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Vednesday, November 1, 2000
Clackamas Community College
Storyteller performs
myths, tales as art
JENNY CHAVEZ
Staff Writer
Master craftsman-storyteller
Vill Hornyak captivated his
mdSence Monday in the Gre-
;ory Forum with intriguing sto-
ies from Irish folklore, King
MIKE POLLOCK / Clackamas Print
Will Hornyak, storyteller,
shoots a bow and arrow as he
performs a tale Monday.
Arthur tales, Induit’s tribal
myths and contemporary
fairytales. Laughter filled the
room as Hornyak profession
ally and passionately portrayed
the tales of oral tradition. His
performance was followed by a
workshop and discussion
sponsored
by
the
Clackamas Honors
Program and
Title
III
Grant.
" 'ya
—For
.f' more than
10 years, Hornyak
’’has performed and
held storytelling work
in shops for schools, festi
vals, libraries and other
groups.
He
teaches
storytelling and oral tradi
tion at Marylhurst Univer
sity and serves as an adjunct
faculty member of Portland
State University School of
Business Administration. Ac
cording to Hornyak, he learns
his stories by reading and at
tending storyteller festivals. He
emphasizes that storytelling is
an art.
“Art is meant to entertain and
to challenge,” he explained.
“Storytelling is beautiful, el
egant, and has useful wisdom,
and a good tale will be timeless
and eternal.”
His humorous enactment,
The Failed Conversationalist,
was especially fun for Hornyak
because he’s part Irish and his
character has an Irish accent.
He expounds on his principles
of storytelling emphasizing
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Halloween parties were not the only celebrations going on Saturday. The Cougars' Cross
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Mastropietro, Kyle Holland, Coach Mike Hickey, Trevor Dodge, Matt Solosabal, Mike Schwoebel,
and Jonah Normand, (front row) Stacy Hopkins, CJ Savage, Sarah Block, Tifany Winsor and
Jennie Hardie; had their own reason to celebrate, winning the Southern Region Combined
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that one of the important as
pects to storytelling is to find
a story that strikes you.
“Some stories are meant for
you to tell. Like a burr, they just
stick to you. Find some tale
you really like, serve the tale
and the tale will serve you,” he
commented.
Some students came with ex
pectations before the perfor
mance.
“I think it will be good. I hope
he’ll enlighten me on
storytelling because I have to
tell a story in class on Friday,”
said speech student Erin Lakin.
“I expect the audience to be re
ally attentive,” remarked another
student, Lisa Barker, “and I ex
pect it to be interesting.”
The audience was attentive,
especially when Hornyak en
couraged audience response and
invited student participation.
Student Mike Pollock became
a handsome knight engaged to a
curse-bound hag because of
King Arthur’s fumblings with an
ogre, but as many fairytales end,
they lived happily ever after.
Hornyak’s compelling tales tell
the rewards of a true heart and
the rejuvenation of a broken
spirit.
After the performance, student
Barker remarked that her expec
tations had been met.
“It was really good,” she said.
“There was so much intensity. He
made you feel and visualize the
story and sounds.”
Hornyak credits good
storytelling with enthusiasm.
“Great myths, fables, and
fairytales are like big lumps of
coal,” he exclaimed. “It doesn’t
look like much to you. But when
you bring fire to coal, it lights up.
That fire is enthusiasm.”
Bond measure 3-97 will ’determine Clackamas' future’
JENNY CHAVEZ
$150,000 home would have an
average annual tax increase of
Clackamas Community College $30 over the next 20 years. The
has placed a construction bond, proposed measure failed last
Measure 3-97, on the Nov. 7 bal May and a post election survey
lot, asking district voters to ap indicated voters felt they had not
prove funds to add classrooms, known enough about the mea
update technology and finance sure, or the school’s long-de
the upgrading of three decades ferred needs.
of we'ar and tear on campus
Kirkpatrick said the college
buildings.
has made extra efforts for public
Corky Kirkpatrick, director of •awareness this time. Letters from
grants and community relations, John Keyser, college president;
inputting all efforts into seeing reminder postcards; two mail
this bond pass and says, “WOe ings; hired phone solicitors and
are already working hard and al college volunteers have all been
ready have a flat general fund and part of the effort to inform vot
we have a growing enrollment.”
ers of the impact of this bond on
■Clackamas is asking approval the college. Several newspapers
of a $47 million bond that will have featured Clackamas’ cause.
cost taxpayers about 20 cents per According to Kirkpatrick, the
$1000 of assessed property college’s success affects every
vhlue. A homeowner of a one because people are enhanc
Staff Writer
ing their skills, therefore enhanc
ing society.
“Just economic development
benefits everybody and betters
society,” she remarked.
The college’s new master plan
projected costs at $100 million,
but deep cuts were made to al
low only minimal needs to be met
with the $47 million bond up for
approval.
If the bond passes, the money
will be used to replace temporary
and outdated facilities and to re
pair plumbing, roads, roofs and
utility systems. It will also be
used to build and equip new
classrooms to meet the needs of
the 25 percent student increase,
and to update technology for five
different buildings housing the
nursing, science, computer-aided
drafting and manufacturing, and
automotive departments. Other
projects include a new building
near Randall Hall and a new wing
between Streeter and Dye Cen
ter. It would take about two years
for students to begin seeing the
changes, and the construction
would have minimal impact on
classes.
If the bond doesn’t pass, tu
ition costs may go up. The cost
of student enrollment has
dropped approximately $300 in
three years, and according to
Kirkpatrick, the college is conser
vative and cautious about rais
ing tuition. Tuition is based on
the general fund, 50 percent of
which comes from the state.
Kirkpatrick said the administra
tion has tightened down in areas
of employment, and supports
early retirement.
A great help to the college is
the college Foundation, made up
of 32 businessmen who do pri
vate fundraising and provide
mini-grants for the school,
Kirkpatrick said. Organizations
that match public funds, such as
the Meyer Memorial Trust fund,
are also avenues the college can
use to help with extra funding.
But these are not enough to meet
all the needs of the college.
Clackamas serves the commu
nity arid students by educating
and training citizens for a better
society, reiterated Kirkpatrick.
“1 think it’s important as stu
dents that you let people know
what a good college you have
here,” she said. According to
Kirkpatrick, Measure 3-97 on the
Nov. 7 ballot determines CCC’s
future.