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Wednesday, Feb. 6,2013
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Automotive students Jeremy Coolbaugh and Butch Osborn work on a car brought in fo r repairs. Students and community members can bring their cars in fo r repair at a reduced cost.
Sage Niles
The Clackamas Print
In the depths o f Barlow,
down the stairs, past the mural
on the wall and into room 161,
there is a large open aired room
filled with perhaps half a dozen
cars and a dozen or more stu
dents studying and repairing
motor vehicles.
Barlow is home to the
A utom otive Departm ent at
CCC and besides pro v id in g
invaluable know ledge on the
very useful skill o f m aintaining
and fixing up cars, the building
offers another almost equally
valuable service, not only to
students and faculty, but to the
community as well.
The Automotive Department
repairs cars for anyone, be it
students or members o f the
community, to fix them up.
The profit they receive for the
repairs, minus supply fees, goes
toward student scholarships.
Due the large number of
applications, the department
does have a few requirements.
Repairs must meet the pro
gram’s training needs and the
automobile must be less than 10
years old among other require
ments.
The fact that the automotive
department only takes vehicles
that are less than 10 years old
is not a frivolous requirement;
in fact, it’s quite practical.
According to David Bradley,
automotive department chair,
can transfer to a post graduate
job.
“If we trained someone to
work on an old car they’d go
out in the field and never see
one, so they’ve just wasted their
time,” said Bradley.
The students o f the depart
ment find that this philosophy
is quite helpful as well.
“Cars that the school owns
have been gone over and picked
through, newer cars have newer
problems,” said automotive stu
dent Sam Hudnall.
So what are the benefits of
refinishing jobs their fee is only
eight percent. For instance, the
estimate for a $1,000 repair
would only cost the individual
$80.
With automotive repair, if
your car is accepted, there will
be a cost estimate which is an
approximate cost of parts and
materials, plus a 20 percent
markup.
Other than the benefits of
working on newer cars, the
automotive department offers
a sense o f accomplishment and
pride to the students.
there is a reason for this stipu
lation.
„ “T he students in our p ro
w orking on new er cars for stu
dents? L abarron Perry, an auto
“E very car you w ork on, that
car you rem em ber the fir s t thing
you did, the "first thing you
gram have to have new vehicles
to work on or else they’d be
working on our same training
fleet over and over again,” said
Bradley, “and this gives us a
variety o f things to work on. We
never know what w e’re going
to get.”
Permitting cars that are fairly
new allows for students to gain
real world experience that- they
motive student, enjoys that it is
hands-on learning for the real
world.
“Newer vehicles provide
technical knowledge o f newer
systems and you know what
you’re getting into when you
leave school and head out into
the industry,” Perry said.
In spite o f these require
ments, there are benefits as
well, for collision repair and
learn on each car is memorable
because it’s the first time,” said
automotive student Greg Dyer.
The automotive department
is always accepting applica
tions. For more information,
you can stop by Barlow Hall
room 162 and speak with the
automotive department secre
taries. They will be able to pro
vide the applications for both
auto repair and collision and
auto body repair.
It’s hard to find a system that
benefits all parties equally and
this program is the rare one that
does. From the students and
the knowledge that they gain
from working on newer cars, to
the community who receives a
reduced charge for automobile
repair, it’s a cyclical system that
offers to teach and benefit the
community in equal measures.
BRADLEY
HEALTH: Help is a talk, walk or call away
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So what should a person do
if they think someone is having
a hard time and needing help?
First and foremost, if there is an
immediate threat to someone’s
own life or someone else’s, call
9-1-1.
Schaefer also explained that
students and instructors can
inform a counselor if someone
they know is acting out of the
ordinary.
Another option is to try and
reach out and help someone by
talking to them directly. Jeffrey
Anderson has some experience
with this. He’s a licensed psy
chologist and supervisor who
works at Centerstone Crisis
Center.
“In America, and probably
most countries, asking someone
‘Are you having thoughts about
killing yourself?’ isn’t a comfort
able question at all,” Anderson
said. “A lot of people believe
that asking that question would
actually make it more likely for
them to kill themselves, or that
it would give them the idea. In
fact, that’s actually false.”
Whether or not it’s comfort
able to ask someone if they are
thinking of harming themselves,
it can make a difference in some
one’s life. The pressure of carry
ing the idea around is a lot, and
asking someone could help them
relieve that pressure.
“It’s a huge relief for some
body that’s actually considering
doing that. To be able to say it,
to somebody who sounds like
they can hear the answer, can be
a huge stress relief and actually
reduce risk at that point in time,”
Carlin said.
If a person thinks they are
going to kill themselves, or are
so depressed and are worried it
might escalate to that, it’s very
important to help them get help.
If the person is calm and not an
immediate threat, you can call a
crisis line for advice, call your
local non-emergency number or
visit a walk in crisis center.
Centerstone is an option for
Clackamas County and is locat
ed in the Ross Center on 82nd
Ave. You may also refer to the
list of numbers to the right.
“We offer outpatient services
here on sort of a crisis basis. So
we’re here for folks when they
are already suicidal,” Anderson
said. “They’re already hav
ing thoughts about suicide and
somebody has kind of prompted
them to come get our help.”
Centerstone is open seven
days a week and has a 24-hour
crisis line, so this is a great way
to get help. However, that may
be more difficult if you can’t
make contact with someone who
you’re concerned about. You can
ask for a welfare check if you are
worried about someone’s well
being or state o f mental health
by using the non-emergency
number. You can also request
an officer with specific mental
health training.
The goal is to prevent crisis
situations such as suicide through
early detection of mental illness
as well as just making things a
little easier on one another. In
times of harder economy, some
o f those reliefs come in the form
o f financial help and having your
essential daily needs met.
“I can tell you where to get
food boxes, there’s a church
where you can go wash your
clothes for free on certain days
o f the month,” said Schaefer.
“So there are a lot of resources
out there that can be helpful.
Yes, they’re not going to get you
a job tomorrow necessarily, or
make that class opens up that
was full but it might alleviate
some of your other pressures.”
The college and its counsel
ing department have also joined
ULifeline and can be found at
ulifeline.org/clackamas where
there are community resources,
self-evaluation tools and an ‘Ask
the Experts’ option. The goal is
to get everyone the help they
need to keep on going.
Feeling Down?
These numbers can help?
Emergency:
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9-1-1
Non Emergency:
I
Clackamas County
503-655-8211
Multnomah County
“ 503-823-3333
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Crisis Lines:
Warm/Talk Lines:
Clackamas County
24 hours
503-655-8585
Toll Free
1-888-414-1553
Trevor Lifeline
(LGBTO)
1-866-488-7386
Multnomah County
24 hours
503-988-4888
Toll free
1-800-716-9769
David Romprey
1-800-698-2392
CCC Counseling:
503-594-3475
503-594-6135