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Library flood wreaks havoc
Donny Beach
News Editor
F reezin g weather caused a
water pipe in the Dye Learning
Center to burst Dec. 9, flooding
the lower level of the library in
ankle deep water and causing
an, as yet, uncalculated amount
in damages just two hours after
a sprinkler head popped on the
Wilsonville campus, swamping
four classrooms.
• Library staff and Campus
Services worked feverishly
packing up books in an attempt
to salvage the literature caught
in the wake after one of the
overhead copper lines broke.
About 1,700 books had to be
thrown away, said Ali Ihrke,
the circulation and acquisitions
coordinator.
“They were damaged beyond
repair,” Ihrke said.
The majority of the books
lost were Oregon history
books. Some books on sports
and feminism were also lost.
However, not everything
was destroyed. Another 500
books were sent to Service
Master, a restoration company
in San Francisco, for repair and
some were able to be dried on
campus, said Ihrke.
According to Lloyd Helm,
director of Campus Services,
the cost to the college for restor
ing the library was capped by
the deductible on the college’s
insurance.
“ [It was] around $50k,”
Helm said.
The deductible covered the
cost of the book restoration
as well as hiring the Ldrentz
Bruun Restoration Company to
replace the plumbing, repair
the damaged ceiling, and re
carpet the library.
In addition, the college’s
deductible was needed to cover
the cost of replacing the sprin
kler system on the Wilsonville
campus. The four classrooms
were leased by PGE for train
ing linemen and holding high
voltage refresher courses for
technicians.
While none of the computers
in the library were damaged, it
is unclear how much damage
may have been done to the PGE
equipment in those rooms.
Women’s basketball
stays competitive
David Beasley
Sports Editor
W
inter is a good time
for indoor sports and the
Clackamas women’s basket
ball team has been heating the
coals with a promising start
to the 2014 season. With wins
over Lane and Southwestern
Oregon, Clackamas was 2-1
going into Wednesday’s game
against the Chemeketa Storm.
The hard-fought win put
Clackamas at 3-1 in league,
14-3 overall for the season. The
road to victory last Wednesday
evening was grueling and
demanded patience. Both teams
were methodical and defensive,
but the Cougars were able to
keep the lead and came out on
top.
Much of the game was
played at the free throw line
as Chemeketa racked up fouls,
Clackamas gave up a few
fouls as well. The Cougars
were aggressive early with
nice shot attempts. They lead
with a score of 4-0 in the first
few minutes. Laci Effenberger
started off strong with a good
layup scoring two points for a
solid 6-0 lead.
“We’re really working on
playing possession for posses
sion. The season has been real
ly good, every game is the most
important game of the season,”
said Effenberger.
Shortly after Chemeketa
scored their first shot of the
game Tori Wilkinson hit a nice
three pointer showing that the
Cougars were there to fight the
Storm. Clackamas was ahead
11-2 when their next three
pointer found it’s mark. Emily
Pengelly scored the shot put
ting the lead at 14-2.
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