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where their mouth is.
By “put their money where
their mouth is,” Dodge means
they participate in the work-
shop-style class, not only com
menting on the works of others,
but bringing their own pieces
to read to the group.
When he’s not helping oth
ers to write, Dodge is working
Jeff Sorensen Clackamas Print
on his own craft. He’s a mem
ber of Chiasmus Press, an inde
pendent publisher in Portland,
which he helped start with his
friend and fellow teacher, Andy
Mingo.
“The very first time I met
Andy, actually, was at a read
ing at Powell’s,” Dodge said.
“We just hit it off - similar lit-
erary tastes, etc. After the read stories together was ‘intersec
ing we went out for drinks.”
tion,’” said Dodge. He said the
That night Dodge, Mingo idea of roads, and the way they
and Mingo’s wife Lidia connect everybody, led to the
Yuknavitch brainstormed the title. Some of the stories will
idea for Chiasmus Press, but only vaguely, connect, while
Dodge didn’t think much of others will clash together.
the plans until Yuknavitch gave
Right now Dodge is in the
him the proverbial kick in the process of working on the
pants. Dodge explained:
design of the book - one of the
“Sure enough, Lidia called luxuries, he claims, of work
back a couple weeks later and ing with a small press like
said, ‘No, I’m serious. It wasn’t Chiasmus.
just the scotch talking. Let’s do
“With small press publish
it!”’
ing, you get more hands on,”
Working on the press has he said. "... That’s not true
not only given Dodge a cre of the New York publishing
ative outlet for himself, but houses at all.”
also an opportunity to con
Another perk of working
nect with some of his favorite with Chiasmus is the structure.
authors.
“It functions as a collective,
“A lot of the writers that I where no one person is leading
love have been published by it,” he said.
that press,” Dodge said, “so I
At the moment, Dodge
feel blessed, however tangen is looking forward to his
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tially, to be a part of it.”
Writing
Dodge has a book of his class, where, along with doing
own - a short story collection - “some cool things with publi
being published by Chiasmus. cation and maybe hypertext,”
It’s called “Everyone I Know there is the promise of more
Lives on Roads.”
idea-generating tangents and
“My idea for hooking these digressions.
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Brigham Young
University
in
Provo,
Utah.
Students
from
Clackamas
Community
College will be
attending as well.
Students will
have the oppor
tunity to network
with fellow hor
ticulture
stu
dents and poten
tial employers,
as we,11 as learn
from their exper
tise through many
workshops. There
will be compe
titions ranging
from
“Interior NELSON
Exterior
&
Landscaping 5?
to “Sales Presentations.”
Clackamas’ PLANET Club
has entered students in 16 of
the 25 competitions.
Clackamas’ group consists
of the club’s faculty advi
sor, Bruce Nelson, and six
students. This is the ninth
year Clackamas students have
attended the Student Career
Days, and the seventh year
Nelson has attended. Several
of the students going this year
have gone to previous events
as well.
Competitions aren’t the
aspect of the event that Nelson
wants to focus on.
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Mainly, I want our stu
dents to see that it’s a nation
wide industry, and that they do
things differently, in Atlanta
than they do in New York,”
said Nelson.
Indeed, students from
Clackamas and other schools
will get opportunities to learn
from companies from all over
the continental US. Workshops
are being sponsored by com
panies
from
California,
Connecticut, Maryland, North
Dakota, Texas and Virgina,
among other states.
“It’s a great opportunity to
network with industry spe
cialists,” said Lisa Buchanan,
the PLANET club secretary.
Quality is the primary
measure for all the events.
Pressure is on the competi
tors to show measure of their
quality, with presentation
events such as “Sales” being
just as difficult as events in
the field, such as “Irrigation
Assembly.”
“It’s pretty nerve-wrack
ing,” said Nelson.
But ultimately, attendees
report that it’s a memorable,
enjoyable and educational
experience.
“I’m always amazed at how
excited the students are when
they get back,” Nelson said.