Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, May 5, 2004
Ex-VP Mondale cites Selma Center
Notes cooperative community efforts backbone of United States
By SHANE WELSH
Staff Writer
“A strong nation be-
gins in the Selmas of the
(country),” said former
the war on terrorism to
more personal questions
about his feelings on to-
day’s government.
“I believe in a commu-
Former VP Walter Mondale greeted many people
Vice President Walter
“Fritz” Mondale, guest
speaker at the Selma Com-
munity & Education Cen-
ter (SCEC) grand opening
on Sunday, May 2.
Nearly 200 people at-
tended a town hall meeting
at the SCEC gymnasium,
site of the former Selma
Elementary School, to hear
the former VP, a native
and resident of Minnesota,
answer public submitted
and off-the-floor questions.
He was accompanied
by his wife, Joan, also
known as “Joan of Art” for
her involvement in the arts,
and former 1st District
Oregon Congressman Les
AuCoin.
The
program,
“Citizenship and Amer-
ica,” began with entertain-
ment by valley musicians
and refreshments.
The former vice presi-
dent, who served during
the Carter administration
and as ambassador to Ja-
pan, addressed questions
encompassing issues from
nity that gets together to
talk and try to understand
each other,” said Mondale,
“I believe this country
can’t be what it must be
unless we find a way to be
civil to each other.”
Mondale, now a prac-
ticing attorney, said that he
is “having fun” visiting his
brother, Mort, a Selma
resident. He added later to
a reporter that he has never
stopped working, although
he’s cut back on hours.
“It’s great to work and
have fun,” he said.
Asked how he felt the
current administration is
handling the war in Iraq,
Mondale said, “You have
to know what you’re do-
ing. You have to read; you
have to think; you have to
listen; you have to have
people around to help you
do so.
“I think one of the
problems in American
politics...is we forgot about
that part of the public dia-
logue.”
Mondale said that he
would not have supported
the effort in Iraq, but that,
“We’re there now. We
can’t just pull out.
“The burden of na-
tional leadership in Amer-
ica -- the strongest, most
powerful and impressive
nation in the world -- is to
somehow not only be
strong,” he said, “but have
a knowledge, sensitivity
and understanding that
matches our military
strength.
“I believe we need a
positive approach to solve
terrorism,” said Mondale,
who at 76 looks and acts
like a younger man.
“There’s no way,” he
said, “we can control the
whole world by military
power. There are some
things in the world that are
just not answered by a
bomb.”
Mondale first met with
a select group; then with
media representatives, fol-
lowed by the public ap-
pearance in the gym.
AuCoin commented on
SCEC saying, “The center
is a metaphor for a place
where people can get to-
gether and share like ideas.
You have an opportunity
(at the center) to reduce the
scope of problems and dis-
cuss the issues at hand.”
Comments by the for-
mer VP were met with
overwhelming applause
and cheers from the crowd.
Live entertainment
followed the public meet-
ing with performances
from musicians. And there
were educational booths
from organizations includ-
ing The Shining Stars, I.V.
Community Response
Team, I.V. Safe House
Alliance, and others to pro-
vide public information
about projects and re-
sources.
Dr. Peter Angstadt,
current president of Colo-
rado Northwestern Com-
munity College in
Rangely, will join Rogue
Community College
(RCC) as new president.
The RCC Board of
Education announced the
hiring following a unani-
mous decision last month.
“Dr. Angstadt has a
good academic foundation
and a wide breadth of ex-
perience,” said Pat Huy-
cke, RCC Board vice
chairman. “The board also
appreciated his demeanor
and the fact that he is very
approachable.”
Angstadt also has
community college experi-
ence as dean of college
services at Clackamas
Community College in
Oregon City.
And he has served as
mayor of Pocatello, Idaho.
He holds a bachelor’s
degree from Colorado
State University (CSU)
and two master’s degrees:
one in higher education
administration from CSU,
and an MBA from Idaho
State University. He
earned his doctorate in
educational policy and
management from Univer-
sity of Oregon at Eugene.
Angstadt did not at-
tend the board meeting, but
sent a message to RCC and
the community later, say-
ing he was “delighted to be
able to work with all of
you” and was eager to get
started.
“I was very impressed
with the students, faculty,
staff, board members,
communities and the en-
thusiastic, progressive
spirit I saw when I was
there,” Angstadt said.
Angstadt will take the
helm June 14, allowing
transition time with current
president, Rick Levine,
who announced his retire-
ment in May and will end
his tenure at RCC June 30.
With the Oregon
School Board Association
assisting in the search for a
new president, RCC re-
ceived 24 applications for
the position. A screening
committee comprised of
college instructors, admin-
istrators, students, board
members and community
Health coverage issue gains funds
By Salem ‘Statesman
Journal’
The Legislative Emer-
gency Board has endorsed
a major shuffle of state
human-service funding
approving cuts in response
to a failed tax measure
while seeking to minimize
human suffering.
Lawmakers provided
full health coverage for
more than 300,000 low-
income children, pregnant
women, welfare recipients
and disabled people.
Their task was easier
because of $100 million in
savings derived from an
unexpected drop-off in
people enrolling in the
state health plan for the
poor.
“This is not suddenly
found money,” said Rep.
Alan Bates (D-Ashland).
Nearly 40,000 people
dropped out of the finan-
cially troubled health plan
because of new co-pay and
premium fees, the elimina-
tion of many health ser-
vices and other factors.
The February defeat of
the Measure 30 tax pack-
age will force another
49,000 mostly working
poor to lose their coverage
representatives helped
winnow the list of initial
candidates to three:
Angstadt; Dr. Blaine
Nisson, vice president of
Student Development at
Clark Community College,
Vancouver, Wash.; and Dr.
Michael Holland, vice
president of Administra-
tive and Student Affairs at
Linn-Benton Community
College, Albany.
All three participated
in public forums March 29
to April 2 in Medford and
Grants Pass that gave col-
lege staff, faculty, students
and others opportunities to
meet with them.
Two board members,
Dr. Davit Trump and
Kevin Talbert, visited the
Colorado Northwestern
Community College cam-
pus, interviewing a number
of faculty, staff, and com-
munity members.
“Colorado Northwest-
ern Community College is
similar to RCC in that the
campus in Rangely is the
home campus, while a sec-
ond campus in Craig has
grown to be larger,”
Talbert said.
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ment that puts low-level
felons in county jails rather
than state prisons. Douglas
and Curry counties intend
to back out of the agree-
ment and hand back their
state prisoners to the state.
Other counties may have
followed suit if more fund-
ing wasn’t provided.
*$3.9 million to retain
services at seven crime
labs across the state.
*$1 million to speed
the reopening of a juve-
nile-detention facility in
Warrenton. Current facili-
ties are overcrowded.
*$1.9 million to rein-
state residential care ser-
vices for 1,200 senior and
disabled people who need
assistance eating, bathing
and with other personal
care.
*$1 million to provide
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on Aug. 1.
Denying those people
coverage will become a
“hidden tax,” Bates said,
because they will seek care
in hospital emergency
rooms. That will drive up
insurance costs for busi-
nesses and individuals who
pay for health insurance,
he said.
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a provider tax on hospitals
and health maintenance
organizations will spare
some people slated to lose
services. However, that
requires federal approval
and successful negotiations
with health-care providers.
Some say that won’t come
together by August and
won’t provide enough
money to insure all 49,000
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