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independent, student-run newspaper since 1966
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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
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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.