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By Jaime Dunkle
The Clackamas Print
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Idle time can be put to use this
month by volunteering alongside
the Honor Society Phi Theta Kappa
during upcoming events.
Alpha Xi Zeta, Clackamas
Community College’s chapter of
PTK has been actively wrangling
students to participate in communi
ty service. AXZ has been focusing
on organizing the following fixture
activities: the Hopkins Tree Farm
Clean-up (March 13), the SOLV
Beach Clean-up (March 20), the
Potluck in the Park (March 21),
and the Relay for Life (late June).
. AXZ is seeking new mem
bers, according to AXZ Chapter
President Greg Stein.
Many existing members will
be graduating this spring term,
according to AXZ Vice President
of Service Jeffrey A. Weissburg.
Any students with a 3.5 GPA or
better Can apply to join the PTK/
AXZ, “before this chapter van
ishes from the campus,” Weissburg
stated in an e-mail.
The closest forthcoming event
will be the Hopkins Memorial Tree
Farm Clean-up on Saturday, March
13 from noon to 4 p.m. Participants
will be planting tree saplings,
clearing brush and cleaning walk
ways, according to' Weissburg.
The Hopkins Memorial Tree Farm
is located at 16750 S. Brockway
Road in Oregon City.
“Currently, We have seven
people (counting myself) ready to
go on this project from Phi Theta
Kappa,” Weissburg stated in e-mail.
“We are also trying to connect with
the CCC Sustainability Initiative
Club via V.P. Christina Freadman
(also a PTK member), in order to
kick this project into full gear.”
The SOLV Beach Clean-up will
be on Saturday, March 20 from 10
am. to 1 p.m. in Tillamook. The
cleaning will start at the Tillamook
County Pioneer Museum and con
tinue toward the beach, according
to Weissburg.
“Though tentatively in the
works, we are looking to part
ner with the Tillamook Bay
Community College chapter of Phi
Theta Kappa in regards to this
project, in addition to the CCC
Sustainability Club,” Weissburg
stated. “We tentatively have about
15 or so people ready to go.”
AIL of those involved will be
meeting at Starbucks across the
street from CCC at about 7:30 a.m.,
with plans to reach Tillamook by
9:30 a.m., according to Weissburg.
The Potluck in the Park will
be held on Sunday, March 21 at 2
p.m. in downtown Portland at the
O’Bryant Square (SW 9th Ave.
and SW Stark St). AXZ will be
working with Potluck in the Park, a
19- year old non-profit event com
mitted to feeding the homeless on
a weekly basis at O’Bryant Square,
according to Weissburg.
. “Last term, we were able to
serve 330 meals approximately
in a span of about 90 m
Weissburg stated. “This W
hope to bust through that gi
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All items will be given oi
Potluck in the Park. The las
donate will be on Friday, M
AXZ donated 150 pounds
ries and clothing to the
Rescue Mission last term,
ing to Weissburg.
Secretary of AXZ,
Jean Sherette, is the team
for the PTK Yellow Team
forthcoming Relay for Ln
being held on Saturday and
June 26 and 27 at the CCQ
Relay for Life is a 24-ha
a-thon fundraiser to raise
for cancer patients, suppi
research, according to Sher
Anyone can join; being!
member is not required,
necessary to walk a full 2
as long as a team membf
the frack.
There are other ways
besides attending Relay |
Sun and moon cards can
chased at the ASG office
- and will go toward die fin
according to Sherette.
“Even if people want
away empty soda cans, wl
that as a donation,” Sherefl
in e-mail.
New student Jennifer]
thinks the upcoming AXi
are a good idea, and a
going to take getting more
involved.”
“Instead of having ea
doing their own thing, th]
should get together as a
A dirty beach in Seaside is similar to beaches in Tillamook where the SOLV Beach Cleanup will Roberts said.
take place on Saturday, March 20 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
College speaker unexepectedly murders wife, friends, s
T.I.P. remains appreciative of
Grahn’s contribution to the program.
He came across as loving his family
and loving his career, according to
Vining.
“I fliink that it is very sad and
tragic,” Vining said.
Vining said that she doesn’t under
stand how the tragedy happened, and
she doesn’t think that anyone will
fully figure it out
“There is no way to make sense
of what happened,” Vining said. ‘It’s
just a process of holding onto each
other and caring about each other
and trying to put one foot in front of
the other.”
The Clackamas County Circuit
Court dismissed the Grahns’ divorce
proceedings in January. Jeffrey Grahn
originally filed last summer, but his
wife did not respond, according to
court documents.
Charlotte Grahn’s friend Christina
Kippier reported that there was
domestic violence going on at the
Grahn household, according to the
official investigation report from
Portland Police Bureau released at the
end of February. Charlotte Grahn’s
sister Jody Ann Queirolo told Kippier
that Jeffrey Grahn had ripped out
Charlotte’s hair, according to the PPB
report Both Kippier and Queirolo
told PPB investigators that they were
worried about Jeffrey Grahn “killing
his family and himself.”
Jeffrey Grahn refused to get a pre
scription for antidepressants because
of the possible “stigma” of being on
medication, although in an interview,
his wife said that he had taken her
pills at least once, according to the
PPB investigation report
“It’s unfortunate because men
tal health practitioners are skilled,”
Clackamas County Public Relations
Officer Jim Strovink said.
Grahn was involved with the Peer
Support Team and County Employee
Assistance Program, according to
Strovink.
“We offered him help, but we
could not force him to accept it,”
Strovink said.
Clackamas County’s Sheriff Craig
Roberts has focused on enhancing
the existing counseling programs
that provide personal and profes
sional assistance to law enforce
ment employees and their families,
after the Grahn tragedy, according to
Strovink
“We do have, on o
a stress-filled job,” Strovi
“That’s why we have these
programs.”
There was a notable
domestic violence reportii
the tragic shootings, accq
Strovink
The Clackamas Count!
Grahn was involved with the non
profit Trauma Intervention Program
for the past seven years. T.I.P. consists
of volunteers focused on assisting
trauma victims. Grahn spoke about
how to handle law enforcement dur
ing emergency response.
T.I.P. held its most recent National
Academy at Clackamas Grahn spoke
on campus in January.
Jeffrey Grahn shot himself after
targeting his wife Charlotte Grahn and
her two friends, Kathleen Hoffineister
and Victoria Schulmerich, at M & M
Restaurant and Lounge in Gresham
on Friday, Feb. 12.
Schulmerich was the last shooting
victim to pass away. After fighting
for her life for nearly two weeks, she
died at OHSU on Feb. 25.
Some volunteers who attended the
T.I.P. National Academy on campus
in January were scheduled for ride-
alongs with Jeffrey Grahn. A lot of
them had his personal contact infor
mation, according to June Vining,
who has been the executive director
of TIP. for the past 18 years.
“He was a great man,” Vining
said. “Very passionate about this vol
unteer organization, very educated
about working with volunteers and
getting them information on how to
respond to law enforcement.”
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More misfortune has hit close
to campus this winter. Clackamas
County Sheriff’s Office sergeant
Jeffrey Grahn gunned down his wife
and her two friends while off duty
in Gresham last month. He was
on campus as a trauma intervention
guest speaker during winter term.
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