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CI ac I<AMAS P r ÌNT www.ClackamasPrint.com Clackamas Community College Oregon City, Oregon Keyser announces retirement ougarsdominateNWAACC i©* ¡ON LINGEL rwAnsU. ^7---------- JHc Iprts Editor ized by freezing gree weather, ¡red snow, and ___ iced over pave- the Cougar Country team oun North West N ic Association of lunity Colleges AQC) Champi- Os in front of a STEVE NIELSEN News Editor upportmg crowd p .agar fans in Spo il ^Saturday. JI .v Clackamas Cou- _brought home the PHOTO COURTESY OF MIKE HICKEY __ d, Men's, and siaH champion- The cross country team (above) celebrates after winning the NW ACC l/Jj and Sophomore Championship Saturday, In Spokane WA. Front row: Allen Harrison, Tifany r Dodge cutt the Winsor, Matt Solosabal, Mandy Bates, Sarah Block, Jennie Hardie, Stacy o win the Men's Hopkins, Kyle Holland, Sherry Brenton and Jack Kegg. Back row: Brad Brolin, Mike Schwoebel, Ryan Mastropietro, Trevor Dodge, Johah Normand, • dual title. Alyssa Anderson, CJ Savage, Stephanie Costanzo, and Mike Hickey. on’i think there is ior college team than the one we have here,” runners were in the top 12 spots each other off in the last two miles nented Head Coach Mike finishing within 39 seconds be and we just worked off each other.” :y.;I wish we had a national tween the Cougars first through The women, led by Sophomores pionship; we’d be tough to sixth spot making this the stron Sarah Block and Jennie Hardie in gest race of the year for Clackamas. the six and seven spot respectively, yc;keyl was named NWAACC Freshman Allan Harrison had his won a tough tiebreaker against ; Country Coach* of the year best race of the year, finishing just Spokane to win their champion ie Men and Women’s teams, seconds behind teammate Dodge ship. All seven runners for the e men blew away Spokane by to win third place. women were in the top half of fin- upping 16 points to repeat last “We helped each other a lot,” ishers with two in the top 10. s clampionship win. All six informed Dodge. “We both fought See NWAACC. page 7 e -^1 JB News Editor ie mood was charged last e nesday as administration and ty met in the Gregory Forum to 11 irate Tuesday’s approval of the kamas Community College ne I, with 54% of the vote. ™ )llege President John Keyser altories with the group and Bated several staff members heir efforts in this year’s cam- n to pass the bond. Keyser gave h of the credit to Assistant to 0U^Bident David Dickson. it lAally put everything into this pafgn. as our team leader,” said s«“He wouldn’t take no on this tion, he took on one of the ;hest challenges, dropped ev- hing else he was doing, and t full bore on this.” ickson then spoke, and recog- d all those who had worked to e lie bond’s passage a reality, rhere are so many people that ’ ■make this thing happen, and e-l diserve so much credit,” said v ■n. In particular, he thanked 1 Friends of Clackamas Commu- Cfcllege; The Oregon Education t pciation, the campaign coordi- II the Associated Student Gov- Bit, and numerous Clackamas !■ / Trevor Dodge ran his way to victory for the Men's individual title. lackamas celebrates passing of bond measure ^TEVE NIELSEN Volume XXXIV, Issue 6 staff members. “I’ve got to say it’s really con gratulations to all of us, because it’s what all of us [did] here that every one voted for,” Dickson remarked. Dickson headed a team that be gan planning the bond campaign in 1998. They divided into several smaller teams to brainstorm all is sues pertaining to an overall vision for the future, to include overcrowd ing and future growth for both pro grams and facilities. “We knew that in Clacka mas County we had to. sharpen our pencils very sharp before we were go ing to be able to convince the voters in this commu nity that they needed to pass a bond,” said Dickson. “We feel like we’ve had a tradition of be ing fiscally responsible, and when we go to the tax payers we want to give them something they’ll see as a good bargain for the cost.” In addition to funding college programs and projects, the $47 million bond will pay for significant addi tions and upgrades to Clackamas’ physical facilities. About $30 mil- lion will go to add and renovate about 345,000 square feet of space, including a new 84,530 square foot classroom building, a new second floor and south wing on the Com munity Center and a new building that will connect Dye and Streeter. The school plans to sell the bonds as quickly as possible to get the best interest rate, and to move forward aggressively with construction plans. The brown bag luncheon last Wednesday celebrated the bond’s passage as the next step in Clacka mas’ efforts to better provide the residents of Clackamas County with quality education. “Indeed, it’s so exciting because this campus will be transformed and we’ll be able to serve so much better the many hundreds of thou sands of students who will come our way,” stated Keyser. MIKE POLLOCK/ Clackamas Print David Dickson, assistant to president, left, is congratulated by College President John Keyser for his efforts in helping to pass the bond. Clackamas Community College President John Keyser announced his re tirement in a letter to staff, friends and community mem bers Nov. 10, after serving the college as president since 1985. Keyser announced his retire ment effective July 1,2001. Keyser believes the college will benefit from a change in leadership. “With the pas sage of the bond mea sure, I be lieve this is a good time for the col lege to search for a President new CEO,” John Keyser said Keyser. For the remaining seven months of his time at Clackamas Keyser intends to plan for the up coming construction, complete a major fund-raising endowment campaign and secure legislative support for operating funds. In his letter, Keyser addressed his years at Clackamas. "This has been a joyful and en ergizing experience for me," he said. "I have been surrounded by individuals who have exciting ideas, compassion and enthusiasm for our very important mission." His retirement ends 26 years of service to community colleges. Be fore Clackamas, Keyser was the vice president of instruction and student services at Linn-Benton Community College and Dean of Student Services at both Mt. Hood Community College and Western Wyoming Community College. He was the president of The Ameri can Association of Community Colleges in 1990-91, and has played a key role in the Oregon Community College Association. The CCC Board of Education has entered into an agreement with the Oregon School Boards Association to conduct a presi dential search. Bob Burns, former deputy superintendent of Public Instruction and Oregon City resi dent will.be the lead consultant in the search process. A process of selection and timeline are now be ing established. After his retirement Keyser plans to focus more on his family, write a biography about his mother, and do some traveling.
