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Hail to the (Editor-in-
Frank Jordan
T he C lackamas P rint
The Clackamas Print has
selected Isaiah Creel as Editor-in-
Chief for the 2004-05 school year,
replacing Co Editors-in-Chief
Cyndee Mady and Cory Price.
“l am glad that I was selected;
really, I am just confused and
afraid,” Creel said, tongue-in-
cheek. “It really is an elevator of
emotions; when you get off at
the top floor, you can see the
pigeons everywhere, and where
there are pigeons—well, you get
the picture.”
Creel just completed his Second
year at Clackamas and has been on
d of Print staff next«
The Print both years,
took a turn as the paper’s Arts
and Entertainment (A&E)
Editor this year and revealed his
motivations for taking on the
added responsibilities..
“I really wanted the job, so I
could get free movie tickets, but
the job really grew on me,” Creel
said. “Unfortunately, it was a lojt
of work and all of that work
interfered with my video game
habit, which is a real downer, if
you ask me.”
Creel graduated from Canby
High School in 2001. Although he
did not take any journalism in high
school, his interest in writing for
The Print stemmed from the fact
that his older Sister was on The
Print staff a few years ago and
Association’s (ONP
Day last month
Oregon University,
second
place I
Excellence, but Cril
his reign at the top oI
be even more fruitful
“I want to beat ■
Lane CC (who receiJI
in General Excellent.
Benton CC, and all <T
inferior community v
papers in this fine
every single award aif
Creel. “Some goals!
the paper next yea!
attainable, but. thatf
expect a lot from ■
the staff.”
thoroughly enjoyed the experi
ence, so Creel thought that he
would give it a whirl.
“I expected prestige, but what I
really got was a'bad case of hal
itosis (bad breath),” Creel
joked. “The paper sounded
fun and it gave me an out
let to express myself and
my inner feelings.”
Recently, The
Print picked
up
eight
awards . at the
Oregon
Newspaper
CREEL
Publishers’
Conductor voices opinion on ch[
Bethany Monroe
T he C lackamas P rint
As conductor of classical
choral music and director of
vocal jazz studies at Clackamas
Community College for the past
24 years, Lonnie Cline has been
living a lifelong dream.
“I probably knew that this is
what 1 wanted to do when I was
seventeen ... 1 knew that for
sure,” Cline said.
“I started
directing a church choir when I
was thirteen years old.”
After high school, Cline went
on to earn his bachelor’s degree
in music education at Idaho State
University. He later studied at the
University of Oregon and
received his master’s degree in
chorale conducting.
Cline began his teaching
career as a junior-high and high
school conductor in his home
state of Idaho.
Twenty-four
years ago, he was invited to join
the faculty at Clackamas and has
been conducting in the music
department ever since.
“|CCC has| allowed me to
develop choral music here the
way that I thought it should be,”
Cline said. “They’ve supported
me in a lot of different ways—
financially and emotionally.”
Cline conducts three choirs at
Clackamas including Mainstream
(CCC’s' "vocal jazz ensemble),
Unistus (an alumni group choir)
and the Chamber Choir.
He
attributes the highly respected
reputation of the Clackamas
music department to the staff’s
willingness to work together.
“I think the reason the music
program is good on this campus is
because the music faculty func
tions as a team. They’re all very
strong individuals but we function
as a team and try to do what is best
for our students always. So we
help each other rather than just try
to go our own way,” Cline said.
“Our music program is very com
prehensive ... many times ¡our the
ory students do better than a lot oif
|studcnts from] four-year schools.”
The, end of spring term is a
busy one for the music depart
ment. Cline currently has three
concerts in the works.
Mainstream (co-directed by
Jason Womack) will be perform
ing on June 3 at 7 p.m. in the
courtyard in front of the
Community Center. In the event
of rain, the .concert will be
moved to the large dining room-
of the cafeteria and will start at
7:30 p.m.
The Chamber Choir will be
pairing up with the Clackamas
Chorale (conducted by J olanta
Szopa-Tabisz) for a concert titled
“Life, Death and Love” on June 6
at 7:30 p.m. in the Gregory
Forum.
Finally, Unistus will be per
forming on June 13 at 7 p.m. in
the Gregory Forum.
Once the local concerts arc
finished, Cline will be heading off
to Estonia with about 15 choir
members, to perform in the
world’s largest chorale festival. -
“We’re singing in this event
called ‘Laulupidu’ ... translated
into English it means ‘song
festival,’’” Cline said.
The group from Clackamas will
be leaving for Estonia on June 20
and singing in a 35,000-voice choir
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Although music is obviously
one of Cline’s passions^ he
admits that it is difficult to pick
a favorite style.
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