scott at ext 2921 formore
information.
Website Volunteers: The Libraiy
is seeking volunteers to update
their website. It will take approxi
mately two hours. If interested,
For Sale: 3’x5’ hydraulic drafting
I drawing table with electric out
let. SlOOobo. Call Bev 653-6994.
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