Moy Ô, 2002
Clackamas Community College
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Issue 22 Volume XXXV
Clackamas celebrates diversity Vale prevails in
auto skills contest
J. J. PEARSON
Staff Writer
Elisabeth Meyer/The Clackamas Print
Swinging to Ritmo Tropical’s beats, two dancers salsa at the International Day Celebration
Wednesday, May 8, in the cafeteria. The French, German and Spanish clubs each arranged part of
Wednesday’s program, lining up musical entertainment, teaching dances and selling ethnic foods.
The Print bags nine
awards, second in state
MAGGIE JIRASEK
Editor-in-Chief
The Clackamas Print received
eight individual awards and sec
ond place in General Excellence
for community college newspa
pers at the Oregon Newspaper
Publishers Association awards
ceremony held at Oregon State
University in Corvallis Friday,
May 3.
Schools from all over Oregon
attended the event. Clackamas
competed with seven other com
munity colleges: Chemeketa,
Lane, Linfield, Linn-Benton,
Mt. Hood, Southwestern
Oregon and Portland
Community College.
Awards were given out in 22
categories, with General
Excellence the highest presented
to Oregon’s college newspapers.
The award is based on general
and departmental news,
mechanical excellence, advertis
ing enterprise, editorial content,
general appearance, make-up,
style, photographs, graphics and
thoroughness of campus cover
age. This year, Linn-Benton
Community College took home
the General Excellence award.
This is the third year that The
Print placed in the top two. In
2000, The Print received first
place in General Excellence for
the first time and came in sec
ond last year. Previously, the
paper had never placed in that
category.
“The Print staff works incredi
bly hard week after week. They
deserved every single one of
these awards and more,” said
Patty Mamula, newspaper
adviser. “We were especially
pleased to take second. We are
establishing a standard for
excellence.”
The eight other awards
include: first place Best Sports
Story, Elena Boryska; first place
Best Feature Photo, Liesl
Muggli; second place Best
Section, second place Best
Special Section, second place
Best Columnist, Nick Barron;
second place Best Photography,
Salena De La Cruz; second
place Best Cartooning, Chris
Lungren; and Honorable
Mention Best Writing to Nick
Barron. All entries were judged
by journalism professionals.
“It feels great knowing you’ve
been recognized for being the
second best photographer
among community colleges,”
said Salena De La Cruz, design
editor.
To reach Maggie jirasek
email
bunny_97222@yahoo.com or
drop by B-104.
Once again, two Vale High
School students triumphed at the
Ford/AAA Auto Skills Contest
held at the college on May 3,
entitling them to travel to
Washington D.C., to participate
in the national competition on
June 17. Vale has been the
national champion three times.
As soon as Ray Conklin, the
competition manager and chair
of the automotive program said,
“Gentlemen, start your engines,”
it seemed as if Vale had nearly
completed all of the necessary
tasks needed to win. About 10
minutes after the start of the con
test, Coleman Whitley and
Kenny Roner had 9 of 10 bugs
located and repaired on their
Ford Escape, donated by Hertz
Rent A Car. The nearest oppo
nent, Siuslaw High, had five
bugs fixed.
The competition is divided into
two areas: a written examination,
which is completed early in the
school year, and the hands-on
competition. Each high school
in Oregon with an automotive
program can send up to eight stu
dents to take the written exami
nation. The two students from
each school who score the high
est on the written examination
may compete in the hands-on
contest. A maximum of 10
schools is allowed to compete in
Oregon.
In the hands-on competition,
the two-person teams compete
against each other in diagnosing
and correcting malfunctions
deliberately placed in the electri
cal, starting, ignition, charging,
fuel, emission control systems,
or body hardware of new vehi
cles. Workmanship, speed,
accuracy, and written test results
are factors in the judging. Of all
these, accuracy is the most
important. Winners of the state
competition go on to compete
against winners from the other
49 states in the national finals.
“Most high schools focus on
sports. This conjpetition is a
good thing because it focuses on
other departments,” said Mark
Lambrecht, a finals judge and
Ford ASSET instructor at Mt.
Hood Community College. The
primary goal of the competition
is to prepare and recruit students
for rewarding careers in automo
tive service.
Vale slowed down after their
initial drive with an unforeseen
problem allowing Siuslaw a
glimpse of hope at upsetting the
reigning state champion. Matt
Bottensek and Michael Bouchet
of Siuslaw looked as if they
knew they were getting close
because they seemed to begin to
rush things a little bit and stum
bled on a problem themselves.
This gave Roner and Whitley
time to complete the rest of their
tasks and drop the hood first.
During the final check, a team
of trained technicians carefully
looks
See Auto Page 2
J.J. Pearson/The Clackamas Print
Two St. Helens students look up a parts description during the
Auto Skills competition held at Clackamas last Friday. Vale High
School won for the 15th time in the last 18 years.