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http://www.theclackamasprint.com ). 13,2013 www.TheClackamasPrint.com Clackamas Community College, Oregon City, OR An independent, student-run newspapersince 1966 Curling heats up the ice David Daly, left, and Bruce Joncas, right, sweep the surface o f the ice. melting a wet path fo r the stone to follow at Evergreen Curling Club in Beaverton. David Beasley Associate Sports Editor Large granite stones can be heard roaring across newly laid ice in Beaverton. Rumbling like far off thunder, the gliding stones were guided along a sparkling path o f melting ice. Sweeping the path la "■ È were two focused teammates, care fully augmenting the stone’s trajec tory from their thrower teammate’s launch. A pole was held by a fourth teammate as a marker for the thrower. The marker was held askew to the target area in order to allow the curl o f the stone to over shoot off towards the intended area. “It cost $400,000 to build the rink, mostly acquired through donations from members and grants,” said Joe Petsche, promo tions director for Evergreen Curling Club. The specially designed rink brought state o f the art sliding tech nology to Oregon in December of last year. “A Zamboni doesn’t do the ice any justice for curling,” said Petsche. “We use a machine called an Ice King to smooth the ice, then we sprinkle water on the ice to create a pebbling effect over the surface. A tool called a nipper is then used to level the tops o f the pebbled water droplets. Only 20 to 30 percent o f the stone touches the ice.” Please see CURLING, Page 6 College weighs $5 tuition increase Students may again be reaching deeper into their pockets to pay for an edu cation. At tonight’s meeting, the college Board o f Education will discuss raising tuition J$5 per credit, effective this summer. I f approved, one credit will raise from the current rate o f $79 per credit hour to $84 instead. This would raise the cost o f 15 credits from $1,185 to $1,260. The O regon average at com m unity colleges is just under $85 for in state students. Mt. Hood Community College is cur rently $89, while Portland Community College is $82. The most expensive tuition at a community college is $94 at Clatsop, while the best deal is at Umpqua, where students pay $75 for each credit hour. Out o f state and inter- | national students will have an additional $15 per credit h o u r in icrcase. i f m t r e c o m mendations are approved by the board. Their cost for 15 credits will go up from $3,510 to $3,735. The board m eeting begins at 6 p.m. tonight in the community center. — Joshua Dillen 1 1 N ew fields to sow: instructor to retire Sage Niles The Clackamas Print R etirem ent can often be a trying tim e in a person’s life. A djusting to a new daily rou tine, figuring out h<?w to struc ture one’s day. How do people adjust to the absence o f their career w hich w as essentially their life up to that point? These are all questions that face H orticulture D epartm ent C hair Elizabeth Howley, who is retiring at the end o f this term . H ow ley has b een at C lackam as C om m unity College since 1983 and after 30 years o f teaching horticulture, she is ready to settle dow n and transi tion into the next stage o f her life. D escrib ed as ab undantly know ledgeable and practical, H ow ley d o esn ’t shy aw ay ________ Elizabeth Howley passes a tray o f young seedlings to Juliana Haley. Plants get moved to different areas from confrontation. “I f she tells you, ‘D o n ’t greenhouse near Clairmont depending on what stage o f growth they are in. text in m y class’ and you are texting, sh e’ll throw you out,” to a greenhouse to buy flow w as still teaching h erself new screeching and hooting and hol lering for them at graduation. I said student Jespen Gerdtes. ers for their yard and I ju s t fell things. “W e’d go to parks, and love the tim es in betw een w hen E ssentially, w hat Ho.wley in love w ith these m illions o f cares about m ost is teaching, billions — it seem ed to a five- M assachusetts had a lot o f lakes th ey ’re really stuck, ‘T here’s being w ith th e students and year-old — flow ers that were and I could w alk around the no w ay I ’m going to pass this w atching them learn and grow. in m y face. M y eyeballs w ere lake as long as I kept the lake to class,’ and then breaking down E verything else is secondary. giant and head height to head my right side. So I w as allow ed w hat are the barriers and ju st H er passion for teaching and height and I w as am azed. I said, at a very young age to hike in helping them get to the other horticulture is im m ense and is ‘Your friends did th is?’ H e said, the w oods on my ow n and dis side. You know, that ju st hap show n through her energy and ‘y e s’, so then I decided I w ant cover things,” said Howley. pens over and over and over O ver the years, H ow ley has again and I ju st don’t get tired exuberance w hen talking about to do th is,” said Howley. Teaching has alw ays been a seen students com e and go, o f it,” said Howley. the subject. “I w as first draw n to hor love o f H ow ley’s from a very struggle and succeed. “I love m eeting a new stu- Please see RETIREMENT, Page 3 ticulture w hen I was five. M y young age. A lthough she d idn’t G randfather took me w ith him have students or a class yet, she dent for the first tim e and I love
