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HAVE A JOLLY GOOD Handicapped Students Get More Consideration at PCC Portland Community College has opened its doors a little wider this year to enable more and more physically handicapped students to take advantage of the college's educational opportunities. In the past year PCC has develop ed special seryices to make it easier for students with physical disabilit ies to attend college, set career goals, and follow individual pro grams designed to help them ach ieve their goals. As President Amo De Bernardis says, “ We believe that developing services for handicapped students is part of the college’s commitment to provide educational opportunit ies to all people of the d istrict.” Architectural barriers, often a major deterrent to a physically handicapped person, nave been minimized at PCC The Sylvania center at 12000 S W 49th Avenue has been designed with ramps and or elevators which provide convenient access to all class rooms and activity areas A parking lot adjacent to the new Health Techno logy building allows students in wheelchairs to enter and leave the building easily. Restrooms at PCC are equipped with extra wide stalls, handbars. lowered m irrors and towel racks, and sinks with fixtures which may be turned on by just tapping them. New physical education facilities include special equipment for stu dents in wheelchairs The college also provides an extra wheelchair in each shower area so that students who use wheelchairs may take showers. A physical therapist General Plans Construction For 1973 Year f î f T » ’ »™ O » '» r o May the season bring both spiritual and material blessings to you Bob's Union Service Weller & Bernardi UNION OIL General Telephone Company of the Northwest w ill spend appro ximately $52.000.000 for company operations and construction of new facilities for Oregon during 1973, according to J.E. Sherar, new vice president-general manager- Oregon. Approximately $30.000,000 of that w ill be operating expenses covering wages, employee benefits, state and local taxes as well as rents and materials. About $22.100,000 has been a l located for new construction and equipment additions to expand and upgrade service throughout the state Such expenditures are necessary, according to Sherar. to deal with the tremendous growth of the areas where General Telephone operates. "The number of telephones in the state of Oregon has increased by 20 percent in the past two and a half years. And by the end of 1973, General Telephone w ill be serving about 197,000 telephones, almost a ten percent increase over 1972.” he added “ We expect this growth to contin ue Our estimates project that by 1975. we w ill be serving close to 233.000 telephones." Company investment during 1973 w ill be directed not only to meeting this growth, but to reducing the number of customers on suburban lines, placing rural construction underground and adding to custo mer contact facilities. By 1975. General Telephone is expected to invest an additional $100.000.000 in construction and equipment, nearly doubling the present investment in Oregon. works with the physical education instructors in planning activities for any physical need Portland Community College pro vides transportation for physically handicapped persons from their homes to any of the college centers and back again The transportation project is partially funded by the Oregon State Board of Education under their Vocational Amendment Act of 196« Students and handicapped people interested in visiting the college ride in a specially-designed van equipped with an electric lift, tracks, and seat belts. The drivers, Virginia Ruggles and Betty Moore, operate the van from 6:45 in the morning until 6 in the evening Career counseling to allow choice of a vocation which suits the indi vidual interests and capabilities of the handicapped student is also available. Classes taught by coun selor Jeanette Emigh stress per sonal inventory and evaluation. Students learn about pre-employ ment situations, communication, and on-the-job experiences. PCC is currently offering the fol lowing classes for deaf students: typing, basic recordkeeping, w rit ing, consumer ecnomics. Psycho logy of Human Relations, basic math, and elementary algebra. Nicolai Mountain Timber Sale Tops $1 Million M ark A single timber sale offered re cently by the Astoria District of the State Forestry Department drew bids exceeding $1 million, the most offered for a state tim ber sale since IMB The Greasy Spoon No. 1 sale in a remote area southeast of Nicolai Mountain in Clatsop County was sold to the Rainier Manufacturing Company for $1,040,000 after s p irit ed oral bidding There were eight qualified bidders, but only three offered bids after competition im mediately began spiraling the price. The sale consists of two units totaling 200 acres and containing 9.630.000 board feet of fir, and lesser volumes of hemlock, cedar, other conifers and hardwoods The total appraised value of the sale was $590,000. Bidding was for the Douglas fir with prices already established on the minor species. The fir, 90 to 100 years old. was appraised at $60.35 ner thousand board feet, and was bid up to $107 per thousand board feet. The bid price also includes the cost of building and rebuilding some 22 miles of road at an estimated cost of $274,000. Assistant D i s t r i c t Forester George Schoppert in Astoria says the sale was some lour years in the planning and is considerably larger than usual in order to pay for the extensive road construction. The sale buyer is allowed a reduction of $39 20 per thousand board feet on the first seven million board feet logged to amortize the road construction cost. The mainline road w ill connect highway 202 in the Northrup Creek area with highway 30 near Bradley Park It was designed not just to haul tim ber for this sale, but also because it w ill open up a larger area for the utilization of alder pulp wood. a growing industry in north western Oregon. The road has been designed and engineered with environmental pro tection in mind in compliance with the Forest Practices Act, Schoppert says, and buffer strips have been planned to protect the upper head waters of Fishhawk Creek which are in the sale area. Women veterans may now claim their husbands as dependents to qualify for additional GI Bill a l lowances on the same basis as married male veterans. The origin of the word gooseberry is said to be because it was at one _ time used to make sauce to serve THURSDAY, DEC. a , 1 W • with young geese * ---------------- ■ ” “ “ Ocrnonia Eagle
