Hot rods and high hopes
CLACKAMAS EXPANDS AUTO PROGRAM
BY RACHELLE PEIFFER
STAFF WRITER
The A u to m ob ile Service more students to enroll “ We got some guys that [have] to be utilized either as new
Technology program held in auto programs at C C C . 14-15 years in a row of taking classroom s or new shops.
a celebration on Feb. 28 Along with helping current that class continuously. This Much of Barlow Hall that is
focused on it being officially college-enrolled automotive is the first year they can’t .” occupied by these rooms is
certified by the Automotive students, the expansion will According to House, current actually quite small. According
Service Excellence Education also improve the facilities in students are excited for all to Jessica Phelps, automotive
F o u n d a tio n , or A SE E F . which students from Oregon the new changes, although parts technician, a lot of the
The celebration included a City H igh School come to some o f the students closer actual new equipm ent or
car show showing o ff the work and learn.- Storage, to finishing are a bit sad on tools are not finalized; they
are still waiting on acquiring
students’ work, along with which is currently scattered missing out.
Some of the new classrooms permits. If the permits come
throughout Barlow Hall, will
snacks and beverages.
The celebration was held in be more contained, leaving will be turning into flex labs, in at or around graduation, the
the Barlow Auto Body Shop the, students and teachers where students can be taught expansion is predicted to be
on Clackam as Com m unity w ith more room to work. and then use their knowledge, finished during fall term.
C o lle g e ’ s O re g o n C ity This, along with numerous A lot of the new space is going
campus. Teachers hoped the walls being knocked down,
celebration would attract will allow more students to
more partnerships such as work at once,
“ W e’ re gonna go from
the lon gstan d in g Subaru
p a rtn e rs h ip th a t th e y nine or 12 to 22 service lifts,”
Leuck remarked as he walked
currently hold.
B oth Tim Cook and a through the relatively small
representative from the ASE classroom.
Even with all this optimism,
spoke at th e 'ev e n t, along
with a student. This coincides change can still be nerve-
with the total remodel and racking.
“ Yeah, [the teachers] are.
expansion of all automotive
programs, which is funded really excited, looking forward
by both a M etallica grant to it. I mean obviously it ’ s
and bonds. Both noted the nervous excitement,” LeUck
autom otive program s as said. Since the official start
of the expansion w ill be
needing more Space.
“ We’ve been doing the best after graduation this spring,
we can with the space we’ve summer classes will need to
had for over a decade now,*’ be cancelled.
“ We’re going to lose all our
said Jay Leuck, an auto service
summer classes this coming
tech instructor.
Auto body/collision repair summer, so that’s a disservice
in stru c to r M ark H ouse to a lot of the guys th at’ve
expressed hope th at the been here for years takihg The CCC Auto Body Shop displays som e cars during a
rem odel w ill encourage those classes,” House said. celebration on Feb. 28.
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Dorante, played by James Van Eaton, mistakenly tries to woo Clariee, played by Gloria Howe, in “The Liar” showing in the
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March 6, 2019