Class lays
foundation for
greenhouse
By Joan Nyland
Of f/M Bmtrald
With the help of donations
from the community, a Universi
ty SEARCH class in landscape
architecture has broken ground
on a solar greenhouse
The greenhouse will be locat
ed across the Millrace adjacent
to the Allied Arts and Architec
ture graduate shelter
"We re hoping the green
house will be a model — a futur
istic type example" for both the
landscape architecture
students and the community,
says Julie Isbell, SEARCH
course coordinator and a de
signer of the greenhouse
What separates this solar
greenhouse from others is its
passive solar greenhouse"
design, Isbell says
Unlike most hothouses that
are all glass and therefore con
stantly lose heat, this green
house will be framed by south
and west walls of glazed glass
and by insulated north and east
walls to collect the sun's heat
Water barrels against the walls
will store the heat and diffuse it
I '
during the night and cold
weather
The project is the brainchild
ot Isbell, a biology under
graduate, and Thomas Forster,
a graduate teaching fellow in
landscape architecture and ad
visor for the SEARCH class
Although the greenhouse was
planned last term, Isbell and
students have been seeking
donations and building permits
to get the greenhouse off the
ground this term
"A lot of people have tried it
before and ran up against prob
lems and bureaucracy," Isbell
says
The Urban Farm falls within
the zone of the Willamette
Greenway, a land use plan
along the Willamette River
Unaware of the area s status
before applying for a building
permit, Isbell and Forster had to
receive approval from the city's
planning commission before
applying for a building permit
The class works three or four
hours on the greenhouse every
Tuesday and Thursday after
noon They hope to have it fin
ished by the end of the term, but
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Indian storytelling
to benefit museum
An afternoon of Indian
storytelling will be held at 2
p m. Sunday at the Native
American Student Union
Longhouse, 1606 Columbia
The storytelling — for both
children and adults — is part
of a series of events to raise
money to keep the University
Natural History Museum
open and active
The cost is $3 for adults
and $2 for senior citizens and
children 12 years and
younger.
Three Indian storytellers
will tell traditional spring and
summer tales and will ex
plore the moral, cultural and
educational aspects that
storytelling plays in daily na
tive life
The storytellers include
Barre Toelken, a University
English professor and folk
lore and ethnic studies di
rector who was adopted into
a Navajo family and has re
searched Navajo folklore for
25 years; Ed Edmo, a Sho
shone/Bannock storyteller
and poet; and George Was
son, a Coos storyteller and
University student services
counselor.
The museum was slated
for closure June 30 in a
round of budget cuts made
last fall Fund raising events
have raised $13,000, half of
which is matching funds from
a donor who has promised to
match all contributions up to
$15,000 This puts the mu
seum more than one-third of
the way toward its goal of
$34,000 and will keep the
museum open with some
public hours after June
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the storytelling or the fund
raising effort, call Patti Krier,
museum assistant director,
at 686-3024
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because of the permit delays,
they may only have it framed by
June and completed by the end
of summer, according to Isbell.
Upon completion, the green
house will grow starts for the
Urban Farm The greenhouse is
designed to be low mainten
ance and “diverse" enough for
someone to grow plants during
the winter, Isbell explains
Because the greenhouse is
financed by donations alone,
the class members have been
combing Eugene for contribu
tions and good deals on build
ing materials
Last week an anonymous
donor gave $1,000, which will be
used to buy approximately $700
worth of lumber and the rest of
the materials needed to com
plete the project. So far, the
class has obtained discounted
glass from the Willamette Valley
Solar Energy Association and
discounted concrete from
Morse Brothers Inc., which also
donated rebar — a metal bar
that reinforces the concrete —
for the the foundation. The
Whitaker Community Council
donated insulation.
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