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CAMPUS NEWS

Speaker BrokeColor Barrier atLittle Rock

Can ‘Anyone’ ReallyBecome President?

In honor of Black HistoryMonth, College of the Desert’sDiversity Council will host a pre-sentation by Dr. TerrenceRoberts, one of the “Little RockNine.” In 1957, Dr. Roberts wasa high school student in LittleRock, Arkansas, when the localhigh school there was desegre-gated.

A video and discussion is setfor Wednesday, Feb. 13 as partof the Forum Series in the Pol-lock Theatre on the CODCampus at 12:45 p.m. Dr. Rob-erts will also visit CODclassrooms that day. Informa-tion: Susan Kitagawa, Ext. 2529.

Future Forums: See Page 6 Two exhibitions of large-scalepaintings and mixed media willopen with a public reception onFeb. 13 at the Walter N. MarksCenter for the Arts at College ofthe Desert.

One exhibit is a retrospectiveof works by the late DonSorenson, featuring a large ab-stract donated to COD by theSorenson family. The other is ashowing of collaborative worksby COD art faculty membersJudith Cook and David Einstein.

The opening reception will be5 to 7 p.m. and is free and opento the public. Most of the art-work will be for sale, with apercentage of proceeds to sup-port the Marks Art Center.

The exhibitions will be on dis-play through Mar. 28. Galleryhours are Tuesday through Fri-day from 12 noon to 4 p.m. andby appointment. For more infor-mation call (760) 776-7278.

Library Friends’Host Kaye Ballard

troduce Ballard and TanyaMcRae, KMIR’s host of Spotlighton the Desert, will be the Mis-tress of Ceremony. The cost is$50 per person.

For more information: call 346-8206 or 340-1992.

Rideshare Drive Dorothy Turner, left, and Linda Costagliola, staffedan information table during Flex Days to promote Rideshare participa-tion. A drawing for those who signed up was won by Leif Jordan, mathinstructor, who received a $25 gift card for gas. For more information, callTurner or Costagliola in the business office.

Marks Opens ‘Big’On February 13

Actor, singer and author KayeBallard, who has a memoir co-written with Jim Hessleman,How I Lost 10 Pounds in 53Years, will speak at the Friendsof the COD Library luncheon onSaturday, Feb. 9 at the LaQuinta Resort & Club.

A brief annual meeting isscheduled and the three-coursegourmet luncheon begins atNoon; social hour starts at 11a.m. Ballard will hold a booksigning in the foyer after herpresentation.

The reception in-cludes live guitarmusic by PatrickMcGivern.

The Desert Sun’sBruce Fessier will in-

A COD Professor will continuea series of lectures, part of a se-ries sponsored by the PalmDesert Public Library.

Dr. Bill m Gudelunas, Profes-sor, Political Science andAmerican History will naswerthe timely question: Can Any-one Really Be President?

The free lecture is in the Com-munity Room on Feb. 13 at 2:30p.m. Earlier in the month, Dr.Gudelunas delivered Part I ofhis lecture, on the ElectoralCollege. While the program isfree, reservations are re-quested: 346-6552 ext 253.

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central

Three construction projects arewell under way with two morescheduled to start later thisyear. The most dramatic signsof improvement began in Decem-ber when workers erected steelbeams at the site of the futureCoeta and Donald Barker Foun-dation Nursing Complex.

Elsewhere on campus, thePublic Safety Academy at PalmDesert is about to go up. And onthe west side next to the SanPablo Avenue entrance, a newsoftball field was recently soddedand will be ready soon for playon the site of the old tenniscourts.

Steve Renew, Director ofMaintenance and Operations,said all projects funded by theMeasure B Bond Issue are onschedule .In addition to thebuildings, work continues on thenew central plant and the under-ground infrastructure. Closureof a portion of Alumni Road willcontinue.

Renew said the softball field isdue to be completed in a matterof weeks and the nursing andPSA facilities will open in 2009.

Plans were submitted to thestate architect on Jan. 14 forplacement of several modularbuildings on the new permanentsite for COD’s Eastern ValleyCenter near Thermal. Themodulars will house a registra-tion and counseling center andclassrooms, part of a long-rangeplan to transition from the cur-rent Indio site to a new centeron nearly 100 acres that were do-nated to the college. The WestValley Center is in the planningstage; it will be located on 115acres in Palm Springs.

Plans for the Peggy and

Donald Cravens Student Ser-vices Center went to the statearchitect for review in Decemberand construction is expected tostart later in 2008. Agroundbreaking ceremony isscheduled for April 10.

Also under review by the stateare plans for renovations at theexisting Business and Diningbuildings, which will be com-pletely remodeled. The diningcommons will become a foodcourt and the new home for stu-dent government offices andstudent center. A new classroombuilding to be located near theSan Pablo entrance is still in thedesign stage.

COD’s old swimming complexwill be converted to a courtyardthis summer. Renew said crewswill move dirt from constructionsites to the existing empty poolsand fill them, then create land-

scaped berms. A shade structurewill be erected to form the court-yard. Temporary food servicefacilities will be set up nearbywhile the dining commons isclosed for renovations.

Construction Update: Steel in the Sky

Signs of PrSigns of PrSigns of PrSigns of PrSigns of Progressogressogressogressogress Steel goes up at the nursing complex and below,the new facade takes shape. All projects are said to be on schedule.

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The popular Twice Sold Talesused book sale is coming back tothe COD Library March 8-12 forthe 38th year.

The annual event, sponsoredby the Friends of the College ofthe Desert Library, is the oldestand biggest book sale in theCoachella Valley, with thou-sands of items on sale. Proceedssupport the COD Library.

This year’s sale includes booksdonated from the estates of awell-known author, a movie di-rector, two retired book sellersand private donors. There are

COD’s Foreign Language FilmSeminar runs through May 22at the Pollock Theatre, offeringclassic films and a lecture byProfessor Domenico Sottile.

Sponsored by the Communica-tion Division at COD, the filmfestival is a credit class thatanalyzes contributions made byfilm to the field of cinematogra-phy. The class meets Thursdaysfrom 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. Forms canbe obtained in the Communica-tion Division Office for those whoare interested in non-credit par-ticipation. A pass will be issuedfor the films. The cost is $25 forthe series, which has a themededicated to the KaleidoscopicRealm of Love. There are 12films, including: Una giornataparticolare, A Special Day; Lafamiglia, The Family; Babette’s

COD Honors Employees For Longevity

Feast; Nuovo Cinema Paradiso;Mediterraneo; The Eighth Day;Il postino; Central Station;Mardentro, The Sea inside; The

Classic Film Fest Class Open to AllItalian; The Tiger and the Snow;and Volver. For more informa-tion, call Sottile at 776-7265 or773-2572.

also autographed books, cook-books, biography, fiction,children’s, history books andrare books, along with records,videos, cassettes and CDs thatwill be part of the sale.

A sidewalk sale, open to thepublic, kicks off Twice Sold Taleson Mar. 8 and 9, from 9 a.m. to 2p.m.

Twice Sold Tales takes placein the Community Room of theMulti-Agency Library, 73-300Fred Waring Drive, PalmDesert. For information: 346-5721 or 773-6446.

Annual Book Sale In 38th Year

A total of 34 COD employees, representing 460 years of service to the college, were honored for their service at aceremony held during Flex activities recently. On hand to receive awards for 5 years of service were, from left:Clayton Mayes, Bert Bitanga, Jeannette Buckner, Nancy Moll, Terry Schukart, David Bugay, Thang Le and DougMacIntire. Not pictured: Joanne Decapite, Ellen Hardy. See more photos, opposite page.

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40 Y40 Y40 Y40 Y40 Yearearearearears Each:s Each:s Each:s Each:s Each: (Above) Frank Attoun and Domenico Sottilehave taught full time since 1967.

BeloBeloBeloBeloBelowwwww::::: Terri Alm and Marten Weekshave each put in 20 years at COD!

AAAAAbobobobobovvvvve:e:e:e:e: Margie Torres has workedhere for 30 years!

111115 Y5 Y5 Y5 Y5 Yearearearearears and Counting:s and Counting:s and Counting:s and Counting:s and Counting:(below) Jojie Magbuhat,Becky Swanson, KarenTabor and Jill Buttles.Not pictured: GaryBergstrom.

Also NoAlso NoAlso NoAlso NoAlso Not Pictured: t Pictured: t Pictured: t Pictured: t Pictured: CraigGreen, 25 years.

Right:Right:Right:Right:Right: Ron Evanscelebrates 35 years.

Celebrating 1Celebrating 1Celebrating 1Celebrating 1Celebrating 10 Big Ones: 0 Big Ones: 0 Big Ones: 0 Big Ones: 0 Big Ones: (below) Dave Buttles, Bina Isaac, Jeff Place,Christina Delgado, Robert Rosteck, Claudia Derum. Not pictured: RobinCotton, Laura Graff, Craig Hays, Robert Martinez, James Matthews, andMichael Warrington.

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Master Plan Forums Set for Feb. 11-13College of the Desert is invit-

ing citizens to a series of publicforums Feb. 11-13. The collegeis updating its Education Mas-ter Plan that will guide thecollege for the next decade andseeks input on improving exist-ing services and programs andproviding for future needs of thecommunity.

COD has invited communityleaders to attend forums in PalmSprings, Indio and Palm Desert.More forums will be held in thecoming months.

There are several identical,open forums scheduled for fac-ulty, staff and students toprovide input and feedback to

The College Forum Series con-tinues this spring. All forumpresentations are 12:45 to 2 p.m.at the Pollock Theatre. Futuretopics include:

Feb. 20: Story Telling Come-back: Aboriginal Contributionsto the Teaching Learning Process

Presenters, Dr. John W.Friesen and Dr. Virginia LyonsFriesen, professors at Universityof Calgary, Alberta, Canada.Sponsored by Dr. Jim Berg,Dean Social Sciences and Arts,

our strategic plan. These forumswill occur through the springsemester to present to you eachdraft for feedback and input. Theschedule is shown in box, right.

The college has five buildingprojects under way on the maincampus and has acquired per-manent sites on both the eastand west sides of the CoachellaValley for additional expansion.

The public forums are Feb. 11at the COD/Palm Desert LibraryCommunity Room, Feb. 12 atPalm Springs High School inCommunity Room 303; and Feb.13 at Indio’s Eastern Valley Cen-ter in the EconomicDevelopment Agency Confer-

ence Room, from 6 to 7:30 p.m.For more information, call the

college at 776-7257 or 773-2500.

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to 1 p.m., Central Annex 1Tuesday, Feb. 12, Noonto 1 p.m., West Annex 3Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2 p.m.

to 3 p.m., Central Annex 1Wednesday, Feb. 13, 4 p.m.

to 5 p.m., South Annex 2Thursday, Feb. 14, 8 a.m.

to 9 a.m., South Annex 11.

Future COD Forum Topics: AboriginalHistory; Isherwood Lectures, Salton Sea

College of the Desert. Drs.Friesen’s collective work hascentered on Aboriginal historyand education specific toCanada. They have applied thefindings of their work to focus onmulticultural education and inthis lecture, provide insightsinto mixing Native Americanmaterial into a pedagogy empha-sis in the teaching-learningprocess.

Mar. 5: ChristopherIsherwood in California, pre-

senter Dr. Jim Berg, Dean So-cial Sciences and Arts. Bestknown for his novels about Ber-lin in the 1930s (the basis of themusical Cabaret), ChristopherIsherwood moved to Californiain 1940. In the 1960s, he gave aseries of lectures at Californiacolleges, speaking openly for thefirst time about his life, his work,and his spirituality. Berg hasedited these lectures and pub-lished them this year in a bookcalled Isherwood on Writing(University of Minnesota Press).

March 26: The Salton Sea andthe Water Transfer to San Diego,presenter

Dr. Eddie Fagin, Adjunct Pro-fessor of Economics, College ofthe Desert. Fagin has just fin-ished his Ph.D. and his thesisfocused on the Salton Sea andwater transfer to San Diego.

COD’s outstanding quarter-back, Brent Rausch, who led theRoadrunners to a near-perfectseason last year, has signed toplay football for another near-perfect college team: TheUniversity of Hawaii.

Rausch, a 6-4, 190 poundsophomore from Palm Desert,signed with Hawaii in early Feb-ruary. The Warriors wereranked No. 10 nationally after a12-0 record, then lost to Georgiain the Sugar Bowl.

Desert QB Signs With Hawaii

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Faculty Field Trip Provides CloserLook at Salton Sea Environment

The Second In a SeriesThe Second In a SeriesThe Second In a SeriesThe Second In a SeriesThe Second In a Series of popular field trips took place during faculty Flex Days prior to the start of SpringSemester. Natural Resources Professor Kurt Leuschner again led a couple of dozen intrepid explorers on atour of the local environment. Last Fall, Leuschner took faculty members up the Palm Springs Tram to thestate park atop Mt. San Jacinto. In January, it was the Salton Sea for a close look at the troubled environmentthere. TTTTTop:op:op:op:op: Leuschner points out a landmark. Above, left: Pat Keller smells the Chreosote brush; Above, DougKroll peeks though the scope to study a bird.

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President’s CornerPresident’s CornerPresident’s CornerPresident’s CornerPresident’s Corner

ReorganizingResources

Dr. Diane Ramirez, VP, Student Services

This year has seen and is bringingmany changes to our College. InStudent Services, we are not immu-ne.

First, we are losing one of ourirreplaceable faculty, MichaelO’Neill, from DSPS to retirement.

Secondly, Jeanne Howard will beleaving us at the end of thesemester and we are preparing forhow best to deliver the services thatwere developed for this leadershipposition.

Thirdly, we have some otherorganizational issues to restructureto make us the most efficient withinour resources for deliveringeducational services to our studentsas well as ease of access. In these“other” organizational issues areincluded the need for more directadministrative supervision of theStudent Health Services whichcurrently reports directly to me;administration of DSPS whichreports directly to me; andpsychological services placement, aposition which utilizes the studenthealth fee.

We have been strategicallyplanning how best to organize whatresources we have and have comeup with the following solutions. Wehave met with leaders of the facultysenate, faculty collective bargainingunit and President’s Cabinet withthese solutions.

In DSPS, Michael O’Neill hasserved providing both theadministrative functions of DSPSas well as being the LearningDisabilities Specialist. Time and

increased numbers of students havecaused the need to split theseactivities into two positions: facultyand administrator. Lisa Wilander,fulltime faculty member whocurrently is leading the AdaptiveTechnology Specialist (ATS) portionof her job description will assumeMichael’s vacated LD Specialistposition at the end of this semester.That means that we need to replaceher ATS duties.

There are no new costs in thisshift and these positions aremandatory to deliver essentialinstruction and testing to studentswith disabilities. Bottom line is twofulltime faculty remain two fulltimefaculty in DSPS.

To help the faculty and studentscentralize a core of services andexpertise; and to utilize availablecategorical funds; and to assure thecontinuity in meeting thedemanding needs of legalimplications when providing

services, we will be announcing anew leadership position that willfocus responsibility for ensuringfederal and state laws are abidedin the educational support needs ofstudents seeking disabilityservices; psychological services andhealth services.

This position is the Director ofStudent Health and DisabilityServices. This position is totallycategorically funded, using thestudent health fee and DSPSallocation funds and, therefore,contingent upon funding. Fromyears of experience on behalf ofstudents and faculty, we think thisposition is timely and will allow forcentralization and focus of theseresources for all: students, faculty,staff and administrators to easilyaccess.

We will be announcing theleadership position of Director inmatriculation and counselingshortly.

RRRRReeeeetiring the Gatiring the Gatiring the Gatiring the Gatiring the Gavvvvvel Afel Afel Afel Afel Afttttter 50 Yer 50 Yer 50 Yer 50 Yer 50 Yearearearearearsssss COD’s Board of Trusteesrecently retired a gavel that first went into service on April 29, 1958. It’sstill in good condition but it’s being set aside for inclusion in COD’sarchives and will eventually be displayed along with other college artifacts.From left: President Jerry Patton and Trustees: Chuck Hayden, BeckyBroughton, Bonnie Stefan, Bud Miller and John Marman.

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The First Annual College ofthe Desert Student Juried ArtExhibition is under way atSlaughterhouse Gallery. Anopening reception was held Feb.1. The gallery is located in PalmSprings at 2608 S. CherokeeWay.The show closes Feb. 8.

Artwork by more than 30 CODstudents is being featured and a

wide variety of their work, fromabstracts, landscapes, anddreamscapes, to works on foundmaterial, are still available forpurchase.

A portion of the proceeds willbe donated to COD’s Art Depart-ment. This is an opportunity tosupport new and emerging art-ists in our community and for

these new artists’ works to re-ceive the recognition andadmiration they deserve.

For gallery hours or more in-formation call Yvette Hatrak,Gallery Director, at 324-3320.

Spring Semester Begins!

Classes Begin:Classes Begin:Classes Begin:Classes Begin:Classes Begin: Enrollments wereup 5.1% for Spring Semester, as lateregistration deadline approached.Official numbers won’t be releaseduntil after Census on Feb. 11, but itappears COD had a very good year—enrollments were also up lastSummer, Fall and at Intersession.Above, students make their waypast the Admissions and Recordsbuilding, en route to or returningfrom the bookstore. Left, one of aseries of welcome desks (QuestionCenters) provide direction tostudents who were lost, confused,or both. COD Administrators staffedthe information desks.

Student Art On Exhibit at PS Gallery

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SofSofSofSofSoftball Field Neartball Field Neartball Field Neartball Field Neartball Field Nears Coms Coms Coms Coms Compleplepleplepletiontiontiontiontion Sod was laid recently on thenew softball field at COD, on the site of the old tennis courts which weredemolished last Fall. The field will see play in the next few weeks, oncework is completed.

If a day in the sun watchingthoroughbred horses strut theirstuff, while you sip champagne,enjoy a catered lunch, and raisemoney for COD scholarships isyour idea of a good time, get intoyour boots and jeans and headfor the Grand Prix for COD onFeb. 24.

The Sunday event starts at 10a.m. with a western style barbe-cue served at 11:30. Then youcan settle in for the show, achampionship horse jumpingevent at the new HITS HorsePark on Airport Road in Ther-mal.

There is valet parking. Ticketsare $100. For more information,please contact the Foundation at773-2561.

Black History Month will becelebrated on campus in Febru-ary. A noted speaker isscheduled for Feb. 13 (see story,page 2).

On Thursday, February 21, aprogram has been designed to“celebrate and commemorate”the event, from 11-30 a.m. to 1p.m. It will feature speakers,

music, dance and poetry perfor-mances from COD students andstaff as well, and presentationsby guests from the Indio, PalmSprings, and San Bernardinocommunities.

President Jerry Patton willspeak, along with ProfessorPhilip N. Fultz, Chapman Uni-versity, and Jarvis Crawford,from the James O. Jessie DesertHighland Unity Center. Per-formers will include theChanning Cook Holmes DanceTroupe, soloists and poetry re-citals. Attendees are invited toa “Soul Food Dessert Sampler”at the end of the program. It’sall held in the Quad between Ad-ministration and the COD Café.

COD has Black History dis-plays in the campus bookstore,library, and student art collec-tions, and African American/Black artifacts located at theHilb Center.

Intramural Softball for CODemployees is coming in March,according to Chris Nelson. “We’llplay the first innings in March,”he said. “Those of you organiz-ing teams should please contactme even if you only have a fewpeople signed up. We will be fi-nalizing teams over the next twoweeks. If you want to play andhaven’t signed up yet, talk toyour Dean or supervisor or con-tact me.”

COD has a team of 30 enteredin the Tour de Palm Springs bi-cycle ride set for Saturday, Feb.9. Afterwards, the riders willattend a celebratory barbecue.

For details, contact ChrisNelson at Ext. 1376.

30 COD ‘Tour’ Riders

Softball Update

Grand Prix forCOD Is Feb. 24at HITS Park

Black History Event IncludesMusic, Dance, Poetry, Soul Food

The latest edition of InsideHigh Ed explores the impact ofthe Carnegie Foundation for theAdvancement of Teaching,which recently granted 11 Cali-fornia Community Collegesabout $300,00 each over threeyears to test out innovations inbasic math and English skillsEducation. Read the article at:

www.insidehighered.com/lay-out/set/print/news/2008/01/29/california

College MentionedIn Higher Ed Article

‘Great Decisions’ Series Features FormerNixon White House Counsel John Dean

John Dean, former WhiteHouse counsel and author ofmany books, including Conserva-tives without Conscience, willdiscuss Nixon’s conciliatory ges-tures to China in the early 1970sand use that as a backdrop toconsider modern diplomacy.

Dean’s lecture on Feb. 12,Talking to Our Enemies, is partof the ‘Great Decisions” serieshosted by the College of theDesert’s Center for Training and

Development and developed bythe Foreign Policy Association(FPA).

The cost for the series is $96;there is a $20 walk-in fee for in-dividual presentations. Toregister: Ext. 7420 or emailrchancey@collegeofthedesert.edu

Other topics scheduledthrough Mar. 11 include:

Feb. 19, Russia: Dr. MaxRiedlsperger, esteemed Profes-sor Emeritus at Cal Poly, San

Luis Obispo, will discuss the au-thoritarian streak that runsthrough Russian history fromthe rise of Peter the Great to thecurrent regime of VladimirPutin.

Feb. 26, U.S. Defense and Se-curity Policy: Marc Cooper,award-winning journalist, au-thor and full-time facultymember at USC’s AnnenbergSchool for Communication.

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RRRRRebuilding Afebuilding Afebuilding Afebuilding Afebuilding Afttttter Fire Destrer Fire Destrer Fire Destrer Fire Destrer Fire Destroooooys Homeys Homeys Homeys Homeys Home COD’s Barbara Cresonlost her home in Palm Desert to a fire just before New Year’s Day. Barbara,an HR Specialist in Human Resources, was not at home and the housewas empty, but she lost everything. Co-workers have rallied to help byhosting a reception (above) at HR recently. Barbara expressed gratitude forthe generosity of her COD family. Above: Dr. David Bugay, VP, HumanResources, Anita Corral, Barbara, and Marisol Reyes were among dozensof well-wishers who attended the recent reception.

COD’s Center for Training andDevelopment is holding a one-day short course for communitycollege faculty, industry andcommunity partners, and otherkey leaders On Feb. 8. WindGeneration Technology Trainingwill give the attendees a techni-cal introduction to all aspects ofwind energy including an over-view of wind turbine technology,recent changes in the industry,growth drivers, growth issues,employment opportunities, andwind energy economics.

The free course will be held inCOD’s CTD’s Institute for Salesand Service Excellence, Class-room 1, 72840 Highway 111,Suite C101, Palm Desert. Thepresenter is Henry Shiu andCase P. Can Dam, UniversityCalifornia Davis CaliforniaWind Energy Collaborative.

Register/information, contactRobert Chancey at 776-7420 orrchancey@collegeofthedesert.edu.

CTD Offers WindGenerationTraining Course

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COD’s Career Workshops, Job Fair, Open to PublicA series of workshops at Col-

lege of the Desert will helpcurrent and future students ap-ply for thousands of dollars inscholarships or prepare for anew career. The Scholarship andMoney Workshops begin Feb. 5and run through the end of themonth. A similar series of Ca-reer Workshops begin Feb. 11and runs through Mar. 4 at thePalm Desert Campus.

The Career Workshops willhelp people prepare for a majorJob Fair scheduled for Mar. 26at COD’s Hilb Student Centerfrom 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.. That’s

when more than 20 local employ-ees will set up information tablesat the Hilb Student Center, takeapplications, interview candi-dates, and hire new workers.Both the workshops and the jobfair are open to students and thegeneral public.

Eve-Marie Andrews, Counse-lor/Coordinator at the CODCareer Center, will conduct theworkshops as she has for thepast eight years.

“Since we’ve had these schol-arship classes, students aremore aware than ever, so thescholarships are highly sought

after. We have 80 to 100 schol-arships available. Students canget up to $8,000 in scholarshipsif they do what they are sup-posed to do, just by following theinstructions we give them in ourworkshops. There have been in-dividuals who got scholarshipsfor $38,000, $60,000 even $80,000. Our students have gottenwell over $1 million in scholar-ships since we introduced thisprogram 8 years ago.”

Call the COD Career Center at862-1351 for more informationor to schedule a test or reserve aseat.

The “Man About Town” campaign builds to acrescendo during the “Grand Finale: The Cel-ebration,” scheduled for Saturday, Mar. 8 at

Man About Town Events Lead to Grand FinaleMission Hills Country Club. All three candidateswill be entertaining guests with campaign presen-tations followed by last-minute voting and the

announcement of the 2008 “Man AboutTown.”

A fund-raiser Jan. 16 at theMcCallum (photos at left) packed thehouse. Individual candidates havebeen staging their own private fund-raisers in recent weeks. The one withthe most “votes (dollars raised) is thewinner; of course, the real winner isCOD, which benefits from all the pro-ceeds. For tickets and furtherinformation about “Man About Town”candidates and activities on behalf ofCOD programs, contact the COD Foun-dation and Auxiliary offices at (760)

346-3363 or (760) 773-2561.

AAAAAbobobobobovvvvveeeee::::: Singers and dancersentertained at the McCallumon Jan. 16 at ‘One EnchantedEvening;” Mona Caywood (farleft) was one of theperformers. Left: CandidatesPeter Solomon, JoaquinDelgado and Jim “Fitz”Fitzgerald.