Mold will close Auto show rolls
Harmony Campus out 2004 models
temporarily
Frank Jordan
T he C lackamas P rint
Clackamas
Community
College’s
Harmony Center campus near Clackamas
Town Center will close beginning spring
term so at least 10 classrooms can undergo
mold remediation.
Many of the classes that have occupied
the Harmony Center in the past few terms
have been already moved to other loca
tions, mostly on the Oregon City campus.
The mold remediation is scheduled to
begin in April and should be completed for
the beginning of fall term.
“We have identified certain places in the
Harmony Center complex that have gotten
real bad with the mold, so we decided that
now was the best time to have the work
done,” said Dean of Campus Services Al
Erdman. “There are about 10 classrooms in
the building that will have the remediation
work done, and we decided to close those
rooms instead of trying to do the work
around students actually taking classes.”
The same company that handled the
mold remediation in the Oregon City cam
pus buildings will tackle the problems at
Harmony Center.
Initial tests have
revealed certain areas that will be focused
on and the cost should be between
$200,000 and $300,000.
“We have had no complaints this year so
far about ongoing problems from any of our
campus buildings on the Oregon City cam
pus, and we have gone to some incredible
lengths in our new buildings to head off any
problems in them,” said Erdman. “We have
done tests on the building materials used and
have done many of those tests, to insure that
our construction materials will stand up to
the harsh Oregon weather. We ate doing all
of this upfront to help us eliminate the leaks
that help lead to the buildup of mold.”
Clackamas is also finalizing plans to
purchase 22 percent of the land currendy
owned by the Oregon Institute of
Technology (OIT), who shares space with
CCC. The extra space being acquired by
Clackamas is part of a plan for the future
of the school.
“We have always looked at a number of
options for the future of CCC, and this
Harmony Road area has always had a high
priority,” said Erdman.^ “With the future
expansion of Harmony Road in the works by
Clackamas County, the growth potential of
the region is enormous. It may take a num
ber of years for all of this to pan out, but
many people, including members of the state
Board of Higher Education, have told us that
this area will be the future of the college”
While the cleanup at Harmony Center
continues over the summer, Clackamas will
be looking at new ways to use the new
space that it will soon acquire.
“We hope to be able to build some new
partnerships with local business and some
of the four-year schools in our area to help
us decide the best course of action for
what could be an exciting time for the col
lege,” said College President Joe Johnson.
“We seriously doubt that anything substan
tial would happen in the next three to four
years, but we hope to have some alliances
in place that can help us expand the educa
tional opportunities for our community.
“This area is expanding rapidly,”
Johnson added, “and with the county over
seeing major road projects in the area and
the talk of north-south light rail expansion
to the Clackamas Town Center area, we
hope to become part of that growth.”
CORY PRICE C lackamas P rint
The Harmony campus of CCC will be closed temporarily beginning
spring term and reopen in the fall due to the mold in 10 classrooms.
According to Lexus.com,
the Lexus SC 430 (ABOVE)
transforms from a coupe
to a convertible in 25 sec-1
onds. With a top speed of
1 55 mph, the Chrysler
Crossfire (LEFT) was called
by Car Magazine “the first
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R eview by :
Angela Gerhart
T he C lackamas P rint
A Jaguar XJR all in aluminum, a Dodge
Ram pick-up with a Viper engine and a
$76,000 Caddy with standard heated and
cooled seats were just a few of the new rides
at the 2004 Pordand Auto Show.
The show was held in Portiand’s Glass
Castie, better known as the Convention
Center, last weekend.
This year’s show went above and beyond
the usual with a “Ball of Steel,” which show
cased young motocross riders demonstrat
ing their skills in an enclosed steel ball while
onlookers oohed and aahed.
When the auto enthusiasts were picking
up free brochures on their favorite cars,
children played in the inflatable monster
truck slide or with the remote racecar track.
For “Fast and The Furious” fans,
Ground Zero held an exhibit featuring some
tricked-out Hondas and one very loud
sound system. For the vintage car lover,
there was a Street Rod room and for the
gambler, the many drawings drew a crowd.
A few cars definitely stood out this year.
There was the comeback of the Pontiac
GTO; Lexus, with its passionate pursuit of
perfection, came up with a sleek SC430; Kia
thinks it’s Mercedes with the new Amanti,
and the newest low-rider was the Scion XB
by Toyota.
“Does that thing have a Hemi?” asks the
new Dodge commercial. If it’s a Dodge
Magnum SRT-8 or a Chrysler 300, the
answer to that is a resounding, “Oh yeah.”
More than cars were on display, though; a
motorcycle exhibit revved up the back comer
of the exhibition. Along with the two-wheel
ers, various sound system booths and acces
sories occupied the outer halls, as well as a live
band.
So for those who couldn’t think of that spe
cial car to ask for a college grad present or
overwhelmed by the love of cars, the Portland
Auto Show was the place to be. Of course, as
the fine machines in the show room don’t fit
into every budget, there was a nice selection of
dye-cast replicas for sale on the way out.
Small tuition increase but no major cuts after Measure 30 failure
Frank Jordan
T he C lackamas P rint
With the failure of Ballot Measure 30 last week,
Clackamas Community College is still on the path it
was on before the vote—not having as much money
as they need, but not in the position to make cuts
like has happened in the past.
“We did not budget any of the projected
$700,000-$800,000 that we would have received if
Measure 30 had passed, because frankly, we were
pretty positive, based on polls that we had seen, that
it was not going to pass,” said College President Joe
Johnson.
“We essentially have taken the same line with our
budgets now that we have had in the past. If we are
not sure we are going to get it, then we just don’t
budget for it. That policy, by and large, has avoided
some of the dire cuts that our fellow community
colleges around the state have had to deal with.”
Johnson said that he will recommend to the
Board of Education at its next meeting that he
intends to ask for a'$3 tuition increase to take effect
fall term 2004. This will bring tuition to $54 per
credit hour starting in the fall.
“I am going to recommend this during the
March board meeting. Hopefully, we will have a
better idea what the state intends to give us as far as
funding is concerned for the next year,” said
Johnson. “With the defeat of Measure 30, we may
not be sure until May 1, when the scheduled state
budget cuts will take place.”
Measure 30, which would have imposed a tem
porary three-year income fax surcharge and changed
several other taxes, went down to a 59 percent to 41
percent defeat on Feb. 3. Only one county in
Oregon, Benton County, passed the measure.
Clackamas County voters defeated the measure by
almost a 2-1 margin.