FRESNO CITY COLLEGE vol. xxxll, No. 6 Fresno, Ca. Sept. æ,197l, lnto cqreers Course helps womcll emefge from home "I feel insecure I'm searching and I want to start a new life] I never had a feeling that a computer would take over my job," sãid Agnes Smith. "It's like little robots are taking over." Smith has been working for Pacific Telephone ComPanY (switching department) since she was 18. Now, she has to face unemployment. She is enrolled in a class where a wornan is encouraged to face realitY and find answers to her Problems. The course, "'lilomen'si Careers in Business Government," is taucht by DorothY Arnold, busäess instructor. The elass meets on WednesdaYs at Hoover High in Room 14 from 7 to 10 p.m. "I decided to have the class offered during the daY on Women's Careers, instructed bY Arnold. Last Srednesday, counselor Eric Rasmussen administered Strong Vocational Test to 20 studeñts at the Career Center. "The test is designed for entrY level students hoPing to acquire skills to,obtain jobs for anY age group," Arnold said. Most women have spent most of theiradult years in satisfYing roles as mothers and home- makers, but now that the children are gro\r'n uP and have "left the nest," these women would like to acquire skills and center the job market. Having never been emPloYed' some have no inclination about what kind of work they'd like to do and feel the test will suggest areas for them to pursue. Other students are employed, .but want to develop new skills and build toward advanced positions. "This is my first time in cl¿ss . . . . it's interesting. Most of the women have degrees, but- are still se¿rching and want some- thing better," s¿id Lucille Stark. Stark ¿ttended FCC when she was 18 in 1962, when the quake hit in Fresno. She started working as a secretary at Massey Ferguson, and decided to quit school. "My husband is in favor of my.coming back to school and taking this class." During the semester, guest speakers take to the class messages on such topics as affirmative action and legal rights. Successful business- women are among the speakers. Class participation reaches high levels in rap sessions, role 2-doy c pus blood drive The Central California Blood Bank and FCC Blood Bank Donors Club, in cooperation with the ASB, will hold their semesterly blood drive on Tues- day and Wednesday, Oct. 4 and 5. Due to the poor response of previous semesters, the groups are asking for all students to donate in order to help save lives. The Donors Club was est¿b lished in May 1916 to set up donor accounts for FCC student-s on a guaraDtee b¿sis. Despite this group, however, thõ nün- bers of students and faculty giving blood "is somewhat disappointing," commented Mar- garet McBride, campus nurse ¡nd coordinator of the blood drive. "With the number of students tnd over 6fi) faculty, we still get fewer donors than smoller colleges, like Reedley, Porter- ville and College of the Sequoias." Three display c¿ses have been set up in the Library to help explain the, blood don¡tion proqess to interested students, and arrangements have been nade to give a free Frisbee to donors. AIso, the blood bsnk will give a card to each donor showing what his or her blood type is. If eigh you the but vou c¿n grve later at the Cential California Blood Bank. -"4 .,.,d- r ì Ê,Ã- tO Angela McGenty, left, instructor Dorothy Arnold, and Susan Glark look through a career catalog. playing, job interviews, prob lems of employment and self- assessment. Most lectures pertain to self-evaluation, self-¿wareness, setting goals, job opportunities, human relations, leadership tech' niques, legal rights on women' -NTHISISSUT---- *t unempþrhent and property. "It gets lonêly, I w¿nted to do somethingfor myself. It's impor- tant to find a job and be prepared," added Stark. 'l think this class will help me." Donor appeal madê for More than 125 units of blood are needed each day in hospitals of the Central Valley, and donations are needed. The drive will t¿ke place in the Sen¡te Ch¡mbers,. ne¡r the Bookstore, on luesday from 9 a.m. to noon, and Wednesday from 1p.m. to 4 p.m. Information concerning the blood drive and donation procedures may be obtained from the campus nurso'¡ oúñce. StudentPoll . .3 ActivitiesCalendar. .3 FCC fire fighters battled big surìt- rnerblazes .5 &4 Adaptive PE class. Editorial .8 Students display their skill.s in wheelchair basketball. tr'or storyr e€ ê page ó.
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FRESNOCITY
COLLEGEvol. xxxll, No. 6 Fresno, Ca. Sept. æ,197l,
lnto cqreers
Course helps womcllemefge from home"I feel insecure I'm
searching and I want to start anew life] I never had a feelingthat a computer would take overmy job," sãid Agnes Smith. "It'slike little robots are taking over."
Smith has been working forPacific Telephone ComPanY(switching department) since shewas 18. Now, she has to faceunemployment. She is enrolled ina class where a wornan isencouraged to face realitY andfind answers to her Problems.
The course, "'lilomen'si Careersin Business Government," istaucht by DorothY Arnold,busäess instructor. The elassmeets on WednesdaYs at HooverHigh in Room 14 from 7 to 10p.m.
"I decided to have the class
offered during the daY onWomen's Careers, instructed bYArnold.
Last Srednesday, counselorEric Rasmussen administeredStrong Vocational Test to 20studeñts at the Career Center."The test is designed for entrY
level students hoPing to acquireskills to,obtain jobs for anY agegroup," Arnold said.
Most women have spent mostof theiradult years in satisfYingroles as mothers and home-makers, but now that thechildren are gro\r'n uP and have"left the nest," these womenwould like to acquire skills andcenter the job market.
Having never been emPloYed'some have no inclination aboutwhat kind of work they'd like todo and feel the test will suggestareas for them to pursue.
Other students are employed,.but want to develop new skillsand build toward advancedpositions.
"This is my first time in cl¿ss. . . . it's interesting. Most of thewomen have degrees, but- arestill se¿rching and want some-thing better," s¿id Lucille Stark.
Stark ¿ttended FCC when shewas 18 in 1962, when the quakehit in Fresno. She startedworking as a secretary at MasseyFerguson, and decided to quitschool. "My husband is in favor ofmy.coming back to school andtaking this class."
During the semester, guestspeakers take to the classmessages on such topics asaffirmative action and legalrights. Successful business-women are among the speakers.
Class participation reacheshigh levels in rap sessions, role
2-doy c pus blood driveThe Central California Blood
Bank and FCC Blood BankDonors Club, in cooperation withthe ASB, will hold theirsemesterly blood drive on Tues-day and Wednesday, Oct. 4 and5. Due to the poor response ofprevious semesters, the groupsare asking for all students todonate in order to help savelives.
The Donors Club was est¿blished in May 1916 to set updonor accounts for FCC student-son a guaraDtee b¿sis. Despitethis group, however, thõ nün-bers of students and facultygiving blood "is somewhatdisappointing," commented Mar-garet McBride, campus nurse¡nd coordinator of the blooddrive.
"With the number of studentstnd over 6fi) faculty, we still getfewer donors than smollercolleges, like Reedley, Porter-ville and College of theSequoias."
Three display c¿ses have beenset up in the Library to helpexplain the, blood don¡tionproqess to interested students,and arrangements have beennade to give a free Frisbee todonors. AIso, the blood bsnk willgive a card to each donorshowing what his or her bloodtype is.
Ifeighyouthebut vou c¿n grve later at theCential California Blood Bank.
-"4.,.,d- r ìÊ,Ã-
tO
Angela McGenty, left, instructor Dorothy Arnold, and Susan Glarklook through a career catalog.
playing, job interviews, problems of employment and self-assessment.
Most lectures pertain toself-evaluation, self-¿wareness,setting goals, job opportunities,human relations, leadership tech'niques, legal rights on women'
-NTHISISSUT----
*t
unempþrhent and property.
"It gets lonêly, I w¿nted to dosomethingfor myself. It's impor-tant to find a job and beprepared," added Stark. 'l thinkthis class will help me."
Donor appeal madê forMore than 125 units of blood areneeded each day in hospitals ofthe Central Valley, and donationsare needed.
The drive will t¿ke place in theSen¡te Ch¡mbers,. ne¡r the
Bookstore, on luesday from 9a.m. to noon, and Wednesdayfrom 1p.m. to 4 p.m. Informationconcerning the blood drive anddonation procedures may beobtained from the campusnurso'¡ oúñce.
StudentPoll . .3ActivitiesCalendar. .3FCC fire fighters battled big surìt-rnerblazes .5 &4Adaptive PE class.Editorial .8
Students display their skill.s in wheelchairbasketball. tr'or storyr e€ê page ó.
NE\(/S BRIEFS
services and fund raising prcjects. Membership for the ?7-?8year will be open through Nov. 9.Annual dues of $10 an! member-ship on at least one workingcommittee are tlie simple mem-bership requirements. Informã-tion about membership is avail-able from Mrs. Dale Ewell andMrs. Allen Powell.
Wine tosting"An evening of wine tasting
and fashions". . .will be hosted bythe Friends of Channel 18, Nov.9, at the Fresno ConventionCenter Exhibit Hall. Itr¡inètasting will begin at 7:30.Fashions for both women andmen ,are featured in the g p.m.Fashion Show by the lltear-House. Art from the \4¡itliamRogers Gallery will share thespotlight with selected wines
Davis and 13 other mediealsehools to which he applied,according to the National Com-mission to Overturn the Bakke"Decision.
Bakke filed suit against UC,contending that minority stu-dents of less ealiber wereadmitted under special admis-sions program solely because oftheir race. Therefore Bakkeclaimed reverse discrimination,and that the special program wastherefore unconstitutional.
The California Suprerne Courtagreed $,ith Bakke's claim andordered Bakke be admitted toDavis the fall of 19?7.
The case is currently beforethe U.S. Supreme Court, which isexpected to hear it in October.
A rally to eneourage particþa-tion to overturn the Bakkedecision will be held Friday,Sept. 30, at noon the free speecharea. The activity is sponsoredby. MECHA.
The case involves Allan Bakke.a 34 year old engineer who in1973:14 applied for admission tothe UC Davis medical school.Bakke was denied admission to
Deodline lomorow for 'incomplete'mokeupsStudents receiviig ¿ semester
grade of Incomplete for theSpring/Sunmer semesters maynake up their grade no laterthan Friday, Sept. 80. Any' student un¿ble to complete therequired assigaments by thisdate msy petition for anextension of time. Petitions mayþ eþr¿insd from Student Serv-ices Building, lower floor,counter "B". Petitions must bereturned no l¿ter than Friday.
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from valley vineyards during the. winetasting.
Tickets for the event are a $10donation per person and may beordered,from Friends of Channelf8, 73Í| L Street, Fresno 93721.For inlormation, c¿ll 488€024.
ROICAn Air Force offieer and CSUF
students will be on campus todavfrom l0 until 2. CSúF otteritwo-year Air Force ROTCprogram. Upon graduation, stu-dents are commissioned secondlieutenants in the Air Foree. AllAir Force ROTC students re-ceive $Ifi) a month and seholar-ships are available which coverfull tuition, books, and lab fees.Pilot candidates receive fullflying lessons.
Reseryed ricketsBqkke rolly Reserved tickets are avail¡ble
for the B¿kersfield game at no,cost to students or st¿ff. theASB Box Offîce has them, and aFCC identification card must beshown. Students are eligible fonone ticket each. Staff membersmay piek up one or two ticketsapiece. The box office is openfrom 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Reserved seat tickets for theOct. I clash between Bakersfieldand FCC are on sale at twoFresno locations.
The tickets for the ?:30 p.m.
IO35 E. OLIVE FRESNO. CALIF.
Good foodRelaxing atrnosphere 6 AM to lo PM
contest at Bakersfield MemorialStadium are $3.50, with all seatsreserved. Tickets are on sale atbpth Blosser's Sports oi¡tlets i¡Fresno, L728Yan Ness Ave. and4665 N. Blackstone.
Job plocementStudents or graduates seeking
full or parttime employmentshould cont¿ct the PlacementOffice for interviews and/or jobreferral. The demand for quali-fied applicants is holding steady.The Pl¿cement Office is openfrom I a.m. to 5 p.m., and islocated at SS-232.
Photo clubthere will be a meeting of the
FCC photography club on Tues.,Oct. 4, at 12 p.m. in T-104.Amateurs, professionals wel-come.
UndossifiedNEW! Diamond class rings.Differently designed by a MasterCraftsman from R. Johns, Ltd -now offered with diamonds at noextra cost. Ask at CollegeBookstore.
SINGLE ADULTS--Class forbeginning square dancers. Wed-nesday, October 5th, from ?-9p.m. at Twin Gables Hall, 4Í12Hughes, Clovis. Last chance tojoin. Couples welcome too.Questions? Call 251-181? or118ffi179.
A comedy by Joe Orton
September 30, October I' 7-8' 14-15, Zl-?1 28-29
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Thusdqy, Sept.29, 1977
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'ls ¡t good thot Bert lonce resigned?'
JoAnn Garrett-"I hate to evensay. I don't know the circum-stances i¡volved. I can't sayanything if I don't know."
Cindy Marugg-"I'm an apathistJI used to be really involved inpolitics, but it was giving me aheart attack. So I gave it up, itgives me a headache."
Scott McMich¡el-"Ye¿h, it isgood, because his efficiencywas destroyed just because ofthe investigation. Regardlessif he was guilty of any crime."
Celia Rodriquez-"No, because itmakes him look guilty. Heshould have kept on fighting,nobody really knows if hdwasguilty or not."
say is that I didn't follow theaffair that close. I follow mystudies more. I stay away fromit. The main objective is rnystudies. Political problems willt¿ke care of themselves, theyalways do."
Sally Lopez-"I think it was a- right decision on his part. It'sbetter he quit now than l¿ter.We don't need another Srater-gate."
Photos by Kip Smith
,'tt:i l,: .,lyrie Bivings-"Sre[, I think he
ACTIVITIES CALENDAR SportsSoccer, FCC vs. Merced, Oct. 6, Mercql,3:30 p.m.
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Thursday, Sept. 29, 1977
Rampage photo ed¡ror w¡ll rell grandkidsabut lhe oltllarble Cone fire somedcy
By Kip Snith
It was August 1, 1:40 p.m. andI was sitting in the theater withmy wife, halfwaythrough "SilverStreak,' when an usher- walkeddown the bisle and yelled,"Emergency phone call for KipSmith in the lobby."
My initial reaction was "Oh no,not Dow." I finally got un-busyenough to take my own wife outon a d¡te and now this. But Iknew I had to rcspond, I hadpromised to be available 24 hoursa day. I identified miself to theusher, who was more paniekedthan I was, and he led me at abrisk trot to the phone.
It was Matt, a crew boss.There was a fire and we weresupposed to be at the air-tankerbase at 2 o'clock. Great, just 20minutes away and I didn't evenhave my gear. In my haste toleave the theater I almost forgotmy wife. I thanked the usher,tripped' over a dividing cabletrying to jump over it and dashedout of the theater red-faced andwife-in-tow.
We rushed madly home andthen to the airport, checking themirrors constantly for red lightsfrom behind, and screeching in tothe air-tanker base at precisely 2o'clock. I quickly found out whatwas happening. I should haveknown not to hurry too quicklyafter last year when I learned thefirst rule of fire crew--hurry upand wait.
We were to wait for word fromthe Forest Service because therewere lightning strikes all overthe place and they couldn'tdecide where to send us first.Finally, after all the wives andgirlfriends went home, the busarrived. By 7 p.m. we were onour way to the Los PadresNational Forest.
We were told a series of
lightning strikes were burning'unm¿nned. The largest of theseat this time was about 160 acres.We all felt a littl6 let downbec¿use we wanted to get a bigfire, stay a long time and make alot of money. We would haveliked to have been away for aweek, but with these dinkylightriing strikes we thought wewould be back in just a few days.
After a long bus Ëide to thecoast near Big Sur and then ascary bus ride up t}re mountainson an almost-jeep road in thesame huge bus, we ahrived atAnderson Peak at about 6 a.m.
No one got much sleep on theride to the fi¡e, but that didn'tmatter because the peoplealready there didn't have anysleep eithe¡. The fire bossthought we would be fresh, so wegrabbed our gear and water andtook-off to cut line and setbackfires.
My squad was the last groupin the two crews. We cleaned upthe line after most of it had beencut and then we stayed around towatch the flames of the back-firing to be sure they didn't jumpthe line. It, was very hot andtiring but we worked at a pacethat would hopefully take usthrough the whole day.
I ran out of water about 6o'clock and by 8 o'clock there waso-nly_about a gallon left amongthe 20 of us. in Koleen's crew.
About 7 p.m. we spread outalong the line we just cut to keepit- under control and mop upabout 50 feet into the burñ. Al7:30 we climbed back up to thetop of the ridge and found outthat-only half of us were to stayon that piece of line.
The rest of us double-timed itdown the road on the top of the
ridge, which waÁ being used as afi¡e break, to the m¿in part of thefire. I was amazed at hów fast thefire moved. It was on the backside of the ridge we wereworking ôn this morning, butnow it was about two or threemiles down the road.
I sure felt puny standing nextto the fire. It was creating itsqwu wind storms and aircurrents and actually stokingitself with hot ai¡. A pine not 70yards away burst into llamewhen the whi¡lwind engulfed it.And I was supposed to make súrethis thing didn't jump the road? Ihad to turn my back to keep myface from getting seared. Manyprayers were being mumbled aswe resolutely, with shaky knees,stood our ground.
As the fire burned on down theroad, I noticed a few morevehicles on the road. Abor¡t 10:30p.m. rve gathered back togetherto climb aboard army trucks andgama.goats to make our wayslowly back to Anderson. Manytankers and other trucks wereblocking the road in vaiiousplaces and it took us until 2 a.m.to get some sleep.
Morning came too soon and wewere told we would go out on theline first thing. After a breakfastof "C" rations, bec¿use the hotfood had not yet arrived, Crew 1left in army trucks. The rest of uson Crew 2 did the usual hurry upand wait. We waited until 2:30before the trucks came back forusi It seems.they had a inoreurgent errand, so one crewworked while we waited.
We finally joined togetherabout four in the afternoon. Ourtwo crews improved a cat trail upand across a ridge and back-burned the area. Unfortunatelyour luck from the previous night
didn't last. The wind shifted and
during the second split I heardsomething that sent my adrena-line racing.
"Spot," someone yelled. Iwhirled to look at what half thecrew was pointing at and there,under an oak, were the flames onthe unburned side of the line. Weworked fra.ntieally with chain-saws and polaskis, shovels ¿ndmacleods to put a new linearound this new burn. The brushwas thick and sprin.gy but wemanaged to get the line'aroundbefore the tree caught fire.
Tþe llames slowly ebbed andwe spread out on that line to siton it for the night. It got verycold later that night and we hadto find coals to sit on or near orbuild fires to keep warm.
Thursday camenone too soon and the hike downthe mountain warmed me up. Wegot back to Anderson just in timeto clean up for lunch. Hot foodhad been set up-hooray, no more"C" rats exeept for out on theline.
We watched from AndersonPeak as the Marble Mountain fireand the Ventena Cone fireburned togethet in the valleyjust bèlow us. We were now onthe Marble-Cone füe.
Looking out over the areaalready burned it was difficult tocomprehend. When we arrivedon luesday hardly anything wasburned. Now the whole plaee wascharred and desolate. Flamesand smoke were slowly climbingthe far ridges. The fi¡e was justeating this plaee completely,leaving absolutely nothing.
Every once in a while I couldhear something that sounded like
waved or wind in the dist¿nce.\4rhen I looked in that di¡ection Icould see flames crowning in thepines and racing up the slopes.This fire had now consumed30,0(X) acres.
lilell, that's basically how thefire went except for somemoments like our first "R&R."W'e were shipped on trucks tothe main fire camp for showers.Then it was straþht back toAnderson.
Or there was the time we had24 hours oft (that's the way theshifts ran-24 on and 24 off, not LZhour shifts like the news mediareported; only the 24's on turnedinto 31's, 36's, and 3{l's awfuleasily), and we spent our time offmaking up gur own gong show.
We were the judges, contes-tants and audience, until westarte{ drawing an audience andcheers and yahoos from othermembers of the camp up on theheliport on the top oi ÄndersonPeak. It seemed like the wholecamp was cheering.
Or the time we hiked for s¡xhours to cut line for 16 hours andthen flew down to zonk out incamp about 10 a.m.
Sometimes I got so tired Ididü't even want to think abouthow hungry I was. Sometimes Ihad to work to stay awake.
The Marble-Cone fire e¿me tobe the third biggest fire in thehistory of California, with170,fi)0-plus acres charred. Westayed for 19 days our first trip-and 21 of the original 40 men inour crews returned for anadditional four days of mop up.
Many stories remairi to be toldabout this fire and if you everwant to hear about it, just stopan old firefighter and ask him totell you about the ol' Marble-Cone.
tAsse rtìve' os hop py medium Going by book?
be tween toggressíver " possíye t Bureouaots inYefig¡tedfor wehd fte decb¡oßWhen you're signing up for
classes next semester, you maywant to çonsider the relativelyneu' .r\sscrtive Behavior Trainingclass.
The class, taught by Dr.Andrew Summers, is designed tohelp an individual express him-self more clearly and effectively.Also it attempts to teach the
students be assertive and to sayno when they should instead ofalways saying yes.
The term assertive in this casemeans making a response differ-ent from passive, in which youare run over by other people, oraggressive, where you run overothers.
One thing that worried Dr.Summers about this class wasthe problem of getting people toenroll in the class (a problem thatmay plague many teachers). Hisworries were short-lived. Thefkst semester it was offered, somany signed up that it is nowbeing taught two times a weekinstead of once.
Among many things discussedin the class will -be healthyreactions to three situations thatcause problems in our lives. No. 1is- a change in a personalrelationship. the second wouldbe to deal with people who aremanipulating, bossy, etc. Andlast but not least, dealing and¿ssertion and social change.
The Forest Service is current-ly investigating some question-able bureaucratic decisions madeduring the Marble-Cone fire.What turns up in their findingsmight be more interesting thanany stories yet printed.
On Wednesday, Aug. 3, TedThackerey, a writer for the L.A.Times, received a press releasefrom the Forest Service aboutthe Marble Mountain and theVentena Cone fires, (later tobecome the Marble-Cone fire).
In that release lrl Everest. aForest Service Information Of-ficer, said that because of theWilderness Act of 1963, whichforbids the use of powerequipment, except chainsaws, inwilderness areas, only handcrews would be used in theVentena Wilderness-deemed afederal wilderness area in 1969.
Everest said "Because it is awilderness area the theory is toleave no imprint of man. So longas there is a chance of controlling
the fire by other means. . . \üechoose to honor that." The sizesof the two fires were 3,0fi) and5,000 acres, respectively - 8000acres combined.
The next day, Thursday, Aug.4, the size of the then combinedfire was released as 30,000 acres.Friday Aug. 5, 45,000 acres;Saturday, Aug. 6, 56,700 acres;Sunday, Aug. 7, 75,800 acres;Monday, Aug. 8, ?7,200 acres;Tuesday, Aug. 9, 87,000 acres.
On Wednesday, Aug. 10, AlWest, Los Padres NationalForest Supervisor said, "Wehave run out of alternatives if weare going to stop this fire. If wedidn't use the motorized equip-ment now the fire wou[deventually consume another25,fi)0 acres or more in wilder-ness and watershed area."
Bulldozers and aerial tankerswere finally used in the wilder-ness area, but not until E?,000acres had been destroyed.Another 80,000-plus was yet toburn.
Dr. Andrew Surnmers
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tire figlrting poys d¡v¡dends in fun, friendship
Rick OtDaniel
By Lori f¡"h.T .
For at le¿st frve young men atFCC, the summer of 1917 will notsoon be forgotten.
That was the summer theforests burned.
Mount Di¿blo, Big Sur, Bieber-thous¿nds of acres of drought-parched timber were consumedby ravenous flames. [rheremajestic forests once reigned,ch¿rred w¿stelands now layba¡ren, evidence of the summerinfernos' handiwork.
But the five young men needno evidence to remind them, forthey were there. Rob McDonald,Pete Riee, Rick O'Daniel, RichValeneourt, ¿nd Matt Mott spenttheir summer fighting the fires.They worked together on theMarble Cone fire at Big Sur, thethird largest in the history ofCalifornia.
"\il'e were there for 19 days,"said O'Daniel. "And I canremember every one."
The live, ages 19 to 22, were
members of ã)-man casual crewsemployed by the feder¿l govern-ment. their cr¡ef,¡ was c¿lled theSeekers bec¿use of its ¡ffiliationwith the Presbyterian Church,which has supplied young menfrom both within and outside thechurch for six years.
All agreed that the MarbleCone fire was tbe toughestthey've faced. "\üe had peoplethere from 4? st¿tes," rec¿lledMott, the crew boss. "When wefirst got there, we marched down,the road to get to the fire and
'that was when we saw smoke forthe first time.
"A crew standing by a cat(caterpillar) told us the fire hadjumped the line. We were fresh,so we started to cut a new line."
Rice ¿dded, "Îhe first shift, wepulled a 48 hour shift." He alsorecounted a close call thatoccurred at Marble Cone. Whileworking on a hill, a change in thewind caused the fire to reversedi¡ections and rumble upwardtoward him.
"Th¿t's exactly how it
sounded," Rice s¿id, "I ran; Icould feel the heat just meltingmy face. It's scary to think howclose it was. You know how itwould feel tõ burn."
Iüorking on the c¿sual crews isbasically a summer job. Traininginvolves a week-long class atSierta High School daily from 8to 6. Trainees are instructed inthe useofhand tools, how to run,and safety rules. Strong heartrecoiery is a requirement as wellas good physical condition ingeneral.
Many young people go into thec¿sual crews right after highschool. Their reasons may vary,but at $4.60 an hour, money isoften a big factor. "It makes for agood summer, bucks-wise,"smiled O'Daniel, a businessadministration major. "That'shonestly why I do it. Also,because I get to travel - it's notlike working here in town."
McDonald, a PE major,wanted to earu money to go toGermany. lwo weeks of workingon the fires earned him enough toreach that goal.
"I was just looking for a job"'s¿id Valencourt, who is ñ,rajoringin architeeture. "It turned out tobe gqod. I can keep my body inshape'and get paid for it. And alittle excitement never hurtanybody."
But the job of a fire fighter is adifficult one, demanding of mindand body. Rice said hð dislikedthe long hours. "When you'vebeen up for 14-18 hours, you gettotally drained; I st¿rted td fightwith my friends. It's depressingment¿l latigue."
"It's really hard work,"McDonald commented. "Youwork so fast; I didn't know Icould do it. But you find that youc¿n." He expressed coneern th¿tthe forest service was¡ unor-ganizd attünes, as did O'D¿del,who s¿id that was "kind offrustrating."
Mott most dislikes being awayfrom his wife for i¡determinateperiods of time, while Valencourts¿id he was "never s¿tisfied withthe food. But then, they were
cooking for about 6,0(X) people."
With ¿ll the haz¡rds anddiscomforts of fire frghting, whyare the men ¿ttr¿cted to thedangerous job? "I like the forest,and it gives me pleasure to helpsafe it,'t explained Rice.
"When you get a spot fire,everyone's yellin& the adrenna-line is flowing, and you'reworking really fast, Then wbenitls over, you ssy'all rightt'It's afeeling of aceomplishnent--you've done something worth-whi!9."
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O'Daniel likes it bec¿use"there's something good aboutusing your body. I doÍr't likebeing prissy."
"You get blisters, you getdirty, and you get crazy," Mottadded. "But you also meet peopleand make close friends. IVith thestrong fellowship we have in our
crew, you always know someonewtl be b€hind you when youneed them.l'
McDonald el¿borated, "It'sryalt-V lte we're o¡e big, happyfamily. During. the fire seaÍN)n,
luesdayiu shapakeep the
The fire ûghters will be indema¡d next summer even if thepresent drought eonditions arerélieved. "We'd need to have 160per cent rainf¿ll this winto¡ toget things back to normal," saidOÏ)aniel. "Th8t's a big worry fornext gummer."
A big worry indeed, but thefire fighters will be ready andwi[ingThey sdespiteburningto fightaDswer eame quickly.
'No doubt about it."
Rob McDonald Rich Valencourt
\Photos by Kcn Enloe
Pete Rice Lúàtt Mott
Thurday, Sept.29, 1977
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Mernbers of the adaptive PE class gather around for instruction frorn Dick Thornas. Pþoto by Kip Smith
hard for it can only be pleasedwith the progress of the adaptivePE program at FCC.
One of those who has led thefight for the pro-gram has beenDick Thomas. It was Thomaswho first, pushed for the programin the early 70's. And now he h4sseen many of his goals for tfieprogram reached.
"For years I had done. everything for myself," Thomas
related. "I decided it was time for .
me to do something for otherpeople who were disabled."
Thomas was left without theuse of his legs after an autoaccident in 19&t. "I felt thatplaying trheelchair basketballhelped me, and I wanted othersin the same type of situation toreceive that kind of help."
So with this in mind he came toGary Graham at FCC to see ifGraham could help. Graham; whoheads the Enabler office. likedthe idea.
So with Graham's help; along-with assistance from Dean ofStudents Merle Martin and TomNorte, the program sta¡tèd in1972 wiüh 30 students.. FCC thus became the firstjunior college to have. sueh aprogram with the start of awheelchair basketball class.
Wiüh the help of instructorsGenø Stephens, Bunny Bartelsand Jane Shriner, the p¡ogramcontinued to make progress.
\4rhen the program grew toover 400 people it becameapparent that it was too large forone of the regular instructors tohandle it.
So the college hired ChuckKeller to run the program.Keller, who holds a mastersdegree in PE, has been pleasedwith the results of his first coupleof months.. "Th-e program is on par with
every goal I have set for it,".saidKeller, "And I h¿d set some highgoals.l'
Assisting Keller is Thomas,who this summer received aneminence credential to teachadaptive PE.
Añother of thotnas' goalswhich has been realized is theformation of a wheelchair basket-ball conference. the conferencehas seven members - Chaffev.Çyp""ss, DeAnza, Los AngelðéCity, Napa, Santa Rosa and FCC.
FCC's lvfark Magdaleno atteynpts tornove by a CaI Baptist opponent.
FCC wilt host a tournament ofthe conference this weekend inthe_Gym, from l0 a.m. to E p.m.on laturday and 10 a.m. tb 2 i.n.on Sunday.
It also appears that theCalifornia Commission of Com-munity College Athletics witlaccept the conference under itsjurisdiction. The commission willconsider the matter Oct. 11-12.
IVhat do the students underthe program think of its results?Jim Burris said "It has helped meto better myself."
Ben San{oval added ,.It hashelped me to keep physically lit."
Arnold lapia said:'It gives mesomething todo other than sit athome."
And Baryl Lang suggestedtàat- "Other disabled peopleshould try, the program."-
Dove Coulson's
Rom ReportLast year's duel between FCC
and Bakersfield had one df themost spdctacular, yet strangest, -
endings of any gþme played , inthis area in many years.
The clock showed that justfour seconds remained in thegame. The crowd had just seenBakersfield t¿ke the le¿d for thefi¡st time Zl-24 on a S$yardtouchdo¡ra pass with just 1:22left in thé g"ame.
But the R¿ms had not givenup, and nô$' they had the ball onthe fou¡ yard line with enough ,
time left for one more play.
Steve Mobley c¿me into thegame to try a field goal from2l-yards out that would tie thegame. At. least that's whateverybody thought. would hap-peD.
When Bakersfield called a timeout to make Mobley think aboutthe kick, it w¿s to be their fatal
mist¿ke. During the time out thecoaching st¿ff dpcided to trysonething they had never triedbefore.
The R¿ms úuddled right at theline of scrirnmage with centerKeith Micheli over the ball. OnlyMobley and Steve Jorde re-
T"":O behind the line.
With B¿kersfield still in. itsdefensive huddle, Micheli sud-
. denly tossed the ball to Jorde. Heran intothe end zone untouched,i¡ith the Bakersfield defense andmany of the 2,fi)0 rain soakedfans missing the play.
So the Rams had gained a31-â7 victory over & Renegadesquad that would go on tobecome nation¿l champions.
An{ you c¿n-be sure thatBakersfield. will not have forgot-ten-_the game when they squareoff Saturday against FeC. -
Soccer teom wh¡ps Modesto,deqdlocks with Col Boptist
The R¿m soccer team h¿d asuccessñ¡l week, winning onceand earning a tie to get theirrecord'to an even 44-1 for theseason.
They score{ a &0 wÍn overModesto in conference ¿ction onlhurgday, and then played CalBaptist to a 4-4 -tiõ in anonJeague tilt.
Mark Magdaleno stood outfor the Rams, scoring four goalsagainst Modesto, and three moreagainst Cal Baptist.
One of Magdaleno's goalsagainst Cal Baptist came withonly five minutes left to play togive FCC the tie. though theyoutshot Cal Baptist 24-8, theR¿ms couldn't seem to find thenet.
This is one of the reasons theyare hoping high-scoring TedLangford can recover quicklyfrom a broken arm which kepthim out of action last week.
Thursday, Sept. 29, 1977
Rom nefters_, sf¡ll winning,enferfqin Po rlervílle todoy
The women's volleyball teameasily defeated Porterville 1&2,1ffi. 1t5 l¿st week.
'TlBie was no re¿l st¿r, thewhole team pl¿yed great," coaehSara Dougherty commented."SIe may have a great serverserving a point but without her
tèamm¡tes she wouldn't be ableto keep the ball alive."
the Port¿rville squad, afternaking a few early errors, losttheir unity. "They startedmaking errors ¿nd got psychedout From then on they weren'ttogether,l' said DoughertY.
loday FCC will give the
Porterville tc¿m ¿nother ch¡nceto stop thei¡ win streak here inthe Gym- Thus f¡r this eossontheR¡ms have yet to lose in fourdecisÍo¡s.
The R¿m netters will open'their conferenqe sesson againstConsunnes Biver on Oct. 6 here.
Kathy Kueter bende down to save ashot while Ndona Gloriada watches.
Gqdes, hosting Roms Soturd ay,spurred by quiest for vengeonce
I[he¡ FCC ¿nd- B¿kersfieldst¿rt their conference footballsealxrns next week, one of the4will have, a losing record.
That's beeause each of thete¿ms is coming off ¿. loss whichleft its record at t-1, and theyh¿ve to lock horns Saturdaynight in Bakersñeld.
. For the Renegades it would bealmost impossible to improve onlast year's reeord. The 'G¿deswon the JC National Champion-ship a year ago while compiling al1-1 mark.
The one loss to blemish l¡styear's record came at the hands
Coach Gerry Collis' squadfe¿tures ¿ well b¿lanced te¿mwhich Collis claims "has no
people who c¿¡ get the job done."The Gades won thei¡ opener
from Cerritos 14-10 before losingto the Air Foree Ac¿demy JV's24-21 l¿st week.
But even though Bahergñeldlost l¿st Saturday, Collis wasftdispleased with his tea.us effort."A! long'as our plryers give us1ü) per cent, we don't c¡¡ewhether we win ot loss."
The R¿ms, coming off a 10{defeat to Fullerton, h¿ve Collis ¿little ooncer¡ed. "Fresno has ¡very physícal te¿m, and fromwh¿t we've hea¡d ¿ very stnongdefe¡se."
So Saturday uight in Bakers-field's Memori¿l St¿dium it willbe the physlcal Rams against thebalanced Gades in this yea,r'srenewal of the rivalry.
Renterio poces hcriefsto win st Yosemlte Pork
FCC's cross country team tooktop honors in the Yosemite CrossCountry Mbet last Friday in cqoland windy conditions.
The Rams totaled 50 points,followed by San Joaquin Delta84, San Mateo 91, De Anza 167and Marin 194.
The Rams were led by JoseRenteria, who placed third. Histime was 20:33. Steve Hulce wasclose behind in fifth place,Valentine Ramos finished ninth.Tim Elming pl4ced l1th andJeff Merrow rounded out theFCC scoring at 22nd.
"Hulce was the most:im-proved. Before this meet llulcewas farther down the line on ourteam. He hadn't, ran as well assome of the other grys. As ateam we did quite well," saidcoaeh Bobby Fries.
In the women's race, FCC'sConnie Hester took top honors inthe time oL 25242. Nora Vargasand Grace Robles plaeed fourthand seventh for the Rams. "Allthree girls did an outstandingjob," said Fries.
FCC will travel to SacramentoCity on Friday at 4 p.m. to open
'their regular season. Saturdaythe harrier.r will travel to S.F. torun in the Golden Gate Invita-tional.
Add ¿nother tóurn¿mentchampionrhþ to the water polote¿m's list. they won theBakersfield Tourn¿ment l¡stSatruday.
' The R¡ms defe¿t¿d Reedley12-1 in their opener, then be¡tB¡kersfield 1&4. In the fin¿lsFCC best¿d llancoe,k College &6.
"We did great, great. V/hyheadlinets WinYear'?"
commented coach Gene Stephenshappily.
J¿nes Tr¡¡ner. Ilaugan led ín¿ssists.
"Turner. Johnso¡ and Buss
Ba¡rios.
, 'As for goalies, we have somefine ones, ted by Mark trr¡Ikerwho h¡d a great toûirament.Chris- St€rtioo ¿nd D¿n Connellyhave also proven they can get thejob done."
the next m¿tch is agairistPorterville in the FCC pool onOst. 4. The R¿ms reõord inleague Þ Gl and Gl over¡ll
The Rarns will need another strqng garne frorn linebacker Torn. Jonesif they are,to defeat Bakersfield on Saturday. Arias photo
Polohts wir second towney of yeor
Dur rnistake. We captioned a,picture of AlRarnos as Jose Renteria in our last issue.This is the real Jose Renteria.
EDITORIAL
Cily hosty infiring Britton
There may be questions and shades of gray concerningcert¿in actions anö events, but there's no doubting the feelingthat something's not quite right.
I ¿m refening to the controversy which began withPatrolman James Conrad and grew to include the Civil ServieeBoard a¡d Chief of Police Harold Britton. It seems that Brittonand the board mdde ri f¿tal mistake-doing their jobs as theysaw frt rather than as City Manager Ralph Hanley and the CityCouncil preferred.
And that's the bottom line; when the chief and the boarddon't make the "righti' decisions, they are simply removed.
Now for those shades of grqy. Conrad was fired last June 23,then reinstated following a hearing by the board on Aug. 25.The next day, Hanley received a legal opinion from the cityattorney's office that the board's action was void-'-they refusedto rehire Conrad.
One week later, the city attorney's office ruled that Hanleydid not have authority over Conrad; only Britton could rehirehim or test the c¿se in court. Conrad was rehired, the board wasfired.
Mayor Daniel Whitehurst said he had a "total loss ofconfìdence in the board." In replacing them, he wants "capablepersons with the same integrity as a judge," who can stand upunder pressure. Translation: yes-men with the same opinions asthe mayor and the city manager, and who can do what they'retold.
then there is Britton. He was censured for refusing to appealtbe board's action toward Conrad to the Superior Court. But asthe city attorney's office said, Britton had the authority torehire Conrad or test the case. Britton made his choice.
And the clincher: Hanley last week announced his intentionto fire Britton. But both Hanley and Whitehurst have said thedecision was based on Britton's lack of support for thereorganization and reassignment plan in the department, notdirectly related to the Conrad controversy.
The reorganization and reassignment plan deals with allegedbad relations between the Police Department and the federalagencies. The Fresno Bee has reported an agent irl charge ofthe FBI office here said cooperation with the department "hasbeen excellent."
At a closer look, it is evident tbat Hanley, ùhe council, andWhite anyone ànd everyone whodares ision to fire the board wasmuch for Britton's dismissâl areill-defined and unsubstantiated.
tÏhe Swiss ConpirocY' -i"ï,.i',:Ïr ",ryil,r.rinterest. In general, FCC stu-
amcikes 'lO wors¡., lisf lf*iTfi,T"äh:lïi"il,Ti
FILM REVIEW
By Mark Herna¡dez
If I were to list my mostnon-memorable film, "The SwissConspiracy" would rate with theworst.
On rare occasions. I will see atïm that all early reports say isvery good. In this case, I blew it,but at least I can warn you beforeit is too late.
"Conspiraey," starring DavidJanssen as David Christopher,starts off quickly with a murderin ¿ restsurant, which revealsitself to be a warning. The.warning is directed to a Swiss ,
bank ¿nd five depositors whohave been threateued withrelease of secret account num-bers to the proper authorities.
Christopher, a former USJustice Department lawyer(don't look at me;, I alwaysthought they were c¿lled attor-neys), now rurut an intornationalconsulting firm and is hired tot¡ke the case.
You now h¿ve the sum total ofthe film's plot.
For some inexplicable reason'Christopher contents himselfwith following only two people inthe entire film, and only one is asuspect (the other he manages toarrange a meaningless sex scetrewith). Senta Berger, who playsthe "mysterious womau" of thestory, is acting totally ouJ ofcharacter and rather poorþ, asdo B¡y Mill¿nd (bank president),
-Lori Eickmann
John Ireland (a. Texan caught inthe blackmail plot), and especial-ly lousy acting from AnitaEkberg.
The ending of the film isstupid, pointless, meaningless,and has no relation to the rest ofthe film.
As I started to leave, I noticedsomething else: The film wasactually made in 1975 andreleased this year; and, it hassome of the worst music I haveever heard in my life.
Throughout the film, however,one man's performance standsout and c¿tches your attention.John Saxon, lilm's only livingrobot, puts out a performance asa Chicago gangster that willst¿rtle you, but when comparedto the drab complexity of"Cnnspiracy," it is only mediocre.
will begin productiou on a filmtítled'FM," a cinematic look attoday's radio industry. No word¿s to whether or not it is to bedone like "Network" or "Nash-ville."t"Close Encounters of theThird lfind" will be bigger thanwe thought. Columbia Pictures isintending a massive release withquality film production, buttrÌesno, may be getting some-thing extra. More information asit comes in.
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IETTER.
Cord sales down becausenobdy needs ASB govt
Dear Editor:It seems that the ASB officers
are having difficulty figuring outwhy FCC students don't buystudent body cards. Perhaps Ican give them some insight onthis matter. With regards to theASB president's statement (as itappeared in the Sept. 22 issue ofthe Rampage) "...they (stu-dents) no longer have faith in theASB. . . " I don't believe it is a
was a lot of fun back then, buthas no place in the busy life of acollege student. To quote Presi-dent McCully (from the Sept. 22issue), "The average age of FCCstudents is 27..." lryhat do 27year old students want'with astudent government?
In my 3'lz years at FCC, I have
never used my student bodyc¿rd, or have I ever had anycont¿ct with an ASB officer orany ASB function. For theaforementioned reasons, Ihaven't bought a student bodycard in three semesters.
I will refer you to an undatedletter, distributed to studentsduring registration. It listedthree areas of ASB involvementin student affairs: 1) Activities,2) Active Representation, and 3)"Free Admission or participationin..." followed by a list ofprograms. Among these pro-grams are listed Band andOrchestra Concerts.
I can't speak for the band, butthe FCC-CSO has never, bene-fited from the ASB. As a veteranmember, I have actively sup-ported and performed in at leasttwo semesters of concernswithout an ASB card. I willwager that them majority of thêmembers don't have cards.Furùhermore, our concerts aré
free to the public, and thereforethe ASB could not affect theadmission price. And finally, theFCC-CSO is a class (Music 46)offered by Fresno Cþ College,and I just c¿n't see how the ASBaffects "participation in" thisgfouP.
Not unlike school dances,student governments are animportant part of the lives ofchildren needing social recogni-tion. Student government has noplace in the lives of collegestudents. Their primary concernis learninç Perhaps the time ofthe ASB officers would be betterspent studying.
Mitchell Lee
(Editor's note: Lee erroneous-ly attributed -President Segal'squote concerning the averageage ofFCC students to PresidentMcCulty).
