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Oregon Daily fRfOAY OCTOBER 21.19T* EUGENE VOLUME 96. ISSUE 39 we e re in this busi ness because we like it and because we're making a liv ing at it. — lX»nnj Amstrong Tom Arm strong har vests 1st* season apples. Tom Armstrong works tong hours to harvast th# classic and naw vartatlas of apptas grown on thair farm. Tom and Donna Armstrong have intro duced new varieties of apples to the local market Photos by Michael Shindler Story by Anne Moser- Komfeld Anne Moser-Komfeid Oagcxl Ime’Mt The apple is considered one of the most sjHN.ial fruits. The (inert translation for apple tree meant "bearing fair fruit." The lush Lane County valley is espei tally well-adapted for growing apples University students can enjoy an esi ape into the world of apples. In 1960, Tom Armstrong started, directly out of high school, a tree fnnt business from the hare ground on 15 acres of prime land outside of Santa Clara Since I07:t he and his wife, Donna, have replanted their orchard twice and now manage a commercial apple orchard on the urban boundary. Tom's Apples may be one of the best kepi secrets in the area. Their business is very successful, supply ing apples to local families and businesses. Like many small businesses, they’ve experi enced ups-and-downs. Donna Armstrong talked about the orchard and its bounties on October 14. "The orchard has made a good living for us. We're very conservative and watch our pennies pretty close considering only 75 percent of the orchard is in production at any one time," Following their motto, the Armstrongs handle their apples with car*. Armstrong said. They're proud of their accomplishments, considering Torn is mostly self-taught. He just got out Ixjoks and read about fmit harvesting. With more education, the Armstrongs may have made fewer errors in the beginning, but they tap into local resources when questions come up. particularly about [Mist control. Turn to ARMSTRONG, Page 3A GTFF claims technology fee violates agreement Grievance: Union says the fee is really an instructional fee' that should be waived Natasha Shepard *<v !tm t Vegan IXaA tmetakl The $M) technology fee tacked on to the tuition of all University Graduate Teach ing Fellows is a violation of an agreement between tfie graduate tear hing fellows' union and the I 'niversitv. M i ordmg to a grievance that the union will file this week The union, formally the Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation (GTFF). alleges the fee is actually an "instruction al fire '' This type of fee is waived for GTFs, according to the collective bar gaining agreement, signed in 199.1. The grievance, act ording to union rep resentative Diane Kail, would serve as "formal noth e that we believe there's been a violation The GTFF has boon gathering signatures from (i l l's to be sub milted along with the grievance and has collected more than 2(H) signatures so fur. According to tin union grievance, the University should "cease the assessment” of the technology fee for GTFs and refund any money already paid toward the fee "We (relieve (the fee) to he a violation of the conditions of employment Iwtcause GTFs are entitled to a waiver of instruc tional fis's,” Kao said “(Vet) the technol ogy fee has been referred to as an instructional technology fee or an educa tional technology fee '' The services the fee pays for. including computer and Internet use, were provid ed to GTFs m the past without charge, Rnu said The agreement also guarantees that “the University shall provide each GTF with facilities and services appro priate to their assignment,” including "needed office equipment, supplies and services." The question, Rau said, is whether computer services fall under this category. Although University employee rela tions manager Eric Buckles has "not seen a grievance.” he said that the University Turn to FEE. Page 5A ■ GOOD MORNING ► SEATTLE (AP) — II your place has bad acoustics — REALLY bad acoustics — King County may have a deal lor you. Tucked away in a county warehouse are 880 acoustical bailies — strips ol syn thetic fabric up to 60 feet long — that the county wants to unload. The baffles, which are like colored ban ners and cost the county $195,000, were to hang Irom the Kingdome ceiling But that was before plans lor the stadium changed and construction experts decid ed to spray an acoustical insulation over the 9.5-acre ceiling instead. The insulation replaces 40,000 acoustic ceiling tiles that had to be removed after four fell into the stands July 19. Acting Kingdome Director Dick Saii daas said Wednesday it has not been decided whether to return the "gray ele phant" baffles to the manufacturer, and take a possible loss, or sell them on the open market.
