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¿ale takes first in state competition assisted as line judges and with other duties: Brian Almond, Chad Bowman, Tom Caldwell, Russ Cameron, Rick Ferguson, Lisa I jgatich, Aaron Melfi, Aaron Porter, Kevin Quinn, J.D. Reillcy and Ifrik Shackleford. The Capital Center High School Technical Institute team of Eric Fidclcr and Joseph Gambino earned a close second place under the direc tion of Louise Drow “The competition was closer than usual this year,” said Ray Conklin, competition manager. “The second place team from Beaverton was only 7 minutes behind the winners from Vale. |Drow| is the first female instruc tor in an .Oregon competition. She has won the state contest in Arizona before. It seems likely that she will be in next year’s com petition. Maybe |Vale’s | record will be broken then. We’ll see.” Siuslaw High School out of Florence, Orc., placed third under the direction of Harry Holton. jCyndee Mady Co E ditor - in -C hief tepffisentatives from 10 high >ols throughout the state of gon gathered at Clackamas irsBiity College Friday for the tai Ford Motor Company/AAA > Skills State Competition, where High School ttxik first place for »cvdnth consecutive year. Vale’s won it time and time and and time ... again,” said Vale >orttr John Millcson. Milleson ided the event to root for his aewfTyler Andersen, who plans p into the automotive industry, teammate Nick Maag, who will ue agricultural engineering. /ale High School has won this petition 16 times since 1986, iding first-place trophies from onals in ‘92, ‘97 and ‘98. Vale repiesent Oregon at National Is in Dearborn, Mich., this June, he day began at 7:00 a.m. with a ikfast for contestants and ■uctors in the Cougar Cafe, fol- id by preliminary activities. rhe official contest began at 10 wnen the two-member teams to debug one of 10 identical cars i all ailments that would prevent vehicle from operating properly, ns had 90 minutes to complete task. ¡The team that found and ired the most bugs in the quick- imc would win. However, while : was pf the essence, it was also nrtant to be thorough. Perfection will always win over d no matter what,” said Joy iders, whose husband Merle is automotive instructor for Vale 1 School. “The point of the ipctition] is to get students into lutoinotivc field because there is i a shortage.” svent; attendee Jeff Munsey ABOVE: Two-member teams had 90 minutes to debug their car. RIGHT: (From left) Student Nick Maag, Automotive Instructor Merle Saunders and student Tyler Andersen, of Vale High School, display their first place trophies. came to support his son Chris, of South Albany High School, saying that a love of motor vehicles runs in the family. “|Chris| was able to operate his own motor vehicle at age two,” said Munsey. “My dad was a car dealer ... our son’s grown up around this, sb it’s pretty hard to avoid.” Munsey’s wife Debbie was also there to lend support to Chris and his teammate Daren Page. To qualify for this competition, students had to take a written exam. The - two highest scores from each “School were then combined and the 10 schools with the most points were selected to compete in the hands-on event. Ashland, Benson, Capital Center, 'Estacada, Gresham, Hillsboro, St. Helens, Siuslaw, South Albany and Vale high schools beat out their competition. In addition to first place, Vale took home trophies for best written exams. The following CCC students MA offers relief for concerned students which Diane Drcbin, registrar, responded that such a decision was left up to the contractor. Questions concerning college She also explained the change in events and campus worries such as the AAOT degree when a student construction, textbook prices and asked why Clackamas is planning to increased security were addressed omit sequences as a requirement. Wednesday during a Question and There are certain guidelines Answer session held in the which must be adhered to by all stu Community Center. dents wishing to obtain an AAOT, College president Dr. Joe Variations of these standards are Johnson, ASG vice president Liz made by individual* colleges, Schumacher and bookstore director Clackamas has attempted to keep to David Holcomb were available to the basic requirements, adding just a discuss the concerns of the students few unique distinctions such as com present. puter literacy courses and sequences. One student asked if cafeteria “Clackamas has been in discus prices were likely to lower. Johnson sion for about two years about the explained the prices arc dependent | AAOT],” Drcbin said. Due to their on the vendor that Clackamas is con past discussion concerning the tracted with. The only ways to lower degree, the college has decided’to prices would be to change contracts revert to a most basic A AOT.course or rightly limit cafeteria hours of structure, which would eliminate operation. sequence requirements. This will go Schumacher also said that they into effect fall 2004. follow a process when selecting a Holcomb spent a large portion of vendor who will provide quality the session addressing the high text products and adequate selection at book costs and the lack of possibili student-friendly prices. ty for lower prices in the future. “We looked at several ven According to Holcomb, prices arc dors,” said Schumacher. “[The set by the publishers and the college current vendor] offered the most has little impact The instructors at for students, selection-wise, and Clackamas, on the other hand, are stayed at a low cost.” involved in the process of textbook The question of using a form of .selection, in which they are given the payment other than cash to purchase option of which books to require for food at the cafeteria was raised, to their classes. Karen Hill T he C lackamas P rint CORY PRICE C lackamas P rint lege President Joe nson answered ques- i| during the session J in the Community iter last week. Schumacher reminded students of the ASG btx>k exchange which is held for two weeks at the beginning and end of every term. “The students can sell their books for whatever prices they deem;” said Schumacher “The stu dent selling the book can get a Hide more than they would get returning it to the bookstore arid the student purchasing the book can usually get it for less than they would get it in the bookstore” Johnson expressed a satisfaction in the increased visibility of campus security due to the larger number of cadets patrolling the campus. One student agreed that this was the first time in four years that he’d really ever noticed campus security. Johnson also commented on the lack <>f-ticketing concerning parking and other campus violations. ■ “|lt’s been] our policy to give out as few tickets as possible,” said- Johnson, who said numerous and strictly enforced laws on campus usually result in a college of angry students. ASG president Marlies Bcmcy felt the Q&A session was a success. “If you can help a few students and change their perception of how things work and let them know that things arc being worked out logical ly,” Bcmcy saidj “then the session has been successful.” * 2004 ASG * ELECTIONS Presidential Candidates-. Rian Murphy Served as legislative Senator and Campus Activities Officer during his two years at Clackamas. Teresa Robertson Wife and moth er with three teenagers. Has returned to Clackamas to finish her Associates in Business. Vice Presidential Candidate: Sara Stokes Served as Child Care Senator as well as Administra tive Assistant during hcr.ycar at Clackamas. Vote for ASG president and vice president on May 12 and 13 in CC140.
