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4 P R IN T : Arts sculture Wednesday, No». 28,2012 Barking at the moon Molalla River State awes with fall EAT, PRINT, Love AnnaAxelsdh Go Editor In Chief ■ After belt busting meals o f roasted fowl or caramelized porcine .offerings, hearty' sides of green beans, creamy yams and cranberries and an end less array o f pies, tarts, cocoas and other creations ... do you really need more? O f course you do! Dieting can wait for the ever nearing pew year and the required resolutions that go with it. Until then, it’s time to splurge. (You are with your wallet, why not with your taste buds?) During the holiday sea- son, sweets are inevitable and Eat, Print, Love has a quick and easy recipe for a treat that’s an awesome accompani ment to tree trimmings, carol ing around the hearth and a delicious addition to Santa’s Christmas Eve bribe. SvoeeF 5aH c| B a r t B INB ■ B8 Molalla River State Park is a very peaceful place to go fo r a walk or nature hike. The park is conveniently located only 15 miles, away from campus. Andrew Millbrooke Sports Editor . 1 package of milk chocolate chips 1 tsp vegetable oil 1 cup peanuts, roughly chopped A couple handfuls of pretzels, ’ lightly crumbled V e p p e r wua F B a r t 1 package of white chocolate chips 1 tsp vegetable oil 6-8 candy canes, roughly crushed J Less than 15 miles from Clackamas Community College’s campus, Molalla River State Park is a hidden gem that is waiting to be explored. Located at the junc tion of the Pudding, Molalla and Willamette rivers, just upstream from the Canby Ferry, the park features tons of wide open fields of green grass surrounded by tow ering Douglas Firs and Western Red Cedar trees. Varieties of maple and alder trees add color to the fall scene. The north end of the park is heavily wooded and the walking trails there are shaded and cool. The paved trails meander up and down the side of the hill, but you can venture off-road for a more memorable hike. In the densely wooded area off the main trail, the ground feels soft and alive underfoot. Don’t worry about get ting lost, as the park is fenced in and walking in any direction will lead you directly into one of the many trails that crisscross the park. Just be mindful and don’t start hopping fences and I ' miiu a double boiler - or J a poor man’s version-, a quart pan topped with a glass bowl. - pour the bag of chocolate chips into the bowl and drizzle the vegetable- oil in and sta to coat. T h is little detail is What with the chocolate before it hardens again. Bring the water- to a boil over medium, high heat, slowly stirring the chips as they begin to melt. Continue stirring until chips have completely' dis solved, being careful potto let the chocolate burp. Lower die heat and mix in your chunky goodness. Pour your concoc tion onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment or wax paper and flatten it out into a single layer of oozy sweetness.; Pop the cookie sheet into flie fri&d; (freezer works too if you’re impatient) and go wrap some presents or something until your creation is thoroughly chilled. If you w?ant to dig in at this point, guess what - you can! The final step in this process is a fun one - BREAK IT! Peel up a comer and start snapping off slabs, size depends on pref erence and how many people are standing around clamor ing for a piece after excru ciatingly waiting through the time it took the chocolate to re-solidify. Not only is this recipe quick, easy and not too much o f an assault on your holiday (or any other time o f year) dessert budget, but it’s eas ily adjustable, customizable, double-able and gift-able. §0 use your favorite salty choco late contrasts, use your own flavored hard candy choices^ experiment with the myriad o f different baking chips flooding the market today and play with any number o f kooky combi nations you can think of. Then, all you have to do is toss a few pieces into a zip lock bag and top with a big red bow and ta-da! You’ve g o ta tasty treat for anyone - your mailman, your teacher, your family: everyone will love this EPL candy creation. Psst, when everyone raves about your appetizing gift, go ahead take the credit - we won’t tell anyone you got the: idea from us. Happy Holidays from Eat, Print, Love! ■ trespassing on private property! Numerous ponds line the base of the north side hill, providing habitat for nutria, waterfowl, birds, reptiles and amphibians. Deer and small mammals are a regular sight in the park. Molalla River State Park is also home to one of the largest blue heron rookeries in the Willamette Valley. Featuring miles of hiking trails, picnic tables, a boat ramp and tons of open space to let your dog off its leash, ‘Molalla State’ as the locals call it, is a great place to unwind in a nice peaceful setting. The summer months see the park fill up, but most of the year there is usually plenty of parking and open areas to do your own thing. The wide open fields are living invitations to play baseball games or throw a Frisbee with friends or your dog. Plenty of picnic tables in shady areas with horseshoe pits nearby means you will always have something to do. The boat ramp is a popular spot during fishing season and the summer, but sometimes it is completely empty and you can sit by the river and watch it meander slowly by with only the sounds of nature filling your ears. A few spots along the bank provide open areas to cast a line into the murky waters of the Willamette River. Plenty of overflow parking can be found in the field across from the main parking area. There is no fee to use the park and officials would like you to obey the signs and not feed the wildlife. They do have two reservable day- use areas. To reserve a day-use. area, the fee is $50 for the first 50 people, then $1 per person for more people. There is no over night camping in the park. For reservations, call 1-800- 452-5687. For more information, call 1-800-551-6949. A leash of no longer than six feet is required in all areas of the park that are not designated off-leash. Molalla River State Park is located two miles north of Canby on Holly Street. From Oregon City, take 99E south to the first stoplight outside of Canby and then take a right onto Territorial road. Go straight two miles and then take a right on Holly Street. Just follow the signs from there, as the park is a little more than a mile away. If you pass the park you will run into the Canby Ferry, one of only three ferries still oper ating on the Willamette River. C o u n s e lo r d o o r s t o r e c e iv e n e w lo o k Hannah Duckworth The Clackamas Print I i Ev eryone here at Clackamas Community College gets smacked upside the head with some sort of obstacle every day horn ’wigs ip piovuhi al 2 x 4s. These obstacles constantly leave us gasping for an and for answers it’s important to our success .that we have access to support and resources to help us get through our rough patches so that they remain siinplv that, patches. I Sometimes it can be hard to ask for help. However, CC’C’s counselors make it easy. “You might think ‘Oh, this is going io be emhariasking " says Tom Newton, an anima tion transfer student here al | CCC. “But it’s not, because that’s why they’re there. It’s why they’re on the payroll.” One of the gieat i l i i n a s about t laukamas Cominumiv College is that it is a commu nity in itself where someone will tell you, “It’s going to be ok; we’re going to get through this together.” In order to strengthen the academic advising svstem that u c have here on tarn- pus, the college has set aside three faculty members, each with specific departm ents to oversee. I hen |ob is to pick and choose from the range of resourc es and information in their “Mary Poppins bag” and mold it to your situation. I hey will walk by your side for awhile, keep in touch with you and make sure that you and your problems are not falling through the cracks. u A/r goul is to help as many students as possible, to help at CCC and beyond. ’’ Stephanie Schaefer CCC Counselor Stephanie Schaefer is one of those people here on campus. She i.s biand-new to CCC. and she is extremely excited to be “My goal is to help as many studenis as possible to help at C ( t and beyond.” said Sehaeler “1 w'ant to take the guesswork out of careers, transfer degrees, etc.” 'Io support as many stu dents as the new counselors want to be able to, they first have to advertise the fact that they are here Ml three coun selors aie m separate buildings, so it’s important to them that studenis will be able to find them. Io do this, they are planning on decorating their doors. Ihis may seem like a relatively small thing, but it’s important to the department counselors that their doors stand out. They want the doors to be loud m J in void lace “We want to increase vi'ibtliiy so students know! where io find us.” '.aid Schaefer The academic advi- sois (hat ( kukiiinj', ha-' on campus are a great resource to the students. They have a lot ol information to oitci and « lot of' different questions they can answer so it doesn’t really matter what you’re asking. Anything, lioni how to choose next terms < lasses, to finding out what pieiequisites your potential 4-year college is asking lor. these wondei- lul people ate here to let you know what’s what because some people need help on a inoie per- sonal level leiamy llnieis. a 2” yeai old student here at Clackamas expressed that sometimes it’s not enough to get handed a list and walk away “ Different students have different needs” said Bmcis Margie (jthler (left) anti Emmy igcros fright) chat in the coun seling office Gibfcr and Ageros are two of the counseling staff k i i on ammo “So I think having one-on-one help to fiud out what issues the» have could he leally helpful.” Stephanie Schaefer's office is \lc l oiighlm 2 1”, I upe Martinez is in Dye 140 and Casey Sims is in Barlow 2sfl I heir of Ike doors will hopefully be decorated by the end of this week and they are ready and waiting for students to come knocking.
