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*2, The Clackamas P rint W ed n esd ay, O ct. 2 6 , 2 0 1 1 newsed@clackamas.edu News Federal grant electrifies Clackamas By Patty Salazar News Editor A h, to be o n the open road. T o feel, the w in d in your hair, th e sun o n your face an d the low h u m o f your electric powered engine. T h a t’s right, electric powered cars. Be prepared drivers. T here’s a new era o f autom obiles o n th eir way and w ith that brings a new definition o f eco-friendly. Last July, in an attem pt to becom e m ore eco-friendly Clackamas C om m unity C o lleg e' co nstructed a . contract w ith EC O tality, a co m p an y w h o contacted Clackamas C o m m u n ity College in Nov. 2 0 ip , about installing electric charging sta tions in preparation o f a new rollout o f electric powered cars. O regon is a “pilot” for the Nissan Leaf in Nov. 2011. T his new breed o f electric pow ered cars is very intriguing. These .cars, along w ith electric energy fuel, have the capability to ru n o ff o f traditional gasoline. “W e were talking to P G E last Decem ber an d w e started looking at sights and in spring it to o k o ff really fast, said Kirk Pearson, director o f plant operations at CCC. B ut just how m u ch does an opera tion like this cost? Clackam as itself p u t up $2,448 for tw o charging stations, while the total project cost cam e o u t to b e $10,909 in O regon C ity alone. A nother electric charging station was placed o n th e C C C Wilsonville campus. “O u r total cost was $5,150, split between C C C , Portland General Electric an d Pacific Core,” said Pearson. . T h is brings the cost to the college to $4,164 for these charging stations o n the tw o college campuses. “These stations were paid for by a federal grant given to the college,” said M ike Noel, m e head o f the sustainable energy depart m en t at C C C . ” E C O tality is preparing these sta tions dow n the W est Coast from British C olum bia to M exico in preparation for the new line o f electric cars. “W h en you look a t w hat it w ould cost, i f you waivered a few [years] and said, ‘O h yeah I w ant to do this now,’ you w ould be p utting o u t [the full am ount] o f that money. It m ade sense to get involved now,” said Pearson. “It wasn’t necessarily [that] the college reaching ou t being like, ‘H ey we really w ant tw o electric vehide charging stations; an d spend all o f this m oney o n it. It was m ore a federal initiative to launch all these elec tric vehide charging stations from British C olum bia all the w ay to Mexico,” said N o d . T here are going to be 18,000 dectric vehide charging stations nationwide, 1,100 o f these stations will be placed in O regon. Bob Cochran, dean o f cam pus services, explained th at for now th e charging stations are free to use for the public. T h e electricity o u tp u t o f the actual charging station is paid by C C C . Clackam as is currently n o t track ing how m uch d ectrid ty is being used by the charging stations, i f any is being used at all. E C O tality is keeping track o f ho w m u ch d ectrid ty th e stations ate p u ttin g o ut. After the trial period is over in Dec. 2012, there will be a user fee for th e charging stations. “After [EC O tality does] their analysis on how the stations are bei ng used th en we take ownership,” said Pearson. C C C will d e d d e o n a fee for th e use o f the charging station once th ey have taken ownership. . “I th in k th at it’s where personal trans portation is headed. I d o n t k now about m y lifetime b u t certainly in your lifetime. I th in k th at it is going to becom e pretty prevalent,” said Pearson. Its certainly a possibility th at dectric vehicles will take off in th e future. For now, though, C C C m ight w orry about how effective their choice to im plem ent these charging stations was, as the C C C employ ees th at were so exd ted about th e charging stations have yet to see th em p u t to use. FINES: Slap on the wrist for college administrators Continued from Page 1 REMEMBER TO VOTE MAY 17 * www2.BlaGltania8.edu/bonil/ Carla Corbin, the compliance specialist from die Secretary o f State office assigned C C C ’s case was unavailable for contact. T he Secretary o f Stale’s office did p ut us in contact with Alana Cox, another compliance specialist. She explained that Parini had “directed somebody to violate [the law].” “W e are alleging that she both told someone to violate Oregon Revised Statute 260.432 and then violated it herself” said Cox. nL )k S x2 6 0 .4 3 z Tri&b 4 h a f “N ot’ person , shall attem pt to or actu ally coerce, com m and or requite a public employee to irifluence or Why is Clackamas seeking voter approval for a bond? kVftai would the bond do?&*w& give money, service or other thing ^lassroom s are overcrowded specialty and career technical o f value to p ro m o te or oppose the Update and add instructional training equipment and facilities to classrooms are limited fef We for many program^rneaning students ate turned provide cutrent training equipment and space for to serve more students. nom ination or dection o f ... the away due to lack of spac^ 6 LS < u rce Jp r-B u « S k & W adoption o f a measure or the recall Replace wom-out4»utlding and campus systems to(extend the life and Outdated equipment and technology: Equipment and technology o f public office holder.” use -of collegebuiidings,ihcludingincreasec(energy efficiency and reduced used for instruction Is decades old and not current with that in universities maintenance costs J Q y f a , A c t w U X u .) D uring the investigation Corbin or fob sites. a . s s u u r c e o r- r t c o r t u .) found evidence that Parini constitut Update and expand classrooms, student learning and support service areas Building renovation to ne»3«^4guaddress detehe^wman^. safetyissues, ed advocacy in support o f the bond to serve more^udenteteJ[R)^yti^asfer and career technical programs. «eiudiag. electricity, plumbing, earthquake safety and more. measure. She also approved bond Increase cam pus^fcttfl renovate outdoor security, roadways, grounds and information that produced biased information for the bond measure. Barry was also fined for proof Above: I he postcard m eant fo r voters w ith corrections made by the secretary o f state office that were never changed by CCC. reading and editing the b o n a levy postcard. reviewed by the Secretary o f State’s husband. to follow the same rules as everyone [fines]? I am satisfied that some Paulson worked o n informa office b ut n ot all concerning the “T h e reason for the low dollar else. However, having said that I also action has been taken b u t u nsatisfied tional artides for the spring schedule bond measure was sentin for review. am ount o f the fines is to prevent the think that the amounts are merely w ith the message it is going to send,” o f classes, the postcard, the flyer and “I would like [th e . public] to tax payer from paying twice for the a slap on the wrist, $75 [and] $175 stated Smith in an email. the bookmark that were biased and know that we were really trying to be sins o f those whose salaries and bud in support o f the bond. She declined objective with the material we tried get comes from the tax payer. T h e to com m ent and directed further to p ut o u t It is challenging because m ain purpose o f the statute is to inquiries to Courtney W ilton, vice you also need to be able to describe shine public light on what amounts president o f college services and the the need that you are requesting and to political fraud o f $130 million 1320 M ain St- Oregon Ci(y 503-656-3031 spokesperson for C C C regarding we have plenty o f needs [at C C C ]. dollars,” stated thefihe. Its challenging to both describe Smith had previously confronted W ilton said that they were look the need and do it in a matter the C C C Board o f Education about ing into dropping Barry from the that is completely neutral and their violating election laws in the m onth k Thursdays Ffr complaint since she was just doing almost at odds with each other,” said before m e bond was to be voted on. V .. & Saturdays clerical and had no determination W ilton. “Even though the fine isn’t “I think that it is satisfying to see the words o f the information that significant it’s still embarrassing for unethical behavior punished and I was reviewed during the investiga those people involved.” hope the C C C administration takes tion. W ilton also said that C C C d id Tata D anis in an email, speak a hard look at the way they are doing report’s Best Blues Venue send some o f the information to be ing on behalf o f herself and her business and realize that they have iy Cascade Blues A ssociation EASTS ABOUT THE GGG BOND MEASURE T rails End Saloon Blues Therapv with Eae Gordon f u ll.S e r v ic e B lu e s B a r a n d G rill Editors The Clackamas Print aims to report the news in an honest, unbiased and professional manner. 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