The INDEPENDENT, April 4, 2002
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OLCC encourages students to “Say no your own way”
Youngsters are being asked
to “say no your own way” to un
derage drinking in the Oregon
Liquor Control Commission’s
2002 Oregon Student Essay
Contest.
During Alcohol Awareness
Month in April, the OLCC is
asking sixth to twelfth grade
students to write a jingle, slo
gan or rhyme on why they’re
waiting until 21 to drink, as part
of a 400 word essay.
The essay contest is one of
the key Alcohol Awareness
Month events in Oregon. This
year’s motto, aimed at young
people, is “Wise up, straight
talk about alcohol.” The theme
was selected because alcohol
remains the number one drug
of choice among Oregon’s
teens.
In the essay contest, stu
dents will compete for top
prizes of $200, $300 and $500
U.S. Savings Bonds in cate-
Alumni Association is formed at PCC
An alumni association has
been formed by the Portland
Community College Founda
tion. The new organization re
sulted from discussions among
board members about the im
pact that PCC made on their
New FG traffic light
may cause delays
Drivers who use Highway 47
in Forest Grove should expect
occasional delays as a new
traffic signal is constructed at
the intersection of Sunset Drive
and the Highway 47 Bypass.
Plans call for the signal
poles to be placed April 22.
New traffic signs will be erect
ed and the pavement re-striped
May 6 - 7, with the signal acti
vated May eighth.
During the design of the pro
ject, forecasted traffic volumes
showed inadequate traffic vol
ume for a signal. The latest ac
tual traffic counts, however,
show that a signal is warrant
ed.
personal and professional lives.
“We talked about our experi
ences at the college and real
ized what an important part
PCC played in our lives. For
some of us, PCC defined our
career paths. For others, it
helped us on the way to a high
er education.” said Mary Sav
age, former president of the
Foundation Board and chair of
the alumni association commit
tee. “We believe that there are
many people who would like to
reconnect with the institution
that meant so much to us at a
formative time in our lives."
Armando Gutierrez, vice
chair of the alumni association
committee, said the association
would create “a new opportuni
ty to bridge the gap between
those reaching for the future
and those who have carved the
way.”
The association will be avail
able to anyone who has ever
taken a class at PCC. Tradi
tionally, membership in alumni
associations is reserved for
those who have graduated
from an accredited institution,
but at PCC, membership is
open to current students, for
mer students (graduate and
non-graduate) and families, on
either an annual basis or a life
time basis.
The benefits available to
PCC alumni include library priv
ileges, newsletters, 10 percent
discount on PCC insignia items
and PCC bookstores, a PCC
Alumni Association lapel pin
and an invitation to alumni
events.
The association’s mission
statement says: “The PCC
Alumni Association will connect
former PCC students with cur
rent students and staff to form a
network to benefit one another
personally and professionally
and to promote the mission of
the college.”
For more information, call
Ron Sumner or Ann Fleming at
503-977-4416.
gories for grades 6-8 and 9-12.
Entry forms have been sent to
every public and private middle
and high school in Oregon.
Contest details and entry infor
mation are available on the
agency’s
Web
site
at
www.olcc.state.or.us
In their essays, students
must include personal observa
tions, experiences and re
search that supports their posi
tion and slogan or rhyme.
Every essay will be read. Win
ning entries will be posted on
the OLCC’s Web site and may
be published in Oregon news
papers, other media or industry
publications.
Mail entries, by April 30, to
OLCC, P.O. Box 22297, Mil
waukie, OR 97269-2297 or
FAX to 503-872-5276.
The OLCC and other event
sponsors believe it is vitally im
portant for young people, par
ents, educators and others to
understand the truths and con
sequences of underage drink
ing. That’s why they’re support
ing Alcohol Awareness Month
activities, including the grand
opening of a new science-
based alcohol abuse exhibit for
kids at the Oregon Museum of
Science and Industry (OMSI).
For more information, call
OLCC communications at 503-
872-5002 or 1-800-452-6522.
State Fair seeking old photos and
memories to preserve fair history
The Oregon State Fair is The Grandstand is no longer in
seeking historic photographs use due to its deteriorated con
and family or individual mem dition; however, the fair plans to
oirs of the Poultry Building, the salvage as many physical char
acteristics of the building and
Grandstand and the Stadium.
“We are hoping individuals incorporate them into the new
will help us preserve the history multipurpose pavilion sched
of these buildings by submitting uled to be in use by early 2005.
To submit photographs and
their photos and their memo
ries,” said Katie Cannon, direc stories, mail them to: Oregon
tor of the Oregon State Fair & State Fair Historic Photographs
and Stories, 2330 17th Street
Expo Center.
Both the Poultry Building NE, Salem, OR 97303. Pho
and the Stadium, built in 1919 tographs will not be returned.
The 2002 Oregon State Fair,
and 1921, respectively, have
been nominated for the Nation will begin August 22 and run
al Register of Historic Places. through Labor Day, Sept. 2.