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PCC begins optical program
" I t was tim e fo r It to hap
pen." says Maury M e rric k ,
Senior Engineer In Optics at
le ktro n lx, who w ill be taking
a leave of absence from his
work designing ami producing
precision optical Instruments
to (»gin a new program of
optical Technology at P o rt
land Community College.
M e rric k , who lives at 10248
S.W, Lancaster in Portland,
states that tlie new PCC pro
gram w ill be an answer to
the "m issin g m id d le " In the
optica Industry by training
teclinlclans fo r entry-level
positions. " I'v e teen Involved
in optics fo r 25 years, and I
feel a personal need to puss
on what I have learned," re
flects M e rric k . " The leading
ophthalmic
manufacturers
have offeied excellent on-the-
)ob training programs fo r
years; however, these pro
grams ate available only to
persons already employed, ft
la generally recognized that
there Is a nationwide need
fo r career training p rio r to
employment as well as con
centrated refresher couises
in specific subjects fo r pre
sently employed technicians."
Portland Community College
la the fourth college In the
country to develop an optical
technology ptogram and w ill
have the only program avail
able in the Northwest.
Maury M e rrick has been In
volved with optics since 1«
was 15 years old and l«g.in
taillding telescopes. He serv
ed an apprenticeship In oph
thalmic work to develop I m s I c
skills, and after a stint In
lire anny, he began working at
Sawyer’ s,
a photographic
equipment manufacturer now
part of GAP. When lie left
Sawyer's fo r le ktro n lx, M er
rick was Chief Engineer, had
set up their complete pro
duction plant for camera,
viewer, ami projector lenses,
anil had do signet I many opti
cal products.
I he Optical t echnology
program w ill begin Fall term,
1472, In new laboratory fa c ili
ties at PCC's Cascatle cen
ter, 705 North K illingsw orth,
Portland. I he daytime pro
gram w ill train new employees
for entry level Jobs In the
making of prescription eye-
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THE PORTLAND OBSERVER
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B o d y a n d F e n d e r R e p a ir
alternative to r a degenerating
Ihe war In Southeast Asia is
die enlral problem facing the school system that tlneatens
\rriern an people ami the je o - to fire over 600 teachers that
I'le of Portland. ft k ills the deWeese an! Goldschmidt can
young of our nation, ft hears offer is to propose to raise the
a heavy responsibility fo r tlie tax Ixirden again.
So I can’ t say that the |e o -
continued i n t l a t i o n
that
plague' everyone except the ple of Portland won anything in
veiy rich. I lie money that it this election. I he same people
K l ilies |>U: lies off into the d is- that finance Goldschmidt and
t n t future needed change to deWeese aie those that made
r impossible for my candi
day, from low-cost bousing to
dacy, tlie only real alternative,
cheap, accessible abortion
to appear on die ballot by in
clirm s, to tlie creation of 1 v i-
voking a 60 year old law.
dile mass transit system, to
Nevertheless, my c .ndxJacy
meeting the needs of the Black
is tlie only one that won a v ic
and Chicano population of the
tory in this election More
date. It is key in creating an
P ortlandeis have been won to
e onomic situation which le i
die s o c i a l i s t
movement
t< Nixon’ s imposition of die
through this campaign than at
wage freeze on the country, l i
any otlier tune, d u r move
re' ily affecting almost all of
ment, die only chance lot su r
die residents of Portland, es
vival as the possibility of nu-
pecially the Longshore w ork
cleai war is posed, is growing
ers.
and expanding, and our ideas,
< «1 this m o s t important
II
’ ; 1 n - " ( : in
juestion, die people of P o rt-
anti-w i r Portland, fo r a So
Dnd had no leal choice in the
cia list A m erica,” are the
Mayoralty election. And this
ideas that a re mobil izing luw-
held true on every major p oli
tical issue facing us in the
dreds of thousands and repre
sent the potential fo r a real
election. I he war draws b il
victory in the future.
lions each year, and the only
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Socialist candidate claims "V ic to ry ”
(Statement of P h ilip Hardy,
Socialist W orkers P arty can
didate fo r Mayor of Portland,
in election day, I uesday, May
23, 1472.)
Il Is traditional on election
day that successful candidates
leg in almost unmedialely to
go back on all theirprom ises,
and unsuccessful candidates
graciously grant the election
to th e ir opponent and wish him
o r tier luck. I nfortunately, I
am unable to graciously ac
cede to any of my opponents,
or to grant that anyone has won
In the Mayoral election . . .
ertalnly not He |ieople of
Portland.
On all the central issues
Maury M e rric k , Senior l.nglneei in optics ¡11 le ktro n lx. and facing tlie citizens of tle C Ity ,
no real alternative was offered
Olin Wagner, Lab Superintendent al O ptlcraft, discuss cu r
by any of tlie " m a jo r " candi
riculum and equipment fo r new Optical Technology program
dates.
Probably tie le s t ex
at Portland Community College. M e rrick w ill lake a leave of
ample of this is lie recent con
absence from le ktro n lx to start the program Fall term . Wagner
troversy over tie antl-wat
w ill t» an Instructor fot the evening program.
■lemonstratiun following N ix
on’ s brutal escalation ot the
war in Southeast Asia, de
glasses. Students w ill learn
dexterity s k ills ."
I rue to
Weese tried to make a giant
prescription
Interpretation
llnilte<l laboratory fa c ilitie s
political issue out of the " r i o t
and grinding, polishing, edg
die program has openings lo r
ous violence" that supposedly
ing, and mourning of lenses.
25 students. Interested per
took place, and to lay tie blarre
A one-year ce rtifica te w ill be
sons should contact Donald
fo r it on Goldschmidt. Gold
awarde«! at (lie successful
F lse r, 244-6111, extension 211,
schmidt, on tie o tle r hand,
completion of this work.
at Portland Community C ol
continually equivocated on tie
Portland Community C ol
lege.
right ul tie people of Portland
lege w ill offer a second year
to assemble and demonstrate
leading to an Associate In
"I lie following persons are
the I r demand that tie war he
Applied Science degree al
m enders of tie optical Tech
ended now.
lowing studenta to receive
nology Advisory Committee,
Each of Hem was infin
more detailed training and
local leaders in tie optical
itely more concerned atxxit a
experience in specific skills
industry who individually re
couple windows and the possi
such as plastic lenses, on-
cognized tie reed lo r training
b ility of violence here than
tact lenses, etc. Students
in ophthalmic prescription
atxxit the massive destruction
w ill spend Spring term of
work and have encouraged
ot human life arid ecology of
each year In on-die-job work
l*CC to establish the new pro
Southeast Asia. They loth pi
gram: James Applegate, Re
ex|ierierices widi local lens
ously condemned the anti-w ar
manufacturers.
gional Manager, bausch and
movement lo r costing the city
I.omb, Inc.; Harold Kruegei,
M e rrick emphasizes that
money by demonstrating while
students w ill be trained fo r
Dispensing
optician;
D r.
remaining silent on the b il
Omar Noles, Optometrist,
entry-level Jobs In ophthalmic
lions spent every year by the
lens making and should ex
Columbian Optical; D r. Ho
government to continue to pro
pect to sta n working as an
ward Stcngei, optom etrist;
secute an immoral war that 1
o tto W agter, I ab Superinten
apprentice o r in a comparable
opposed l>y the vastm ajorrtv
position In the industry. When
dent, Optic raid led Wallace,
of the American people. I hey
Manager, Thiemann o p tica l;
asked
what interests and
agree! on attempting to lim it
abilities are lelpful to a stu
le r r y Z inkel, branch Man
tie ability of the a n ti-w a i
dent interested in a career
ager, American Optical; Ro
movement to plan and carry
bert. F. Haney, M J O p h th a l
in optics, M e rrick answered,
out peaceful, massive demon
" F ir s t of a ll, ophthalmic pre
mologist; D r. Conlon Leitch,
strations, while doing nothing
scription work Is a people-
J r , Ophthalmologist; D r. J.
to attempt to stay the hand < I
orieiited service.
beyond
R. M eyer-Arendt, Professor,
the President and the m ilita ry
that It would be helpful for
ptotnetry, Pacil
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students to have an inteiest
I m versity; Haul Asgeirssnn,
closer to World War III than
in science, mechanics, basic
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