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The CI ac I camas P rint
WedNEsdAy, OdobER 17, 2001
Increased water runoff poses problems, solutions for ELC, Clackamas
ELISABETH MEYER
Staff Writer
The college is looking into dif
ferent plans to deal more effectively
with storm water and increased
water runoff, said Peter Angstadt,
outgoing dean of college services.
The project, which is still in the
early stages, involves many mem
bers of the community.
Besides receiving water from
much of the college, the ELC gets
the runoff from Oregon City High
School’s Moss Campus by way of
Newell Creek.
“Oregon state law requires prop
erty owners to accept upstream
water,” Angstadt said. Because
OCHS is expanding at Moss, he
added, less exposed soil is free to
absorb the rainwater, meaning the
college will have more water run
ning through the ELC in coming
winters.
Though the ELC’s ponds are low
right now, getting more water than
usual isn’t necessarily a good
thing, said ELC director John
LeCavalier. The runoff is piped
from drains beneath parking lots
and roads and brings contami-
nants to the ELC’s ponds: fertiliz
ers, detergents and oil. LeCavalier
said this form of pollution, called
non-point source pollution, is the
biggest threat to water quality to
day.
Water pollution “is no longer
the green gook that’s coming out
of a pipe somewhere,” LeCavalier
said. “We are the problem; it’s a
case of ‘we have seen the enemy,
and he is us.’”
Details are still sketchy, said
both Angstadt and LeCavalier, but
solutions could include installa
tion of swales, special drains that
would allow rain water to be
treated before transportation to
Newell Creek.
Whatever plans are considered,
the college hopes to become an
example of good water manage
ment. “We would like to become a
model for the state, if not the na
tion,” said Angstadt. “Of course,
that’s expensive.”
The project directors do not
now have a determined budget to
use for planning, said Angstadt,
but money would come from the
college’s bond measure passed
last year.
Books purchased for FRC
LEAH BOERINGA
Staff Writer
The Clackamas Community
College library purchased 87 new
children’s books for the teacher
assistant program over the sum
mer. The program, run through the
Family Resource Center, is de
signed to develop new teacher
assistants.
The 87 books purchased at the
Clackamas Barnes and Noble cost
$ 1,000. The money was taken from
the library’s yearly book allotment
of $7,900 dollars.
“The people at the bookstore
were really helpful in finding what
we needed. They also gave us a
10 percent discount, which was
wonderful,” said Katie Hovanic,
library coordination manager.
The books were chosen from a
list compiled of Caldecott medal-
lists, Coretta Scott King award
winners, the New York Public
Library’s top 100 picture books,
the National Education Assistant
Teachers top 100 books, and li
brary staff selections. The books
featured include such titles as
“The Very Hungry Caterpillar”
and “The Very Quiet Cricket,”
both written by Eric Carle.
While sifting through the lists
of award-winning books, the li
brary staff tried to keep the main
focus on picture books and multi
cultural theme books, mostly con
sisting of African and Hispanic
stories.
“We hope to eventually take a
batch of about 50 to 75 books
over to the Family Resource
Center’s daycare center to make
them more available to parents to
check out and take home for their
kids,” Hovanic said;
MICHAEL POLLOCK / Clackamas Print
Plans are in the works to help alleviate some of the problems that the Environmental Learning
Center faces when it comes to storm runoff in the area. Areas around the ELC, including this pond,
have come under attack by unusual forms of pollution, including runoff from the construction site of
the new Oregon City High School, just south of the CCC campus.
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