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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
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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.
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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
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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!
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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
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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.