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Volume 42, issue 17
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
A farewell
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¡ere has been a specter looming throughout the halls of
■as over the past few months. A thought that has been
■nearly eveiyone’s mind but hasn’t quite made it off the tip
Beoples tongues because they were hoping to avoid it, until
».Now the college administration’s hands have been forced
■sizing has become a reality at Clackamas.
Btuation had already looked grim after the announcement
■chool was going to be more than $400,000 dollars short
■¡urrent biennium of 2007-2008 and 2008-2009. As the
■economic condition continued to plunge deeper into the
If infamy, the college’s budget forecast for next upcoming
Sum became even darker than what Was previously thought
Bp of $13.2 million left to fill.
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■chool was able to quickly fill the first $416,000 gap with-
Bnany repercussions, but recently it was announced that
Ind $13.2 million gap had been filled and this time there
la Band-Aid solution big enough to keep the campus from
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|e President of College Services Courtney Wilton and
Besident of Instructional Services Elizabeth Lundy
led to campus staff and faculty on March 12 in an
low the budget situation had been fixed and who and what
1 be effected.
|e [combination of declining revenues and increased costs
■very large operating deficits over the next two years -
■lately $13.2 million - that must be addressed.” The e-mail
Bated, “As painful as these steps are, by being proactive and
■budget adjustments now we stand a much better chance of
■ng the recession without further large reductions.”
Please see BUDGET, Page 3
Controversy grows over campus gardens
Greg Stoltz
The Clackamas Print
The college has taken control
of the campus community garden
away from the Green Spaces Club,
doubling fees, prohibiting the use
of sprinklers and moving garden
finances out of the club system.
School officials explained the
changes to frustrated club mem­
bers at a meeting April 2.
Bill Zuelke, dean of student
services and workforce develop­
ment, told a group of about 35
people gathered in Clairmont Hall
that budget shortages and the need
for better, financial oversight con­
tributed to the changes.
Starting this year, the annual
fee for one garden plot is increas­
ing from $20 to $40.
Explaining the impact of higher
fees, Green Spaces Club President
Kathy Von Striver said, “The
people that call me are usually
people who really need the gar­
dens. There’s a lot of eldefly, a lot
of disabled, a lot of low income
people.”
For them, Von Striver said,
even $20 is a lot of money.
The club wasn’t opposed to a
more modest fee increase. Von
Striver, who was also manager of
the community garden until the
college removed her in March,
said the club had been discussing
raising the plot fee to $25 them­
selves.
“Even $30 wouldn’t hurt that
much,” she said.
Von Striver said she’s had a
lot of people call her and drop out
of the garden after she told them
about the cost increase.
To address the financial hard­
ship, the Horticulture Club is
offering a half-off scholarship. By
filling out a short assistance appli­
cation, any gardener can continue
to pay just $20 for 2009. The dis­
count applies to just one plot per
family or group and is available
this year only.
Zuelke acknowledged that
every time the school has to raise
any fee, someone gets disenfran­
chised. Nevertheless, he said that
keeping the fee at $20 is not an
option.
“The college won’t allow it to
happen,” he said.
Please see GARDEN, Page 3
Robert Crawford Clackamas Print
Nathan Wimer rototills a plot at Clackamas’ community gar­
den. Loss of services and increased fees have added to scrutiny
regarding a change in management.