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News ________________ L WEdNEsdAy, MARch 14, 2001 TI he CI ac I camas P rint Help a child, donate a book JENNY CHAVEZ Copy Editor Now’s the time to dust off your favorite childhood books and do nate them to the College’s library during the March Children’s Book Drive to help expand the children’s book section. The library needs new or used books in good condition, espe cially books for babies, young children and beginning readers. More bilingual and multicultural books would be a great asset as well. Librarian Karen Halliday thought of promoting a book drive after noticing the meager children’s book section had few award-winning books. The children’s books are used in sev eral programs on campus, includ ing the Instructional Assistant Certificate program and the Fam ily Resource Center. CCC Stu dents with young children also take advantage of the children’s book section when bringing their kids to school with them. “Upgrading the children’s col lection will improve the library’s usefulness to other programs on campus,” said Halliday. “There are few books for small children in our selection and we don’t have many award-winning books.” When more books are avail- able, the library can place a sat ellite collection at the Family Re source Center for the YMCA childcare center, YPOP students and their children and the new Family Literacy Saturday School which is starting this spring. The Family Literacy program, headed by Rene Zingarelli, as sociate dean, extended learn- MIKE POLLOCK / Clackamas Print Teacher Ann Volk reads to preschoolers in the Family Resource Center. The library is having a children's book drive to update their book collection and improve the library's resources for programs on campus. They are accepting all children's books as well as cash donations to purchase new books. ing services, is scheduled for Saturdays during Spring term. “The program is for families that want to increase their own basic skills,” she said. “It also teaches parents how to incor porate reading into playtime with their children.” A list of suggested books is posted in the library and on the library’s website. Many’famil- iar titles such as, Amelia Bedelia, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Goodnight Moon and Rainbow Fish are just a few amongst the big list of award winning books. The library has also applied for a $1,000 mini grant to the Starbucks Foundation Literacy Grant Program. Starbucks es tablished this non-profit cor porate foundation in 1997 to help support non-profit orga nizations, such as schools and libraries, that promote literacy programs. Many people remember when they were read to as a child. Some can still quote phrases from Dr. Seuss’ Cat in the Hat or Green Eggs and Ham. Do nating a book to the library will help give another child a chance to have that same ex perience. Bring your donated books to the reference desk in the library and be a part of pro moting literacy in your commu nity. Horticulture: Students awarded cash prizes of $500, $1,000 Continued from page T in third, winning a cash prize of$500. “I was very surprised. I was trying to place in the top 100,” said Simantel. Bruce Nelson, horticulture instructor, was extremely proud of his four competitors. “It was definitely a team vic tory even though Phil and Sorjen get the kudos. There were some events where, if they didn’t have the partner, they wouldn’t have gotten the points.” The Association of Land scape Contractors of America (ALCA club) is a national trade organization. Horticulture and landscaping students from all over the country compete in events such as arbor culture techniques, paving installation and irrigation practicum. “ALCA does this because they want a trained workforce with a good professional image and they realize educated workers are going to help us get there,” said Nelson. “A lot of it is very practical; do you know how to do this, or don’t you, and show me. That’s what landscapers are about.” The weather did not make the competition any easier. Satur day morning, the temperature dipped down below freezing and snow began to fall. This did not stop the competitors, although it did make some of the events more difficult. “They were going to do a tree climb, but the weather got so bad they had to go to knot ty ing,” recalled Nelson. The competition is spon sored by various businesses and is used as a forum to scout out fresh talent in the land scaping field. Nelson said the professionals often use this competition as “head-hunting” to fill jobs around the country. “If you’re looking for jobs, they’re looking for you,” he said. Simantel agrees. He went to the competition with an open mind and was surprised at the offers that were made. “I didn’t think I was anything impor tant,” he said. His father owns a local landscaping business and he did not think the things he had been doing all his life would add up to so many job offers. “I have been landscaping ever since I could hold a rake,” he said. Simantel will not be accept ing any of the job offers made to him. This attitude is com mon among the CCC competi tors this year and in previous years. “It’s hard to get them to leave the state,” said Nelson. Budget Cut: College remains positive, has action plan Continued from page 1 to figure out how much money we are going to have in the state budget before we make any big budget decisions,” explained Keyser. The Oregon Community Col lege Association (OCCA) has developed a Community Action Plan for Colleges in order to give them a chance to take action and show legislators how important the additional package is. “We need to remain positive and let everybody know how much we need the money,” said Andrea Henderson, OCCA Ex ecutive Director. “Any input is better than no input. The $45 mil lion budget is no longer secure and it’s time to turn up the vol ume for our message and tell how important this is.” The action plan for colleges in cludes inviting legislators to lo cal town halls to raise community college funding issues, writing letters to legislators, collecting information on how each $5 mil lion cut from the funding pack age affects its ability to operate, develop a phone tree in case there’s a need to flood legisla tors' offices with calls, visit leg islators and write letters to edi tors. When asked how students could get involved, Rem Nivens, legislative advisor for students, said that writing postcards to leg islators to tell them how impor tant the enrollment package is could make an impact and in crease awareness. The OCCA will continue work ing to secure the enrollment fund ing in the coming weeks. A final decision concerning the enroll ment growth package will be made early May. ¡D° L'Ke to Write op take pH°toS aNd Have a good ti|V|e9 rue CLacKa^as ~J iPHNt iS recMtiNg peopLe to flop« tHe papef. Fop |Vjope ¡^o cgLL eXt. 2309 J
