Livestock judging
Season comes to a close
By Darren MacFarlane
For The Print
The
collegiate
livestock
judging season has come to à
close and the College judging
teams take a breather until
summer.
Community college teams
compete against one another in
Junior College judging con
tests. At most tournaments,
each school fields a five-person
team; however, at the Califor
nia State University at Fresno
competition ten-person teams
participated.
Clackamas ran two teams
this year. The A team consisted
of basically all second-year
students or members not plan
ning on attending the College
next year. This team competed
for Clackamas in all eligibility
contests. The B team, made Up
of freshman, will be next year’s
top squad. In this way these
judges can partake at all con
tests
without
losing their
eligibility plus sharpening their
skills and gaining that ever-
important experience.
1978 was only the second
year that the College has
fielded judging teams and yet
compiled a successful season.
The livestock judges of the
College participated in five
contests this year. First was the
California
State
University
engagement in Chico. The
livestock crew placed fifth
overall in the beef division and
eleventh in total team placings.
Team members were: Dave
Jensen, Reed Campbell, Lean-
na King, Merridee Smith, and
Ken Grieb. In the meats con
test, the team placed seventh
overall with Reed Campbell
taking the high individual
honors.
The California State Univer
sity at Fresno contest was a
non-eligibility and ten-person
team affair. The top five scores
per team made up the group’s
final score. The College walked
away with second place team
honors in beef with Reed
Campbell accepting the third
high beef judge award. The top
five scores belonged to: Cliff
Schroeder, Reed Campbell,
George Shay, Merridee Smith
and Darren MacFarlane. This
team placed fourth against all
other teams participating.
The
Pacific
International
contest held in Portland yielded
a sixth high individual, Kim
Larson. Teams members were
Kim Larson, Dave Jensen, Ken
Evans, Jim Clymore, and
Merridee Smith.
At the Cow Palace in San
Francisco, Kim Larson again
placed in the top ten in
dividuals. The team was the
same as theP.I.’s.
The last competition of the
season was in Phoenix, Ariz.,
at
the
Arizona
National
Livestock Show. Teams from
Oregon, California, Texas,
Utah, Arizona, Wyoming and
Colorado entered this contest.
Clackamas returned to Oregon
with honors for fifth high team
in the beef and swine divisions
with an overall team standing
of seventh. Traveling to the
south were Dave Jensen, Reed
Campbell, Merridee Smith,
Jim Newby and Darren Mac
Farlane.
All the students of live!
evaluation wish to express
thanks to those stockmen!
allowed the team to app|
their livestock in ordei
prepare for the "contests,1
also
extended deep I
preciation
to Coach I
Reagan. The entire livl
department looks expel
toward the 1979 sea
Mother Nature takes
care in cold weather
By Elena Vancil
Of The Print
A walk through the En
vironmental Learning Center at
the College, during the freezing
days of last week, may not
have been high priority on the
average persons agenda. But
braving the elements for such a
hike may have proven rewar
ding, as nature’s defenses
against unseasonable weather
are an interestingthing to see.
A nature hiker may wonder,
for instance about the unusual
position of the rhododendron.
Curled up tightly, the plants are
conserving moisture, due to
the loss from the freezing tem-
peratures.
“I have been fascinated by all
the unusual things that have
happened.” said assistant
director, Nan Clarke. “It is
really interesting how nature is
compensating itself for the dry,
windy weather.”
Clarke went on to em
phasize, that none of the effects
have been bad, only that it is
interesting how nature “takes
care of itself.”
Maintenance, has been
limited, due to the low tem
peratures. Pruning, normally
done at this time of year, is
being reduced because of the
staff’s concern that additional
shock would damage the!
life.
Animal behavior, has
had a marked change ini
pensating for the uni
weather.
Rapid swimming from
ducks, has kept the ELCl
liquid'. The frogs are no]
to be seen, and the non
active nutria, have entei
semi-hibernation, curled!
top of each other in barrels]
“We have been supple]
ting the animals feed be]
all the seed, grain and ba
are gone this year.” (I
said. The birds also need]
nutrition, because wit]
ground frozen, it is hard]
bugs and worms.”
Clarke emphasised el
tations, from the ELCstal
an especially beautiful Spl
“We have planted hun]
of bulbs, which shoull
coming up in March or]
and we are expecting to 1
first snow drops, this ml
she said.
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