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F eature [L 28, 2004 T he C lackamas P rint • 7 New club digs up mystery on campus United States. “It originally started over in England, but it moved over here,” said Neuhauser. An article in Smithsonian Magazine about English letter boxing inspired several Bethany Monroe Americans to organize the activ T he C lackamas P rint ity in the United States. Oregon A strange request at the ASG was one of the first three states office led to the founding of a to have letterboxes and now the new campus club, CCC Portland area alone is home to Letterboxers of North America, 349 letterboxes, according to the which consists of a group of website. students interested in the nation After retrieving clues from wide recreation of hunting for the website, letterboxers—- boxes hidden in scenic places. armed with their logbook, Stephanie Neuhauser, a inkpad and a personal rubber Clackamas student, started the stamp—set out to track down club with the help of faculty the hidden container. When a adviser Ann box is found, Goldade. lette rboxers “It’s sort of use their own a roundabout stamp to mark story of how the container’s Oregon was one of logbook. As me and my tbe first three states friends got their reward for discovering ùnto it,” said to have letterboxes Neuhauser. “I the box, letter was sitting in boxers use the and now the unique stamp the . student found inside Portland area alone government each container office one day is home to 349. to mark their and a woman own logbook, came in want creating a ing to know if record of their she could dig up www.letterboxing.org the campus.” finds. The The woman stamp and -log claimed to be book are- then searching for returned to the letterboxes-—waterproof contain container and left for the next ers holding a stamp and note letterboxer to locate. | * “Letterboxing is a combina-- book—-and gave the ASG a web site listing thè clues needed to find tion of a scavenger hunt mixed with mystery,” said Goldade. the letterboxes. --The students found the The letterboxes hidden woman’s request rather strange around ‘ campus have been but promised to look into it. removed temporarily, due to the They visited the website and college’s concern about property found clues for six or seven let being dug up in order to find the However, the CCC terboxes that had been hidden boxes. around campus. Neuhauser and Letterboxer’s club eventually a few friends set out to find plans to re-hide the containers these mysterious boxes, but they since they do not need to be buried. remained skeptical^ “Part of [the club’s] goal is to “We were like, ‘Who would do this? Why would you do increase awareness of letterbox this?”’ said Neuhauser. “But ing,” said Goldade. “[We’re] after we found the first one, we always interested in having more thought, ‘This is pretty fun. We [members].” Students interested in joining should start a club.’” According to the the CCC Letterboxers of North Letterboxers of North America America can contact adviser website (www.letterboxing.org), Anri Goldade at ext. 2556, or e- there arc over 8,471 registered mail Stephanie Neuhauser at letterboxes hidden across the stephn@clackamas.edu. Student finds bid den boxes and starts Letterboxers Club ANGELA GERHART C lackamas P rint icare director Sue Kemp enjoys lunchtime with preschoolers Jaden McKinnis (LEFT) Matthew Pavey. Kemp took over position of retired director Judy Kling on March 29. Ifenevolence breeds pportunity for Kemp ’ Kemp assumes ition as director YMCA cbild- e center Karen Hill F eature E ditor e Kemp loves children. £Jspgan working; at the \ childcare center, currently d in,.the Family Resource r on campus, 15 years ago. ortly after being hired, she teaching classes for the and five-year-olds. Five ago, she was promoted to mt inanagcr, and on March 1041 she assumed the posi- of Retired Judy Kling, as ’or ®f childcare. :’s a joy to watch [kids] and change,” said Kemp, never know what kids arc to tell you ... we used to a notebook of cute things ised to say. It’d just knock socksloff.” c YMCA childcare center, d infthe Family Resource Center (FRC), has a long history of change and development. fThe center opened in 1965 as a lab school for the Early Childhood Education program at CCC. In 1989, Mt. Hood Campfire assumed management In 1990, the center was licensed for 44 children and Judy Kling was hired as the director. The following year the IRC was built and 2 years later, the center employed 18 staff members, and was licensed for 88 kids. During the late ‘90s, YMCA assumed management, begin ning kindergarten and school age programs. A series of growth and development proj ects carried the center to the place it is now: a staff of 32 members serving 170 children (with a waiting list of over 200.) Kemp secs her newly obtained position as a challenge ... but one she’ll enjoy. “(They’re] big shoes to fill,” Kemp said of former director Kling, who has been a familiar face at the center for 14 years, when she was hired as director. “She’s so well known in the childcare community ... she’s built a lot of successful pro grams. It’s going to be a tough act to follow.” Aside from her children at the center, Kemp has spent many years raising four children of her own. “They have all at one time or another worked here,” said Kemp, who has a daughter Kristy, 19, and a son Kevin, 25, who are currently employed. 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