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Wednesday, November 7, 2001
Clackamas Community College
Volume XXXIV, Issue 5
Oregon City, Oregon
Instructor called for naval planning session
SALENA DE LA CRUZ
Opinion Editor
OneofClackamas’ engineer
ing instructors and a Naval reserv
ist, Ed Landauer was called away
for a “naval planning session” as
America began its retaliation efforts,
and military personnel were called
to serve their country.
Landauer has been with
Naval services for more than 23
years. He wasn’t surprised the day
he got the phone call that his coun
try needed him and his expertise.
“I knew it was coming,” said
Landauer.
Landauer was able to find
two careers that met in the middle.
He is not only an engineering in
structor but also a Navy Captain in
an engineering capacity.
“I’m in my profession. Most
of my stuff is done at a shipyard or
some kind of industrial facility,” said
Landauer.
Landauer believes that
people don’t really know the role
reservists play in such instances
as the Sept. 11 attacks or the Gulf
War, Reservists are the back up in
these cases. They have the same
type of training as regular Navy per
sonnel, but also find themselves in
positions that best fit their role in
civilian life.
“We’re a group of people
and I’m one of that group of people,
but we’re a group of people who
are regularly trained, but we’re not
being used right now. We’re the
backups,” said Landauer.
Though Landauer has not
been called to the front lines as of
yet, he has had to send some men
underhimtowar.
“When Desert Storm hit I
sent off six of my people. I was a
commanding officer of a unit at the
time, and we got a call and they
wanted some of our people,” said
Landauer.
A few weeks ago, Landauer
was called to attend a naval plan
ning session on the East Coast.
Though he could not disclose what
was discussed for security reasons,
he did feel much was accomplished.
“I was meeting with a group
of people. I cannot tell you any
more than that,” said Landauer.
The procedure of being
called in is not complicated. It was
as simple as a phone call, but by
the end of that conversation
Landauer knew his purpose. “I
knew what I was going to do and
how long I was going to be gone,”
said Landauer.
Landauer has familiarized his
students with the situation. A few
weeks, Landauer was
gone
Monday
morning for a
week,
leav
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Ed Landauer,
dressed in his naval
captain uniform,
stresses his
personaland
professional
opinions of the
Sept. 11 attacks
and the men and
women called to
duty.
SALENA DE LA CRUZ
/ Clackamas Print
ing his
students with a substi
tute.
“My students know I’m a
reservist and know that I can get'
called away at any time. Theyaska
lot of questions, like what I’d be
doing, and it kind of goes back to
what is the role of a reservist,” said
Landauer.
Over the summer, Landauer
served with the Navy, but came
back to Clackamas when the school
season began. Upon returning, he
found himself in the midst of the
threat of war. Before, Landauer was
open about his reserve work. How
ever, in light of the recent events,
he has found himself a little more
close-lipped.
“I wasn’t too worried about
telling people where I was going,
but I’m more concerned now,” said
Landauer.
However professional
Landauer is, like everyone else he
has his own opinions.
“I want to stress this is my
See captain called up,
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Clackamas opens doors to new alliances
FRANK JORDAN / Clackamas Print
The new remodeled Wilsonville Training Center was
opened last Friday after five months of construction.
FRANKJORDAN
News Editor
Clackamas Community
College, in cooperation with Port
land General Electric (PGE) and
PacifiCorp, opened the remod
eled Wilsonville Training Center
in a ceremony Friday in
Wilsonville.
Construction on the cen
ter began in May Of this year and
expanded the facility from 15,000
square feet to 51,000 square feet.
The west wing of the center was
reconfigured to house a utility lab
with four work bays and four
classrooms.
The east wing of the build
ing was expanded to two stories
for classrooms, a cafeteria and
kitchen, and an enclosed court
yard with seating areas. The two
utilities also constructed an out
door pole training area.
DPR Construction served
as the project contractor and
Yost Grube Hall served as the ar-
chitects on the remodeling
project.
College President Joe
Johnson stated to the approxi
mately 300 people in attendance
that he “was grateful and hon
ored to be in this new alliance with
PGE and PacifiCorp, that their co
operation and commitment were
the main reasons that this project
was started and finished in such
a timely manner.”
Clackamas, PGE and
PacifiCorp entered into a formal
training alliance in March 2001.
The alliance unites the college
with the two major utilities in train
ing and educational programs for
at least the next 15 years. The
alliance will create innovative,
professional and technical train
ing programs for PGE and
PacifiCorp employees. Programs
will include apprenticeship tram-
ing, advanced technical skills
training and other employee de
velopment programs.
“This center represents a
national model for cooperation
between education and indus
try,” Johnson said. “The train
ing that will take place at this fa
cility will benefit the citizens of
the entire region.”
Peggy Fowler, chief execu
tive officer of PGE, said, “It is so
wonderful to see the vision
brought forth by the alliance
come together. This represents
new opportunities and promise
for everyone involved. Our cus
tomer needs are changing con
stantly and this center will help
our two companies and the col
lege keep up with those chang
ing needs.”
PacifiCorp chairman Alan
Richardson called this opening
“one of the most exciting events
in my life and the history of this
company. This alliance is almost
unheard of in the electrical and
utility industries. This alliance is
going to make a great statement,
not only locally, but also
throughout the entire world.
That two competitors in a
local market can come up with
this great plan.... can be noth
ing but a win-win situation for all
of those involved.”
The facility in Wilsonville
is the only one of its kind in the
United States. A similar facility
is being constructed in Sandy,
Utah. That building is scheduled
for completion sometime in 2002.
Bill Miller, business man
ager for International Brother
hood of Electrical Workers Local
125, said that the local union is
“very proud of what this alliance
has created. This center exceeds
any training center of this kind
anywhere in the world. The nu
merous union members and in
structors in this center have
raised the bar as far as training
and education is concerned.”
Furthermore he said that
“members of our local union who
have been working in our industry
for 25 years or more, have taken
classes and workshops in this build
ing and have always come out
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