Oregon Daily
TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1993
EUGENE, OREGON
VOLUME 94, ISSUE 113
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4 volunteer walks through one of Dorris Ranch’s 990 acres of filbert orchards,
> soil commercially harvested.
Local ranch preserves uregon history
□ Dorris Ranch in Springfield offers tours
and historical presentations to its visitors
By Rebecca Merrit
Eme/aid Reporter
SPRINGFIELD — fust travel a mile past Springfield and
you'll emhark on a journey to 1892.
No. this is not a time warp. It's a visit to Oregon's First liv
ing history ranch.
Dorris Rami), located at the intersection of Dorris Road and
Pioneer Parkway in Springfield, is a 250-acre filbert farm that
recreates Oregon history for more than 7.000 yearly visitors.
Owned by the Willamalano Park* and Recreation District,
the ranch is managed by three staff members ond nearly UM»
volunteers who strive to restore the ranch to its century-old
form.
"The most important thing is that we re preserving a part of
Oregon history," said Mary Horvat, Dorris Ranch Coordinator.
A visit to Dorris Ranch might include a tour through 11
filbert orchards, a presentation by volunteers in costumes
reflecting various historical time periods and a chance to par
ticipate in crafts and special programs.
At the ranch, one can also catch a glimpse of Oregon
Turn to RANCH. Page 3
Students of Color presents list of demands
□ Group gives
administration until March
12 to meet short-term items
By Tammy Batey
Emerald Associate Editor
Students of Color Building Bridges
members Monday released a list of
demands to the administration, including
a request to reopen the director position
of the Office of Multicultural Affairs in
order to conduct a national search for a
new director.
The group said Wednesday its members
would withdraw from the University
unless the administration meets their
demands. The group will meet with
administrators March 12 to evaluate
whether the administration has met the
group's short-term demands
If the administration takes no action,
the group will mail letters to parents of
high school students of color urging them
not to send their children to the Universi
ty. Another batch of letters will be sent
to alumni asking them not to contribute
money Jo the University, said Erika Arms
bury, a group member
“We're hitting them where it hurts,"
Armsbury said. "I don't see the Universi
ty taring about anything besides econom
ics."
Marshall Saucoda. multicultural affairs
office director, was unavailable for com
ment. Hut C«erry Moseley, vice provost for
academic support and student services,
said he told group members in August he
probably wouldn’t open the multicultural
Turn to DEMANDS. Page 3
Clinton calls
college plan
revolutionary
j President’s plan will first
be offered to 1.000 students
and expanded to 100,000
PI SC AT A WAV. N | (AP) ~ President
Clinton pledged Monday to revolutionize
i ullage will by allowing students to repay
loans through community work lie cast
his ambitious national service plan os a
l'l'ios Cl Hill to "i liungo America forever
and for the better "
Starting with a modest 1,000 slots this
summer and growing to too.(too or more
within four years, the program will make
college affordable to all while setting off a
wave of involvement in education,
health, safety and environmental props Is,
(Hinton said
"All across America we have problems
that (Unnaiui our common attention."
Clinton said "National service is nothing
less than the American way to change
America "
The program was a centerpiec e of Clin
ton's campaign, and he chose the 32nd
anniversary of President Kennedy's cre
ation of the Peace Corps to formally pro
pose it as president. Congressional
approval would lie required.
The event was as much symbolism as
substance Clinton's lofty rhetoric aside,
aides say many details are still unclear,
from how much a student would he able
to borrow to how big a stipend to pay
young people while they work off their
loans.
1.union s plan is (lesiguuu lo ilramali
cully reshape federal student aid pro
grams and offer young Americans oppor
tunities — and incentive — to perform
such community service as working in
inner city children's health and drug clin
ics. tutoring in literacy programs and
walking streets in neighborhood police
corps.
The president himself set high expecta
tions for the initiative, framing the
announcement as "one I hope will he a
truly historic moment in our nation's his
tory " He compared it to the (>l Bill’s offer
of education to servicemen returning
from World War II. a program that
expanded the nation's middle class.
"One of the things that we hove lo real
ize in this country is that an economic,
investment is not just building an airport
or a road or investing in new technolo
gies." Clinton said. "It’s also investing in
people."
After a pilot project of 1.000 or so stu
dents this summer, paid for with $15 mil
lion iti Clinton's economic stimulus pack
age, the president proposes spending $7.4
Turn to CLINTON, Page 3
WEATHER
Cloudy slues are likely with
possible showers later in the
dav. Highs may reach the lower
60s
Today in History
In 1977. the U.S House of
Representatives adopted a strict
rode of ethics that limited out
side earnings and required
detailed financial disclosures
bv its members
SUBSCRIBERS CHEATED
GRANTS PASS IAP) * The magazine finanuid by radio preacher Roy
Masters Foundation of Human Understanding continued to take sub
scriber's money after it ceased publication, the new publisher says
At least $73,000 in subscriptions for Vw Dimensions The Psychology
Behind the Sews was accepted after it ceased publication in August 1901.
new publisher Lee Bellinger said.
Mark Masters, son of Roy Masters, refened comment to his lawyer,
Jeffery Boiler of Eugene, who denied any money was accepted by his client
after the magazine ceased publication.
'I think he may be mistaken,' Boiler said of Bellinger s statements
SPORTS
GRANTS PASS (AP) - A stock handler die<) Sunday night
after an accident during the bull riding competition at an
amateur rodeo held at the Josephine County Fairgrounds
Dale Feamen. 34, of Bonanza, was pronounced dead at
8:30p.m. Sunday at Rogue Valley Medical Center in
Medford, a hospital official said.
Feamen, an employee of Flying A Rodeo Co. of Beatty,
was hit in the head by a metal gate when a hull named
Thundercloud broke out of a chute on its way to a holding
pen after a nde. a witness said.
The gate was fined and the Southern Amateur Rodeo went
on after the accident.