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
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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
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time used to make sauce to serve THURSDAY, DEC. a , 1 W
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with young geese
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