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Wednesday, March 7, 2012
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Bill proposed by local representative
can help fund projects
By Patty Salazar
News Editor
No student should have his
classes- in a hollowed out trail
er home, right? Well for some
students that is ‘exactly the
case anClackamas Community
College. ,
Moffe technical degrees
come out'every year; it’s not a
big surprise that the college is.
trying to upgrade to keep up
with more efficient technol
ogy. Clackamas is known for
its- career technical education:
(CTE);. renewable energy is
one of the newer available
degrees. If you have ever won
dered what the mobile home
sitting by the tennis court
is used for, it’s a classroom
for renewable energy students.
Dean „ of technology, health
occupations and workforce,
Scott Giltz said the college
was unable to house the stu
dents elsewhere and that the
uncongenial classroom was a
last resort. “It’s simply over-,
flow,” Giltz said..
The. college isn’t the only
one who notices the changes
of technology. House district
40 representative Dave Hunt
introduced house bill '4028
that .would -allow all- 16 com
munity colleges in Oregon to
get’lottery bonds.;
money” they scrambled to put
together a $800,000 proposal
to submit towards the i bill.
Luckily for the college, most
of the things' in their proposal
were already written up under ■
the failed 2011 May bond.
House Bill 4028 would sub
stantially benefit the college’s
CTE program by being able
to buy hybrid and Flex fuel
vehicles for the automotive
program. As of right now the
automotive program students
are working on older cars that
can.just be taken apart and
put back together; one can
learn only so much from that.
“Right now, we don’t do a
lot ofTt and we want to do
more of training for hybrid
vehicles. It’s' a- whole differ
ent technology for technicians
and there are quite a few on
the road now and we want-
to increase our efforts there^L
Giltz said. “Right now we
get them totaled from insur
ance companies and we repair
them and giye them back and;
that is all the experience we
get, obviously not a controlled
structurfed curriculum and we
need to (buy) a couple of
those.”
With the Harmony cam
pus used predominately by
the nursing program, medical
assistance ana cynical lab assist
tant, the bill would be able to
fund laboratory improvements
and smart technology.
Robotics equipment for
welding.is also under the bill.
Giltz explained the “robot”
similar to the Wii.
John
Phelps,
weld
ing instructor said that the
Lincoln Electric VRTEX 360
•is a virtual welding stimulator.
you exactly what your doing
wrong and tells you how to fix r
it. Before actually going to the
shop and weld you can play
With it a little bit and get an
idea, in what to do when you
get out there.”
During the skills- compe-1
tiori, Montminy was using the
VRTEX and got a score of 94
points out of 100. Nobody
beat Montminy’s score.
“It does take some pressure
off the general funds. It’s kind
of one of those point and timeS
questions. Do we need this
stuff? Yes. If we don’t get the
bill are we going immediately
charge it to the general fund,
no we are going to do with
out. We are going to phase in
purchases over time and rank
them on what’s critical, and
what’s not,” Giltz said.
■ “The money obviously
would be very helpful in that
it would allow [the] college
to strengthen some existing
academic programs. The com
munity wins as. a result by
us being able to do a better
job of serving them. Some
of these purchases will also
be from Clackamas area ven
dors, which helps the local
economy.
Our board arid; other inter
ested community members are explains the need o f new technology on campus fo r students
contacting Specific legislators I
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legislation does no.t,pass, these
motive, robotics welding a n d energy technology.
forgotten their gear,” said
Phelps.
He explained that buying
such a machine would save
money over time because i f
would reduce s some of the
money spent buying metal for
students to practice on.
Second year welding stu
dent Travis Montminy said, “I
can see how it is usefuL.lt tells
improvements simply woift,
happen. We wifi "Continue to
look for ways to strengthen ©ur
programs regardless, but it’s,
challenging obviously -given
existing funding constraints
and the absence of a bond,”
said Courtney Wilton, vice
president of student services.
Representative Dave Hunt
wrote “As Co-Chair of the
Transportation and Economic
Development Committee, I
wrote and passed legislation
during this year’s Legislative
Session to invest $9.6 mil
lion in community college
construction projects that
will strengthen tneir work
force development partner
ships with local businesses
and-create good construction
jobs. 11 am especially excited
that we funded an $800,000
construction project at CCC
to upgrade industrial technol
ogy and science workforce
advancement right here in
Clackamas County.”
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dren in very large, fast moving
death machines. I say children
because when most people get
behind, the wheel of their car,
they lose all. serise of human
ity and sense of give and take.
Later this month the exit
that many of us take to school
will close. The crowds of com
muters will be funneled into
yet even fewer routes to their
destinations. This means we
are all going-to have to learn
to get along and-follow some
basic rules of the roàd.
One of the first skills teach
ers tried to offer us was shar
ing. Letting Billy play with
your balls and letting Suzy
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use your crayons. For many
e sharing is onfe of the*
lessons’ that is ¡-learned
around three, /but when
rolls around and yotrre driv
ing a car for the first timef.it
all goes right out the fucking
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The problem is that most
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comes to the road. You Jose
your ability to share, your
temper and start to think that
shoving the front end of your
car up the muffler of another
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you want to fill the space
between you and the person
in front, of you.
16 Rule of the road N o.l:
Don’t get so close!
This really is part of being
human. It is why people are
trampled to | death in lines
to see Justin Bieber and why
drivers think it is a good idea
to be a foot away frotn your
bumper. The law requires a
minimum distance of one car
length between vehicles. Read
your drivers manuals! When
in motion and stopped you
are REQUIRED to be a cer
tain distance away.'This is for
everyone’s benefit . If you leave
The required amount of space,
it makes it easier for other
people to merge and it helps
traffic flow smoothly.-If traffic
is moving, leave the normal
three seconds worth of space,
but if traffic is getting worse
don’t hug their bumper. Leave
more space arid go at the right
pace for the traffic. The less
you hit your brakes in heavy
traffic, the faster it will clear
up. It’s, simply a fact.
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