PCC Courier, January 21, 1988

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In this category, KPCC com¬ peted against other public radio sta¬ tions as well as commercial stations. “This is astounding,’’ said Larry Mantle, KPCC news director, “con¬ sidering that we are in the number two radio market in the country.” The radio station relies heavily on volunteer workers to put together all of their programming, including the Eve¬ ning Edition. Mantle has nothing but praise for their efforts. “The volunteer staff is unbelievable. . . ” He adds, “the volunteers working on the Evening Edition are as good as any professionals working in Los Angeles.” The show that nabbed the award is comprised of Matt Wright and Kathy Lambross, both veteren hosts, and David Arroyos and Clark Macy filling the sport’s slot. For Arroyos, who has been doing PCC football play-by-play for three years, the award was his first. “It’s great to win this award. It has so much respect that goes with it in the working industry. Just the connections one can make at the Golden Mike ceremonies is enough to satisfy.” Mantle explained that the Evening Edition is the major news effort of the day. It is this concentrated effort that partially explains why it receives as many awards as it does. The KPCC news department has also won awards from AP News Service and the Greater Los Angeles Press Club. General Manager Rod Foster feels it is the selection of the contents of the news broadcast that has led to it being recognized as one of the best in the industry. “What makes it so good is the job they do reporting the San Gabriel Valley news. We have captured the San Gabriel Valley news' market!’’ Courier/Scott Tate Schools in session so students learn to enjoy “Girl’s Gym Mountain.” Congressman Hears Concerns Congressman Moorhead Viewed PCC’s Problem Areas Last Thursday By Coleen Meyers Feature Editor In an effort to acquaint legislators with PCC deficiencies, Dr. Jack Scott, superintendent-president, and other ad¬ ministrators, showed Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead firsthand the “unique problems on this campus,” said Dr. William Goldmann, dean of institutional advancement. Last Thursday’s meeting was Moorhead's third visit to PCC. And although he does not have direct input into the decision making of community college funding, since he is on the federal level, “his influence would be helpful when seeking state funds,” said Scott. Scott escorted Moorhead and his aid on a tour of the Library and Men’s Gym, two of the most outdated facil¬ ities on campus. This was followed by a luncheon with Moorhead, that gave Scott, Goldmann and other adminis¬ trators an opportunity to discuss spe¬ cific problems. CAPITOL HILL AND PCC The luncheon also gave adminis¬ trators the chance to hear what the current thinking on Capitol Hill is concerning community college funding. “Moorhead does not forsee a signifi¬ cant funding increase for community Courier /Jennifer Landis Congressman Carlos Moorhead, Dr. Jack Scott and Jeanette Mann discussed deficiencies PCC has. Next, potentially, could be state level help. colleges,” said Goldmann. The federal government funds a small portion of vocational education revenue. Most of the federal monies go into PEL, opportunity grants and col¬ lege work study programs. Moorhead’s campus visit is part of the legislative contact committee’s (LCC) effort to help broaden legisla¬ tors knowledge of campus deficiencies. “The more they (legislators) know about community colleges at voting time, the better,” said Goldmann. LCC INCREASES UNDERSTANDING Dr. Robert Wright, associate professor of communications, and Gail Fostrey, public information officer, serve as the LCC’s co-chairs with Goldmann as the administrative sup¬ port. Their goal is to bring officials on campus and let them see the needs for themselves. “The legislators have found out a lot they didn’t know before. When they can actually see our needs right before them, they are hard to ignore,” said Goldmann. The LCC has been in existence for approximately five years. Senators Art Torres and Richard Polanco have also toured the campus. “Since the early ‘80’s and all the budget cuts, we (administrators) had to find another way to increase fund¬ ing,” said Goldmann. Broadening awareness is one way. “We no longer invite only local legislators, we are branching out to include federal elected officials to increase areas of under¬ standing.” BRIDGING THAT GAP According to Goldmann, anything that increases communication is a positive step. “What we have to do is to bridge that gap (between legislators and administrators) and acquaint ourselves with each other’s problems.” Congressmen Moorhead’s visit to look at some of PCC’s outdated facilities is just one more step. To Go . Or Not to Go..: That Is the Question By Keith Foster Special Correspondent Shakespeare is coming, Shakespeare is coming! Well, at least two Shakespearean actresses are coming to PCC. They will be arriving Feb. 17. The two are part of a group that comes from the Ashland Oregon Shakespearean Festival to visit schools. The program will be held in Harbeson Hall from 9 p.m. until 12 midnight. The evening will be held in three parts. The first part will have the actresses doing dramatizations of works by various authors, playwrights and poets. This section runs from 9-10. At 10:00, there will be an acting workshop. This part of the evening is only open to a limited number of students — 30 to be exact. Those students wishing to participate in this workshop need to sign up in the Com¬ munications office. However, be fore warned, it is first-come-first-served for this workshop. Then, from 11 until 12 they will present, “A collage of scenes, solilo¬ quies, sonnets and songs” of Shakespeare. This is the third year that PCC has been part of their school visitation program. English professor Jane Hall- inger found out about the program quite by accident. Hallinger had been taking groups of students to the Oregon festival for years when she found out about it. She recalls, “We were at the festival and heard someone talking about the school visitation program. I went to their educational office and said, come to our school.” According to Hallinger, last years program was standing room only. She says that what you see here is, “a good view of what you get at Ashland.” Hallinger adds that the pro¬ gram is also a good promotion for the summer trip to the Ashland festival. This year the trip to Ashland is sched¬ uled for June 25 through July 2. During that week, students get to see seven different plays, go to workshops classes and earn up to four units of tranfer credits. In these classes, many people involved with the productions will speak to the students. Hallinger says the Ashland trip is, “designed for those students who might not get to see many plays.” The cost for the trip is $290. This includes the seven plays, lodging and breakfast every day. The visitation is co-sponsored by the Englsh and Communications depart¬ ments. There is no cost for the evening, and it is open to all who wish to attend. The only thing that is not open to all is the workshop, which has a limited enrollment. Again, if you wish to par¬ ticipate in the workshop, contact the Communications department in C118. Despite Claims, Water Flows on By John C. Willis Special Correspondent More than a month after the federal report indicating that some refrig¬ erated water fountains contained lead contamination, PCC drinking fountains flow free — and untested. The report, which was issued early last month by the Center for Disease Control, claimed to discover lead levels as high as 40 times the U.S. En¬ vironmental Protection Agency pro¬ posed safe as a result of water resting in lead holding tanks or from contact with lead-based solder. WATER STOPPED FLOWING State Superintendant of Schools Wil¬ liam Honig issued a directive in late December to California school districts to shut down drinking fountains and have them tested for lead contamina¬ tion. Schools in the L.A., Orange and San Diego county unified schools dis¬ tricts obeyed the directive. No campus Water fountains were turned off nor was a request for inspec¬ tion made, according to James Menath, director of Facilities Services. Menath cited a follow-up article in the January 10th Los Angeles Times which refuted much of the original report. In the article, a representative of the EPA admitted that fears over drinking foun¬ tains were “unwarranted;” at the same time, the agency claimed as many as 42 million Americans might be consuming lead-contaminated water, which comes “almost exclusively” from water mains and household plumbing systems. Menath admitted that PCC uses lead in its water pipes. Menath states that his office was never informed by any federal or state health regulatory agency of any hazard or by the Chancellor of community colleges office. He said that his only information on the situation came from the newspaper. Although elementary and high schools in the area turned off their drinking water, local colleges such as Cal Tech and Cal State L.A. did not. In the event of notification from agency such as the EPA or the chancellor’s office, Menath said that the first step would probably be to contact the Pasadena Health Dept, for more information on the situation. EFFECTS OF LEAD POISONING According to the EPA, lead con¬ tamination causes mental deficiencies and stunted growth in about 240,000 children annually. It raises the risks of birth defects in “several hundred thousand” fetuses. In adults, lead poisoning causes hypertension and kidney damage. Lead contamination can come from other sources besides water such as food, paint and air polluted by emissions from leaded gasoline. How¬ ever, lead is absorbed three to five times more easily in water than in food. Additionally, contamination from these other sources have been reduced as the danger of lead poisoning became recognized and leaded fuel began to be phased out. Radio Cartoons Now Thing of the Past Kid Program , Despite Marginal Success , Falls to the Wayside By Sally Blake and Sean DuPont Opinion Editor and Staff Writer Kids America, the only program on public radio geared for children, has been cancelled because of a rejection of funds. KPCC was one of the 26 radio stations that aired this show. This decision comes as a disappointment to all that were involved with it. KPCC’s Traffic Director Beth Co¬ oper promoted the program when it began airing on KPCC in Sept. 86. “I was really enthused because there had been no kids program on radio before Kids America" she said. “I passed out 17,000 flyers to all the elementary schools in the area.” Cooper’s efforts came upon deaf ears, though. Despite passing out the flyers to elementary students and host¬ ing pizza parties to its core audience, the program ran on KPCC for only one year and four months. The Corporation for Public Broad¬ casting (СРВ) refused the bid for a $450,000 grant for the children’s pro¬ gram that was to air nationally for four years. According to а СРВ spokesman in Washington, 129 programs for radio funds were entered with only 16 receiv¬ ing grants. According to Cooper, the audience was not big enough. “If a program brings in a lot of money during the fund drives, then it is considered a profit¬ able program,” she explained. “Un¬ fortunately, kids cannot call in and donate money, so they figured it was not a profitable show. They did not take into consideration that perhaps the kids’ parents called in that morning.” The problem KPCC, and other west coast public radio stations, ran into was a definite lack of interest in the program. On the east coast, where the ratings for the show are much higher, the situation, apparently, was dif¬ ferent. Said a spokesman with WPUB FM in Washington DC, an affiliate that also carried the program: “The loss was big to us. We had a good, solid hold on the kid’s market in the DC area.” The program consisted of segments on music, games, history, computers and problem solving. Regular charac¬ ters included “Dr. Rita Book” and the “Duke of Words.” Dr. Book was a Dr. Ruth Westheimer sound-alike who prescribed good reading material. The Duke of Words was a “world traveler” whom kids would try and outsmart in spelling bees. The program was hosted by Kathy O’Connell and Larry Orflay who took calls from listeners. The program originated from WNYC in New York City. One objective of the show was to try and get kids away from the TV and their cartoons to listen to the radio and become interested in reading. Kids America ran on KPCC Monday through Friday 3:30-5. According to Larry Shirk, program director at the station, the void will be filled for the time being by an extended big band jazz program (Chuck Cecil’s) and the delay of All Things Considered at 3:30. It is has been said that radio is “The Theatre of the Mind.” Shirk agreed and expected big things from the program: “One thing radio provides for a child that TV can't is the opportunity to use their imagination. TV always paints the picture for a kid. On radio, he paints it himself in his mind.” Now, the gallery has been closed.