News
The ClACkAMAS P r INT
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WedNEsdAy, M arc I h 6, 2002
Skills
Contest
showcases
county’s
best
FRANKJORDAN
News Editor
The 24th annual Clackamas
County Skills Contest was held
Feb. 28 on the Clackamas Commu
nity College campus. The contest
involved high school students
from all over Clackamas County in
a wide variety of topics.
Winners receive a $250 tuition
waiver from Clackamas.
Among the more intriguing
events held on campus included
the county spelling bee, a leader
ship contest involving teams build
ing a Lego structure, and a crime
scene reenactment by the CCC
Criminal Justice Department.
“This contest is a great way to
show off the best and the bright
est that this county has to offer,”
said Mike Caudle, Associated Stu
dent Government adviser. “We
have seen first-hand what these
students have to offer, and hope
fully, some will take advantage of
their talents.”
Caudle was the moderator for the
leadership contest, which involved
seven teams from the county. Each
team was comprised of four to eight
members. The object of the con
test was to recreate, using Lego
blocks, an art sculpture set up in
the center of the room. One mem
ber of each team drew a rough
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY TAD WAGNER
Brian Harris works on machining an aluminum part on a mill
during competition at the Clackamas Regional Skills Contest.
sketch of the sculpture, and the rest
of the team had to recreate the de
sign of the artwork in the shortest
amount of time possible.
The team representing home
school students in the county won
the contest in 10 minutes and 48
seconds.
The county spelling bee drew 25
contestants and Ruthie Johnson
from Country Christian High School
in Molalla correctly spelled
“chargeable” to win the contest
over Jill Schulenberg, a home
school student.
“This contest helps us realize just
where we are as far as our educa
tion is concerned, to go up against
other students from other schools
in the county is a lot of fun and
very exciting,” commented Cody
Smith, from Estacada High School.
“I was entered in the Journal
ism-Feature Writing contest, and
I had a lot of fun with it. I just
hope that I did well enough to
place.” Smith did do well enough,
picking up the second place prize
in the contest.
To reach Frank Jordan, e-mail
fmj68@hotmail.com or drop by
B-104
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY TAD WAGNER
Ray Conklin, Clackamas Automotive Department chairman,
judges Rex Putnam High School students during the Skills
Contest's open contest for meter-reading skills.
Peace Corps: Experience leaves positive impact on participants* lives
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role that language plays in un
derstanding a culture in his
time in the Philippines. The lan
guage he learned there,
Basayan, has a present tense
and three past tenses (immedi
ately past, a while ago, and
long ago) but no future tense.
“This made planning diffi
cult,” Ferris recalled.
David. Demsky spent his time
in Guatemala getting a sawmill
running, eventually upping
production to two logs a day.
He contacted American com
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project involved bringing water
to a village three miles from a
lake.
He used galvanized pipe the
first time and “that was a mis
take,” he said. “The first earth
quake we had broke it in about
300 pieces.” A second attempt
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day.
The speakers agreed that
their time in the Peace Corps
had positively impacted them
for life.
“You just get the feeling that
the world is a bigger place,”
Bjerre said.
Ferris commented that one
becomes less concerned about
getting things done in a hurry.
“You become more concerned
about smooth interpersonal re
lations.”
“I just wanted to do some
thing for someone else for a
change,” Demsky said. “I
mean, what’s two years of your
life? There’s no money in the
world that can touch that.”
To reach Elisabeth Meyer,
e-mail
her
at
hereswhatimthinkin@hotmail.com
or drop by B-104