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WEdNEsdAy, MARch 14, 2001
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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
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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
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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.
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