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JULY 1 1, 1980
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
VOL. 50. NO. 2
$29,000 of Equipment
Stolen From Stockroom
By Mike White
Associate News Editor
Electronic equipment valued at
approximately $29,000 was stolen
from PCC July 3,
Room V204 was broken into
some time between 1:40 a.m. and
6:55 a.m., according to a report
filed by Alfred Aguirre, campus
security officer.
No suspects have been arrested
in connection with the theft, said
Simon Hairston, acting supervisor
of security.
The college was insured against
the loss and will have to pay $1,000
deductible for complete re¬
placement.
Both campus security personnel
and Pasadena police are working
on the case, Hairston said. How¬
ever, the chances of the equipment
showing up in pawn shops seems
remote, he said.
They took what they needed and
will probably use it for them-
Recruitment Top Goal
Band Head Named
§, * _ .
Robert Farrington
Arizona Gift
Of Land To
Be Viewed
By Alex Spada
Staff Writer
Up in Navajo County, Arizona,
lies land given to PCC in 1970.
T wasn’t aware of it until last
year.” said Gene Miller, coordi¬
nator of scholarships and financial
aids. “Nobody from the college
has seen it.” she added.
Four lots were donated to PCC
for the Frederick H. Shackelford
Scholarship Fund, according to
Virginia Dedeaux, district man¬
ager of banking and collection
services. They were donated by
Shackelford's son. Frederick W.
Shackelford, of Del Mar, Califor¬
nia.
In 1970, the younger Shackelford
wrote PCC asking if a donation of
land would be accepted. When the
school answered in the af¬
firmative, Shackelford gave PCC
its “only gift of land.” She says he
pays all property taxes on the lots.
Shackelford has for many years
also made small cash donations
into his father's memorial fund.
Recently, a decision to assess
the land was made. At a Scholar¬
ship Association meeting the mat¬
ter was brought, up because “we're
looking into anything we might
sell, and real estate prices have
skyrocketed,” said Mrs. Dedeaux.
But is may be more profitable to
retain the lots as their value con¬
tinues to rise, Mrs. Dedeaux said.
Mrs. Miller said an appraiser
(Continued on Page 3)
By Madeline Franco
Fine Arts Editor
Robert Farrington. Fremont
High School band director, has
been appointed by the Board of
Trustees as the new director of the
PCC Lancer Marching Band.
Farrington's responsibilities
will include directing the Lancer
band, selected as the Tournament
of Roses official parade band for
the 51st consecutive year. 'In addi¬
tion, he will direct the College
Community Concert Band.
“I am very excited about com¬
ing to PCC. The college offers, a
well-rounded program, and the
faculty is talented and eager to
help.” Farrington said.
Farrington's debut as band di¬
rector will be at the Lancer's first
football game of the season.
“I look forward to continuing
the tradition of fine performances
which add to the cultural life of the
community and to promoting PCC
and the city to the rest of the
country through participation in
the Tournament.” he said.
Farrington, who was selected in
June, will devote his time to a
recruitment campaign and has
scheduled meetings with area high
school bands. He will also conduct
a summer workshop, beginning in
August, for the Lancer band in
preparation for the fall activities.
A woodwind specialist, Far¬
rington is also a professional jazz
musician and plays the saxophone,
flute and clarinet. He has played
for the San Jose Center for the
Performing Arts orchestra, as
back-up for stage personalities
Ben Vereen. Vickie Carr. Joel
Gray, and Shields and Yarnell.
He graduated from the Univer¬
sity of California at Los Angeles,
cum laude, where he received the
Outstanding Bandsman of the
Year award in his senior year. He
comes to PCC. after five years at
Fremont High School in Sun-
nvvale, with his wife Marilee.
selves, Hairston explained.
Donald K. Wilson, engineering
and technology assistant pro¬
fessor, said most of the equipment
taken could be used to repair two-
way radio equipment.
The department had been build¬
ing up two-way radio repair equip¬
ment for the past seven years by
adding one piece at a time, said
Wilson.
It was just at a point of meeting
the students' needs when every¬
thing was stolen, he said.
According to the security report
thieves entered the building using
a 2-foot by 6-foot board to reach
the second floor crosswalk connec¬
ting T and V Buildings.
The door of the stockroom was
reported to have been scarred by a
prying tool. Wilson said the door
was unlocked, and he thought the
thieves picked the lock.
Police officers were unable to
find any identifiable fingerprints
at the scene of the crime.
Wilson, who lamented the loss of
the equipment, quipped that it was
ironic the robbery took place on
his birthday.
“Quite a surprise, don't you
think?” he said.
— Courier photo by Larry Goren
"LOOK MA, NO HANDS,” exclaims this fetching miss as she
delights in her hoola hoop. Demonstrating top form for five-year-
olds, could this girl be in training for the Hoola Hoop Olympics?
Raises, Budget
Voted by Board
By Sylvia Cann
Editor-in-Chief
A tentative budget and a salary
raise for some PCC employees
New Program Offered
Center to Expand
By Sandra McClure
News Editor
Pasadena City College’s new
Comunitv Skills Center, which
opens Sept. 8, will include an
Academic/Occupational Skills
Program open to qualified high
school students, as well as an
expanded program for adults wish¬
ing to learn specific vocational
skills.
The Center, located on the site
of the old McKinley Junior High
School at 325 S. Oak Knoll. Pasa¬
dena, is currently being refur¬
bished.
Formerly called the Community
Adult Training Center and located
on North Lake Avenue, CSC is the
result of a tri-lateral agreement
among the Pasadena Unified
School District, the city of Pasa¬
dena and PCC. The PUSD, as its
contribution, will allow PCC to use
the McKinley site rent-free for the
next four years.
PCC, through the city's Com¬
munity Development Block Grant
Program, has applied for Depart¬
ment of Housing and Urban De¬
velopment funding to rehabilitate
and update the site. The federal
funds would also go toward the
purchase and maintenance of
equipment needed for the various
vocational programs.
The CSC will centralize voca¬
tional and academic training for
the adult community and eligible
11th and 12th graders, according to
Dr. Vernon C. Halcromb. dean of
occupational services. It will pro¬
vide basic skills training and up¬
grading. including developmental
basic skills.
According to Vernon G. Spauld¬
ing, supervisor of the now defunct
CATC, the Academic/Occupa¬
tional Skills Program is a boon to
students not' planning to continue
their education after high school
graduation. “If they are not going
to go on, they need to learn skills
now,” he said.
High school students wishing to
take advantage of the op¬
portunities afforded by the CSC
should apply for admission to PCC
• after getting approval from their
high schools. Most of these stu¬
dents are expected to attend CSC
classes during the early afternoon,
which had been the CATC's
lightest period, says Dr. Stanley
(Continued on Page 3)
Campus News Briefs
Hungry?
Food on campus is available in
the cafeteria from 7 a.m. to 10:30
a.m. and from 11:30 a.m. to 1
p.m. : at the food truck south of C
Building from 7 a.m. to'l p.m.
and in the bookstore from 7:45
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily and 6 p.m.
to 8:30 p.m. on Mondays and
Tuesdays. The bookstore has
candy, gum, nuts and “trail
mix.”
Piano Recital
A Suzuki piano recital by stu¬
dents of the PCC Afterschool
Music Conservatory will take
place in Harbeson Hall. July 12
at 1 p.m.
Library Hours
Library summer hours are 8
a.m. to 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 9
p.m. Mondays through
Thursdays. On Fridays the hours
are 8 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.
Drop Deadline
Today is the last day to drop a
class for the summer session.
Students who want to drop after
today must completely withdraw
from all summer session classes
by Julv 21.
Pool Hours
The PCC swimming pool is
open to the public every day from
noon to 3:45 p.m. this summer.
were approved at recent Board of
Trustees meetings.
Classified, supervisory, con¬
fidential and management em¬
ployees of PCC will receive a 7
percent basic raise plus 2 percent
one-year salary adjustment for the
1980-81 fiscal year as a result of
Board action at the July 3 meet¬
ing.
“We could not get an equitable
retroactive raise because of the
expense and because the County
Counsel would not allow it,” said
John S. Madden, dean of personnel
services.
Instead, the 2 percent raise is
being considered as a one-year
adjustment, an “add-on” to the 7
percent for this year, said Mad¬
den.
At the June 26 Board meeting, a
tentative budget of $32,254,869 for
the 1980-81 fiscal year was ap¬
proved by the Trustees 5-0. Absent
when the vote was taken were
Trustees Gary Adams and Roger
Gertmenian.
The tentative budget has
climbed almost $1.9 million higher
than last year's budget of
$430,367,778.
“We have prepared a budget
allowing for cuts ranging 5 to 25
percent," said Dr. Bonnie R.
James, vice president for business
services. “Thankfully, we won't
have to consider any of the aus¬
terity budgets we had drawn up.”
However, services in some
areas may still have to be
curtailed, but probably not by as
much as had originally been
planned, according to Dr. James.
Maintenance and clerical are two
examples of such services.
The total tentative budget con¬
sists of $2,273,372 from the federal
government, $23,204,850 from the
state, $1,909 from the county and
$3,874,738 from local sources.
Approval of the 1980-81 budget
goes through several stages and is
subject to change before it reaches
final form. The tentative budget
will be presented to the public
Thursday, July 17. On August 28 a
public hearing and adoption of the
final budget will take place. The
budget will be presented to the
county in September.