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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
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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
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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
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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