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WedNEsdAy, F eóruarv 14, 2001 ThE ClAckAMAS P rìnt Automotive department keeps your car rollin’ MAGGIE JIRASEK Feature Editor To fund student scholar ships as well as purchase new equipment, the automotive de partment at Clackamas has es tablished a program where do- nated vehicles are being re paired and sold while giving automotive students work ex perience. Ever since the car donation program started five years ago, people have do nated vehicles primarily as tax deductions. After inspect ing a donated vehicle, a deci- sion has to be made whether the car is worth being fixed. A careful inspection is necessary. “We take the vehicles that are decent enough and do any minor or sometimes major re pairs, whatever is- necessary, and then sell the vehicle,” said Ray Conklin, automotive de partment chairman. “We get more cars than we can accept. People often times want to give us vehicles that would cost more in repairs than they are worth, then we have to say no.” Sometimes they don’t always know the extent of a car’s needed repairs. “Really old cars with low value don’t even come here. Occasionally, we make a mis take in accepting a car," said Conklin. "We had two cars where we discovered that we couldn’t really do anything with them and they have been sitting around for awhile. Sometimes we scrap the cars ourselves and use some of the parts for our training program,” he said. When a vehicle is sold, a ma jority of the money goes into a schnlarshij^account, and some is used to buy new equipment. Don ate d vehicles are not only used for the purpose of being re- paired and sold, but occasion ally for training as well. “Once in a while, we use a do nated car for training. Most of the time they are not appli cable. We try to keep our train ing vehicles as new as pos sible,” said Conklin. Beside s working with donated cars, the a u t o m o - tive depart ment runs their shop just like a regular auto repair outlet. “People call us all time because they are having trouble with their vehicles. We don’t charge for labor," ex plained Conklin. According to him, only parts are being charged for. Being involved in the auto motive program requires a sense of responsibility and a good working at titude. “The first day of class, we tell our students that this isn’t so much a class but rather a job. We make the assumption that the students are here be cause they want to become employ as tech- n i - dans,” said Conklin. “It’s a pass-fail class and we’re very strict about it. In order to pass the class, you have to have at least 80 per cent attendance, and you can’t be late for class more than four times,” he said. Anyone interested in donating a car or buying a used one can call Ray Conklin at x2320. Heimowitz serves as ELC’s new education coordinator CORINNE RUPP Opinion Editor MIKE POLLOCK / Clackamas Print Alison Heimowitz is the new education coordinator at the Environmental Learning Center. Since the beginning of the win ter semester, Alison Heimowitz has taken the reins of the Environmen tal Learning Center’s education programs as its new education co ordinator. It has been a smooth transition for Heimowitz, who came to CCC after 2 1/2 years as a coordinator atOMSI. “I have a good foundation to build on,” she said. Native to Arizona, Heimowitz came to Oregon with her husband to attend University of Oregon where she received her second bachelor’s degree in science edu cation. “I’ve gone from being a desert rat to being a duck with wet feet,” joked Heimowitz. While her sense of humor hasn ’ t been dampened by the wet weather in the Pacific Northwest, she does take her job very seriously. While Studying for her first bachelor’s degree at the. University of Ari zona, Heimowitz had an epiphany. “Somewhere around my junior/ senior year, the light bulb went off and I thought, you know, to really make a difference in terms of con servation it comes back to educa tion. You have to teach people why the environment is so impor tant.” Science education is not new for Heimowitz. After receiving her teaching certificate, she moved to Washington ,and taught eighth grade science be fore moving back to Oregon with her husband and children. A resident of Oregon City, Heimowitz is thrilled to be working in her own neighbor hood. “I wanted to work in the com munity that I lived in,” she said. The opportunity to work lo cally will be even more present after spring break, when she will begin coordinating student volunteers from the education and science departments to work with school kids in the Oregon City School District. The district re ceived a 21sl Century Grant from the government to expand science education. Heimowitz will be train ing volunteers to go out to the schools and educate kids in vari ous environmental science fields. “It’s a great opportunity. The more experience they can get, the better,” she said of the student vol unteers. This work study program is in its fourth year here at CCC. “It is an incredible resource for the students and the college,” she said. lener to the Editor I don't agree! As soon as I saw the first sign, I knew it was something to do with religion. After a bit of investigating, I found that it was a marketing ploy by the Campus Crusade 4 Christ. The signs occur on other local campuses as well but they ‘agree’ with ‘Mike’ or some other name. It’s not that I dis agree with the underlying re ligious message that Paul (a group member) espouses. It’s just that the cryptic message that you’ve plastered all over campus is a bit trivial in rela tionship to the REAL MES- SAGE. I’m not sure what the criteria is for allowing post ers on campus but if the mes sage were “I agree with Bud dha” would they be allowed? Would we think the campus was being defaced if the signs agreed with Shiva? Well, the campaign worked, we’re all talking about it. Only problem is, the REAL MESSAGE got lost in the quirky ad campaign and Paul...that is a crying shame. Bill Briare, Religion Instructor The Linfield College Adult Degree Program is available to you on campuses throughout the region—which means you can earn your bachelor’s degree or certificate close to home, in evenings and on weekends. You’ve been waiting for the right opportunity to finish your education. With Linfield, the opportunity is nowl Wr¡ters’ CLüb g Increase your income possibilities. Realize your potential. Deadline: ' For a private college education at a public university cost, call Linfield today. You may submit up to 3 poemi ssay, 1 piece of * . . 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