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Friday was the Ford-AAA High School Automotiy
Skills Competition. 10 schools from Hillsboro to Siu
school districts competed this year.
10 Ford Tauruses had the same 10 malfunctions, a
each team had to fix as many problems as possible,
there was a time limit, speed was not a factor of the
ing. Obviously, there was an emphasis on quality of
manship.
“Judges looked at students’ workmanship, missed
or driving safety,” said Ray Conklin, who has organ)
the skills competition for the past 15 years, despite
as a Clackamas Community College automotive instr
two years ago. He went on to say,”If any of these cf
aren’t met, the team receives a demerit.”
This year’s winners receive scholarships to Clack
or Mt. Hood Community College.
Isaiah Creel Clackamas Print
Construction Foreman Gordon Hoffman (left) and Project Coordinator Tom McMullen (right)
survey the progress in the area that used to house a classroom and dance studio.
Randall remodel:
New space for dance, yoga, tai chi
Michael McCormack
| The Clackamas Print
In the year 2000, a $47 million
bond was issued to Clackamas for
construction on campus, and five
years later the campus has six new
buildings and three newly remod
eled ones.
The last building to experience
a makeover is Randall Hall, which
has served as a home for numer
ous health, music and athletics-
related courses. But with the new
Niemeyer building on campus, the
music department can finally have
their own space, which in turn
gives the Health/PE department
more room for luxury.
The first order of business in
Randall was the construction of a
new dance room, which knocked
out a music area that once extend
ed throughout much of the top
floor in the building. In addition,
two new classrooms were created
for Health and PE lab areas.
Also upstairs, a storage space
was transformed into part-time
faculty offices and R-222 was
expanded for more space and big
ger classrooms.
“Our thinking was that if we
could increase the size of class
rooms, we could increase the over
all class sizes,” Athletic Director
Jim Jackson said.
PJ. Martineau, athletic advi
sor for student-athletes, has a new
home in Randall as well. Her office
is upstairs and contains computers
for student use when she is Res
ent.
The bottom floor of the building
is getting a face-lift that will bene
fit all students and staff on campus,
especially student-athletes.
An old conference room
has been extended and will now
serve as a women’s team locker
room, fully equipped with 60 new
lockers and a space that the lady
athletes here have never experi
enced.
In June, construction of the
training room will take place and
it will no longer be divided by
central issue and athletic offices.
The walls that exist now will be
knocked out and new windows
will be put up for visibility into the
hallway.
Also in June, a state-of-the-art
weight room will be built and
increased to five times the size
of the existing workout area. The
classrooms that once existed next
to the weight room will be knocked
out, in addition to faculty offices.
“With it opening up like thaf
more classes will take place, and
our athletes can fit a weight-train
ing class into their schedule,” Track
Coach Keoni McHone said.
Another big stepping stone for
the weight room is that the school
wants to get up-to-date with the
American Disabilities Act that
was established back in the early
’90s by George Bush, Sr. With
construction conforming to the
ADA, there will be trouble-free
wheelchair access, which allows
disabled students on campus the
opportunity to work out.
“We will be getting special
ized equipment for the disabled
students on campus,” Jackson said.
“We want them to feel welcome
in using the weight room here at
Clackamas.”
The only construction that has
happened on the main floor of the
building is new faculty offices that
once were placed on the bottom
level; the gym and the commons
will remain the same.
Gordon Hoffman heads the con
struction crew that has been work
ing on this project and according
to Jackson.he is very pleased with
the work they have done. Hoffman
and his crew did the remodeling
of the Community Center earlier
this year.
What once was a building with
insufficient resources has turned
into a great opportunity for all
Clackamas goers.
“Any time you can add on for
the betterment of the college is
great,” Jackson said. “The classes
are bigger now and can hold
more students, which is always a
positive.”
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