Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, March 26, 2003
Page 11
A Look Back
This Week
‘Artists Working Studio’ is the title of a weekly, informal educational gathering at the RCC
Kerby Belt Bldg. Participants include (top photo) Laurie Fausett and (bottom photo) Pat Ham-
mer. To register phone (541) 956-7501.
(Photos by Britt Fairchild)
Community Ed: Springboard to a world
of new possibilities for valley residents
By BRITT FAIRCHILD
Staff Writer
Finding instructors for
Rogue Community College’s
Illinois Valley Community
Education isn’t the hard part.
It’s filling the desks with
students.
Enrollment for the winter
term was so sparse that only
three of the 14 courses sched-
uled were offered -- the rest
were cancelled -- according to
Pam Cooper, community edu-
cation training services coor-
dinator.
While the war with Iraq
and the possible closure of
Rough and Ready Lumber Co.
could deter potential students
from registering for spring
classes, which begin on Mon-
day, March 31, Cooper re-
mains hopeful for a higher
turnout.
“Education is a lifetime
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process,” she said. “We can
never know everything.
There’s always something
new to learn.”
Whether advancing old
skills, developing new ones or
introducing a new hobby,
community education offers
valley residents a variety of
choices, from computer and
writing courses to art work-
shops and self-improvement
classes.
Almost all of the I.V.
community education classes
are held at the RCC Kerby
Belt Bldg. and IVHS. There is
a fee for most of the courses,
although Cooper said the in-
structors try to keep it low so
more people can attend.
“We have a lot of very
talented people out here who
are willing to share their tal-
ents and skills,” she said.
Twenty-eight classes, 20
of which are new, are sched-
uled for the spring term, in-
cluding Carpentry “101,” a
course especially for women
to teach basic construction
information.
With a little more than a
week left before classes were
to begin, Leslie Kingsford, 55,
was undecided on which class
she would take.
‘There are great choices
this term,” she said, noting
how great her community edu-
cation experience has been
thus far.
“I come away enriched on
many levels,” Kingsford said.
Plus “it gets me out of the
house.”
Not to mention the friends
she’s made.
Having taken a handful of
classes during the past two
years relating to her hobbies,
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On April 6, 1712, a slave
revolt took place in New
York; six slaves committed
suicide and 21 were exe-
cuted ... April 2, 1792, the
U.S. Mint was established in
Philadelphia due to the pas-
sage of the Coinage Act ...
April 6, 1830, Joseph Smith
organized the Mormon
church in Fayette, N.Y. ...
March 31, 1943, Rodgers
and
Hammerstein's
"Oklahoma!" opened on
Broadway ... April 1, 1945,
U.S. forces invaded Oki-
nawa ... April 1, 1946, some
400,000 mine workers be-
gan a strike, which was
swiftly followed by other in-
dustries ... April 2, 1947, the
Pacific islands formerly
mandated to Japan were
unanimously placed under
U.S. trusteeship by a vote of
the UN Security Council ...
March 31, 1968, President
Lyndon Johnson curbed the
bombing of North Vietnam in
anticipation of peace talks ...
March 31, 1971, Lt. William
L. Calley, Jr., was sen-
tenced to life imprisonment
for his role in the Mylai Mas-
sacre ... April 1, 1973 , over
590 U.S. prisoners were
released by the North Viet-
namese by this date ...
March 31, 1995, peace-
keeping responsibilities in
Haiti were transferred from
the U.S. to UN forces ...
April 1, 1998, a federal
judge dismissed Paula Cor-
bin Jones' sexual harass-
ment suit against President
Bill Clinton ... March 29,
1999, the Connecticut Hus-
kies won their first NCAA
men's basketball champion-
ship, defeating the Duke
Blue Devils, 77-74 ... March
31, 1999, Ford Motor Co.
purchased Volvo Cars, a
unit of Sweden's Volvo A.B.,
for $6.45 billion ... April 5,
1999, Russell Henderson,
21, pleaded guilty in the
1998 beating death of Mat-
thew Shepard, a gay stu-
dent at the University of
Wyoming ... April 1, 2001, a
U.S. Navy spy plane col-
lided with a Chinese fighter
plane over the South China
Sea, killing the fighter pilot;
the 24 U.S. crew members
were subsequently detained
in Hainan.
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