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Oregon Promise: Grants for the first two years of college
By SAMANTHA TIPLER
H&N Staff Reporter
Oregon is offering up to $10
million to 2016 high school
graduates and GED earners to
help make the first two years
of college tuition-free.
Staff at Klamath Community College hope local
students will take advantage
of that opportunity.
“People are crazy not to
take advantage of this,” said
Julie Murray-Jensen, KCC
vice president of external
programs. “It really helps our
whole state, community and
individual families.”
“We want to see as much
of that $10 million coming
down to southern Oregon as
we can,” said said Jared Dill,
outreach and recruitment
coordinator at KCC.
The $10 million comes
from a new program called
the Oregon Promise.
It is the actualization of
Senate Bill 81, which set up
a $10 million per year fund
to pick up the college tuition
bill after a student applies for
and receives all other state
and federal assistance.
The state estimates
the $10 million will fund
between 4,000 and 6,000
students, Dill said.
“It’s brand new and launches the fall of 2016. We’re only
the second state in the nation
to do this,” Murray-Jensen
said, referencing Tennessee as
the first. “Oregon has taken
on making a real statement
about the value of education,
and that bridge between K-12
and higher ed.”
HOW IT WORKS
Oregon Promise grants are
available for Oregon students
who either graduate in the
spring or summer of 2016, or
earn a GED in the the spring
or summer of 2016.
Starting on Sunday, Nov.
1, those students will be able
to apply for their cut of the
$10 million. Application time
ends March 1, 2016.
To qualify, applicants must
have a 2.5 GPA or greater,
turn in a high school transcript or GED score, write a
letter stating why they want
to participate, and complete a
FAFSA (Free Application For
‘These blankets are a portable hug’
Quilters give
back at ‘Make
a Blanket Day’
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H&N PHOTOS BY KEVIN N. HUME
Members of the Project Linus Klamath/Siskiyou Chapter sew quilts and blankets during the chapter’s Fall Make
a Blanket Day at Klamath Community College on Saturday.
Camp Evergreen, and she said,
“I just wanted to give back, and
I really enjoy quilting.”
“These blankets are a portable hug,” added Valerie.
Sarah Menke, 14, sews during the Project Linus Klamath/Siskiyou Chapter’s
Fall Make a Blanket Day at Klamath Community College on Saturday.
and of being at CARES, when
she was brought to testify before
the grand jury.
Until she was asked, “Do you
remember picking out your
blanket?” …Yes,” she replied,
her eyes lighting up. It unlocked
the painful memories and the
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UN agency links
processed, red
meat to cancer
story tumbled out, making an
indictment possible. “When you
sew your blankets, remember
this little girl. I wanted you to
see how important the work is
you are doing,” said Forster.
H&N Staff Reporter
‘YOU MEAN THIS IS ALL
MINE?’
For some children, particularly children removed from
their homes by social service
agencies with only the clothes
they are wearing, it is the only
thing that is all theirs.
For one child, an 11-year-old
girl who was drawn into the
justice system and was seen at
CARES by Sam Fenner, lead
forensic interviewer, the blanket
she chose from those supplied
by the chapter was critical.
Sharon Forster, Assistant
District Attorney in Klamath
County, recounted to the blanketeers how the child blocked
all memories of the abuse she
and her brother experienced
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PARIS (AP) — Bacon, hot dogs and
cold cuts are under fire: The World Health
Organization threw its global weight behind
years of experts’ warnings and declared
Monday that processed meats raise the risk
of colon and stomach cancer and that red
meat is probably harmful, too.
Meat producers are angry, vegetarians are
feeling vindicated, and cancer experts are
welcoming the most comprehensive pronouncement yet on the relation between our
modern meat-eating lifestyles and cancer.
The WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer in Lyon, France, analyzed
decades of research and for the first time
put processed meats in the same danger category as smoking or asbestos. That doesn’t
mean salami is as bad as cigarettes, only
that there’s a confirmed link to cancer. And
even then, the risk is small.
The results aren’t that shocking in the
U.S., where many parents fret over chemicals in cured meats and the American
Cancer Society has long cautioned against
eating too much steak and deli.
But the U.N. agency’s findings could shake
up public health attitudes elsewhere, such as
European countries where sausages are savored and smoked ham is a national delicacy.
And they could hurt the American meat
industry, which is arguing vigorously
against linking their products with cancer,
contending that the disease involves a number of lifestyle and environmental factors.
While U.S. rates of colon cancer have
been declining, it is the No. 2 cancer for
women worldwide and No. 3 for men, according to the WHO.
A group of 22 scientists from the IARC
evaluated more than 800 studies from several continents about meat and cancer. The
studies looked at more than a dozen types
of cancer in populations with diverse diets
over the past 20 years.
Based on that analysis, the IARC classified processed meat as “carcinogenic to
humans,” noting links in particular to colon
cancer. It said red meat contains some
important nutrients, but still labeled it
“probably carcinogenic,” with links to colon,
prostate and pancreatic cancers.
By LEE BEACH
Remembering the day she
received her Project Linus quilt,
featuring a kaleidoscope of
printed bevies of happy dogs,
bones, balls and other pet toys,
still brings a broad smile to
Sarah’s face.
She received this gift at Camp
Evergreen four years ago, where
she spent a week with other
children who had experienced
grief; she had lost her father,
David Menke, in 2011. Menke
was the former outdoor recreation planner for the Klamath
Basin National Wildlife Refuges
Complex.
Now a happy 14-year old
freshman at Klamath Union
High School, that quilt became her constant, comforting
companion, now well-worn and
loved.
“It has gone with me to Ireland and down into the Grand
Canyon,” she said on Saturday
where she (and the quilt) attended the Project Linus Makea-Blanket Day.
The event attracted approximately 100 “blanketeers” and
their sewing machines to the
cafeteria at Klamath Community College, all devoting the day
to creating quilts and blankets
for children in hospitals, shelters, social service agencies, and
for victims of abuse, violence,
disaster or grief from loss.
This was Sarah’s first time
making a quilt at a MAB Day,
and she came with her mother,
Valerie Menke, and a friend,
Hannah Neuman. Her sister
and brother both volunteer at
Student Aid).
“You must accept all state
and federal grants,” Dill
said. “That helps offset the
cost to the state for running
this program.”
Then students must register
for a community college within six months. The Oregon
Promise is only for community colleges, not for four-year
schools or universities.
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Murray-Jensen noted, with the
inclusion of GEDs, this opens the
Oregon Promise to students of
all ages earning that high school
equivalency certificate. Those earning a GED this spring or summer,
no matter their age, can apply for
the Oregon Promise to get college
tuition paid for.
COLLEGE
Once the student starts class at a
community college, he or she pays a
$50 fee per term.
The Oregon Promise covers
tuition, but not the cost of fees or
books. Other funding, like Federal
Pell Grants, do pay for fees.
If a students gets a full ride from
other scholarships, he or she can
still qualify for a $1,000 grant from
WHAT IS THE
OREGON PROMISE?
A state-funded
grant program offering high school
graduates and GED
recipients an opportunity to pay for
some or all of of their
community college
tuition for the first
two years.
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the Oregon Promise. In that case,
the $1,000 can to pay for fees,
books, housing, transportation,
housing or food.
During that first year the student
must keep the 2.5 GPA, make
academic progress toward a degree,
certificate, license or transfer, and
stay enrolled with at least six credits
(half-time) for three of the four
terms.
If a student continues to meet
the requirements in the first year
of college, he or she can apply for
a second year of Oregon Promise
funding.
BIGGER IMPACT
Dill and Murray-Jensen hope
the Oregon Promise impact will go
beyond KCC’s campus.
“It’s going to help create a workforce for Klamath Falls and help
bring the industry into the area.
That’s the whole purpose of the Oregon Promise,” Dill said. “It shows
that our state values education. It’s
especially beneficial for us in the
Klamath Basin, being a rural community. We need workers to draw
in more outside businesses.”
“I’m really proud of Oregon for
doing this. It is a commitment in
education,” Murray-Jensen said.
“The goal is to improve the high
school success rates, but also to
really invest in workforce capacity
across the state and have a more
educated workforce.”
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TO LEARN MORE:
Go to the Oregon Promise website: www.
oregonpromise.org
Contact Klamath Community College:
www.klamathcc.edu
WHAT ABOUT THE ADVANCED DIPLOMA PROGRAM?
Klamath Community College has
tions to the Oregon Legislature in
another program that makes the
December.
first year of college free for students:
“Our hope is the ADP can conthe Advanced Diploma Program.
tinue in some targeted ways along
After completing all the rewith the Oregon Promise,” she said.
quirements to earn a high school
“The legislators will have to dediploma, students stay enrolled in
cide is it sustainable, could they do
their high schools but attend class
this in concert with Oregon Promat KCC. The school districts pay for
ise? How do do it well? We’ll see
tuition and books as long as the
where it lands. We know something
students stay officially enrolled
will exist. Oregon Promise. Oregon
in their high schools as fifth-year
Promise and ADP. It could be one
seniors.
of the two. But we know definitely,
After that first year, the students
something will be in place next fall.”
get their high school diploma.
She advised interested students
With the start of the Oregon
to apply for both the ADP and
Promise, how the two will co-exist is
Oregon Promise funding.
in question.
Oregon Promise applications
Julie Murray-Jensen, KCC vice
run from Nov. 1 to March 1, 2016.
president of external programs, is
The Advanced Diploma Program
on a statewide fifth-year program
applications begin in February 2015
group that will make recommendaand run until April 15.
HOW DO I DO IT?
You qualify for the Oregon Promise if:
n You graduate from an Oregon high school in the
spring or summer of 2016
n Or you earn a GED in the spring or summer of
2016
n Earn a 2.5 cumulative GPA or higher
n Have lived in Oregon for 12 months prior to
enrolling in a community college
Steps to apply:
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QUILTS FINISHED AT
HOME
The quilts started today
will be finished at homes as
the quilters have time, then
dropped off for distribution.
The Klamath/Siskiyou chapter of Project Linus has given
away 11,849 homemade blankets and afghans to children
from birth to age 18 in need
since it formed in 2007. The
national organization has
given away 5.7 million of
these comforting security
blankets.
Although 90 percent of
their blankets go to local
children, the chapter has
participated in several emergency operations, including
the Weed fire. Each child in
Weed was given a blanket,
more than 900, with the help
of school administrators.
Many of the blanketeers
also are members of other
sewing guilds who do their
own community-minded
projects. This includes the
Shasta-Lily Guild, which
made the hour-and-a-half
drive to bring a contingent of
20 quilters. The guild contributed 200 blankets to Project
Linus last year, according to
Barbara Hegal, president.
The day included a sendoff for retiring coordinator Trudy Novak, who has
guided the chapter since its
inception. She is succeeded
by Stephanie Sumner.
Sumner calls the generosity of the community
in responding to need in
unexpected situations, such
as fires, “overwhelming. And
these women don’t just create
something simple in a hurry,”
she said. “I’m blown away by
the handiwork and creativity
of the quilts. These women
put their hearts into each
quilt.”
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n Apply between Nov. 1, 2015 and March 1, 2016
n Complete the Oregon Promise application (online at www.oregonpromise.org or written)
n Submit high school transcript or GED score
n Complete a FAFSA
If you’re approved:
n Enroll in an Oregon community college within
six months of graduating or earning your diploma
n Accept all state and federal grants
WHEN CAN I APPLY?
Application time starts Sunday, Nov. 1.
Julie Murray-Jensen, vice president of external
programs at Klamath Community College advises
anyone who is not 150 percent sure they are going to a four-year school to apply for the Oregon
Promise.
“Apply now as a backup. It’s so, so important,” she
said. “We want to make sure all of our Basin students
that have any chance of using the scholarship, they
apply now and they apply early. Apply in November.
Once that money is gone, that money is gone.”
THE START OF PROJECT LINUS
In 1995, a Denver woman named Karen Loucks read an
cided to provide homemade security blankets to Denver’s
article in Parade Magazine about a 3-year-old child with
Rocky Mountain Children’s Cancer Center, and Project Linus
leukemia who never went anywhere without her blanket.
was born. There are now more than 420 chapters in all 50
This child relied on the blanket for comfort throughout
states.
months of chemotherapy, pain and suffering. Karen deSource – www.projectlinus.org
H&N PHOTOS BY KEVIN N. HUME
Members of the Project Linus Klamath/Siskiyou Chapter sew quilts Trudy Novak, chapter coordinator for the Project Linus Klamath/Siskiyou Chapter is honored for her service after announcing her retireand blankets during the chapter’s Fall Make a Blanket Day at ment during the chapter’s Fall Make a Blanket Day at Klamath Community College on Saturday. Novak started the Klamath/Siskiyou
Klamath Community College on Saturday.
Chapter in January 2007.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
Those interested in making Project Linus quilts, or contributing material (good quality, washable, 100 percent cotton material or cotton-blend yarn) can contact coordinator Stephanie
Sumner at 541-331-2481. After the first of 2016, the chapter will have a website: coveredwithhugs.com. Meetings of fellow quilters are arranged periodically. Make-a-Blanket Days are held
twice yearly. The next MAB Day is tentatively scheduled for April 30, which is the final day for
turning in quilts started at this October gathering. The chapter receives support from a dozen
local business sponsors as well as individuals donors.
400 gallons of
diesel spilled into
Willamette River
PORTLAND (AP) — The
Coast Guard says more than
400 gallons of diesel were
spilled into the Willamette
River north of Portland.
Authorities say the spill
happened on Monday at about
5 a.m. near the Kinder Morgan
Bulk Terminal in Vancouver,
Wash. The spill came from a
fuel barge and was caused by a
tank overfill.
The barge is owned by Kirby
Offshore Marine, which has
contracted an oil spill response
company to handle the clean
up. A temporary floating barrier — called a boom — and
absorbent pads have been
placed around the spill site.
Officials are also investigating
down river for possible residual
pollution.
Coast Guard inspectors are
monitoring the situation and
“working to ensure minimal
impact to the environment.”
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