¿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.