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APRIL 24, 1987
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Proposed lay offs create Cam us-wide tension

equivilant (FTE) members (about 29 people).
• Administrative Services would lose 16.04
~TE class~ie~ staff members. Plant operations, mamtamence, accounting, and computer services would be most affected.
• The Office of Instruction would lose 18.44
FTE classified and management staff, wiping
out LCC Media Productions completely.
• Student Services would lose 6.95 FTE
staff. Counseling, the Career Information
Center, the Multicultural Center, the Athletic
Department, and the Student Activities Office would be affected most.
• The Office of the President would lose 3.2
FTE staff, affecting Printing and Graphics
and KLCC, and eliminating the Word Processing Center completely.

by Kelli J. Ray

TORCH Editor

....

Tension, frustration and fear are evident
among LCC staff members as a result of the
college's propo8al to cut the equivilant of 67
full-time positions from the LCC payroll in an
attempt to reduce an anticipated $2.1 million
shortfall in the 1987-88 budget.
If the cuts are approved at the May 6 Board
of Education ·meeting, up to 75 faculty and
staff could be laid off July 1 -- at least one of
whom has worked for the college for over 18
years.
Since some of the positions are half-time,
t~e cuts would affect more people than positions.
In a memo released to the college staff April
22, Pres. Richard Turner said he realized that
the budget cuts would '' affect adversely a
significant number of our current staff." He
~dded that the college '' simply cannot continue, however, to provide the same level of
offerings and services that we did when our
enrollment and resources were better matchd."
Budget cut distribution
The proposed cuts would impact all branches of the college, but s0me rr.me tLan
others. The cuts are broken down as follows:
• The LCC faculty would lose 22 full-time

Decision-making method questioned
According to ·Turner, "Value judgments
have been necessary in order to identify
those activities and budget requirements
most critical for the overall good of the institution.''
But those judgements weren't made singlehandedly. "We knew how much in total
dollars we had to cut, so all the vice
see Proposed, from ·page 5

Editor wins award Mo_i:san wins national
LCCTORCHEditorKelliJ.
Ray earned first-place m a
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f1ve-state Journa ism competiton for feature writing, it
was announced last week.
Ray was the only community college journalist to
win a first-place award in the
ai:inual contest sponsored by
Sigma Delta- Chi/Society of
Professional Journalists
(SDX).
A~cording ~o SDX Region
Charrman Richard Moody,
Ray's feature, ''Rape: Broken
Trust, Shattered Lives," was
judged the best of 27 entries
from college _and university
Oregon,
m
students
Washington, Idaho, Montai:a_, and Alaska. The story
ongmally appeard in the
Nov. 24 TORCH.
"It was a lot of work,"

acknowledges Ray. "It was
part of a pro1·ect that began in
.
the sprmg of1986 and wasn't
ready for publication until six
months later." Lois Gram- •
mon (TORCH associate
editor) assisted with research
for the several articles
published in a five-page
special issue on rape and sexual assault. Ray also credits
the LCC Women's Center
the Testing Office, Student
Services, and the Office of
Institutional Research for
assistance.
Journalism Instructor Pete
Peterson praised Ray's efforts to "localize" a national
issue. "Ray's story is a
dramatic presentation, to be
see Award, page 4

Phi Theta Kappa V p
by Robert Wolfe
-----------ASLCC Vice-President Jeff
Moisan was chosen as a national Vice-President of Phi
Theta Kappa, the community
college honor society, at the
national convention in
Dallas, Texas, on April 3-4.
Moisan, who has served as
Phi Theta Kappa chapter
president at LCC for the last
year, was chosen over two
opponents for the office of
National Vice-President of
the Northwest Region,
wqich consists of Oregon,
California, Washington,
Idaho, U.tah, Nevada
Alaska, Hawaii, and Guam.
His election capped a non~top weekend of campaignmg, hand-shaking, and

TORCH Lead Reporter

speech-making in an election
t bl f • f • dl
no a e or its nen y competition.
Moisan credits his win to
an extensive campaign based
on the slogan, "it's EZ to
grow with Jeff." The initials
EZ in Greek script are the initials of the LCC chapter, and
"grow with Jeff" refers · to
the Northwest, says Moisan.
To reinforce the motto, he
passed out over 200 fir cones
with campaign labels attatched to them, and distributed
500 cookies shaped like fir
t~es, which also displayed
the theme statement.
His duties will include serving as the regional coordinator for all of the Nor-

Editorships
open
Applications are now
being accepted for next
year's Denali and
TORCH Editorships.
Editors are appointed
by the Media Commission this term, to serve
Fall, Winter, and Spring Terms, 1987-88.
Obtain applications at
the TORCH office, 205
Center Building. Denali
applications are also
available at the office,
479F Center Building.
Return completed applications to the
TORCH office by May
6, at 5 p.m.

see VP, page 5

Chef Plaa
prepares
delicacies

New hope
for
women

Titans' game
improves

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ASL CC provides co-op
by Billie Rendal

Student Resource Center Director

The teachers' strike is upon
us with no definite solution
at hand. A priority at this
time is dealing with the
significant problem of
childcare for LCC students.
The ASLCC, with the help
of the Home Economic
Department and the direct
approach of the Student
Resource Center's Childcare
Program, is trying to assist
with a childcare cooperative.
Lynn Johanna, the SRC
childcare coordinator, has
put enormous effort into the
completion of the steps
necessary to begin an
emergency,
low-cost
childcare co-op for LCC
students affected by the 4-J
strike.
The co-op will be headed
by one full-time or two part-

time teachers. Mothers and
fathers of the children involved will be asked to put in
a determined number of
hours in the childcare facility
to keep costs at a minimum.
Classrooms are being arranged to house the children
while the parents attend to
their schedules. The
classrooms will be changed
throughout the day as
necessary, to allow scheduled LCC classes to continue.
Parents will be asked to bring
activities and lunches from
home, again to keep the costs
low.
LCC student budgets cannot afford a lengthy 4-J
district teachers' strike.
ASLCC is attempting to
assist in this dilemma. If you
would like to participate,
please contact Lynn Johanna
in the SRC at 747-4501, ext.
2342.

Celebrate consumer's Bill of Rights

Consumer's Week April 19-25

by George Alvergue

for the TORCH

The week of April 19-25 has been proclaimed National Consumers Week, 1987. This
year's theme commemorates the Constitutional Bicentennial: "Consumers celebrate
the consumers' Bill of Rights."
In 1962, President John Kennedy persuaded the Congress to pass these four rights as
the Consumer Bill of Rights:
• The right to safety;
• The right to choose;
• The right to be informed;
• The right to be heard.
President Gerald Ford added the right to
consumer education as a fifth right.
During the period of the 1960s and 1970s,
Oregon consumer groups flourished and urged their own legislature to develop important
consumer legislation. The result was the
Unlawful Trade Practices Act of 1971, which
has been updated several times with important additions to protect the consumer in the
marketplace.

US can't see past its nose
by Rob_Ward
AsLcc President
Rhetoric exists in all forms, at all levels, in
every group's consciousness. To what extent
does practicality prevail and evolve?
It's great to think one's ideology will, by a
natural order of assimilation, incorporate into
what is right. It is easy to become lax and
complacent when dealing with issues that
most people can't comprehend.
What? Say that again?
OK. Don't ever pretend you know what is
right for "the other guy!"
The US pretends it knows what is right for
the other guy. Sometimes it takes an unfortunate incident to make us see the other side.
Take John Testrake, who was the pilot of
the ill-fated TWA Flight 847 which was hijacked by Shiite Moslems in June of 1985.
Testrake was in the infamous photo that
showed a hijacker holding a gun to his head
in the cockpit of the plane.
Testrake has just written a book on his
ordeal called Triumph Over Terror on Flight
847. In a wire service story published in the
Register Guard on 4-20-87, it's easy to see
that the experience taught Testrake more
than to hate his captors.

"I learned the other side of the story," recounts Testrake. "While I can't sympathize
with the specific actions that they (the hijackers) used, still I .can- understand the
desperation that causes them to do these
things."

Testrake probably learned more about the
Middle East in his 17 days as a captive than
most of us will in a lifetime. Unfortunately, it
took a gun pointed to his head to make him
think about the situation in the Middle East.
But now, he understands.
Testrake hesitates to call his captors terrorists, but rather "the bitter harvest of the
Palestinian tragedy." He goes on to say that
"Our government persists in maintaining
this totally hostile attitude by treating this
whole problem as if it's some violent criminal
plague that needs to be ruthlessly
eradicated."
The Reagan Administration says there is
only one side to the Middle East situation.
John Testrake says there are at least two.
Testrake actually communicated with the
"other guys." Isn't it about time our government did?

Another important law is the automobile
"lemon law," which is currently being revised in the legislature to make it more effective
in protecting consumers.
During this National Consumer Week,
1987, you should be reminded of these important rights and urged to always:
• Investigate before buying through good
comparative shopping;
• Always question before signing anything;
• Check out the validity of any warranties
or guarantees and get promises in writing;
and,
• Be prepared to seek out fair remedies to
consumer problems.
If you need any information or help with a
consumer problem, contact the Better
Business Bureau, the Lane County District
Attorney's Office, and/or the Department of
Justice of Oregon (Consumer Hotline:
378-4732 between the hours of 9 a.m. and 1
p.m., Monday through Friday.)
Remember that consumer justice begins
and ends with you. Be an effective consumer!

No reason
to celebrate
To the Editor:
With Gay Pride approaching and with House
Bill 2325 pending, there are
some things that we all need
to consider.
How can anyone be proud
of practices associated with
homosexuality? Can anyone
be proud of the disease rate
in the homosexual community? The horrible diseases running rampant spread by the
practices common in the
homosexual community are
nothing of which to be proud.
How does pride develop
from complete rebellion from
the societal norm? Homosexuality involves abandonment
of one of the most basic
human desires: the attraction
to the opposite sex, which
usually leads to the establishment of a family. It is a good

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by Kelli J. Ray

4-Jfeud needs resriving

TORCH Editor

With 17,000 students out of the
classrooms and 1,200 teachers,
counselors, and school nurses temporarily out of work, the feud between the Eugene School District and
the Eugene Education Association
has gone far enough.
Although there are several issues,
both sides' main concern is money.
The ESD thinks the teachers are asking for too much money, and the
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EEA think the ESD isn't offering
nearly enough.
But the main reason for the strike
isn't money. It is the inability of
either side to compromise.
And while the two sides try different tactics to attempt to get what
• they want, the parents caught in the
middle hunt frantically for child care,
and the students twiddle their
thumbs and worry about their
futures.
Did this disagreement really have

to get so out of control? It shouldn't
have come down to a strike. The EEA
could have found a better means of
communicating its needs -- and the
ESD could have been more receptive.
But since the damage has already
been done, the best thing to do now
is repair it as quickly as possible, so
that teachers, parents, and especially
students can get back to their lives.
Whatever it takes, it's about time
that both sides reach a compromise.

thing that not all people
engage in homosexuality or
our race would become extinct.
I see nothing about
homosexuality to celebrate.
Maybe the reasons for such
events is to convince
themselves that there is
something of which to be
proud.
Kenneth Knoll
Eugene, Oregon

EDITOR: Kelli J. Ray
AS SOCIA TE EDITOR:
Lois Grammon
ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR:
Beverly Moore
SPORTS EDITOR: Val Brown
PHOTO EDITOR: Glennis Pahlmann
PHOTO ASSISTANT: James Painter
LEAD REPORTER: Robert Wolfe
STAFF WRITERS: Diane Davis, Kristine A.
Hayes, Muriel Willingham, Beverly Moore
STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS: Janice Burdick,
Sean Elliot, Andrew Nelson, Michael Primrose
PRODUCTION MANAGER:
Susan LoGiudice
PRODUCTION ASSTSTANT: Val Brown
PRODUCTION: Damon Mitchell, Beverly
Moore. Robert Wolfe, Kyle Abrams, Kerry
Kendall, Diane Davis, Muriel Willingham,
Rob Ward, Dan Druliner, Jeff Balkan, Valerie
Montgomery, Linda McDonald
DISTRIBUTION: Michael Ditzler, Damon
Mitchell
ADVERTISING ADVISOR:
Jan Brown
ADVERTISING ASSISTANT:
Kim Buchanan
AD SALES: Jackie Barry
PRODUCTION ADVISOR:
Dorothy Wearne
NEWS AND EDITORIAL ADVISOR:
Pete Peterson
The TORCH is a student-managed
newspaper published on Fridays, September
through May. News stories are compressed,
concise reports intended to be as fair and
balanced as possible. They appear with a byline
to indicate the reporter responsible. News
features, because of their broader scope, mny
contain some judgements on the part of the
writer. They are identified with a special
byline.
"Forums" are essays contributed by
TORCH readers and are aimed at broad issues
facing members of the community. They
should be limited to 750 words. Deadline:
Monday 10 a.m.
"Letters to the Editor" are intended as short
commentaries on stories appearing in the
TORCH. They should be limited to 250 words.
The editor reseroes the right to edit for libel, invasion of privacy, length and appropriate
language. Deadline: Monday, noon.
"Goings on" seroes as a public announcement forum. Activities related to LCC will be
given priority. Deadline: Monday, 10 a.m.
All correspondence must be typed and signed
by the writer. Mail or bring all correspondence
to: the TORCH, Room 205 Center Building,
4000 E. 30th Ave. Eugene, OR, 97405. Phone
747-4501 ext. 2655.

April 24, 1987

Terminate a
parent
To the Editor:
Good news may be in store
for pro-life advocates. It is
rumored that funding for
abortions and Planned
Parenthood will soon be
eliminated, along with funding for the closely related
organization -- Planned
Childhood.
To bring the parent explosion under control, Planned
Childhood has tried to coordinate efforts with the Mafia
so that children can rub out
their parents.
"Or, to put it in Planned
Childhood lingo, they help
children 'terminate' an un• wanted parental figure,"
said the pro-life spokesperson.
The argument, say prochoice advocates, is that the
decision to eliminate a parent
should remain between a
child and his hit man.
Pro-choice advocates also
claim that by allowing
'' assassination on demand,''
many lives will be saved.
Without legalized assassination, hit men would do their
dirty work in secret and
maybe even fire at parents
when they are walking along
a crowded street. Innocent
bystanders might be injured
in the process.
From The Wittenburg Door
Submitted by Norman
Gravem

Union dues
blues
To the Editor:
I recently had a ''heart to
heart" talk with my Union
Treasurer (LCCEA) about
diverting my union dues to
some charitable, non-profit
organization. The treasurer
quickly inquired as to which
church I belonged to · and
then informed that '' my
church" didn't meet LCCEA
criteria.
Being fairly flexible and
tolerant of most religions, I
told him I was ready to.join
whatever church would meet
the guidelines. Mr. Treasurer
seemed to think my religious
convictions were a bit
suspect and informed me
that the only church to
qualify was the Seventh Day
Adventist.
Mr. Treasurer then lectured me on the ''FAIR
SHARE" rationale which insured that faculty members
would not '' duck · their
responsibility" to support
the union.
I tried to explain to the
Treasurer that I could no
longer support a union that
had no standards of behavior

April 24, 1987

or ethics. The treasurer
didn't understand this, but I
reminded him that a LCCEA
member could do anything,
even sexually abuse a child,
and the union would supply
the necessary legal assistance
should the college have the
"gall" to terminate his job.
Mr. Treasurer reminded
me that was the law and
another good reason to pay
dues, because those lawyers
cost big bucks!
By now it was time to explain to my Treasurer that
shortly after I had disagreed
rather strongly about the outcome of an arbitration hearing regarding a colleague of
mine in the Math Department, I received a certified
letter from the lawyer
representing the math
teacher and retained by the
LCCEA informing me that I
would be sued for defaming
the math teacher's character,
etc. etc.
Now, Mr. Treasurer, it just
wouldn't be in my best interests to continue paying
dues which support the legal
fees of the same lawyer who
threatens to sue me!
The Treasurer, after some
thought, expressed sorrow
about this unique situation
but was powerless to stop
my dues.
We both agreed that each
of us is responsible for our
own actions and if I get in
any trouble in the future, I
should make sure it's with
the administration rather
than the union and it'll back
me all the way!
Dave Roof
Union member

Gays deserve
freedoID
To the Editor:
I'm writing this in
response to the woman who
wrote to you praising the
Soviet Union's policy of putting gay people in jail. She
states that when the Constitution was adopted,
homosexuality was illegal in
all 13 states.
I've never heard this
before, but one thing I do
know is that women didn't
have the right to vote, marijuana was legal; (Thomas Jefferson grew it, see his journals); and so was slavery and
the policy of indenturing
people for non-payment of
debts.
I would like to suggest that
Ms. Cuddie take a prolonged
vacation to the Soviet Union
where Gays, Jews, Christains, Free Thinkers and
even people who write letters to the editor could easily
end up in jail or in a mental
institution. Or if that's too far
to go, check out Athol,
Idaho.

I've always been taught
that this is a fairly free country. Freedom doesn't mean
putting people in jail because
you don't like the way they
have sex, or whom they have
it with.
Come on, lighten up.
Gay people aren't bad
because they like or love each
other. What are you afraid
of? They are not trying to
take over; just trying to gain
their rights (like the women
of the early 1900s).
Try to realize that the
world isn't made up of one
kind of people, flowers,
trees, books, schools,
religions, animals, political
views, or anything else.
Relax, being a good human
being takes time and an open
mind.
Phil Shea
Art and Mass
Communications Student

Logic is
off-base
To the Editor:
Recently, a preponderance
of anti-gay commentary has
appeared in the TORCH. In
last week's issue, in particular, two pieces of writing
displayed the homophobic
attitudes of their writers. I
wish to respond to those
authors.
The first was a letter from
Sharon Cuddie. "I don't see
that we were any worse off
for having'' anti-homosexual
laws on the books, she says,
and supports imprisoning
gays.
Well, Sharon, what do you
suppose would happen if a
segment of our society decided to throw all bigoted
female letter writers in jail?
You sure would be in trouble
then. You are quite critical,
considering that you are
yourself a member of a
minority engaged in a struggle for equal rights.
The next article, a forum by
Larry Farris, is somewhat
more subtle and deserves a
more considered reply.
Mr. Farris outlines for us
the six functional prerequisites of a society, and then
applies these prerequisites to
homosexuals as a group.
One of these guidelines requires a society to be able to
reproduce itself. He then
goes on to ask, regarding the
group of homosexuals:
"Does it reproduce itself . . .
are they a productive group .
.. and does it foster survival
and the activities that assure
reproduction?''
My question to Mr. Farris
is this: Aren't you assuming
that what is applicable to
society as a whole is applicable to sub-groups of that
society? This is a basic logical
fallacy known as the '' fallacy
of composition." It is

something we writers learned about in Writing 121.
If the ability to reproduce
were a determining factor in
the social acceptance of a
societal sub-group, celibate
priests around the world
would fit into your illogical
niche.
To be fair, however, I
should note that your
ideology and fallacious
reasoning have been
historically popular. You
would be aghast to know
that Hitler had similar views.
Bob Wolfe
Journalism major •

Get sinart,
get educated
To the Editor:
I am writing this letter in
response to a letter printed in,
the Torch (4/10), entitled,
"The obvious problem." In
the letter a likely scenario
was written about the obvious spread of AIDS.
As a young man whose
wife recently died of AIDS,
(which she contracted from a
blood transfusion), I take this
letter to be very offensive
and degrading. It's time someone put their foot down
and spoke out to those pointing fingers and blaming sexualities.
Sexual orientation has
nothing to do with the
spread of AIDS. Both gay
and straight people can be afflicted with this disease. The
Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndrome is a sexually
transmitted disease that
doesn't label its victim.
The subject of AIDS is an
important issue and should
not be taken lightly. It is not
a "political, gay or even
straight disease." It's a syndrome that devastates the
human body before it finally
takes life. It's a syndrome
that destroys the body's
natural defenses, the immune system, so the body
falls victim to terrible opportunistic diseases. Diseases
like: pneumocystic carinii
rare
a
pneumonia,
pneumonia that finally kills;
kaposis sarcoma, a form of
cancer that effects the vital
organs; cryptococcosis, an
infection that affects the

lungs, spinal cord and the
brain; and toxoplasmosis, a
rare brain tumor.
Just these few opportunistic diseases can distort,
disfigure, cripple and slowly
deteriorate the human body,
until they finally take a life.
It's time we unite as concerned citizens instead of
tiny vigilante groups blaming
one another, and running
away w'ith . hysterical
paranoia. It's time we stopped being concerned with
money and find a cure to this
devastating disease. It's time
we started saving lives instead of losing them.
Until then, only you can
make the difference.
BECOME EDUCATED! Practice safe sex and know who
your partner is. Thirty
minutes of pleasure is not
more valuable than a human
life.
Sincerely,
Rick (Last name omitted
by request), LCC student

Unsafe sex
causes AIDS
To the Editor:
RE: Pat Gerald's letter entitled, ''Promiscuity breeds
AIDS," in the April 17 issue.
I'd like to begin by disagreeing with the main premise of
that letter. Unsafe sex, not
promiscuity, spreads the
AIDS virus.
I am a twenty-six year old
HEALTHY male who has
been a practicing homosexual for ten years. I have
never engaged unsafely in
those practices which might
transmit the AIDS virus,
whether oral sex or intercourse. I have found ways to
continue these practices
without fear of AIDS or endangering a sex partner.
I, for one, would like to
read more letters to the
editor which educate rather
than repudiate. Pat Gerold
states that she has just come
to the realization that promiscuity is NOT rare in the
homosexual community.
Why should she have a
hard time believing it? We
have never denied that the
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Urban farming:

Try a taste of the gardening experience

by Kyle Abrams

TORCH Staff Writer

Many city folks would love
the opportunity to raise their
own fresh fruit or vegetables.
Yet, they feel they can't
grown their own food
because they don't own 50
acres, or even 5 acres. Not
true!
City folks can grown
gardens that are just as
healthy and abundant as the
next farmer. All it takes is a
desire to have fresh, (organic
or chemically) home-grown
crisp lettuce, voluptuous,
red, firm tomatoes, golden,

juicy corn -- and a small plot
of land.
David Wickers, author of
''The Complete Urban
Farmer,'' addresses the
"space" problem.
• Measure the size of your
garden or backyard. Draw a
scale plan on graph or plain
paper. Even if your
"potential" growing space
seems small, every inch is a
growing possibility.
If you don't have a yard,
how about a balcony? How
big is your balcony? Will it
safely support weights of
tubs, pots, and boxes full of
earth?

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usually just looking for a
taste of the gardening experience.
He suggests not growing
large vegetables such as cabbages or squashes, which can
take up a lot of room, unless
you're really crazy about
those vegetables.
Instead, grow vegetables
that are smaller and taste better when home-grown.
These include peas, radishes,

Joumalism

Metzler will speak on transfer and graduation
requirements for the U of O School of Journalism.
Student journalists have been invited from
each of the Oregon community colleges as
well as the high schools in LCC' s district.
LCC students, staff, and administrators are
also invited. All events will take place in
Forum 308, and are scheduled to run from 10
a.m. to 5 p.m.
"We feel it is a great opportunity for student journalists to meet for professional
development and networking,'' says student
organizer Bob Wolfe, who is also the Torch
lead reporter. '' Another goal is to promote
journalistic education in general in the state
of Oregon.''
'' Similar events in the past have drawn a
good response. We are anticipating a great
conference," adds Pete Peterson, Journalism
advisor.
For more information, contact the TORCH
office, ext. 2657, Center 205.

Can you spell prize money?
The Study Skills Center is
sponsoring its second Ruff
Spelling Bee contest May 8 at
noon in the NE corner of the
ca£eteria, according to Elsie
Long, an instructor in the
Study Skills Department.
Eight finalists chosen from
. the four preliminary contests
will compete in the final
round. (Competing students
may participate in more than
one preliminary round, but
only their first score will be
considered.)

The last two of the four
preliminaries are scheduled
for Monday, April 27, at 3
p.m., and Thursday, April 30
at noon. They will be held in
Center 483E, which is inside
the Study Skills Center on
the fourth floor of the Center
Building.
A list of fifty words will be
dictated to contestants, who
will have a ten-second period
to write each word.
The names of the eight
finalists will be posted in the
Study Skills Center on May
1.

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lettuces, beans, cauliflowers,
asparaguses, tomatoes, and
early potatoes, which all tend
to lose their taste value soon
after picking.
• Know your climate -- you
cannot grow just any type of
fruit or vegetable anywhere.
Another good resource for
gardening information is the
Oregon State University Extension Service, 687-4243 or
687-4247.

c·o nferenee set

The Mass Communication Department and
the TORCH will sponsor the First Annual
Community College Journalism Conference
here on May 1.
A slide show by Eugene Register-Guard
photographer Dan Root will open the day's
activities at 10 a.m.
After a lunch break, regional and local
media professionals will speak on an assortment of topics.
State Board of Higher Education Communications Director Jim Sellers will speak
on the relationship between the media and
the government; Register-Guard City Editor
Lloyd Paseman will discuss his techniques of
film reviewing; and What's Happening
Editor Lucia McKelvey will discuss her work.
A panel discussion on journalistic ethics,
led by Register-Guard education reporter Jim
Thalman, Register-Guard Associate Editor
Henny Willis, and U of O professor Galen
Rarick, will be moderated by LCC Mass Communications Department Head Jim Dunne. U
of O professor and textbook author Ken

TORCH Staff Writer

747-3233

/2

Wickers says unless you
have a large (at least 90' x 30')
garden, you probably won't
become fully self-sufficient -but the urban farmer is

by Denise Abrams

1509 Mohawk
Springfield

\\

Consider all of your growing resources: patios, sun
porches, glass-sided home
extensions, or any bright and
sunny area.
• Next, decide what to
grow.

At the May 8 final round, a
prize of $50 will be awarded
to the first-place winner, second prize winner will
receive $35, and third place
will receive $15. The prize
money comes from the interest on a donation given to
the Study Skills Center in
1977 by Chuck Ruff, a
Language Arts instructor.
Students interested in
the
in
competing
preliminaries may pick up
contest rules in the Study
Skills Center, or contact Elsie
Long, ext. 2439.

Award,

_ _ _ _ _ from page 1
sure. And it's also concrete -she gathered testimony from
dozens of Lane County victims of assault, from local
authorities, and from over
162 LCC women students
who
employees
and
·responded to a mail-in
survey. It was very thorough
reporting.''
Other area winners were
University of Oregon journalist Michael Rivers, who
won first place for the best
"In-Depth" news story, and
third place for "Spot News";
and Michelle Brence, a second place award for the
''Best Non-Fiction Magazine
Article.'' The Oregon Daily
Emerald earned third place
for Best All-Around Student
Newspaper.
April 24, 1987

Proposed,

from page 1 _ _ _ _ _ _ __

presidents were asked to look in their areas''
to determine where the cuts would be made,
says Paul Colvin, interim vice president of
Administrative Services.
''I involved all my directors and other
managers" in the decision-making process,
says Colvin, who is sure that the other vice
presidents did the same. "We talked about it
over the two-week period prior to this, in
several meetings, some with individuals and
some with groups."
But the decisions which have come from
those meetings have drawn fire from several
employees.
Lack of long-term planning
Under the proposed plan, Donna Leavy of
Word Processing, and her husband, Craig of
Media Productions, would both find their
positions cut. They both feel that two weeks
was not enough time to come up with wellthought-out decisions affecting as many as 75
people's livelihoods.
"For Craig and me, it's double-jeopardy,
because both of us are in departments that
are being dissolved," says Donna.
The Leavys started working at LCC within
a month of each other, 11 years ago. They
met in the LCC library, and were married in
1979 on the deck outside the Administration
Building. Donna has always felt a special tie
to LCC, as if it were a family to her -- and
now, she feels that her "family" has
betrayed her.
"Just two weeks ago, Word Processing
moved up from the basement to this new office," she says, looking around at her sunlit
surroundings in the Forum Building. "Why
did they go to the expense of even moving us
if they were going to lay us off?''
''It all seems pretty flakey, '' adds Craig,
"like they don't know what they're doing.
People are really wondering about the
politics involved here -- I don't know what
methods they used to decide," he says.
''But none of us was let in on what was
happening and asked for input -- we were
just told," Donna says. "We've heard talk of
cutbacks, but we didn't expect this."
Although his position isn't among those
proposed to be cut, Mass Communications
Instructor Mike Hopkinson also feels the procedure used to cut staff was hasty. According
to an article in The Register-Guard, he said
''There was nothing in the procedure for staff
input. The staff wasn't consulted. The decision was simply made at the top administrative levels and announced.''
But Colvin told the TORCH, "It doesn't
make much sense to ask each employee if
they're willing to give up their jobs for the
budget,'' because no one would agree to
•
that.

VPI

from page 1 thwest chapters, speaking to
each of the state conventions, helping plan the annual 'Honors Institute', and
making several trips to
Washington, D.C., to plan
the national convention.
''The main compensation
is travel. I get sponsored for
going to various state conventions, and to the national
convention," says Moisan.
"But more important is the
emotional compensation.
Those people really wanted
me to win," he adds. •
Moisan' s personal goal
while holding office is to help
start the first chapter in the
state of Nevada, "so there
would be -a chapter in every
state of the union." Another
project will be increasing participation in California,
where there are only two active chapters.
April 24, 1987

"We're looking at the function -- what the
position contributes to the college -- not the
actual people in the position,'' he adds.
But some on campus feel that those positions aren't being looked at closely enough.
Four nursing students came into the
TORCH office April 23, complaining that the
medical-dental secretary's position was one
of the proposed cuts. '~She does the
secretarial work for two departments! What
are all the dental students going to do if they
have to keep track of their own (dental) appointments and the billing? It'll really upset
the way the whole operation flows. It's going
to be an absolute mess!" said one of them.
"They may think she's just a secretary, but
I don't think the administration knows how
much work she really does, and how much
everything depends on her,'' added another.
Bumping: A ripple effect
The nursing students aren't the only people who, although not directly touched by
the proposed cuts, still feel threatened by the
decision. Even those of LCC' s 630 staff
whose positions are intact feel insecure with
their jobs, since employees in terminated
positions are allowed by contract to ''bump''
those with less senior positions -- who may,
in turn, bump those beneath them, causing a
ripple effect.
But although that option exists for the
Leavys in principle, Craig says that in reality,
it isn't feasible.
''The two people I could bump are a halftime costumer in Performing Arts and an architectural specialist. And Donna could
bump a DJ on KLCC or a maintenance person
on the coast. Neither of us has training in any
of those areas," he says.
And while the ramifications of the staff cuts
and the effects of the bumping have drawn
criticism, so has Turner, for being out of town
when the staff cuts were announced. He
responded in The Register-Guard by saying
that the conference he is attending in Dallas
was planned far in advance.
But in LCC student Bob Wolfe's opinion,
''Even though the conference was scheduled
ahead of time, he still scheduled the release
of the announcement during that time period
-- which he didn't have to do."
And meanwhile, what will happen to those
who lose their jobs, like the Leavys?
"We just bought a house that we love, on
Fern Ridge -- but we've already talked to the
realtor. There just aren't a lot of jobs like this
in the area. We'll probably move, to Seattle
or Portland," says Donna.
"If this is the way they're going to handle
things out here, I want to cut the tie and go
somewhere else," adds Craig. ~

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by Judy Corkery
for the TORCH

How has attendance at
LCC affected your life?
The Department of Institutional Development and the
LCC Writing Tutors want to
know, and they are willing to
pay for your winning
responses.
Announced Monday at a
tu tor-sponsored Open
House for the English
Department faculty, the

tutors will hold a free
seminar on 'How to Write a
Winning Essay.' Everyone
has a chance to win.

' Center,
The Writing Tutor
located in room 476 Center
Building, has been the site of
much activity this year, due
in part to extended work
hours and new services.
Tutors hope the essay contest will spark further interest in the Center, a free
service offered by the English

Writing tutor Judy Corkery works with Wayne Endicott.
essay contest offers prizes of
$100, $75, and $50, plus the
opportunity for excerpts
from any essay to be used in
college promotional material.
"We are very excited about
sponsoring this contest,''
says Head Tutor Don
Bucholtz, '' and we are gearing up our services to aid
anyone who wants to enter.''
On April 21, at 2 p.m., the

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''The essay contest is one
way of showing them our appreciation for continued student support.
Over 1,000 students have
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'Transitions to Success' offers a new life

Di

Commentary by M

by Diane Davis

TORCH Staff Writer

TORCH Staff Writer

Margaret Woolridge is scared.
Sitting at the kitchen table, she offers steaming
coffee in mismatched mugs and tries her best to be
at easl!4
But she's not.
Fear comes through her voice as she explains the
nightmare of the past two years. Things have
changed -- she once lived in a comfortable home.
Now she lives in an apartment. But, the place is
immaculate, without a speck of dust to dishonor
the reputation of an experienced homemaker.
Years before, mislaid toys might have softened
the starkness of the rooms. But now the children
have grown and gone.
''I was married for 33 years. I put my husband
through school and raised two children, mostly by
myself because he was always on the road. I worked for a few years, but the rest of the time I was at
home for him, for the children. I had no friends. I
was isolated and became insecure.
"Then he found another woman. "
Woolridge found herself abandoned. She
developed cancer, possibly from the stress during
the divorce, and required surgery. Now she's
unable to get insurance and needs another operation. And the lack of money is constantly on her
mind.
"I'm 53 years old with no income and no
marketable skills and I have to compete with people
half my age for jobs. It's scary."
But Woolridge recently took a giant step and
enrolled in a new program she heard about at

Death, div~

''Displaced Hom
provided unpaid s1
come but who lose
disablement of her
Sommers coined
met who were stru
know what displac
refugees. And that
their roles, their w

Counseling is offered through the Displaced Homemakers program.

Jenny Norton needed strong support to reenter college. Her last attempt with higher
education left her disillusioned and fearful.
"I was 28 and a high school drop-out with two
small children. I wanted my GED and I jumped in
with both feet. I enrolled for 18 credits and by midterm was completely burnt out. I left and went to
the woods for three months and did nothing but
play my guitar. ''
Norton found that many of the women in
the Transitions group, like herself, are also
isolated.
"We just haven't had anyone to listen to
LCC.
our concerns.''
At 37, and the single parent of three
"Transitions to Success" is a federally
Norton has spent 14 years on
provide
to
children,
endeavors
funded program which
"bandaid cures" to get her
fighting
welfare
lives
their
for
goals
realistic
women with
and future careers. The program offers access • out of the system.
Of the 25 women enrolled in the program
to education, training and employment serTerm, 12 also receive Aid to DepenWinter
or
vices for low-income, widowed, divorced
(ADC) benefits; 18 women
Children
dent
to
is
focus
major
A
women.
single-parent
have children at home; and 13 have
build each woman's self-esteem through
preschool children. With so many children,
group interaction and moral support.
child care presents an obvious problem for
''These women lack marketable skills or the
the program, which strives to provide fulland
goals
set
to
knowledge and confidence
time day-care for participants' children.
seek training,'' states Program Coordinator
"We were forced to put a ceiling on the
Charleen MacLean. "We offer them a strong
of applicants needing childcare,"
of
number
lack
support network to overcome their
"We presently provide
of
MacLean.
years
says
two
for
funding
and
confidence,
childcare for 19 children. If we could take
education to gain the skills."
more we could triple our intake in the proParticipants meet weekly in a confidential
gram.''
difficulties
and
fears
group to share concerns,
Despite a lack of paid publicity, the wordwith one another.
of-mouth advertising for the program among
"I was really nervous at the first meeting,"
other community service groups provides an
says Woolridge. "But we soon found out we
average of seven inquiries each day. Were it
miss
wouldn't
I
Now
had a lot in common.
not for word-of-mouth , 44-year-old Lorna
~hese weekly support groups."

Lohse might never have heard of
"Transitions to Success."
Lohse put her husband through school and had
her own thriving business in Alaska. With their
combined incomes exceeding $50,000 a year, they
lived a secure lifestyle. But abusive treatment from
her husband became too great to bear.
''He didn't physically abuse me, only mentally.
It was all so subtle, but gradually there was a total
brainwashing. He had me so convinced I was no
good, that I was afraid I was going nuts. ''
When one of her daughters was accepted at
the Oregon Academy for Artistic Gymnastics
in Eugene, Lohse packed their bags and left
her husband behind.
Wanting the help of a support group she
joined Overeater's Anonymous and heard of
LCC' s new program.
The program's focus of broadening the
students' understanding of themselves and
developing goals, helped Lohse realize she
already had an action plan to pursue.
"I love my job. Now that I've got my selfdetermination back, my main objective is to
enhance my business through education.''
Instructors reinforce their students' selfdeterminatio n daily through positive
statements. In fact, Woolridge says that the
encouragemen t and self-confidence she gained f:i;om .the program during Winter Term
confirmed that she was capable of doing
anything she wanted to. She plans on
developing her business and office skills
before seeking employment.
Norton wants to pursue her interests in
counseling as a Criminal Justice major at LCC
and eventually get her MSW.

Who are these d:
wide Displaced H
mothers, our divox
matrons. They are ,
women from rural
always been singlE
years. All kinds of
In 1976, when tl
estimated there wi
fourths of them w1
80. Even this rou!
counted as ''labor
aren't counted, eit
Cultural changes
society. The famil)
increasingly rare p
rising divorce rate,
Robert Weiss of
portant changes ir
laws have increase
tlements in those i
Laurie Sheilds, a
book Displaced Ho
work; but as long 1
tion the homemak
Pedestals leave ve1
must be recogniz
homemaker's labo
Many women ar
husband through<
ped below the pm
work experience, s
dent. She faces thi
She also is likely
• She may be toe
• She is not elig
work record unles
• She is not eligi
her children are 11

Wo nien 's A\Vareness serv ice·s Wei gh in I
by Denise Abrams

TORCH Staff Writer

A federal grant of $143,379 has allowed
LCC to form the new Displaced Homemakers
and Single Parents program.
The grant, awarded to the Oregon State
Department of Education in September of
1986 by the federal government, came from
funds authorized by the Carl D. Perkins Act
for vocational and educational purposes.
The money is to be used over a two-year
period, and is divided into three parts. The
first part is for administrative costs, such as
one full-time and two part-time employees,
materials, supplies, staff travel and development costs.
The second part of the money is to be spent
on the applicant's child care costs, transportation, tuition, fees, books and supplies. The
remaining portion of the grant has been put
into emergency and miscellaneous services,
such as mental health counseling, providing
clothing, (especially for interviews), car

Page 6 The TORCH

different groups."
repairs, electricity, food, and health care
costs.
Of all the Oregon schools that applied for
Both men and women are eligible for the
the federal money, LCC received the largest
new program, though women represent the
amount of money. According to Barry and
largest part of applicants. Kate Barry, of the
Charleen Maclean, coordinator of the
Women's Awareness Center, says the proDisplaced Homemaker/S ingle Parent program makes a real effort to reach out to
gram, in the past decade LCC has served over
minority populations, and Affirmative Action
680 displaced homemakers and single
applicants are a top priority. ''The problem is
parents through the Women's Awareness
not finding people to fit the program," she • Center, and that record of service weighed in
says, "rather, we have an enormous amount
LCC' s favor during the application process.
of people who apply, and we can only take
"The other colleges who applied do not have
twenty-five.''
a Women's Awareness program of any
kind," says Maclean, and therefore found it
The screening process is not on a firstmore difficult to qualify themselves for the
.
come, first-serve basis. Applications are
funding.
federal
divided into different groups (such as women
to other programs of thi~ type,
Compared
children,
with children, women without
and state, B.arry says this parcounty
the
in
and
ADC),
on
not
women
ADC,
on
women
ticular program is more flexible and not short
then selected on need.
term. "When people set up programs funded
Barry says the program was not designed
grants for single parents and displaced
by
to operate on a first-come, first-serve basis,
the programs tend to be short
homemakers,
because it might exclude people who need
is unlike the rest says
program
This
term."
in
it
about
the program but hadn't heard
a large range of opoffers
it
because
Barry,
time. "We did not want to target a particular
entrance to the
upon
applicant
Each
tions.
group, we wanted to have representation of

program will attend a so
Transitions and Career I
that, they can choose
different options. ''If tl
mediately they can use t
vice, if they need trainit
up with that, whatever
they get the child care, t
and transportation supp
their training."
The funding for the p:
two-year duration. Barf)
goal is to continue the es
says the LCC admini
need for this program ai
posal.
The research for the g1
of 1985 through a grou
acted as group coordinat
as many people from c
many community agern
writing job easier, more
more effective. "It ~
cooperative, group effor
The grant writing tea

April 24, 1987

>eath, divorce, disability, desertion

Displaced Homemaker, 'means forcibly exiled'

mmentary by Muriel Willingham

• She is not eligible for unemployment because she has been an unpaid worker in her
home.

CH Staff Writer

rDisplaced Homemaker: an individual who has, for a substantial number of years,
,vided unpaid service to her family, has been dependent on her spouse for her inne but who loses that income through death, divorce, separation, desertion, or the
ablement of her husband." Tish Sommers, political activist, 1974.
1ommers coined the term '' displaced hoAnemaker'' to identify the many women she
t who were struggling in grim economic and personal circumstances. "You want to
)W what displaced homemaker means?" she asked. "It means forcibly exiled. As in
Ligees. And that's precisely what these women are." She saw them displaced from
fr roles, their work, their livelihood.
Vho are these displaced homemakers? Cindy Marano, first president of the nationle Displaced Homemakers Network, says, "They are our widowed aunts, our
ithers, our divorced sisters and friends. They are welfare mothers and country club
trons. They are widowed, divorced, abandoned. They are black, white, and Hispanic
men from rural and urban areas. Some still support young children, some have
rays been single parents, some have children who have been out of the home for
trs. All kinds of women can be displaced."
n 1976, when the movement was just beginning, a US Department of Labor report
imated there were over four million displaced homemakers in the country. Threetrths of them were between the ages of 40 and 64. The youngest were 18, the oldest
Even this rough data was hard ·t o come by: since homemakers have never been
mted as ''labor'' in preparing statistics on those who work, former homemakers
~n't counted, either.
Causes of displaced homemakers
:ultural changes in the sixties and seventies eroded the traditional place of women in
:iety. The family, with father as breadwinner and mother as homemaker, became an
:reasingly rare phenomenon. A major social change affecting older women was the
lng divorce rate.
{obert Weiss of the University of Massachusetts describes it as "one of the most imrtant changes in American social life in the past generation.'' The no-fault divorce
vs have increased the number of long-term marriages being severed. Most of the setments in those divorces are extremely disadvantageous to women.
,aurie Sheilds, another pioneer in the displaced homemaker movement, says in her
:>k Displaced Homemakers, "That is the point society has missed. Homemaking IS
irk; but as long as the 'pedestal principle' pertains to marriage, the in-kind contribun the homemaking spouse makes to the family unit will never be properly assessed.
~estals leave very little room for individual action, let alone joint ventures. Marriage
tst be recognized as an economic partnership, and a monetary value on the
memaker' s labor must be established.''
v1any women are only one man away from poverty. A married woman who loses her
sband through death, divorce, desertion, or disability can find her·income has dropi below the poverty line. If she lacks education, up-to-date job skills, and current
irk experience, she is disadvantaged in her attempt to become economically indepenrtt. She faces the double burdens of age and sex discrimination.
,he also is likely to fall through the cracks of many income security programs.
She may be too young to qualify for Social Security on her own.

She is not eligible to recieve Social Security benefits through a divorced spouse's
,rk record unless they were married for at least 10 years.
She is not eligible for federal welfare assistance if she is not physically disabled or if
r children are 18 or over.

in LC C's favor

will attend a six credit class of Life
tls and Career Planning class. After
y can choose out of a variety of
options. "If they need a job imf they can use the employment ser1ey need training we can line them
that, whatever option they choose,
the child care, the support services,
,portation support for the period of
ning.''
1ding for the program is onlv for a
duration. Barry says the program's
continue the essential services. She
LCC administration recognizes
this program and supports the pro-

Renee' Lopilato of CWE, Lvnn Swift of
Counseling, and ~atty Basconcillo and Susan
Brouse of Training and Development.

After a few workshops on how to write
grants and numerous meetings between the
grant writing team and the community agencies to '' get feedback and to brainstorm for
optimal program structure,'' says Barry, the
35 page abstract was finished and submitted
in Spring of 1986 and the program began in
January 1987. "It was a long time in terms of
planning," exhausts Barry.

A cooperative effort of several campus
departments and community services including the Women's Awareness Center,
Counseling, Training and Development,
;earch for the grant began in the Fall
Work Experience, and SpecializCooperative
through a group effort. Barry, who
along with over 30 comServices,
Student
ed
;roup coordinator, says by involving .
were included in the
agencies
munity
people from all departments and
research for the grant application. And Barry,
mmunity agencies made the grant
coordinator of the new program
overall
Jb easier, more enjoyable and much
says, "the program is not a program that is
ffective. "It was an intensive,
just coming from nowhere> rather it is sup:ve, group effort,'' says Barry.
ported throughout the college and the com·a nt writing team was made up of
munity.''
April 24, 1987

History of the movement

The displaced homemaker movement, officially launched in 1975 by a few older
women in Oakland, CA, has been spearheaded by feminist activists but has always been
a grassroots movement of women who spoke and thought of themselves as "just
housewives," Sheilds writes.
Sommers led the movement that resulted in the first Displaced Homemaker legislation, passed by the California Legislature in 1975. The growing force of the movement
resulted in the passage of federal legislation three years later.
Oregon's Displaced Homemaker Program was the third in the nation. Nancie Fadeley,
then-state legislator from Eugene, wrote the state's Displaced Homemaker Bill, secured
the sponsorship of every woman in the Oregon legislature, and guided the bill to adoption in 1977.
A successful program called Widowed Services, already in operation under the sponsorship of the UO' s Center for Gerontology, was the logical choice for the first center.
The legislature appropriated $100,000 to open the center and contracted with the university to provide the services. The center opened that summer.
Fadely recalls, "Two years later, in 1979, enough money was appropriated to begin
five more prgrams. In 1981, state funding ceased. The center in Eugene has continued,
in a very reduced way. It's called Widowed and Family Grief Services, and is operated
by volunteers. The university helps by providing rent-free space.
''The legislation is still on the books. All it needs is to be funded. Things were going so
well, getting ready for the 1981 session. Then the day after I was defeated (in my
legislative race), the governer removed the funding from his budget. No one has picked
it up."
Despite the lack of recent state funding, Fadeley says the movement continues to
grow, and has been politically popular. Men are an important source of support, she
says, since they often have a relative or friend who has been displaced.

Participants in LCC' s Displaced Homemaker program discuss problems and receive
support at weekly meetings.
What is being done?
Displaced homemakers face special problems as they strive for economic independence. Most have a poor self-image, and believe they have no valued skills, an
opinion reinforced by a 1979 Florida study showing that most firms don't accept
homemakeing as having a £Ilarket-place value. The jobs most easily secured by
older women -- housekeeping, babysittin~, and cleaning, for example -- tend to have
low income, long hours. and few or no fringe benefits.
• Sheilds writes, "I've met many women who felt their situations were so
helpless that suicide seemed the only way out. It is not by chance in our society that the
suicide rate for women peaks at age 45."
And yet most displaced homemakers don't remain victims. They've taken to heart
Sommers' admonition, "Organize. Don't agonize." By her own example and by her
blunt comments on the problems she saw, she urged political action and involvement.
''We are learning to use the system,'' she said '' and well we should, for it has certainly
used us.''
Nationwide, there are over 350 centers for displaced homemakers, and nearly all the
staff members themselves have been displaced. The centers are promoting a new concept, that older women deserve not just jobs, but careers. They are battling the ageism
bias that is so crippling to women.
Displaced homemakers continue their efforts to increase awareness of their needs, and
to achieve changes where inequities still exist. The present Social Security system is filled with provisions that work against the woman who stays at home to raise children.
Regulations on pension distribution have been stacked against women. Health insurance and health care are often not available to single women. Displaced homemakers
are exerting pressure for change in all these areas.

For more information:
Charleen Maclean, program coordinator, ext. 2296
Janet Henker, program assistant, ext. 2296
Kate Barry, Women's Assistance Center, ext. 2353
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for little pay.
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Yet, I'm earning $18,000 for college.
Because I joined my local Army
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They're the people who help our
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GI Bill, I'm getting another $5,000 for
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Not to mention my monthly Army
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more than $11,000 over the six years
I'm in the Guard.
And if I take out a college loan, the
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Titan baseball executes well, still loses games
by Val Brown

TORCH Sports Editor

Titan's Al Pratt (far left) and Don Wolff (crossing homeplate), will be in
league action at home on April 28 against Clark.

Teams saved

by Val Brown

TORCH Sports Editor

The Department of Athletics has been asked to trim
18.6 percent of its budget -- over $44,000 -- in an effort
to balance the college-wide budget for fiscal year
1987-88.
The department has proposed to eliminate four
"positions that reflect services to the entire department," as opposed to cutting athletic teams or
coaching personnel, said Health and Physical Education Department Head Dr. Frederick Loveys.
Positions recommended for deletion are those of
Athletic Trainer Janet Anderson, Sports Information
Director Curtis Anderson, a part-time secretary, and
a part-time Intramural Aide.
"We will have a realignment of services, and reschedule some people to coordinate the intramural
activities," Loveys told the TORCH.
The greatest impact on athletes will be the loss of
the full-time athletic trainer. "We can't ask an assistant coach to do the technical support that a qualified
trainer does,'' said Loveys, adding that a high school
study has proven that the re-injury rate tends to go
up when specially trained personnel are not present
to give student athletes the necessary post-injury
support.
Loveys has been faced with making some very difficult decisions, but maintains that cutting any one
athletic team would not solve the budget problem. In
Loveys' opinion, "If a sport is cut, the department
might save $1000, but LCC would be losing up to
$4000 (in lost tuition and state reimbursement)."
Loveys added, ''We should not be eliminating sports.
Athletics are an opportunity for the pursuit of excellence, and a comprehensive community college
should seek to provide the opportunity for excellence.''
Lane has eight athletic teams involving roughly 126
students, some of whom come from Lane County,
but others who moved here to attend school.
( J\thletics are an important part of LCC's culture,
~ as necessary as any other department on campus
in drawing students to LCC, explained Loveys.
Elimination of any of these cultural activities ''invites
mediocrity'!- and. makes the campus less attractive to
prospective students, he said.
"The college is at the point where it should be adding to the athletic program to invite more students
to come to LCC. But that isn't feasible at this time,"
concludes Loveys.

April 24, 1987

The Titan's baseball team was in action on Thursday, April 15 in a make-up
game against Clark Community College.
"We executed well," says coach Bob Foster. "For the first time all year, we
didn't strike out." Although the Titans executed well, they dropped both
games 3-4 and 3-5.
Lane was in the thick of the game with Greg Johnson's one-hit pitching performance. Johnson had given up a double in the third inning, but in the sixth
inning Clark began an offensive attack.
Clark's lead off batter hit a double, followed by a strike out, Johnson walked
the next batter intentionally to force the double play. The fourth batter took
Johnson deep for a triple that scored two runs. Clark scored one more time
with a single.
"We had three errors early in the game, but they had no effect on the outcome of the game. Basically they (Clark) just got to Johnson in the sixth inning."
In the closer second game the Titans outhit Clark, having seven hits, but
could only score three runs.
Clark broke the game open in the forth inning with a combination of hitting
power and Titan's errors .
Kyle Tucker had held Clark to two hits until the fourth inning when he gave
up a base hit to the lead off batter, followed by a balk, to send the runner to
second. The second batter was walked and moved around by a Clark double.
With two runners on, a base on balls loaded up the bases, Lane moved the
infield in to cut off the extra base hit to the infield, Clark then scored on an error by the shortstop.
"We had plenty of opportunity to win, but we left runners on base in the
sixth and seventh," says Foster. "We're playing better. We had 10 stolen
bases without getting caught, and good execution with the hit-and-run."

Golf tourney benefits sports
The Fifth Annual 18-Hole
Fund Raiser will take place
on Wednesday, June 10. Proceeds will benefit the scholarship funds for the LCC
men's basketball and
baseball teams.
The 18 holes of golf will
start at 11 a.m. at the Springfield Country Club. A tax
deductible fee of $30 will be
charged.
The money

generated in the golf tournament will enable the men's
basketball and baseball progams to offer scholarships to
student athletes.
There is a 120-person

registration limitation. To
sign up for a tee time, interested persons should contact Dale J. Bates. For more
information call Bob Foster at
726-2215.

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by Val Brown

TORCH Sports Editor

The LCC baseball team
broke back into the win column April 21, with a 4-0
league victory in the first
game of a doubleheader over
Mount Hood.
Then the Titans, betrayed
by four errors in the second
game, were unable to outscore Mount Hood. Despite
~ut-hitting them, Lane lost
7-5.
With the controlled pitching of Titan Matt Montgomery, Mount Hood was
limited to only two hits in the
first six innings. Greg
Johnson, brought in for relief
in the seventh inning, gave
up one hit.
''Matt had his best outing
of his collegiate career," says
Bob Foster, head coach of the
Titans. "He has come a long
way since the first day in the
gym.''
The Titans got the game
winning run in the second
inning when Charlie Keady
led off the inning with a base
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Men's track takes second

W01nen roll to victory

by J.V. Bolkan

TORCH Staff Writer

The LCC women's track team flexed its muscle as it
rolled to an easy victory and rewrote the record books
in a four-team meet at Mt. Hood Community College
on April 18.
Joi Tipton destroyed the school record in the shot
put with a toss of 44'2", improving the old record by
two feet. Tipton also won the javelin with a throw of
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122'11".
Teammate Angela Arms completed Lane's sweep
of the throwing events by winning the discus with a
throw of 122'3". The Lane women have managed to
sweep the weight events in each meet this year.
Throwing Coach Lance Deal attributes the Titan's
success to maturity. "They're an intelligent group,
and we've had two years together. Things are beginning to come together.''
The throwers also received plenty of help on the
track. Lane captured both the 400-meter and
1600-meter r~lays. Versatile Tammy Courtney ran
legs on both relays, and captured the long jump
event with a jump of 17'10 1/2".
Sybil McVey won a rain-slowed 100-meter high
hurdle event. McVey was disappointed in her time of
18.1, saying, "I wanted good times, I thought I could
qualify this week. The weather was just too cold and
miserable.''
Christine Schiel took the honors in the 400-meter
dash, and teammate Kelly Lang strode to victory in
the 400-meter hurdles. Lane's final winner was
Nicole Lightcap, who prevailed in the 3000-meter run
with a winning time of 11.00.5.
The Titan women do not have a meet scheduled
until May 2. However, many of the women will compete in the mini-meet at Hayward Field Saturday,
April 25. Heptathletes (those competing in seven
events) will compete in the Multi-Event Championships April 28 and 29 in Albany.

by J.V. Bolkan

TORCH Staff Writer

Lane, lacking 11 points for
a victory, placed second in a
four-team meet held April
18, at Mount Hood Community College.
Mount Hood prevailed,
scoring 74 points compared
to Lane's 63 and Treasure
Valley's 42. Blue Mountain
finished last with 26 points.
Another outstanding performance from Lance Lehne
won the discus and shot put
with throws of 144'9" and
45'23" respectively. He also
took the hammer event with
a throw of 109'9''. Lehne

finished a close second in the
100-meter high hurdles, and
reached the long jump finals
with a best jump of 19' 10
1/2".
Jim Howarth continued his
winning streak by sailing to
victory in both the 800 and
1500-meter runs with times
of 1.58.1, and 4.14, respectively.
Todd Hope sped to a first
place finish in the 100-meter
dash, and returned to place
third in the 200-meter event.
Head coach Harland
Yriarte was again pleased
with some of the individual
performances, while disap-

pointed in his teams overall
effort. ''We were real close.
A six point swing would
have won the thing for us. A
couple of our guys seem to
be living off past glories -they are better than the guys
who beat them.''
Individuals from the men's
team will compete in the next
Mini-Meet at Hayward Field,
Saturday April 25. Next
Tuesday and Wednesday
(April 27 and 28) the
Regional Multi-Events
Championships is scheduled, at which the best community college decathletes
compete.

Sport ·shorts
Deadlines are quickly approaching for the eighth annual
Blue Heron Run (two mile and 10k) being held at Alton Baker
Park on May 25.
A pre-registration fee of $8, ($10 fee on the day of the race)
will be charged. Payment will be accepted at Nike Eugene
and all checks should be made payable to LCC Athletics.
Deadline for mail-in registration is Saturday May 23, 5 p.m.
For more information contact Lyndell Wilken 726-2215

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Registration for Eugene Sports Program softball and
baseball teams are now open for all first through ninth grade
girls and first through eighth grade boys. The registration
deadline is Friday, May 8.
A fee of $28 will be charged, and registration forms can be
filled out at the ESP office at 2190 Polk St. Scholarships are
available for families unable to pay the entire fee.
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hit, followed by Al Pratt's
single. Mike Parker advanced the runners with a
sacrifice bunt. Scott Smith
picked up a RBI with a double into right field to score
Keady.

Although the Titans struck
out four times, several batters were hot at the plate.
Both Smith and Frank Polley
went two for three.
In the second game Mount
Hood batters got to the Titan .

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• Advocacy (tenant rights, welfare,
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• Advice and referral (criminal matters,
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pitcher early, forcing Steve
Copeland to throw a lot of
pitches. Mount Hood batters
worked the count full five
times.
By the third inning, the
Titans were behind 4-0. With
Kyle Tucker on the mound in
relief for Copeland, Lane's
defense failed. With runners
on base, a base hit into right
field and a Titan throwing error gave Mount Hood three
unearned runs.
But the Titans gave Mount
Hood a run for their money
in the sixth with singles by
Montgomery, Pratt, and
Parker. Don Wolff's pinch hit
single scored two. The Titans
scored again with a basesloaded walk.
The Titans scored again in
the seventh inning on Montgomery's home run. But it
wasn't enough, and Mount
Hood held on to win 7-5.
Lane, now 2-10 in the
NWAACC league, faces
Clackamas in Oregon City on
April 25, and plays at home
again on April 28 against
Clark.

April 24, 1987

78 HONDA ODDYSEY ATV.,
Rebuilt 250 Elsinor, 2 stroke engine.
In good shape. 689-0993.
1969
VOLKSWAGON
SQUAREBACK, automatic, rebuilt
engine, clean one-family car, $1300.
998-8327.
1980 KAWASAKI 750 LTD, 4
cylinder. Excellent condition, $900
OBO. Call 747-3446.
1974 FIAT 124 SPORT COUPE.
Recently new rear end, interior,
alternator, AM/FM cassette - $995,
683-1098.
1981 HONDA CX500, deluxe shaft
drive, 10,940 miles, good condition;
$900 negotiable. 343-1228 - Bernhard.
75 AUDI FOX - NEW ENGINE,
clutch, brakes,. One owner, all
record from new. Fantastic condition. Drives perfect. Offer!
69' VW SQUAREBACK. Excellent
motor and transmission. Body V2
done. $400 or offer 484-6526, eves.
78 TOYOTA LAND ROVER 4x4 Chevy engine; $3,800. Brian -484-9754.
1969 FORD VAN (UTILITY), runs
good $700 OBO. Great van for musicians. Call 342-7404.
72 LUV PICK UP. Rebuilt motor,
other new stuff. Good tires, runs
great. Dependable. 688-9585.
13" GOLD MODULAR RIMS fit
Datsun, Mazda, Pinto, and more.
Only $65, Call 342-7741.
HONDA CB500 twin in very good
condition $400 or offer. 344-2028 -ask for Mike.
1973 PLYMOUTH FURY: dependable, looks good, nice car, $495. See
at 320 North 16th St., Cottage
Grove; 942-9233.
1980 HONDA CIVIC WAGON runs
and drives great, good tires, $2395.
Phone 344-6363 or 689-5645.
71 SUPERBEETLE -- new paint,
tires, interior. Must sell,
$1195/ OBO, 747-6298. Leave
message.
1982 GPZ KAWASAKI 1100, fuel injected. Perfect condition, will trade
or best offer. 935-3920.

Aprii
Volunteers Needed

The American Cancer Society
urgently needs volunteers to assist
with the annual residential campaign.
Focus this year is on early detection of breast cancer, as one in 10
women will develop cancer in her
lifetime.
Those interested in distributing information on breast cancer to the
community in April should call Barb
Garner at 484-2211 .

SEX,

1978 HONDA 750, fairing, trunk,
runs well. $950 OBO, or trade. Call
Bill, 895-4202.

QUALITY ROWING MACHINE

Avita 950; new $270, will sell for
$175 or best offer. Tony, 726-8147
eves.
SOLID WOOD MICROWAVE
CART, computer table with/chair,
round drop-leaf table, antique sewing table; 342-7741.
4-PIECE DRUMSET. Part Ludwig $375 with cases. Call 343-3981.
1985 MITYATA 310 CUSTOM FAST
TOURING bike, 23" frame, extras
$275. Barbara or Bill 345-6725.
ATARI 5200 video game system with
track ball and over 20 games. $200.
Jay - 726-7744.
OAK TWIN bed has 1 large drawer, 3
drawer nightstand, bookshelf headboard. $250 - Nancy, 484-2320.
K2 SKIS, 190 Im, $35. Jay, 726-7744.
ONE FULL SIZE bed - $30; twin size
bed -- $25; nice mirror - $30; full size
bed $65. 726-6549.
REFRIGERATOR-FREEZER, Sears
(brown), $100. Jay - 726-7744.
DEEP FREEZER, International
Harvester- big! $50. Jay - 726-7744.
IBM ELECTRIC typewriter, carbon
ribbon, great condition. $175. Call
Mike, 683-4444 days; 344-6352 eves.
4 BEDROOMS, 2 BATH HOUSE,
almost 1700 sq. ft. SE Hills, $63,800;
call Joan, 344-2258.
YAMAHA COMPACT DISC
PLAYER 3-beam, programmable.
New, $150, call 345-2731.
HIDE-A-BED VERY PLUSH! Forest
green. $90, free gift with purchase.
343-3493, after 4 pm.
KENMORE WASHER AND DRYER
set, white $125. Available May 1.
Call 345-8020.

WORK STUDY JOB BORING? Office assistants needed for American
Youth Hostel travel services.
683-3685. Betsy, work study only.

Friday April 24
. Poetry Reading
The Lane Literary Guild will sponsor an evening of poetry, featuring
Annie Davidovicz and Myrna Pena-Reyes, at the Maude Kerns Art
Center, at 8 p.m . April 24, 1910 E.
19th .
Saturday April 25

Special Olympics
The 1987 Emerald Valley Special
Olympics Spring ·Games will be
kicked off April 25, with the Olympic torch run.

EARN CAREER-RELATED work experience, college credit; paid positions usually. LCC's Cooperative
Work Experience, 726-2203.
NEW PET MAGAZINE - Submit a
short interesting or funny story (with
photo, if possible - photo will be
r.eturned) about your pet and receive
a free autographed and personalized,
first issue of "Pets Please". It will
be a collector's item. You may also
win a valuable prize. Pets Please,
PO Box 145-T, Myrtle Point, Or.
97458.
ROCKIN' KOZY IS LOOKING for
local music video; phone Pat,
484-3006, Ext. 70.
WANT$$$? EARN EXTRA credits?
Have a B or above in Writing 121?
Become a writing tutor!
FOR THE WORK STUDY · STUDENT, an evening job at Churchill
High School acting as supervisor/clerk· for LCC Adult Education
evening classes. Phone Nick or Jeannine at 687-3102 or N. Soules DTC
Ext. 2902. Job open now.
WORK STUDY JOB BORING? Office Assistants needed for American
Youth Hostels travel services.
683-3685. Betsy, work study only.
PART-TIME JOB: Civilians with job
specialties and veterans from all
branches of the service: your community Naval Reserve has job openings. Offering extra income, new G.I.
bill, travel, retirement and more
benefits. Call collect, 342-7605 to see
if you qualify.
CAMP COUNSELORS/ WATERFRONT STAFF. Must be great with
kids, responsible, caring, and enthusiastic! 6/23/ 87 - 8121/ 87;
485-5911.
RITING TUTORS KNEEDED
DESPIRATELY! Incuire, Room 476
Center. Work study pays fer your
wits and words.
JOIN OUR "NANNY NETWORK"
of over 500 placed by us in CT, NY,
NJ, and Boston. One year commitment in exchange for top salary,
benefits, and room and board, plus
airfare. All families prescreened for
your satisfaction. Many families for
you to choose from. Contact, HELPING HANDS, INC. at 203-834-1742;
or w_rite .P. 0. Box 7068 Wilton, CT

Opening Ceremonies begin at 9
a.m. at Silke Field in Springfield.
The public is invited to attend the
free event.
Nearly 250 Special Olympians
from Lane and Linn Counties will
compete in the day-long event.
Track and field events ranging from
the SOM dash to the high jump-will
begin at 9:30 a.m. and run through
approximately 3 p.i;n .
Volleyball competition begins at 2
p.m. at Springfield High School
gymnasium :
Volunteers are needed to assist
throughout the_day. To volunteer or

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VETS: DO you need work or information? An Employment Division
representative is available on
Thursdays, 1-4 p.m., second floor,
Center Building.
GOVERNMENT JOBS $16,040 $59,230/yr. Now hiring. Call
805-687-6000 ext. R-6150 for current
federal list.

ONE LEAF-SHAPED GOLD COLOR clip-back earring. Lost between
Mass Comm. and West parking lot
Monday. Sentimental value, phone
942-3575, collect.

BIBLE STUDY: Thursdays, 1:15-2
p.m. in Science 111. Sponsored by
Baptist Student Union.
WOMEN'S CLINIC - annual exam,
pap, birth control, and pregnancy
testing by appt. Student Health Services, ext. 2665.

NEED SOMEONE TO SELL books
door to door, commission and possi- • FREE LUNCH: Thursdays, noon to 1
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p.m. in Science 111. Sponsored by
Ashwill, ext. 2660.
Baptist Student Union.
TO LEASE 3 plus bedroom home for
LAWN MOWING and rototilling.
new LCC faculty. South Eugene area.
Reasonable rates. Anna, 688-9585.
Call Jerry ext. 2209.
HELP YOUR VW BEETLE RUN
I NEED A RIDE to Portland - any
WELL again. Call Karl's Mobile
weekday welcome. Pay gas, call
Tune-up service for VW Beetles.
343-0577.
683-8187 for appt.
BASS PLAYER to do free duo gig.
Please see following ad.
MUSICAL ACTS, JUGGLERS, appropriate entertainment needed for
May Faire festival celebration at
local elementary school. Sunday,
May 3rd. No pay. Just fun, exposure,
appreciation and a "free lunch. "
342-7583.
FEMALE HOUSEMATE WANTED:
Semi-cooperative large house near
Monroe Park. Nice rooms, (2
available). Rent: $110/ mo, and
$120/ mo plus utilities, and $50 dep.
Call Ruth or Gwen, 6-9:30 p. m.,
345-5543.
MISSING: UMBRELLA from
hallway across from Correctives.
Please return to Correctives. Will
recognize it -- reward. Sandra Bronner.
LOST FINALS WEEK OF WINTER
TERM -- "Juhl Pacific" catalog,
3-ring binder type. Contact Bill
Bradish at ext. 2475.
STOLEN: NEW /AMIS DOKATA
MTN. bike. Red with gold letters.
REWARD!! if found. 683-6281 or
Eugene police.
PRESCRIPTION WAYFARER -STYLE sunglasses. Please return to
library's lost and found. $20 reward
offered.

for more information, call Toni
Kloch, Emerald Valley Special
Olympics, 747-3536.
Sunday April 26
Benefit Art Show
Maude Kerns Art Center hosts a
one-person art show to benefit war
resistor Terry Jackson' s defense
fund .
His oil paintings open Sunday the
26th at 7 p.m., and will be on display
April 26-28, at the center, 1910 East
. 15th.
For more information, call
683-4673.

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I'm watching you and you'd better
be nice! Or change your plates. TF.
FELLOW TORCH/ES: you've been
terrific; thanks for understanding.
Lulu.
THREAS THANK YOU for being
such a good friend. We love ya! Trac
and Steph.
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you know.
/RT- Bob and I are allergic to roses so we avoid smelling them.
Checkmate, Val.
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death sentence!
HONEYBEAR - Come visit my cave.
Love, Kitten.
EEL DOG - you're my favorite
distraction. It'll never grow cold!
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DGB - WHAT HAPPENED? Is it
wo,:th the effort to talk about it? A
distant fan.
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LCC cafe a IllOuth--watering delig ht
TORCH Entertainment Editor

Quick! How many people
love to eat? I don't mean rubber eggs and doughnuts for
breakfast, hamburgers and
cold fries for lunch, and
macaroni and cheese for dinner.

~

Guy Dent, a first
year student in
the program,
adds flour to the
butter-sugar-egg
mixture soon to
be pound cake.

I mean the quality stuff,
like Cajun style blackened
cod, roasted Cornish hen
with .tarragon sauce, or a
chicken Cordon Bleu that
melts in your mouth before
you get a chance to chew.
And just for fun, finish it
off with a sweet, rich, sinful
dessert like filbert torte francaise or orange sherry cake.

~

~

When Plaa
suggests beating
the cake batter a
little longer,
there is no doubt
he knows what
talking
he's
about.
~

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Preparation is
the core of any
success, and the
kitchen at the
Renaissan ce
Room is proof in
the pudding.
~

year student in the program,
adds flour to the buttersugar-egg mixture soon to be
pound cake.
a
Hubbard,
Jeannie
teaching assistant in the program, grates fresh orange
rind for the dessert. The
smells, - and
sights,
movements in the kitchen
are rhythmic and controlled,
like a fine tuned orchestrc},
joining together to create a
medley of wonderful tastes.

by Beverly Moore

Photos by
Michael Primrose

Does anybody abstain? I
doubt it.
No need to worry. This is
not a Pavlovian experiment
for a physiology class. Nor
am I going to tell you that
you have to go to the south
of France to get these dishes.
The truth is, right here on
campus these dishes and
more are being served daily
-- at a price even the most
desperate of students can afford.
The Renaissance Room,
located on the first floor of
the Center Bldg., serves
delectible lunches Monday
through Thursday from 11:30
a.m. to 1:30 p.m. All the
specials (in fact, everything
on the menu) cost $4.00, and
are prepared by students
from the Culinary Fqod Service and Hospitality Program.
Preparation is the core of
any success, and the kitchen
at the Renaissance Room is
the proof in the pudding. On
any given morning, from
about 8:30 a.m. on, busy student chefs can be found
working on the day's menu.
Throughout the clean professional kitchen -- shiny with
stainless steel counters,
ovens, and refrigerators -chefs chop onions and garlic,
mix batters for dessert, blend
salad dressings, and pinch
and kneed sour dough bread
into perfect little baguettes.,
The smell of baking bread
in the ovens mixes tantalizingly with the lamb sauteing in its garlic and wine
stock. Over on one long
counter, Guy Dent, a first

Not hard to find is Guy
Plaa, the conductor of the
taste-makers. Plaa wears the
only hat in the kitchen that
rises up straight, like a
perfect souffle, above his
head. He is the chief chef -the master teacher. When he
offers his advice on how
much wine to add to the
Navarin of Lamb Printanier,
or suggests beating the cake
batter a little longer, there is
no doubt he knows what
he's talking about.
Plaa' s expertise comes
from a lifetime of food handling and preparation. Before
he came to LCC eight years
ago, he cooked at . different
places all over the world.
From the Cafe of Paris in
~

~

Biarritz, France, to the Palace
Hotel in Switzerland -- from
the Castle Harbor in sunny
Bermuda to La Pace in New
Jersey, Plaa has worked as a
chef of sauces, a chef of
desserts, and even a chef of
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Kealoha is quick to explain
that the customers come first
in the food service business.
"If we have a little bit of advanced notice, we will
change any dish to accommodate a customer'' who is a
vegetarian or has special
dietary considerations, says
Kealoha. "We want our
students to know that people
do make requests, an_d you
don't say no. You find a solution for it," he adds.
Finding solutions for problems doesn't sound like a
bad job when the pay is as
good as it is. According to
Kealoha, a ?tudent entering
the • work force after two
years in the program can expect to make between
$13,500 and $16,000, starting
pay. After about 8 years, that
salary can rise to $35,000,
says Kealoha.

food is good, the service is
good, and the price is right.
Bon Appetit!
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With warm eyes and a
never-ending hospitable
style, Kealoha can be seen in
and out of the restaurant,
overseeing all it's operations
and directing students in the
ways of a restauranteur.

The sights,
smells, and
movements in
Student placement in the
the kitchen are food
industry is excellent,
says Liz Burrows, another
rhythmic and
teacher's assistant in the program.
controlled, like
The National Restaurant
a fine tuned or- • Association
has just awarded
to the Culinary
certificate
a
joining
chestra,
Food Service and Hospitality
program at LCC for placetogether to·
success of students,
create a medley ment
averaging about 80 percent.
"We' re real proud of this,"
of wondeef.ul
says Burrows.
tastes.
And they should be. The

The

•

the
at
presentations
Renaissance Room. In fact,
the whole staff is full of
talent. Willie Kealoha,
coordinator-instruc tor for the
Renaissance Room, offers up
more than 25 years of experience in the food service
industry.

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