Rare disease does not stop graduate By James Meyer "I'd like to be able to climb a tree again," she said as she lifted the footrests on the wheelchair and unsteadily got out of the wheelchair to sit in the grass. Glancing up at the leaves overhead, Katy Danaher began to talk, sharing her hopes and goals for the future. Sunlight fell through the spring leaves above, catching the red in her hair and reflecting off the polished aluminum wheelchair. Katy, a 26 year old sophomore, will be going to UC Irvine next fall to continue her schooling toward a degree in education. She chose that particular college for its handicap program.
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"I was 14 when my disease 'Frederiches Ataxia' was flrst diagnosed, and strange as it seems, I felt happy. I was able to be more like my brother Tim now that I had the same disease,"she continued. "Frederiches Ataxia" is a progressively deteriorating muscular disease affecting balance and dexterity and is extremely rare. It hasn't kept Katy down, only made her more self-reliant and very independent. She takes care of herself, shopping, cleaning her apartment, and has even moved from one apartment to another. It gets a little tricky, loading food onto the grocery cart and carefully walking through the store shopping,
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Katy Danaher
A Publication for the Associated Students
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WHO IS THAT MAN?- Dana Hawkes, chairperson of the Comm unica-
tions Department, points out the professional way to produce television shows. See related story on page 4. (Photo by Larry Meyer )
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* * * Free initial legal advice/ visit is available to Palomar students through attorney Richard Duquette and his agency in Vista. Drunk driving, domestic, small claims, landlord-tenant, and auto accident problems are some of the cases Duquette handles. Duquette is available to give initial counseling Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9 a .m. to 12 noon at the Student Help Center (next to the cafeteria.)
* * * Artists will be displaying an entire semester of work in the annual "AllMedia Student Art Exhibit" in the college's Boehm Gallery through June 13. Student works include a variety of ceramic and painting pieces, etches drawn through batik, weavings and bronze, brass, silver and copper jewelry. Many of these pieces will be on sale. Gallery hours are 9 a .m. to 4 p .m . Mondays through Fridays.
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Tuesday, June 5, 1984
Musical works by Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, the three classical giants, will be presented in the Palomar College Theatre on Saturday, June 9 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, June 10 at 3 p.m. Traditionally called the President's Concert, these performances are dedicated to the graduating class of Palomar College, and all members of the community are welcome.
Angelo Carli, dean of community education, has been selected to participate in the 1984 Fulbright Seminar on History of Culture in Italy. He is one of 13 Americans to receive the ''working scholarship." Dean Carli says he is "honored to have been chosen" and is "looking forward with great expectations" to his June 21 to August 4 stay in Perugia, a Renaissance city near Florence.
Fashion design students will compete for three Golden Thread Awards during the third annual fashion show June 11 in the Performance Lab at 7:30p.m. The awards will go to the outstanding designer in the categories of sportswear, day wear and evening wear. Some of the designs will be for sale and orders may be taken. Each original design was created by a Fashion Design student from the design to the finished garment. The public is welcome.
dule, she also has classes two nights a week She has frustrations like not being able to move fast enough. "I'll be sitting next to the phone and I may not be able to answer it for maybe five or six rings, and if I'm in the other room it takes even longer." ''Then there's the things I used to do that I can't do anymore. Like dancing or just walking without the wheelchair," she said as she carefully lit a cigarette. ''I'd like to go skiing and most of all I'd like to try sky-diving," she added smiling. Katy drives to school each day from
San Marcos, CA
Concert gives tribute to graduating class
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Clad in shorts and a white "Kiss the Cook" apron, Les Spellman of the Alpha Gamma Sigma honor society, proudly waved his $250 above his head. Alpha Gamma Sigma cooked up the winning batch of chili in the first annual Palomar College Chili Cook-Off and won the first prize of $250. Coming in second was Sigma Delta Alpha Phi, the Dental Assisting Club, whose crock won $125. The campus choir concocted a third prize winner of chili which won $75.
then unloading the bags onto the wheelchair and pushing it to her apartment. "Oh, I've fallen more than once and will probably fall again, but I like doing things for myself,"she added proudly. She openly admitted that she doesn't like to ask for help and even if it takes longer, she'd rather do it herself. Katy came to the area for a visit but ended up moving here and eventually enrolling at Palomar. She has a busy schedule, starting at 5:30 a.m. each morning. Three days a week she makes her way to school for an 8 a.m. class. The other two days she spends as a teacher's aide at an elementary school in San Marcos. In addition to the busy day sche-
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Summer classes are 0pen' "Students registering for summer classes at Palomar will not face the problem of closed classes," said college president Omar Scheidt. ''The administration, in cooperation with college faculty, has made this decision in order to accomodate the expected record enrollment by students taking advantage of the last 'free session' being offered at any of the California community colleges," Scheidt added. ''The only exception to this at Palo-
mar might be a course which requires a lab. Naturally, these facilities have a limited number of spaces." To further accomodate students wishing to apply for priority registration for summer classes, the college admissions and registration center will stay open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Fridays. These new hours will be in effect through Monday, June 11. For more information on registration, call the Palomar Admissions and Registration Center, 744-1150 or 7277529, Ext. 2160.
The Palomar Community Orchestra, conducted by David Chase, will perform Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D with Irina Tseitlin as soloist, Mozart's overtrure "The Impresario" and Haydn's "Mass in Time of War" performed by the orchestra and the Palomar Chorale, conducted by Joe Stanford with soloist Karen Carle, soprano; Shirley Hawkes, mezz-soprano; Lawrence Minton, tenor and John -Scott Moir, bass. Mozart's light-hearted opera ''The Impresario" is a spoof on the operatic egos of warring sopranos and greedy impresarios. The overture represents, instrumentally, some of the pyrotechnics in which the singers engage. The Violin Concerto in D, the only one Beethoven wrote, is considered by many critics to be the "perfect concerto". Irina Tseitlin, violinist, replaces William Henry who was forced to cancel this engagement because of illness. The Palomar Chorale will join the Palomar Community orchestra in Haydn's "Mass in Time of War", sometimes called the Paukenmesse (Kettle drum Mass) because of the ominous use of the kettle drums to represent distant cannonfire. Karen Carle, soprano, is a graduate of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and has extensive experience in opera and the oratorio in the Bay Area.
Bilingual students on Dean's List Fourteen students currently enrolled in the Bilingual Teacher Corps program have made the spring Dean's list. This program is the first two years of a four-year course of study for bilingual teacher corp training. In order to qualify for the honor roll, a student must be enrolled in 12 units or more and have a minimum GPA of 3.5. The following students achieved a 4.0 GPA: Grace Denny and Angela Ponce de Leon of San Marcos, and Rose Molloy of Vista. Other hoilorees are: C. Cecilia Bareis and Pamela Butterfield of Leucadia; Abigail Bergman and Rita Vittek of Escondido; Ralph Briviesca and Adela Maya of Vista; Kathleen Delgado and
Adriana Machuca of Carlsbad; Gloria Gustine ofValleyCenter; Angelica Leon of Encinitas; and George Meza of Fallbrook Academic work for these students include languages (English and Spanish) and culture, field experience as instructional aides using both lan guages and general education courses required for transfer. Upon completion of the Palomar portion of the program, students receive an Associate in Arts degree and the Bilingual Bicultural Education Assistant Certificate. At the four-year institution they will follow a liberal studies program with a bilingual option leading to their Bachelor of Arts degree and elementary or
secondary teaching credential with bilingual bicultural emphasis. Virginia Montenegro, instructor in bilingual education stated, ''The national shortage of trained bilingual teachers is particularly felt in California schools where the number of students with limited ability in the English language continues to grow at a rapid rate. The largest ethnic group in California is Hispanic, representing 19% of the total population." Montenegro further stated, "Working bilingual instructional aides are especially good candidates for the Bilingual Teacher Corps program." For more information, please call the Bilingual Education Department at 744-1150 or 727-7529, Ext. 2261 or 2271.
Lawrence Minton, tenor, is a member of the Los Angeles Master Chorale and the California Bach Choir. John-Scott Moir, bass baritone, is a founding . member of the San Diego Gilbert and Sullivan Company and has performed many of the leading roles including those in Mikado, Patience, Iolanthe and also the Company's touring show "Songs for a Queen," playing the role of W.S. Gilbert. Tickets are available at the College Box Office, telephone 744-1156, open 2 to 5 p .m . on weekdays and one hour before performance times.
Voc. Ed. offers over 80 programs "According to recent media reports, many jobs exist in North County but are going unfllled with the lack of qualified applicants available," says Dr. Edward Muraski, Dean of Vocational Education at Palomar College. "Palomar College," he continued, ''works closely with many businesses and we now have over 80 vocational programs designed to make people qualified for many of these jobs." ''There is a definite need for skilled employees in the areas of computer science and data en try operators, technicians, cooks, printing press operators, welding, auto detailing and cabinet making- all of which are addressed through programs offered at Palomar. "We also have electronics programs and automotive courses," Muraski further states. ''The success of Palomar's vocational programs is evident as students are often offered skill positions even before completion of college training." As well as preparing for skill occupations, students at the community college have the opportunity to get a strong foundation in general education. Although students can receive a certificate by completing skill courses in their programs, they can also attain an Associate in Arts degree by completing general education courses. Muraski quotes from a recent congressional report released by the Office of Technology Assessment which states that "robots and other automation in America's plants will lead to higher unemployment as people shift from manual to mental work Palomar," he says, "is working with business and is reacting quickly to provide the educational training necessary to put North County people ahead of the game in educational and employment opportunities."