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^Clackamas Print ________ Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2006 _____________________________________ Feature 5 Slum’s ‘Gorge’ous’ local calendar business as well. “The girls named the busi ness [Rix Chixs], I just changed the spelling,” he said. The group gives generous ly to various char picture hot chicks in leather and motar ities, most of which they’re not even allowed to les with custom paint jobs - meet the Rix list simply because of the nature of the calen dar. The charities range from children’s hospi i‘O8 Columbia Gorge’ous Calendar, fie calendar, which will be tals and food Bable in early January, is banks to jial for more than one rea- organiza The models, the featured tions that ¡lions and the company that help abused lice this eye-catching cre- women. u are all local, as evinced “The ie title. girls brought But really, what makes this up help endar. these models, this ing battered mess any different from the women,” t is that at least 12 of the 100 said Blair. “It ids employed by Rix Chix wasn’t my victims of domestic abuse, idea.” fie photographer and heart Blair’s lix Chix is Ric Blair. A for- merry band ■ Clackamas student, Blair appears to shot pictures for the calen- be more of a. on campus in the past He family than is a day job at a plumbing a modeling pany and on tire calendar business. ig spare moments, often Eventhelimo ¡ng only three or four hours driver, Chris tepanight Miller, who Hair acts as an agent for his drives them Elizabeth Hitz Clackamas Print lels, but also plays the part to autograph ABOVE: Blair in action at the ‘08 «other, uncle and friend to parties and Columbia River Gorge’ous photo iy of them, who he refers to events free shoot. RIGHT: The 2008 edition will bis girls.” of charge, be the fifth Rix Chix calendar. He involves them in the seems to be llzabeth Hitz ¡¿Clackamas Print more kissin’ kin than a chauffer. “Ric’s a friend of mine, and this [is] a worthwhile, cause,”- said Miller. “Our company [Silver Limousine Services] is based on... car ing about our clients, and we support our com munity to the fullest extent.” The models range in age, shape, size, diversity and walk of life. Blair first met Rix Chix model Meredith Asher “I met Ric through my dad,” said Mia, as in a laundry mat “I was in between my wed she grinned mischievously at Blair. “He told ding and my honeymoon, and my dryer broke him [Blair], ‘I have a pretty daughter.’ He was down,” said Asher. “We just started talking. I afraid he was going to have to let me down, but was just there, and that was that” apparently he thought I was pretty.” Asher recently got back from her honey “I always tell everyone she’s my ‘work moon and modeled for Blair in the April shot wife,”’ said Blair of Mia. “She goes every for the 2008 calendar. Asher posed hand-on- where with me.” hip next to a gleaming yellow 2005 Harley Glamour and reality collide in the Columbia Roadglide. River Gorge’ous. Another remarkable part of the equation is For information concerning Rix Chix and Ludy Mia. Mia has been working with Blair for »how to purchase the ‘08 Columbia Gorge’ous lhe last three years. She helps Blair spot loca Calendar, contact Blair by e-mail: ric@rixchix. tions for shoots, keeps the models loose and com. The Rix Chix Web site is wwwrixchix. comfortable and acts as a general secretary. com. allery director loves photography, Oregon seasons itie Wilson liitor-in-Chief h the wall above Terry tapt’s office desk, there are lographs of an empty land- e: one that stretches forever fields and trees and flat, gray is a square made up of many 1, framed, black and white lographs - Chatkupt’s memo- to the place te he was it’s the hate rela- ship I have Missouri,” Ikupt said. Ie added that iofhispho- tphic work ntered in the scape genre. Memory and ¡ectivity, ” said, “and ring up in ouri and the CHATKUPT alienation. I try to find a narra tive, if there is a narrative, and do something different from what is usually expected of landscapes.” Chatkupt is the new gallery director for the college, replac ing Marlene Bauer, who resigned about this time last year. According to Art Department Secretary Mollie Frey, -Bauer was a part- time instructor who helped cover the position of art gallery director. Chatkupt is the very first full-time gallery director. From Missouri, to the. California Institute of the Arts, to Skidmore College in New York, Chatkupt has. been around, show ing art through diverse medi ums, including photography and film. Now, he’s in Oregon, tow to start a club With the sheer proliferation of clubs on campus, many ay wonder what exactly it takes to start one. But, in ict, the process is easier that most would imagine. ! l.*Go down to the ASG office and pick up a copy of the lab start-up information. 2. Find a faculty adviser to supervise club activities.- 3. Create the seven articles for your club that will out- ne the club’s purpose and activities. The seven neces- iry articles can be found on the last page of the start-up formation packet. 4. Submit the articles of constitution to ASG, where a ive-person committee will review them. 5. If the Club Constitution Approval Committee Pproves the club, then an account for the club’s funds rill be started. If the committee doesn’t approve the con- titution, then it will be handed back for revision. If all of the steps are followed, a new club will be ’toed at Clackamas. i Compiled by David Stark, The Clackamas Print recently moved from Los Angeles, California; “After L.A., I enjoy the seasons here,” Ije said. This isn’t the first time Chatkupt has been in charge of a gallery. “I used to organize and. manage a gallery,” he said. He says that the college gallery atmosphere is quite different from what he is used to. “I don’t have to deal with the commercial side, which is not something I enjoy working with anyway,” he said. “The audience is mainly the students and the community.” “I enjoy working with the art ists and seeing the process,” he added. He will help to coordinate exhibits in the Alexander Gallery, located in the Niemeyer Center. “Every space is different,” Chatkupt said. “The Alexander Gallery is a good space to work with. It has those really tall ceil ings; challenging, but rewarding.” It’s not only the art or the pro cess that interests him. “I like seeing the reaction,” he said, “how people respond to the show.” Chatkupt is also teaching a few classes, and is enjoying that as well. 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