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FILE copy e Art goes metal Page rage 6 6 \ C «—> lull UUI I Clackamas Print 4 independent, student-run newspaper since 1966 L Community College, Oregon City, OR g 1 Wednesday. Feb. 1, 2006 Volume 39, Issue 9 Errant geese disregard street signs during a recent flooding at Clackamette Park. Several weeks of continuous rain has saturated the grounds and led many rivers and streams to overflow, causing dilemmas for both commercial and personal activity. The college is not affected by large- scale flooding like other locations, but small-scale problems are still begining to mani fest. Photos by Katie Wilson Clackamas Print College deals with flooding dilemmas Katie Wilson News Editor . . . . food for Fines’ ogram benefits all Food for Fines” has been set up by the Clackamas jmunity College Library in conjunction with the gon Food Bank and the Classified Association, or every can of food brought in to the library at the [Learning Center, one dollar will be taken from any Hue fines. I suppose you could have $ 100 in fines and bring in. fans,” said Library Department Chair Terry Mackey, 'ood that contains a lot of protein is preferred. That Ides canned meats, peanut butter and beans. f not bring perishables, rusty or unlabeled cans, emade canned products, soda, used items or alcohol. [Ramen will not be accepted. lost or stolen items cannot be paid for with canned I. There is no limit to the amount of cans that can led to take care of fines. Be “Food for Fines” canned food drive will continue I Mar. 7. tompiled by Sam Krause, The Clackamas Print ■■■■ - This month’s vast amount of rain is mak ing life difficult for some people. The Oregon City News recently reported a slow moving landslide at the Newell Creek Village apartment complex on Beavercreek Road in Oregon City. Down by the Willamette River the Clackamette Park is underwater every other day and the river itself is swol len and brown. With another onslaught of rain predicted for this week, the college has to work out its own flooding problems, “We’ve had some on and off flooding at the nursing area in Clairmont,” said Kirk Pearson, director of plant operations. “The water runs down the old Willamette Railroad grade and forms two little creek ways.” According to Pearson the flooding hasn’t held up the programs at all. They’ve come up with solutions to the problem. “Pray for the rain to stop,” said Pearson. “No ... we just try to provide some relief way for the water. We dug a couple ditches to direct the water into the drain.” Since the college is on a hill, there hasn’t been any large scale flooding. There have been a few annoyances however. A few weeks ago, a segment of the Barlow canopy outside room 241b fell in. “That was due to the rain,” said Pearson. A large puddle on one side of the road between the soccer field and the Roger Rook parking lot makes driving interesting. “It hasn’t got good drainage,” said Pearson. “That’s almost routine in a large storm event. We’ve also had a few more roof leaks.” Phi Theta Kappa, ITS raises funds for new equipment for library Sam Krause The Clackamas Print The library, Phi Theta Kappa and Information Technology Services have pulled together to raise funds for the purchase of new opti cal mice for the library. PTK member Jeri Fuller came up with the idea for the fundraiser. “I thought the mice in the library needed replacing,” Fuller said. “I asked President [Jen Richards] if PTK could do a project like that and she said yes.” Being a student that also works, Fuller finds time between classes to do her homework. “I had no other connection to the library other than being a student who used their com puters,” Fuller added. Fuller knew how to use the computers in the library, but she didn’t know how to get th§ ball rolling on her fund- raising plan. “After talking to Jen Richards, I also talked to our advisor, Mindy Brown, who directed me to Terry Mackey [Library Department chair],” Fuller said. On Thursday Jan. 26 the PTK president, Secretary Adam Gardner, and former President Becky Trieschman went to ITS with a proposal. “They talked to them about matching our funds and they agreed!!!” said an excited Fuller. Because of these efforts made by different campus departments, a student-run club and students of the col lege, by that Thursday the fundraiser had collected all but $26 needed to purchase’ brand new mice. On Monday morning PTK put out their weekly news letter to club members. The letter stated that by Friday the fundraiser had produced $271. Included was a thanks to Dean/CIO Joe Austin of ITS for matching funds raised. ITS’s contribution was $135. PTK will be putting up donation cards in the library to thank students that sup ported the fundraiser. The new mice were purchased by PTK from CompUSA in Tigard.
