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Molly SvendsenThe Broadside
After two failed searches the col-
lege board has selected a president. The
Central Oregon Community College
Board of Directors voted to begin nego-
tiations to appoint Dr. Shirley I. Metcalf
as the college’s ifth president. Metcalf has been serving as interim president
since September 2014. She began that
role after Dr. James Middleton retired
with 10 years of service at COCC.
COCC recently concluded a national
search for president after the identiied leading candidate, Dr. Tony Miksa from
McHenry County College in Illinois,
withdrew following the unexpected
death of his father-in-law on Feb. 28.
“Our thoughts and prayers go out
to Dr. Miksa, his family and especial-
ly his wife,” said COCC Board Chair
Laura Craska Cooper. “We understand
and respect their decision to remain
close to her mother and, therefore, not
make the move to Central Oregon. For
COCC and for Central Oregon, we are
very disappointed as we felt Dr. Miksa
would be an outstanding president for
our college.”
Following Miksa’s resignation, Coo-
per stated, “Having seen the tremen-
dous talent and dedication of faculty,
staff and the board during the search
process, I’m conident that COCC is in a position of strength and will contin-
ue to provide a quality, supportive ed-
ucational experience for students and
members of the community.”
See President, pg. 4
Interim president Dr. Shirley Metcalf accepts COCC presidency
t Ashley
Delepine and
Jarred Web
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Molly SvendsenThe Broadside
After two failed searches the col-
lege board has selected a president. The
Central Oregon Community College
Board of Directors voted to begin nego-
tiations to appoint Dr. Shirley I. Metcalf
as the college’s ifth president. Metcalf has been serving as interim president
since September 2014. She began that
role after Dr. James Middleton retired
with 10 years of service at COCC.
COCC recently concluded a national
search for president after the identiied leading candidate, Dr. Tony Miksa from
McHenry County College in Illinois,
withdrew following the unexpected
death of his father-in-law on Feb. 28.
“Our thoughts and prayers go out
to Dr. Miksa, his family and especial-
ly his wife,” said COCC Board Chair
Laura Craska Cooper. “We understand
and respect their decision to remain
close to her mother and, therefore, not
make the move to Central Oregon. For
COCC and for Central Oregon, we are
very disappointed as we felt Dr. Miksa
would be an outstanding president for
our college.”
Following Miksa’s resignation, Coo-
per stated, “Having seen the tremen-
dous talent and dedication of faculty,
staff and the board during the search
process, I’m conident that COCC is in a position of strength and will contin-
ue to provide a quality, supportive ed-
ucational experience for students and
members of the community.”
See President, pg. 4
Interim president Dr. Shirley Metcalf accepts COCC presidency
t Ashley
Delepine and
Jarred Web
accend Todd
Ridge last
February as
part of a COCC
Backcountry Ski
Class.
See this issue and past editions online at:Issuu.com/the_broadside
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Professor Mike Waller - using chimps as a behavioral model
COCC baseball ranked 25 in nation
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2 The Broadside | March 11, 2015
EDITOR-IN-CHIEFMolly Svendsen
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Minimum wage may see increase to $15
Brayan GonzalezThe Broadside
What would you do if minimum
wage went up to $15?
New state legislature proposes
to raise minimum wage to $15 by
2018, the proposed will increment
wage in stages each year.
For many students who are
working while attending school
earning more means more money
in their pocket. But, as according
to Jonathan Wolf, economics pro-
fessor at Central Oregon Com-
munity College, believes that rais-
ing minimum wage would mean
for business could cut back hours
which consequently could mean
less for minimal wage earners.
“It is not uncommon for em-
ployers who are seeking to make a
proit to seek additional proits by cutting cost. And the biggest cost
in any business is wages,” said
Wolf.
Oregon already has the sec-
ond highest minimum wage in
the country at $9.25 behind Wash-
ington state at $9.35 according to
qualityinfo.org, which is the de-
partment of employment online
portal.
“Someone who is working at
a minimum wage level would
produce an income of just under
$19,000 a year which would make
them eligible for all sorts of aid.
But if these same people are now
making 30k a year, then they are
no longer eligible for the aid that
they would have gotten in the irst place.”
According to Oregon Center
for Public Policy, raising Oregons
minimum wage to $15 by the year
2018 would constitute a great prog-
ress for Oregon’s working families
and by 2018 about 589,000 work-
ers would “likely see their wages
raise directly as a result of the in-
crease.” Adding onto this num-
ber it also states that “as a group,
workers would beneit directly and indirectly from the increase and
would gain about $3.2 billion in
additional wages during the three
year implementation period.”
However, what the Center for
Public Policy release does not add
is how local business in the region
would try to offset and balance
out the higher pay and still make
a proit. “Every time wages goes up and
makes labor more expensive, busi-
nesses who seek a proit will look for the least expensive alternative,”
said Wolf, “and the least expensive
alternative in modern days is to
supplement technology into equa-
tion, [business] will keep looking
for ways to make it cheaper. So
we have a choice, keep 100 people
employed in an assembly line or
invest in technology that will re-
place 99 of them?”
As of now, Jefferson County
has an unemployment rate of 9.2
percent, with a total number of 850
people unemployed and Deschutes
county has an unemployment rate
of 7.6 percent, with a total of 5,793
this according to the State of Or-
egon Department of Employment.
“So if you’re an employer or
business, and the government de-
cides that they will raise minimum
wage then you’re going to look for
cheaper alternatives,” Wolf said.
“First of all your going to cut back
hours, second you will look at in-
vesting in technology because if
you’re hoping to stay in business
you’re going to look for the best
and highest resources and utiliza-
tion of your money, which might
investing in technology and cutting
back hours.”
During an interview with CNN,
the president and CEO of Star-
bucks afirmed that “there will be unintended consequences for small
business at that level” and that
[for small businesses] “across the
country it will be very dificult to pay those types of wages.”
Essentially, as state legislature
debates whether to pass a bill to
increase minimum wage, it can be
foreseen that it will affect not only
the working class but also those
who make more than the minimum
as well.
“This is another sociological
problem that would raise from the
raising of minimum wage,” Wolf
said. “Business that were promot-
ing people due to excellent job
performance or that were giving
employees raises in their pay won’t
have an incentive to push their em-
ployees to do better.”
This means that if everyone gets
paid a high wage, business small
and large would have to implement
technology. Examples provided to
look at the displacement technol-
ogy makes would be looking at
bank tellers vs ATM’s, car washers
that are drive in, or restaurants like
Chili’s - who are beginning to use
tablets instead of human servers.
By using technology, employers
can would be forced to take away
job incentives like promotions and
raises because they would simply
not be able to afford them.
(Contact: [email protected])
News Briefs: Your world in 30 seconds
International
Uruguay’s coolest president steps downJose Mujica, known as “the world’s poor-
est president” according Fusion.net, stepped down as president on March 1. The for-mer guerilla, VW Beetle-driving, tie-hating 79-year-old farmer donated 90 percent of his $12,000 monthly salary to charity so that he would have to live on the average $775-a-month wage of a worker in Uruguay. The for-mer president also legalized marijuana, sup-ported abortion and gay rights legislation, and had a 70 percent approval rating. “And all that after being shot six times and being put in jail for 14 years for opposing the country’s former dictatorship,” reported The Independent.
U.S. House slights Obama by inviting Israeli Prime Minister to speak to Congress
In an attempt to undermine President Barack Obama’s nuclear arms deal with Iran, the U.S. House of Representatives invited Is-raeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the U.S. in an attempt to persuade Congress to not approve President Obama’s arms deal with Iran which is still in negotiations.
It is not yet known if the political stunt had any effect on the President’s negotiations for, or Congress’ willingness to approve, a poten-tial deal to help regulate nuclear arms in Iran.
National
U.S. Supreme Court to decide on another Affordable Care Act case
In Supreme Court Case King v. Burwell, the issue at hand is whether or not the spe-ciic wording in the Affordable Care Act only applies to state-run marketplaces. If the Su-preme Court rules that it does, nearly eight million individuals in the 34 states that force their citizens to apply for health insurance through the national marketplace, Health-Care.gov, will lose the subsidies or tax credits that allow them to better afford health insur-ance.
“Oficials say Oregonians’ subsidies are safe, because the state has retained many functions of a state-run exchange,” reported KGW Portland. “Oregon still contracts with health insurance carriers and certiies plans, and it takes care of all outreach, marketing and consumer assistance, including running a call center.”
Shocking DOJ report on Ferguson PD
Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice issued its report on the Ferguson, Missouri Police Department following the controversial police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown, reported CNN: 85% of vehicle stops involved African-Americans, 90% of citations were is-sued to African-Americans and 93% of arrests were of African-Americans, while only 67% of the city is African-American. In the summer of 2014 when the shooting took place, USA To-day reported that only three of the 53 oficers were African-American.
Oregon
Oregon employment on the rise“The state added more than 55,000 jobs
between January 2014 and 2015,” reported OPB on March 5. “Oregon unemployment dropped nearly half a percentage point from December to January, settling at 6.3 percent. That’s the lowest rate since July of 2008.”
Personal beliefs may no longer exempt Oregon students from vaccinations
Currently, parents in Oregon are able to sign a ‘personal belief exemption’ form to pre-vent their children from being vaccinated be-fore entering kindergarten.
However, Senate Bill 442 would prevent all non-medical exemptions in Oregon, which has the highest vaccination exemption rate in the nation, as high as 70 percent in some ar-eas and seven percent state-wide.
Greater concern over vaccinations has pervaded Oregon schools after 18-year-old University of Oregon student Lauren Jones died of meningococcal disease last month, reported KPTV News.
Bend
Bend forest sold to Singapore companyFidelity National Financial sold 200,000
acres of forest land near Bend and Sisters, in-cluding the 33,000-acre Skyline Forest that is often used for public recreation and the 90,000-acre Mazama Forest, to Whiteish Cascade Forest Resources, LLC., a Singapore-based company, reported The Source Weekly.
“We’re concerned that this is going to be a new serious threat for partitioning and develop-ment in that area, the kind we’ve been ight-ing for the past 10 years,” said Paul Dewey, Executive Director of Central Oregon Land Watch. “My concern is it’s bad enough having [Fidelity, a Florida-based developer,] own it and now Singapore? There’s even less apprecia-tion for what this land has historically meant for this area.”
Bend home prices ranked 10th in the nation.“The Bend-Redmond area actually saw its
home prices drop .01 percent in the last quar-ter of 2014, but the 11.25 percent rise for the year still put the county at No. 10 among U.S. metro areas with the highest rates of house price appreciation, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency,” reported KTVZ.
Home prices rose 28.51 percent in Central Oregon over the last year, compared to the na-tional average of 4.2 percent.
COCC administrator resigns
Charles Abasa-Nyarko, Vice President for Instruction since 2013, resigned on March 2. Abasa-Nyarko came to COCC from Ghana where he had helped to develop the local community college system.
“It is a top role,” said college spokesman Ron Paradis. “As vice president of instruction, he’s the chief academic oficer, which over-sees all of instruction, which is about 50 per-cent of our budget.”
“Faculty will work with the administration to minimize impacts from Abasa-Nyarko’s de-parture,” reported The Bulletin.
(Compiled by Kelli Pangle: [email protected])
4 The Broadside | March 11, 2015 News
Inside the new residence hall
Kelli PangleThe Broadside
Streaming videos, on-
line gaming, download-
ing music and multiple
devices are making your
devices function slower
on campus. The aforemen-
tioned activities require
bandwidth, the amount of
data that can be received
at one time and which de-
termines the speed of in-
ternet services. Regardless
of whether students are on
campus or in the Juniper
Residence Hall, internet
streaming makes the inter-
net slower for everyone
On campus
Central Oregon Com-
munity College’s campus
internet is made up of two
networks: the main wired
network and the wireless
network, which also in-
cludes the campus’ open
community network that
does not require a log-
in. The main network is
reserved for academic
purposes while the wire-
less and open networks
are available to students
throughout the campus and
especially where students
and community members
tend to congregate such
as in the Boyle Education
Center, the Campus Center
and the Barber Library.
When the internet is
slow, it is likely due to
non-academic use. How-
ever, the IT department
is not looking to regulate
how students use the in-
ternet on campus: over or
misuse will simply leave
students with the self-
inlicted consequence of slower internet service in
these common areas.
“We focus on the learn-
ing aspect irst. That’s our job,” said Jeff Floyd,
the Network Administra-
tor. “The problem that we
have is once you are on
the network, especially the
wireless network, you’re
not policed or anything in
terms of what you can or
cannot do.”
“We have not been re-
quested by faculty to make
it a very restricted environ-
ment because it’s an educa-
tional environment,” said
Laura Boehme, Director
of IT Infrastructure.
The busiest hours on
campus are from 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m. on Tuesdays and
Thursdays due to greater
class enrollment at those
times. For example, there
were 800 people using
the network at its peak on
Thursday, Feb. 12.
“If you have 800 people
trying to stream a video,
it’s not going to support
that,” said Floyd. “If you
have 800 people going out
to a webpage looking for
an article that may pertain
to their class work, it’ll
handle that. But, we all
know that the majority of
people out there – and the
big issue is at lunch time
and stuff like that – they’re
probably not working on
their homework. They’re
probably on their Face-
book or watching a You-
Tube video or something
like that. We have a piece
of our bandwidth carved
out for that and it’s great if
you can utilize that, but we
also have a piece carved
out for instruction, which
is our priority.”
Fifty percent of the
bandwidth is designated
for academic use while the
other 50 percent is desig-
nated for the wireless net-
work in student areas, such
as the Campus Center.
“The other thing to
consider,” said Boehme,
“is that every device that
people have with them
connects to our wireless.
So if somebody has three
phones, a tablet and a
laptop, those are all look-
ing for resources. […] So,
if you’re using stuff and
walk away, you could still
be taking resources away
from another individual.”
The bandwidth is evalu-
ated and increased at the
end of each academic year.
This past June, it was in-
creased by 50 percent on
the Bend campus to one gi-
gabyte, which is more than
enough to support the cam-
pus’ academic needs.
“We have our main net-
work and within the cam-
pus probably about 95 per-
cent of our connections are
at a Gigabit speed, which
is fast,” said Floyd.
The COCC IT depart-
ment spends an estimated
$120,000 annually to sup-
port the bandwidth and
infrastructure needs on all
Slow internet on campus? Students may be to blame
Rhyan McLaury | The Broadside
he board reached out to an-other of the presidential inalist candidates who said they did not want to be considered at that time, according to Ron Paradis, director of community relations at COCC.
he COCC Board met in execu-tive session on March 6, at which point they voted to begin negotia-tions to appoint Metcalf as presi-dent.
“In her six months as interim, Metcalf has shown great leader-ship and a passion for students at the college,” Paradis said.
Prior to serving as interim pres-ident, Metcalf was COCC’s Dean of Extended Learning, overseeing the college’s non-credit instruction and the COCC campuses in Red-mond, Madras and Prineville. She has been at COCC for four years. In 2013, from February through June, she served as interim vice president for instruction.
Prior to coming to COCC, Met-calf held the positions of executive vice president for instruction and vice president for advancement at Lake Washington Technical Col-lege. At Hawaii Community Col-lege she served as dean of instruc-tion (chief academic oicer) and dean of outreach. Metcalf attained the rank of full professor in busi-ness and held a tenured position with the University of Hawaii Sys-tem for 26 years. She earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Hawaii and her doctorate in education from Northern Illinois University.
Laura Craska Cooper, COCC’s board chair, describes Metcalfs leadership skills as including “lis-tening, being responsive, following through and empowering those she leads. She also builds consen-sus, is open-minded and she has an infectious enthusiasm and en-ergy that makes everyone want to jump on board and follow her on a journey leading to student suc-cess.”
Metcalf will be the irst female president at COCC since the col-lege opened.
“It feels great,” Metcalf said. “I’ve always wanted to be a role model and this role allows me to be that.”
Metcalf said when she accepted the interim position last year, she stepped in because she “wanted to keep the college going for the next president.”
One of the factors in Metcalf ’s decision to accept the ofer was in the support of the faculty and staf.
“I love this college, the students here, and this community and would like to continue to serve them,” Metcalf said.
Metcalf said that the irst tasks in her job will be to look at projects that were postponed until the new president was hired. One of those tasks will the completion of the college’s master plan.
“We have a great campus and community here and I am proud to be able to lead the college,” Met-calf said.
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President
q The residence hall is currently slated for completion by fall
2015. No plans have been made regarding the future of the
current residence hall, Juniper Hall.
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Inside the new residence hall
of the Bend, Redmond and
Madras campuses.
“With all our new
buildings, it’s state of the
art,” said Boehme. “We
upgraded all of our equip-
ment two and a half years
ago when we put in a new
voice and phone system, so
all of our equipment was
updated at that time to help
support our wireless and
wired infrastructure. So,
we’re good. We should be
pretty good.”
“We do really care that
students have a good ex-
perience,” said Boehme
and encouraged students
to report any incidences
or outages that may occur.
Boehme also encourages
students to take the “Com-
puter Lab Everywhere”
survey on the IT depart-
ments computer lab web-
page, which was designed
to see how students use the
internet on campus.
Juniper Residence Hall
Most complaints
about slow internet are
likely coming from the
residents of the Juniper
Residence Hall.
However, the residence
hall contracts their inter-
net out to Bend Broadband
separate of the COCC
campus and is not on any
of the COCC networks.
The residence hall last
updated its bandwidth in
2013 and is currently at
capacity.
“We have maxed out
our upgrade capabilities
for Juniper Hall at this
time,” said Paul Wheeler,
Student Housing Coordi-
nator. “However, we will
be moving out of Juniper
Hall as a residential facility
starting this coming sum-
mer and for the fall. The
bandwidth that we have is
what we have available to
us and what the students
have available for the re-
mainder of this academic
year until we move into
the new residence hall,
which, as I understand it,
will have a signiicant in-
crease in bandwidth for all
of those students. “
Until the new residence
hall is complete, students
will have to economize
their internet usage in the
residence hall to avoid ex-
tremely slow periods.
“When we do have ma-
jor slow-downs, we try
to educate the students
as to what the causes of
that slow-down are,” said
Wheeler. “A lot of times,
it’s not the hardware or the
infrastructure, but a lot of
times it has to do with in-
dividual students and what
they are doing. We have to
remind them that online
gaming, online streaming
and downloading music,
whether legal or illegal, all
of that takes up that band-
width and can really have
a negative impact on all
the students. Even though
some may feel that we
need more bandwidth, we
have to work with what we
have. So, it’s about edu-
cating the students around
that and just looking for-
ward to the new building
and its greater bandwidth
capacity.”
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t COCC began construction on the new on-campus
residence hall in May 2014.
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furnished residence
hall show-rooms in
the new residence
hall.
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Michel Waller is using current primate behavior to piece
together an understanding of early humans. Waller, biological
anthropologist and professor at Central Oregon Community
College, studies the human condition using an evolutionary
framework to discover what people could have been like in
early stages of human life.
Waller has studied biological anthropology for 15 years
began his career due to his love of travel.
“As I started to [travel and experience other cultures] the
more I became interested in conservation,” Waller said. “I
would go to all these really cool places but there would be
very few of the native animals left.”
This experience led him to pursue a ield where conserva-
tion could be a primary focus and the opportunity to travel to
Africa, where he could study chimpanzees, was presented to
him.
“I got to travel, I got to experience the culture, and I got to
do some real tangible conservation related work,” Waller said.
Today, after his travels to Africa, Waller is still study-
ing chimpanzees and sharing his knowledge with others.
On Feb. 20, Waller spoke to a group of interns at Chimps
inc. about the similarities between humans and primates.
Chimps Inc. is a non proit organization that houses chim-
panzees and other animals who were previously owned
by people and abused, abandoned or kept as circus and
sideshow entertainment.
While striving to gain a better understanding of the hu-
man condition, Waller studies bonobos and chimpanzees
since they are human’s closest genetic relative. Despite
the physical similarities between bonobos and chimpan-
zees, they have very different personalities which could
explain the different personalities in humans. Humans
have an equal genetic connection to chimpanzees and
bonobos and it is important to study both when learning
more about the human condition, according to Waller.
As a professor, Waller strives to teach his students to
appreciate life and their place
in the world.
“Even if you aren’t going
to become a biological an-
thropologist this information
will force you to ask some serious questions about your
perspective of humanity,” said Waller. These questions
are important to ask, according to Waller who tries to
keep his classes as welcoming and open as possible so
that class discussions can lead to those questions. Similar
to the open discussions of the subject, the classes them-
selves are not strictly lecture but also combinations of
hands-on lab work with the possibility of ield trips. Despite his years of experience, Waller is still learn-
ing and thoroughly enjoying it and hopes to spread his
knowledge and love of learning to those students willing
to partake in his classes.
(Contact: [email protected])
Unique insights into the things that shape our
communityFeatures6 The Broadside | March 11, 2015
▲ Michel Waller gives a presentation to a group of interns at Chimps Inc. about the similarities between humans and primates titled “Us and Them.”
Michel Waller
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Sara Evans
▲ Jackson, a chimpanzee rescued by Chimps Inc. in 2007, is now the most playful chimpanzee and youngest male at Chimps Inc.
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Allie Kasari | The Broadside
Being Human: A professor investigates early human evolution
Chimps Inc. provides a safe and healthy sanctuary for chimps in Central Oregon. Help feed and shelter rescued chimps by donating your used textbooks.Bring your books to Modoc 106 or contact Michel Waller or Sara Evans and they will arrange a time and place to accept your donation.
First annual Chimps Inc. book drive
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D.R Kaufman
The Broadside
A college alumnus is making his mark on the local culi-
nary scene. Dan Benson, Central Oregon Community College
Aviation Science graduate, and his wife Allison have recently
opened The Tower at the Bend Municipal airport.
“The scariest thing was deciding to do it. Once we crossed
that bridge, the fear went away and we just want to make sure
that we are doing it right,” said Benson.
“We want to serve the 500 plus workers and pilots who are
at the airport on a daily basis,” said Daryle Thomas head chef
of Restaurant, and business major at COCC.
Thomas originally moved to Bend to attend Cascade
Culinary Institute before switching to business. During that
transition, however, he maintained his interest in culinary art.
Thomas is now enrolled in the COCC business program with
hopes to transfer to OSU-Cascades.
Thomas has extensive culinary experience and has been
a chef at multiple restaurants and attended Le Cordon Bleu
in Pasadena where he met The Tower co-owner Jason Wil-
liaman.
“I’m very impressed by the 2025 initiative of Bend, basi-
cally about the direction Bend is going. I have lived a lot of
places but Bend is one of the places, I feel is making sure to
preserve its authenticity,” said Thomas.
In addition to providing food for airport employees and
pilots, Benson hopes to attract dinner parties and other cus-
tomers because of the views of the Cascades from the venue.
Benson hopes to keep the costs relatively low between $5
and $8 for a meal.
“The people who work at the airport are hard working. and
if we are lucky enough to have them come in to eat we don’t
want them to get hit hard in their pocket book,” said Benson.
“We serve lunch and breakfast at anytime.”
The Tower is currently open from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
(Contact: [email protected])
Alums open restaurant at Bend irport
Above: The dining room of the new Tower Restaurant at the Bend Airport, a business collaboration between two COCC Aviation alums. Below: The Tower shows off one of their breakfast omlettes.
Photos by D.R. Kaufman | The Broadside
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Brian HickeyThe Broadside
Ice culture is growing in Central Oregon
“Ice hockey, and ice sports in general, have had a
presence here for a long time, but nothing like it is in the
east,” says Scott Wallace of Bend Parks and Rec. “It’s
not part of the culture. That’s what we’re trying to build
here, the ice culture.”
In November of 2012, Bend voters passed Measure
9-86, which allocated funds for several projects across
the Bend Parks and Recreation District. Construction is
well-underway all across town, perhaps most visibly just
downriver from the Old Mill District, where two of the
new projects are gradually taking shape.
While the Colorado Dam Safe Passage project aims
to augment the tremendously popular summer pastime
of loating the river, its neighbor just uphill – the Simp-
son Ave. Site & Pavilion – seeks to bring something new to Bend’s winter recreation menu: Ice.
Since Wallace moved to Bend in 1969, he has been a
part of Bend’s ice culture that has thrived in small pock-
ets for decades. His father Roland “Wally” Wallace was
a native of Calgary, Alberta, and having -- like many
Canadians -- a deep passion for hockey, did perhaps
more than anyone else to plant the seeds of the game in
Central Oregon soil. Wallace’s father started the hockey
programs at the Inn of the Seventh Mountain in 1971
and ran the programs for children through the Parks and
Recreation district for 35 years.
“When I was a kid, we’d go to the Inn every Satur-
day. My dad would have a station wagon full of kids and
we’d play for three or four hours,” Wallace said.
It is that experience that Wallace hopes adding an in-
town rink will offer the community.
In addition to the Inn of the Seventh Mountain, Sun-
river also currently hosts hockey, igure skating, and public skating at its rink.
Oregon State University-Cascades’ Career Services
Coordinator, Laura Kloss, assists in coaching the 11 and
12-year olds at the rink.
“The rink in Sunriver is so small, we are unable to
teach systems and positioning to kids at this point. In-
stead, we focus on basic skills like skating, stick han-
dling, passing and shooting. The arena is far too small
for the adult league,” Kloss said.
Kloss and Wallace express appreciation for the exist-
ing facilities, but said they are simply not enough. Sun-
river’s ice surface is about 100 by 50 feet, which is about
a quarter the size of a National Hockey League regula-
tion ice surface. That’s the key element of the Simpson
Pavilion rink that has people excited. Among them is
Matt McCoy, Central Oregon Community College Vice
President of Administration and lifelong hockey player.
“There’s been an ongoing conversation -- for decades
– to get a full-sized rink and full-ledged ice environ-
ment,” said McCoy, who has served on the board of
BendICE, the non-proit volunteer organization that is working with Bend Parks and Rec in this venture. After
all the years and efforts by private developers to make
it happen, it was the introduction of a new player to the
equation that made the difference.
“Having the Park District’s involvement and leader-
ship,” explained McCoy, enabled the project to succeed.
Being a Parks and Rec facility rather than a private
building and business, there will be greater opportunity
for community use. And while current players (Wal-
lace estimates there are about 150-200 in the Bend/
Redmond area) are salivating at the potential for com-
petitive leagues, the intention is to start at ground level
and build up from a strong base. BendICE will work to
make equipment and entry-level instruction available to
all who are interested in learning the game.
This year’s mild winter may raise concerns that there
could be years with insuficient ice at the Pavilion. “It’s been designed with an oversized chiller, and shading,”
assured Wallace. “The district is doing everything it can
to ensure that we protect the ice. It should be good from
early November through early April.”
That leaves half the year for non-ice uses of the Pa-
vilion. These are expected to include concerts, swap
meets, basketball, festivals and more.
Most of the buzz for now comes from a hockey com-
8 The Broadside | March 11, 2015
pThe Simpson Ave. Site & Pavilion is on track to open around November 2015.
“It’s a great social experience, bringing people together... We’re trying to bring an ice culture to Central Oregon that’s available to all sectors of the community.”
-Matt McCoyCOCC Vice President of Administration and
former board member of BendICE
Simpson Pavilion set to
ill recreation gap
munity ready to bloom as it moves from its cramped
quarters out of town and onto a full-sized sheet of local
ice.
“The sport is sure to take off once kids and commu-
nity members are exposed to the inesse, true grit, and team nature of ice hockey,” said Kloss. “From my per-
spective, there is no better game to play.”
The Simpson Ave. Site & Pavilion is on track to open
around November 2015.
Adding curling to the recreational scene
For most Central Oregonians, the only time curling
appears on the radar is during Winter Olympics. That
may be about to change. With the expected completion
and opening of the Simpson Ave Site & Pavilion around
November 2015, curling will join ice hockey and igure skating as winter sports and recreation offerings in Bend.
Hockey and igure skating are not exactly new to the area, with the Inn of the Seventh Mountain and Sunriver
each hosting skaters at their small ice rinks for years.
Curling, however, will be a new introduction to the local
menu, and it will take some time for people to learn the
iner points of the game.BendICE, the non-proit organization that has worked
for years to bring a full-sized ice surface to Bend, will
be working alongside Bend Parks and Recreation to de-
velop the sport in the community, providing coaches,
training, and equipment.
Given the commitment displayed by skaters in the
area, the expectation that hockey and igure skating will thrive at Simpson Pavilion has a strong foundation.
Curling has no such existing base going for it. So why
introduce it?
“It seems like it would be a natural it for the social culture of Central Oregon,” said Matt McCoy, Central
Oregon Community College Vice President of Admin-
istration and former board member of BendICE. “You
don’t have to ice skate, and if you like socializing, often-
times it’s around a brewpub atmosphere.”
That atmosphere is in abundant supply in Bend, and
those involved with BendICE and Parks & Rec hope it
will spread to events at the Pavilion. Shufleboard has
become a ixture in some local pubs, and curling may hold a similar appeal for those interested in ice sports
that are a bit more low-key than the fast-paced competi-
tion of hockey or the dizzying feats of igure skating. It’s all part of the plan to have something for everyone
at the new facility.
“It’s a great social experience, bringing people to-
gether,” said McCoy. “Not everybody can afford to go
to Mt. Bachelor, or has a snowmobile or a fat tire bike.
We’re trying to bring an ice culture to Central Oregon
that’s available to all sectors of the community.”
The sport originates about 500 years ago in Scot-
land, and was brought along with immigrants to Canada,
where it has lourished since. While curling has taken its time in spreading to Central Oregon, it does have its
place in the state. Klamath Falls has a curling club, as
does Portland, whose Evergreen Curling Club was es-
tablished in 2002. Washington, Idaho, and even Nevada
have existing clubs. McCoy is among many hoping that
Bend will follow suit.
Ice hockey
Ice Hockey has lourished in Central Oregon for de-
cades, albeit in small pockets out of mainstream sight.
While Cascades Indoor Sports has provided a haven in
Bend for those playing on a dry surface, skating on roll-
erblades, players of the original game on ice have had to
look a little further from home, where Sunriver and Inn
of the Seventh Mountain have long hosted hockey on
their rinks for those willing to drive a few extra miles.
Hockey players pride themselves on being a tough,
committed breed. One does not have to scratch far
below the surface to ind a profound dedication to the game. With the rinks at Inn of the Seventh Mountain
and Sunriver being far smaller than a regulation hockey
surface – too small to play a typical ive-on-ive game – many local players have gone far over the river and through the woods to satisfy their desire to play.
McCoy, is one of them. McCoy travelled often to
Klamath Falls to play games on their full-sized ice sheet,
and even for a time commuted all the way to Eugene to
ind playing opportunity.
“I used to play in a league over there,” said McCoy.
“Living here, I’d drive over and play Sunday or Monday
nights.”
With the construction of the Simpson Ave Site & Pa-
vilion in Bend, hockey is soon to have a new home, and
a chance to expand beyond its current local conines. For those that have been playing here, there is great ex-
citement, and a sense that their patience and dedication
are about to pay off. And while those players will have
their opportunities, Bend Parks and Recreation aims to
make the pavilion a place for the whole community to
learn the game and fall in love as so many others have.
“Leagues and travel will develop,” predicts Bend
Parks and Rec board member Scott Wallace, “but the
foundation is to get as many kids and adults exposed
as want to play. Everybody who wants to play, gets to
play.”
As next winter approaches, eyes will once again fall
on Mt Bachelor in anticipation of ski season, and snow-
mobiles will reemerge from summer storage. The usual
excitement will be joined by a new buzz, and the sounds
of steel blades and wooden sticks on ice. There’s a new
game in town.
Bobcats and Beavers on Ice?
There could soon be on-campus options for COCC
or OSU-Cascades students interested in giving hockey
or curling a try.
“We would certainly consider sponsoring teams,”
said Bill Douglass, COCC Director of Club Sports and
Intramurals. “Once we have enough students express
interest we would look into obtaining equipment and
working with the Parks District to add a team or teams to
their respective leagues. A hockey team would be fun.”
Students who are interested are encouraged to contact
the Ofice of Sports and Recreation.
(contact: [email protected])
March 11, 2015 | The Broadside 9
Photo by Carl Swanson | The Broasdside
Other recreational construction projects: Colorado Avenue Dam Last summer, Bend Parks and Recreation district won board approval to begin the Colorado Avenue Dam Safe
Passage construction. This project is aimed to reconstruct the Colorado Dam with the intention of creating
three river channels. The one would be for recreational river use and ish safe passage, one for wildlife habitats and one for active recreation.
The project is slated for completion by fall 2015 though work will continue in McKay Park and the Deschutes
River Trail likely through 2016.
The project also includes construction of a new bicycle and pedestrian bridge and new park amenities at
McKay Park on the river’s west side.
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Marie NyeThe Broadside
On Thursday March 4 the
Steampunk Illusion Show put
on by the Nelson family took
place at the Tower Theatre. Jeff
and Lynn Nelson along with
their daughter Sharri and their
future son-in-law Scott Mac-
neill are a family of magicians
who have been in showbiz
most of their life.
As the curtain rose, Jeff Nel-
son magically appeared out of
a helicopter and introduced the
irst act: his daughter Sharri. The act starts off as him draw-
ing a picture of a woman and
as he removes the picture she
comes to life and dances then
falls asleep. While she’s sleep-
ing a box is brought in he puts
Sharri in it, he folds to a small
box and stabs four swords
through it. Sharri miraculously
is alive after he pulls the
swords out. Lynn does an
act with paper were in the
end it appears it is snowing
on stage.
Another act they ex-
ecute is a large industrial
drill that goes all the way
through Sharri. At the end
of the act she walks away
unscatted .
The show will astound
you and it will leave you
mystiied and full of ques-
tions of exactly how did
they do that? The family
loves the fans especially
the children, as some of
the various acts involve
one more act were children
come up to the stage. The
show is family friendly,
all ages and fun, I say go
to this show next time be-
cause you won’t be disap-
pointed.
A fresh look at Central Oregon’s
diverse art and culture sceneArts & Culture
10 The Broadside | March 11, 2015
The LotThe Broadside
Are you tired of the same old sit down
restaurants and want a quality food ex-
perience? If so, head on over to The
Lot, located at 745 Northwest Columbia
Street in Bend. The Lot is a collection of
ive different food carts surrounding an outdoor covered area. Now you might
think this sounds less than desirable in
the middle of winter. The covered area
is complete with a ire pit, a heated table,
heated benches, and overhead heat lamps
all enclosed with plastic walls to shield
the wind and keep the warmth in.
The food carts include Rico’s Tacos
which has a good selection of enchiladas,
nachos, and massive burritos. The Brown
Owl has “The Burger,” “The Fries” and
a few other classic dishes. You can order
bacon or a fried egg with your burger or
sandwich. Mauna Kea is a Hawaiian food
cart that makes smoked pork, tri tip or
chicken that they serve in large portions
over rice with spicy mac for a fair price.
You can get a combination of meats or
just one. The Real Food Street Bistro has
a good selection of fresh, local foods.
They offer gluten free options and a vari-
ety of sandwiches and soups. Thailandia
is an Asian food cart that serves different
curry, stir fry and several other authentic
dishes. They have ive levels of spices, one being the lowest and ive being the one they warn you about.
Now if all that wasn’t enough to gain
your interest, The Lot is also complete
with a bar and sixteen tab handles with
local beer, cider and kombucha. The Lot
also holds special events on some nights
including trivia night, live music and
other events.
(contact: [email protected])
Steampunk Illusion Show
pMagician Act of Four poses after preformance at Tower Theater of Bend. From left to right: Lynn Nelson, Jeff Nelson, Sharri Nelson and Scott Macneill.
u
Marie Nye | The Broadside
Rhyan McLaury | The Broadside
pThe Lot is a semi-outdoor collection of food carts located on northwest Columbia Street in Bend.
Will NyeThe Broadside
On Feb. 26, Jive Coulis rolled
into Bend, Oregon to rock The
Broken Top Bottle Shop. Jive
Coulis is a rock ‘n’ roll, mixed
with blue grass/blues/country and
folk, three piece band from Ash-
land.
Members consist of Eric Lead-
better (lead vocals, guitar), Jordan
Mack (bass, vocals), and Collin
Braley (drums, mandolin, vocals).
Leadbetter and Mack are origi-
nally from Colorado and Braley is
from Iowa where he studied jazz.
They toured much of the U.S. in
2014 and have two albums re-
leased and a third acoustic album
to be released at an unspeciied date.
At 7 p.m. Jive Coulis took
the stage and Braley introduced
the band with much enthusiasm.
They played through every song
off the new unreleased acoustic
album, including “It Is What
It Is” “Banister,” and “Foolish
Pride,” as well as a cover of The
Rolling Stones’ “Wild Horses.”
Leadbetter played guitar with a
very bluesy style and his vocals
were soulful and heartfelt, along
with Mack’s funky bass lines
and Braley’s spot-on drum-
ming, the trio rocked the house.
Then Braley took to the
mandolin and called up Dylan
Works from the band Criti-
cal Roots, also out of Ashland.
The style shifted to bluegrass
- inluenced set of songs. The place was packed with people
dancing and singing along with
this talented trio as they played
tirelessly through the night. I
highly recommend Jive Coulis
to music lovers of all styles, as
they did not disappoint.
(Contact: [email protected])
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he Lot STANDUP COMEDY @ CABIN 22March 11, 8:00 p.m.Cabin 2225 SW Century DrBend, OR 97702541-419-0111Bend Comedy presents:StandUp Comedy Showcase @ Cabin 22 Bend’s most talented comedians make up the best comedy showcase in Central Oregon, starting at 8pm.Hosted by: Dana Buckendahl
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?March 12, 7:30 p.m.2nd Street Theater220 NE LafayetteBend, Oregon 541-312-9626Adapted by Ron Spencer from the Henry Farrell novel that later became the screen classic, “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?” is a fascinating blend of comedic almost Moliere-like farce and dark, horriic tragedy ala Stephan King.Cost: $19 Adults, $16 Student/Seniors
BEND COMEDY SHOWCASE & OPEN-MIC @ SUMMIT SALOONMarch 12, 8:00 p.m.Cost: $5 in advance online / $8 at the doorSummit Saloon & Stage125 NW Oregon AveBend, OR 97701541-419-0111Bend’s most talented comedians make up the best comedy showcase in Central Oregon, starting at 8pm.Hosted by: Ryan TraughberAt 9:30pm, the stage
opens to all aspiring comedians. Sign-up before the showcase, 7-8pm. Showcase: $5 Online / $8 at the door (Free for open mic performers)
THE VOETBERG FAMILY BANDMarch 13, 7:00 p.m.Tower Theatre835 N.W. Wall St.Bend, Oregon 541-317-0700The Voetberg Family is made up of 8 siblings ranging in ages 13 to 26. With over 8 years experience, they put on a show that displays a cohesive variety of musical styles and a developed musicianship beyond their years.Cost: $18 - Adults, $13 - Children 12 & under
DEREK MICHAEL MARC AND THE BAND AT MCMENAMINSMarch 17, 4:00 p.m.McMenamins Old St. Francis School700 N.W. Bond StreetBend, Oregon Imagine powerfully rich and smooth harmonic vocals and sweet dynamic sounds of electric goodness! Imagine silky guitar, creamy bass, and groove driving drums. When the essence of these ingredients are combined, you get current West-Coast U.S. based group Derek Michael Marc & The Band.
MARCH NATURE NIGHT AT THE TOWER THEATREMarch 18, 7:00 p.m.Tower Theatre835 N.W. Wall St.Bend, Oregon Climate change is
changing the face of the natural world. As we prepare for these changes, we have a chance to renew our partnership with natural world to compliment wildlife and human efforts to restore rivers and the lands around them. Join hydrologist Suzanne Fouty for a look at the role beavers play in transforming landscapes from water-poor to water-rich and the critical contribution that wolves, ire, and logging have in restoring health to our landscape. We’ll explore the connections, the challenges, and the opportunities these partners and strategies present using water as our guide and measure of success
COTA MOVIE NIGHT AT MCMENAMINSMarch 19, 9:00 p.m.McMenamins Old St. Francis SchoolOld St. Francis Theater700 N.W. Bond St.Bend, Oregon A pair of urbanites embark on a 4000-mile bicycle ride in search of the last wild place in America; to their dismay they ind it. Set in the wake of America’s great western expansion, the ilm is a portrait of bike touring and a meditation on wilderness.COTA Movie Night raises funds and friends for Central Oregon Trail Alliance.Cost: $5 per person, cash only
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Broken Top Bottle Shop presents Jive Coulis
pJive Coulis band is joined by Dylan Works (on the drumset) during a song in their preformance at Bro-ken Top Bottle Shop in Bend. From left: Jordan Mack (bass, vocals), Colin Brayley (drumset, mandolin), Dylan Works (drumset), and Eric Leadbetter (lead vocals, guitar).
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how to guide for everything.
Brayan’s
I want to
introduce the
guide that will
make your life
easier and will
help you with
everything
from student
life to personal
life. Learn it,
live it, love it.
Brayan GonzalezThe Broadside
The sun is shining, the birds
are chirping and everytime you
go outside you sneeze so much
that your eyes bulge out. That
can only mean one thing: spring
is here!
Spring Break is the time of
year when we get to leave the
sanctuary of school and forget
what we learned for a whole
week. For some, that means go-
ing back home and seeing those
we missed. For others it means
going away to a beach some-
where and getting so smashed
that you forget your own name.
Read on for tips to make this
spring break memorable without
making decisions that will haunt
you for the rest of your life.
• Plan ahead: If your going
away for spring break, go with
a plan of the activities and
things you will do while there.
Do your research into the fa-
cility and its past history. If
you’re going out of the country
be sure to go with a group and
stay with them throughout the
trip.
• Staying behind ain’t so bad: If you’re staying local dur-
ing the break, it doesn’t have
to mean sitting around. Find
other friends who are staying
around and plan a weekend
bash at the lake or down the
river at the Old Mill or even
Tumalo. Toss in a barbeque
and that can be your own ver-
sion of spring break.
• Think of others: If you’re re-
ally not up to doing anything
extravagant, think about vol-
unteering. During spring break
there are a lot of community
organizations that would love
to have you help out. That can
also beef up your resume for
when it comes to applying for
transfer schools and scholar-
ships.
• Hydration is essential: If
your going away and ind yourself getting some rays,
hitting the slopes or even ind yourself at a party remember
hydration is essential. You’ll
thank me in the morning when
you avoid a killer headache.
• Be smart: Making memories
is not the same as making re-
grets. Don’t do something you
wouldn’t normally do. If it’s too
embarrassing to tell your mom
or talk about with your friends
...then you should stay away
from it.
Spring Break is a special time
in every college students life. It’s
up to you to set the standard of
how it will be remembered and
if you’ll regret your choices ive years from now.
Until next time remember to:
Treat Yo Self!
Now, for the ifth entry in the series of Guy-code and Girl-
code, The guide to Today’s
Young People:
#5: Under NO circumstances
is it okay for two men to share a
tiny umbrella. #GUYCODE
#5: Best friends are there for
you like a pair of your favorite
Prada heels – all the time and-
without question -- plus they al-
ways make you feel hair-lipping fabulous. #GIRLCODE
Now fellow Bobcats, if you
have any suggestions for the
next issue of Students How to
guide for everything, Or if you
have any tips please send me
an email, until next time keep it
classy.
(Contact: [email protected])
Spring Fever
Emily KaleiThe Broadside
When you irst begin your career with Walt Disney, they tell you how you will have the ability to create “magical mo-ments” for guests. Two weeks ago, I did.
I never felt so helpless in my life — my body was trembling from the cold and my fever.
The bug that had plagued everyone else in the jungle had inally made its way to me and it was attacking with a vengeance. All I wanted was to retreat to the comfort of my bed where I could get warm and sleep.
Just when I thought I was going to die right there on the dock, my coworker handed me the rotation slip.
EMILY GARCIA, please go to BOAT 004– CONGO CONNIE.
I took the slip and walked down the dock to board the next available boat. Tears were forming in my eyes. The be-trayal of my body left me dreading the trip down river. It is always twenty degrees cooler on the water than the dock. It was 1:13 in the morning, right in the middle of “Extra Magic Hours.” For all I knew, I was going to take an empty boat out on the river and freeze.
I pulled up to the loading dock and stared back at my two fellow skippers. We all kept our eyes on the dispatch lan-terns, waiting for the cue for me to begin my journey. That’s when it happened, the sound of tired, little feet puttering down the dock: guests.
It was a family of four — typical, ev-eryday tourists. The dad was carrying the toddling daughter, while the mom held the hand of the rowdy little boy. The little boy completely disregarded my simple instruc-tions within 20 seconds of entering the boat. I took on my role as the obnoxiously bubbly skipper who never seems to have a bad day.
As I turned my attention to the irst scene of the ride, I noticed a pin on the boy’s shirt. I looked below the glossy title, “I’m Celebrating!” Trying to decipher the smudged handwriting describing the cause for celebration. I glanced back at his mom.
“What are we celebrating tonight, folks?” I asked in the trembling version of my usually chipper voice.
“We are celebrating Bennett’s last dose of chemo radiation,” the mom smiled. She placed her arm around the little boy.
“Bennett has undergone chemo therapy for nearly two years, but as of last month, he is inally in remission and cancer-free.”
My heart immediately sunk. I slowed down the boat to a stop and knelt down to
look into Bennett’s eyes. They were a soft grey color, and they sparkled under the show lights of the boat.
“How old are you, Bennett?” I asked.“Four!” He loudly proclaimed, shoot-
ing his ingers up in my face.This little boy had spent half his life
in hospitals. That night was the irst time he ever the chance to feel like a normal, healthy little boy.
Without thinking, I stuck my free hand in the pocket of my pants to grab a Junior Skipper’s card. I handed it to Bennett.
“Bennett?” I asked very quietly, “Would you like to be the world’s youngest Junior Skipper and drive my boat?”
His eyes lit up as he shot up off of his seat.
“Yeah!” he screamed. His excitement made me laugh.
“Okay,” I said as I stepped to the side to let him control the wheel. “Let me give your mom your boating license, and I’ll control the speed.”
For the irst time that night, my hand did not tremble as I handed Bennett’s mom the small card. Recognizing the tension in her throat as she fought back tears, I turned back toward the river and Bennett— giv-ing her and her husband a moment to gath-er themselves.
Even under the haze of my cold medi-cine, I felt the intense awareness of my body and how lucky I was. When I grew up, I took my health and body for granted, I stopped taking care of myself. Yet, when my body let me down to a bad cold, I felt entirely betrayed. My frustration sudden-ly became folly as I stood next to a child who just recently discovered the beauty of health after a lifetime of illness.
We pulled back into the dock and said our goodbyes. Bennett’s parents asked for a picture with me and Bennett holding his little “license.” Then they were gone, and I was left alone in my boat once more.
At the time, I never considered the im-pact of that moment. Two weeks later, as I sit at my kitchen table preparing myself for another day at work two weeks later, I cannot help but think about that night.
Then I remember what my facilitators told me on my irst day of work.
“You will have the opportunity to cre-ate magical moments for families.” I will always carry the memory of that night.
Not as the worst night of my life; but as the night where I was given a magical mo-ment by a little Junior Skipper with grey eyes named Bennett.
(Contact: [email protected])
Making Disney Magic
Emily Kalei has earned her
Mickey Mouse ears and has been
accepted into the Disney College
Program. Read over her shoulder
as she chronicles her internship
in The Disney Diaries.
Tim CachelinThe Broadside
The previously unranked
Bobcat baseball team is a force
to be reckoned with.
The Central Oregon Com-
munity College Bobcat base-
ball team is currently ranked
25th nationally, according to
Nick Lockwood, one of the
team coaches.
“We came out last year,
and shocked some people,”
said Lockwood, attributing that
comeback in part to an aggres-
sive recruitment program led
by key players and COCC stu-
dents; Dalton Chambers, Tim
Drafahl and Jake Reed.
The team inished with only nine players last year, due to
poor grades and other contrib-
uting factors. This year, the
coaching team has put empha-
sis on academics to reduce this
issue, Lockwood said.
“We have guys missing
practice for homework which is
very new,” Lockwood said.
Contributing in part to the
excitement regarding the up-
coming season, is a new team
dynamic, according to head
coach, Matt Greenleaf.
“I like our mix, we have a
lot of new guys, guys straight
out of high school, we also
have seven or eight returning
players, so it’s a nice mix of
new guys as well as returners,”
Greenleaf said.
Dalton Chambers, the
team’s shortstop and a national
Player Of The Week last year
believes the fresh talent will
help the team succeed.
“I’m super excited, we have
a bunch of guys out this year
that are actual ballplayers,”
Chambers said.
Among these ranks of ‘ac-
tual ballplayers’ stands talent
such as Devon Haney, a irst-team all-state outielder last year, Elias Allen, a talented
utility player, and second base-
men, Cole Chambers. Combine
these rookies with the skill and
experience of players like Dal-
ton Chambers, and number one
on the mound, Jake Reed, and
you have a team that deserves
its national ranking.
Just as important as the mix
though, is the team interaction
and, according to Chambers
the players get along great with
one another. While they are
still working out how to react
to each others plays, there is an
absence of cliques. It’s this mix
of talent he added, as well as
how they play together that will
propel the Bobcats to postsea-
son success.
(Contact: [email protected])
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14 The Broadside | March 11, 2015
Tim CachelinThe Broadside
Will the college revive the
disc golf course? When Central
Oregon Community College
broke ground for the new resi-
dence hall, the disc golf course
was disbanded. College admin-
istrators are now considering
the return of the course.
When COCC and Oregon
State University-Cascades be-
gan their construction of the
new residence hall, the disc
golf course that occupied that
space, was taken down and put
away. Jeffrey Meyers, advisor
of the OSU-Cascades disc golf
club, volunteer for the Central
Oregon Disc Golf Club, and
campus advocate of disc golf,
stated that there was an obvious
conlict of interest with having the course open while construc-
tion was taking place.
However, the school has
not said the course is gone for
good, and plans to revisit the
idea once the hall is complete.
“It’s in the initial, ‘we are
going to reinvest in this’ phase,”
Meyers said.
Correspondence between
Meyers, Gordon Price, director
of student life, and Bill Doug-
las, athletic director on campus,
has included the return of the
course.
Meyers said he is optimistic
about the return of the course,
and mentioned that he hoped
to have a course professionally
designed by Ryan Lane, owner
of Discventures. Lane has a
history of course design and
his handiwork can be found in
courses across Central Oregon.
Meyer’s ideal course would
have multiple tee pads and mul-
tiple pin placements to accom-
modate all skill levels, as well
as to negate the effects of ero-
sion and soil compaction over
time.
“If we are going to bring it
back, we want to make sure we
do it right,” Price said.
Even though talk has begun
again, a myriad of issues still
stand in the way of the return of
the disc golf course, according
to Douglass.
“Space is limited as a result
of the housing complex and
the parking lots needed for the
housing project,” Douglass
said.
Price adds that building the
course in valuable space might
preclude potential campus
growth. There are additional
obstacles that must be consid-
ered before moving forward
with the project. According to
Price, there is the question of
who is responsible for course
maintenance. On the previous
course, littering, alcohol, and
smoking were all prevalent.
These challenges took a toll
on campus services, and would
have to be addressed before
moving forward with the new
course, Price said.
Both Price, and Douglas
mention that although an ofi-
cial timeline hasn’t been set, a
decision likely won’t be made
until the residence hall is up
and running by fall of 2015. A
course, if decided on, wouldn’t
be operable until after that.
Despite these challenges,
Price realizes the beneits the course would provide.
“I would love to see it, it’s
a unique aspect that we could
offer to our students, that we
could offer to the community,”
Price said.
How to get involvedIn the meantime, there are
still several ways to get in-
volved. If you have an itch only
disc golf can scratch, to the
west of Cascade Hall, is a two-
pin, six-hole course, known as
the Beaver Back Six. Informa-
tion on the course can be found
within Cascade Hall. You can
also get involved in the Cen-
tral Oregon Disc Golf Club by
visiting their website, at cen-
traloregondiscgolf.com. Lastly,
student interest is a main fac-
tor in the return of the course.
By contacting Douglas, Price,
or Meyers, regarding your con-
cerns or questions, you can in-
luence the return of the course.
(Contact: [email protected])
pThere is currently only two disc golf hole to play at COCC.
pCooper McCoy dives back to irst base during the bobcats game at Southern Oregon two weeks ago
Disc golf course gone for good?
COCC baseball team ranked 25 in the nation
The Broadside Newspaper
Mondays, Noon-1 p.m.Bend Campus, Campus Center Room 102Learn about job opportunities and see how weekly meetings are run.
African American Heritage
Club
Fridays, Noon-1 p.m.Bend Campus, Campus Center Multicultural CenterContact Gordon Price for more information: [email protected]
Gay Straight Alliance
Fridays 3-4 p.m.Bend Campus, Campus Center Multicultural CenterContact Owen Murphy for more information: [email protected]
Garden Club
Monday, March 23rd Noon- 1 p.m. (repeats on the 2nd and 4th Mondays each month)Bend Campus, Campus Center Multicultural Center
AAUW - American Association
of University Women
Friday, March 20th 11-1 (repeats on 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month)Bend Campus, CCB 107
Student Massage Clinic
Thursdays and Fridays Email: [email protected] for appointmentsPrices: Public $20, COCC staff $10, students $5
Fafsa Workshop
Friday, March 13 10 a.m.Bend Campus, Pioneer 200DAll students should bring social security number, drivers license number, estimated income and all 2014 W-2s.
Nursing Program Information
Session
Thursday, March 12 4:00 to 5:00 p.m.Bend Campus, BEC 0155A review of COCC’s Nursing program selection process for students and community members who are interested.Contact: [email protected]
Major Confusion
Friday, March 13th 10:00 a.m. to NoonBend Campus, LIB 0001A free non-credit class for those interested in learning the steps for determining one’s college major.
First Nations Student Union
Tuesday, March 17th and 24th, 11:00 a.m. to NoonBend Campus, Campus Center Multicultural Center
Add an event to this calendar by email-ing us at [email protected]
Campus Calendar
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Learning in an outdoor classroom:
COCC Backcountry Skiing Course
t A pit is dug to show probability of weak layers which could produce an avalanche.
Want to experience backcountry skiing first hand? See Go Pro footage from the class atfacebook.com/thebroadsideonline
u Jeffery
Meyers, Outdoor
Recreation Coordinator
at OSU-Cascades,
shows different
aspects of avalanche
risk assessment
during a storm last February.
Photos by Rhyan McLaury | The Broadside
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