PCC Courier, February 24, 1978

san uss ions from the USC rts will be in i oon to 1 p.m. students. This epresentative on the PCC Widmark New Football Coach READY TO TAKE OVER— Erik Widmark has been selected by the Board of Trustees as the new head football coach. The posi¬ tion was vacated by Al Luginbill, who has decided to move on to the University of Wyoming. By Tom Trepiak Sports Editor Head football coach Al Luginbill and assistant coach Tim Mill’s resignations were accepted by the Board of Trustees Tuesday. Erik Widmark, who was Luginbill’s of¬ fensive assistant coach, will take oyer the head coaching position. Last season these three coaches were in¬ tegral parts for Pasadena’s capturing of the national championship in the Junior Rose Bowl. Luginbill has accepted an offer as defensive secondary assistant coach at the University of Wyoming. Mills has been named head football coach at Santa Ana Community College. “We’re (PCC’s Athletic Depart¬ ment) disappointed, in a selfish way,” said Athletic Director William Sand- strom. “We’re sorry to lose two fine coaches . . . but we’re happy, in their respect, that they have an opportunity to go on with what they want to do.’ “They (Luginbill and Mills) have done a great deal for this program,’ commented newly chosen head coach Widmark. Next year will be Widmark’s ninth as a coach and first as head coach. He began his coaching career with Cal Western University of San Diego, where he also attended college. After three years there ай quarterback and receiver coach, Widmark coached a year as offensive coordinator at San Diego University. Widmark, who is 30 years old, then worked as offensive coordinator at Cal Poly Pomona for three years. At Cal Poly Pomona he coached Jim Zorn, who is now quarterback for the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks. Zorn was among eight all-Americans that Widmark has coached, the last one being Sheldon Paris, Pasadena’s quarterback. “I’ll try to make the transition as smoothly as possible,” said Widmark. “My major considerations right now are: first of all to maintain the in¬ tegrity of the job; to recruit, which is of major importance; to hire new people to take the place (of Luginbill and Mills).” Luginbill, who will be recruiting for the U. of Wyoming, had no influence on the choice of five of the football players to go to University of Wyoming next year. Defensive backs Kenny Jones, Derrin Jenkins and Michael Dennis will join wide receivers Danny Pitt¬ man and Adonis Jones at Wyoming next year. “The players had made their decisions before I was ever consulted for the job. I had no influence,” maintained Luginbill. “It’s a great opportunity for Al (Luginbill),” said Mills. “He has been at the four-year level before and he found it was something that he would like to give another try. He will be a' definite asset to their program.” As Sandstrom pointed out, Luginbill will now have an opportunity to devote all his time to football. At PCC, he was required to take on an academic position as a teacher as well as an athletic one as a coach. “I feel great and very positive about it. It’s going to be a great move for me and my family. It was an opportunity that was very appealing to me. I feel that I am not leaving the program at PCC in a bad way,” Luginbill said. “I can’t see the (PCC) program going anywhere but forward,” added Luginbill. “Erik (Widmark) will be able to do at least as equal a job coaching, if not better, as any coach that has ever been at PCC. The PCC football program is one of the best in the nation (among junior colleges) and Erik had a lot to do with making it among the best.” “I think he (Widmark) will do a super job. He has done an excellent job as offensive coordinator and I don’t think that we could have found a better coach,” Sandstrom said. “He (Widmark) is extremely knowledgeable in the game. He has good rapport with everybody,” Mills stated. Widmark is not the only assistant moving up to a head coaching job, however. Mills, who coached linebackers at Pasadena, will have to make the transition from assistant coach on a national champion, Pasadena, to head coach for a team which went 1-8-1, Santa Ana. “It’s a great opportunity for Tim (Mills) to become head coach. He has got a great challenge. I’m sure he will bring Santa Ana back to where it was in the 60’s when they dominated junior college play,” Sandstrom said. Mills, who is 31 years old, will replace Howard Black, who has moved back into a counseling position. Mills was head coach at Blair High School in Pasadena from 1973-75. “It’s always been a goal to go as high as I can,” Mills commented. “When I was head football coach at Blair, it was, at the time, the, greatest thing. The opportunity came to move up, and . . . if the opportunity presents itself, you have got to take advantage of it.” Pasadena will miss the likes of Luginbill and Mills, who aided the team to a national, state and con¬ ference championship. “It’s our hope that we will be able to fill those two spots with good coaches. With Erik Widmark we have got an excellent young coach,” noted Sand¬ strom. “and he has the ability to keep us on top, where we want to stay.” Three new assistant coaches were named Tuesday by the Board of Trustees. Richard Millis will be the fourth men’s track assistant under Skip Robinson. Tom Miali will join Lani Exton with the coaching chores of the baseball team. Women’s track will also have a new assistant coach, Grant Niederhaus, who will be paired with head coach of women’s track, Jessie Moore. The three new coaches complete a slight shakeup in the athletic department, where Al Luginbill and Tim Mills have resigned to pursue their coaching careers elsewhere. They will be going to the University of Wyoming and Santa Ana Community College, respec¬ tively. NEXT STOP, WYOMING— Al Luginbill’s resignation was accepted by the Board of Trustees Tuesday. He will be an assistant coach at the University of Wyoming, under Bill Lewis. Assistant Coaches Jarvis Initiative May Limit School Funds RELATING— With a turn of his chin, Ken Maekowiok demonstrates the typewriter apparatus that enables him to “talk” to other people. A quadriplegic since birth, this is the first oppor- Super Communicator tunity Ken has had to communicate. To get his message across, Ken types letters and words by moving his chin from side to side; the receiver reads the printed product. Courier Photo by Dawn Adams Ken Really Relates By Steve Johnston Associate News Editor The most discussed issue on the upcoming June 6 state election ballot is Proposition 13, the Jarvis tax limitation initiative. The initiative, which qualified for the ballot with more than double the nearly 500,000 required signatures, would limit property taxes to one per cent of market value, approximately one-third of the present rate. It also would limit increases in market value appraisal to two per cent per year. There is currently no limit on such increases. In practical terms, the taxes on a $70,000 home, which run about $2100 in Los Angeles County, would be cut to $700. If passed, the amendment would go into effect July 1. Among the public systems depen¬ dent on property taxes are county and city governments, police and fire services, special districts such as water and flood control, and school districts which collect the largest share of the taxes and thus could be hardest hit financially by the initiative. Questioned about the effect of the The PCC Board of Trustees was notified at the Feb. 16 board meeting that Alice Mothershead, the director of the campus Community Liaison Center for the last 26 years, has in¬ dicated she can no longer serve in that position on a volunteer basis. Faculty Senate President Chrystal Watson, representing the Senate’s Student Concerns Committee, recommended to the Board that a way to be found to retain Mrs. Mothershead as a salaried employee. The Community Liaison Center, begun by Mrs. Mothershead in 1952, has been concerned with foreign student affairs, and has specialized in finding housing. The Center has also served as an information source for American students planning to travel or study abroad. Mrs. Mothershead, who has main¬ tained office hours four days a week, confirmed that she could no longer afford to operate the Center as a volunteer, citing drastically increased personal property taxes as the cause. “I would prefer to work at PCC more, than anywhere else,” she said, but added that she did not want to com¬ ment further while the Board and the administration are considering her situation. Faculty Senate President Watson told the Board that Mrs. Mothershead has “established this institution on the initiative on education, Howard Jarvis, chairman of the Los Angeles- based United Organization of Tax¬ payers and the driving force behind the amendment, told the Courier that the measure was being misinterpreted purposely so that it could be defeated. “As far as I’m concerned, this amendment doesn’t have a word in it about the schools,” he said. Con¬ tending that the initiative would not hurt schools, Jarvis cited the Serrano- Priest decision, upheld by the state Supreme Court last year, which ruled that the California public schools’ use of property tax financing was inequita¬ ble and therefore unconstitutional. Jarvis has said that school districts would not lose money under the initiative since property tax financing of schools would be outlawed by 1981 under the Serrano-Priest decision. However, officials with the Los Angeles County Department of Education, including the attorney who represented the defense in the Serrano case, disagree with Jarvis’ in¬ terpretation of the decision. Although the amendment is con¬ sidered unconstitutional by some, a Sacramento County superior court judge recently turned down a request map with regard to foreign student education.” “She is considered an expert in her field and has given PCC an in¬ ternational reputation as a fine place for foreign students,” Ms. Watson told the Courier prior to the Board meeting. Board of Trustees President Robert Spare said proper procedure requires a proposal on the matter from the administration. PCC Superintendent- President Dr. E. Howard Floyd is thus obligated to present a recom¬ mendation to the Board although there is no time limit for his action. Dr. Irvin G. Lewis, vice-president for student personnel service and in charge of PCC foreign student affairs, said that Mrs. Mothershead has been “very effective as a community volunteer,” but added that “as it hasn’t been budgeted in the past, there is presently no opening for that ac¬ tivity.” Foreign student adviser Ben Rude termed Mrs. Mothershead’s work “invaluable.” “At foreign student conferences up and down the state and even in Washington, D.C., when I tell people where I’m from they say ‘Oh yes, you work with Mrs. Mother¬ shead’.” Rude said. “But with enrollment cutbacks and the budget crunch, it’s an inopportune time to turn a volunteer position into a paid position,” he added. —Steve Johnston by another judge in Orange County to keep the measure off the June 6 ballot, saying that to do so would inhibit the will of more than one million people who signed the initiative petition. PCC Superintendent-President Dr. E. Howard Floyd pointed out that if the Jarvis initiative passes, local property taxes would be cut by two-thirds. “Slightly less than 50 per cent of the PCC district’s revenue comes from those taxes, but no one knows yet what the exact effect of the initiative would be,” he said. Dr. Charles Miller, vice-president for business services, said that passage of the amendment would mean an $8 million loss to PCC, amounting to 27 per cent of the total budget. “It would be catastrophic if the state did not make up the dif¬ ference,” he said. “It would mean the loss of a lot of jobs.” Speaking before a sparsely attended noon faculty meeting in Sexson Auditorium on February 14, Dr. Miller termed the initiative “a major crossroads in California education.” The revenue loss to the entire state of California under the amendment has been estimated at $7-8 billion. “The state has only two sources to raise such large sums— income taxes and sales taxes,” Dr. Miller said. However, another provision of the initiative may pose an obstacle to the state in making up the loss of local revenues. According to the amend¬ ment, a two-thirds vote of both houses of the state legislature is necessary to pass any increases in state taxes. The initiative also stipulates that increases in local taxes must be approved by a two-thirds vote in the affected area. Should the state manage to replace the lost revenues, state support of PCC would increase from the present 50 per cent of the budget to 70 per cent, Dr. Miller pointed out. “And the more state money, the more state control you have,” he said. He added that the PCC Board of Trustees might lose its effectiveness under such an arrangement. A contingency budget plan which assumes the passage of the Jarvis initiative will be developed before the June 6 election, according to Dr. Miller. PCC Board of Trustees President Robert Spare said that although in¬ dividual board members have had thoughts about the initiative, no discussions have yet taken place nor are any yet planned. The Office of Extended Day and Summer Sessions is under new leadership since the departure of Dr. Rayiene Goltra last month. Taking over all scheduling is Dean David Ledbetter while Dean F. William Simmons is in charge of the campus during the night. Dean Simmons formerly worked in the Extended Campus Programs office and will continue his work in that office, along with his new duties. By Joan Bennet Assistant Feature Editor The first day he typed a “k,” a “p” and a “t.” Two days and countless attempts later, Ken MacKowiak, a quadriplegic since birth, com¬ municated for the first time in his life— he typed his name. Ken’s typewriter, designed especially for him, requires a right or left movement of the jaw in response to a series of high pitched tones. The Possum machine or specialized typewriter is located in Ken’s private classroom in the Learning Center in D building. A touch sensitive jaw-piece extends from the machine which rests at wheelchair level. Tense with an¬ ticipation, Ken waits for a “go-ahead” signal to tap his message. His body writhes and thrusts, forcing his jaw againist the tap key. Often as much as ten minutes later, Ken has typed one letter. “The trick is reacting fast enough to the beeps before your message is cancelled out. It can get very tiring for him,” states volunteer assistant Bob Cameron. Funding for the IBM typewriter was provided by the department of Vocational Rehabilation. Ken is the first of many PCC students to recieve such aid according to Sandra Sternig, teacher coordinator of the Learning Disability Services. Ken was selected for the program on the basis of his academic achievements. “Ken is willing to learn, is highly motivated, and is interested in attending college,” states Ms. Sternig. “He has a great sense of humor and is intelligent.” In an intensive reading program, Ken has excelled his ability by four school grades in one year. “I don’t know why nobody ever bothered to teach him to read. They probably assumed that he couldn’t, but he sure has proved that he can.” With the aid of attendants who take Blood donors are still needed for next week’s Bloodmobile visit to PCC. A blood drive will be held on the second floor in the Campus Center lounge March 1, 2 and 3 from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Pasadena City College has pledged to donate 300 pints of blood during the drive and Circle K, Adelphians and Spartans are circulating through campus asking fellow students to help "recycle life" by donating a pint of life. Anyone between the ages of 18 and 66 who weighs more than 110 pounds and is in good health may be eligible to notes, read assignments; and write papers, Ken is able to attend four credit classes. “His learning ex¬ perience is that of a one-to-one method,” says Sternig. Ken’s teacher and companion for one year, Mrs. Sternig states, “Ken has been locked up inside of his physical disability. This is his first experience with a method of communi¬ cation. He has learned to read and now to express himself. Now we can find out exactly what Kenny is all about.” donate. Seventeen-year-olds must have a permission slip signed by their parents. Permission slips may be obtained from Dorothy Byles in the Campus Center. The average human body has bet¬ ween 10 and 12 pints of blood. If a person donates one pint of blood, his body begins to replace it within 24 hours so there are still 10 to 12 pints for the donor and one pint to share. The whole process of donating blood takes less than one hour. Ap¬ pointments to donate blood can be made by calling the Campus Center at 578-7384 . Faculty Senate Asks Pay for Liaison Center Circle К Wants To Draw Blood With Donor Drive