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College hopes to boost enrollment with free class
If the cost of higher educa-
tion has you balking, Clatsop
Community College suggests
starting out with a free aca-
demic class during the sum-
mer term.
People may take an aca-
demic class, up to 5 credits,
for free, including fees and
textbook costs.
To take advantage of the
offer, potential new students
must register at CCC as ei-
ther a degree- seeking or a
non-degree seeking student
and take the class for aca-
demic credit. Auditing is not
allowed.
The free class is made pos-
sible by federal Higher Ed-
ucation Emergency Relief
Funding designated for as-
sisting students with tuition
and related expenses such as
fees and textbooks.
CCC offered a similar op-
portunity during the 2021
summer term, but only to
juniors and seniors in high
school who did not have the
opportunity to do duel en-
rollment while in high school
due to COVID restrictions.
This year, the college want-
CCC photo
Students sign up for classes during a prior registration.
ed to open it up to a broader
audience.
The summer term is eight
weeks from July 5 to Aug. 25,
which is two weeks shorter
than fall, winter, and spring
terms, although it covers the
same amount of content.
Students must be prepared
for a faster pace, which may
require additional study
time.
Class and grade received
will go on an official CCC col-
lege transcript. Classes are
transferrable.
To view summer class
options,
visit
clatsopcc.
edu/academic-planning/
class-schedule.
For help selecting or reg-
istering for a class, contact
Student Services in Columbia
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Drivers: Innovative local program to roll out statewide
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blog posted on a trans-
portation website.
“I’m a visionary guy,
but I would have never
thought about this,” Ha-
zen said.
He talked with Castillo,
and then with just about
everyone he could think
of.
He set up a meeting with the
local Department of Correc-
tions, the Sheriff’s Office and
the Oregon Driver and Motor
Vehicle Services Department.
Everyone got on board.
After receiving referrals from
the Sheriff’s Office, two drivers
were hired.
“Unfortunately, they didn’t
work out, but that’s to be ex-
pected,” Hazen said Wednes-
day. “Not everyone’s going to be
successful.”
Last week, he spoke before the
Governor’s Re-Entry Council,
which was chaired by the direc-
tor of Oregon State Corrections.
She loved the idea.
Baker Technical Institute,
which has conducted training
programs for Oregon Youth Au-
thority, has agreed to take on the
training portion within the state
prison system. Baker has six
driving simulators and this year
will take the program to Powder
River Correctional Facility in
Baker, Two Rivers Correctional
Institute in Umatilla, and the
women’s prison at Coffee
Creek in Wilsonville.
The DMV has agreed
to accept the knowledge
or written portion of the
driver’s test from within
the facility as well.
The Department of
Corrections will allow
inmates participating in
the program to step outside the
walls for field training. Sunset
Empire has donated one bus for
field training and TriMet is con-
sidering a donation.
Another component in the
works is remote interviews for
inmates with transit districts
across the state.
“What this means is that when
the individuals are released from
prison, they will have a CDL
(commercial driver’s license) in
their hands,” Hazen said. “I nev-
er dreamed that would happen.”
June 10, 2022
Suspected drunk driver
hits Seaside police car
A driver on Highway 101
caused a three-car crash
when she struck the back
of a stopped Seaside police
car.
Ginnette Marberry, 43, of
Manzanita was arrested on
suspicion of driving under
the influence of intoxicants.
She was booked at Clatsop
County Jail.
A Seaside police officer
had pulled over a 1999 Toy-
ota Camry on Highway 101,
just south of Beerman Creek
Road, about 11:15 p.m. Sun-
day, June 5. The patrol
car’s emergency lights were
flashing and the officer was
speaking with the Camry
driver.
Marberry was headed
south when her 2005 Hyun-
dai Tucson ran into the rear
of the patrol car, pushing it
into the back of the stopped
Camry, according to Sea-
side Police. The Hyundai
rolled onto its side.
The officer immediate-
ly requested medical help.
Incarcerated individuals who
participate in vocational and
educational training were more
than 30 percent more likely to
be employed and 40 percent less
likely to be rearrested within the
first year of being released, ac-
cording to the National Associa-
tion of Workforce Boards.
Still, not everyone will qualify
for the program.
“There are certain offenses we
have to take a hard line on,” Ha-
zen said. “We won’t have sex of-
fenders. We won’t have very vi-
olent offenders. There’s a whole
lot of cameras on our buses and
we’re able to monitor anything
that happens.”
It used to be that anyone with
a record was automatically re-
jected. Not anymore.
“We’re not looking for a piece
of paper. We’re looking for a
person,” Hazen said. “The whole
goal of this is to increase the
pool of potential employees and
The damaged Dodge Char-
ger police cruiser.
Seaside Fire and Rescue, as
well as Medix Ambulance,
responded to the crash
scene.
The Hyundai driver was
extricated by Seaside Fire
and Rescue, checked by
medical personnel and
cleared of any injury.
Neither the officer nor the
Camry driver were injured.
also reduce the recidivism rate.
But also to make life better for
them.”
When he first proposed the
idea to his transit board at the
end of last year, he found mem-
bers highly supportive.
“It’s easy to do something
when you’re young and dumb
and have it held against you
forever,” SETD Commissioner
Charles Withers said after hear-
ing the idea in December. “We
are a nation of second chances.
What happened to that?”
While the idea was spawned by
the transit director in Iowa, Ha-
zen’s passion and enthusiasm
will see it span the nation.
Next week, he’s presenting
the idea to transit leaders in the
state of Arkansas.
“Oregon is going to be the first
state in the nation to roll out the
training,” he said. “Oregon’s go-
ing to be No. 1 and everybody
loves that.”