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College livestock facility (Cont. from page 1) area for sows and their litters structor, said. The waste settles to the and two livestock handling bottom of the areation tank, laboratories will be used for the and the clear water on top will animal’s medical needs. be pumped back into the The center will also have storage space, restrooms, first flushing system, he explained. The areation tank oxidizes the aid, and office space. A trained livestock manager and assistant waste-into fertilizer, which can will provide 24 hour supervi be used on campus lawns. A methane gas generator sion of the livestock. The building has will be added to the center in the future when funds are separated areas for sheep, swine, and cattle. The areas available. The methane gas will are designed to match the be used to heat and cool the animal behavior with special ' green house. The Animal Science Center sloping floors to accommodate Staff photo by Duffy Coffman will also be open for educa . the animals’ defecation habits. The floors are tional uses by elementary automatically cleaned by timer school children, 4-H and controlled flushing tanks which Future Farmers of America washes away animal waste into groups, professional farmers, an underground channel. The and community groups. V “The economy is not only “Enrollment in agriculture the government decides to bor channel drains into a 90,000 ■ By Tina Riggs a financial situation but political row more money, the interest gallon areation tank 50 feet programs at CCC is increasing ■ Of the Print as well,” Delaney commented. rates will rise once again.” away. “The areation tank and and I’m sure with the addition “If the Reagan administration “The outlook - for the flushing system will greatly of the Animal Science Center, President Reagan has of decides to borrow more money future is rather dim,” summed reduce the smell,” Lynn enrollment will increase at a ficially declared that the nation Congress, the federal reserve Delaney. “Unemployment will Reagan, animal sciences in- faster rate” Reagan said. ■is in a recession. board and President Reagan probably get worse-maybe up Interest, rates are sky high must decide the next move. If to 12 percent.” ■and the unemployment rate is ¡continually rising. Everyone ■who has a job or who can’t find ■one is painfully aware of the monds, second vice-president; 1 amethyst, and many others. ■problems facing the people of Don Krause, secretary; Georg \jC171 SnOW The gem show also ■the United States, but no one Nickels, treasurer; and Gary featured door prizes, auctions, ■seems to know the answers. Dennison, historian. sales, fluorescent show and a “I only know what I read Also discussed at the display of arrow heads. OREGON CITY--The meeting was the foundation’s lin the papers, and I read a lot,” Clackamas Community Col next fund-raising project, a ■commented .Peter Delaney, lege Foundation elected new ■economics instructor at the col- methane gas generator to com Demonstrations in facet officers at its annual meeting, ■lege since September of 1968. plete the waste recycling ting, bead enameling, and car October 28, at the Sunnyside ■‘What’s going to happen to the system designed for the Col vings of rocks of minerals were OREGON CITY-Oregon Inn in Clackamas. _^^geconomy in the near future is lege’s new Animal Science among the displays at the 18th Governor Victor Atiyeh will The Foundation, whose $64 billion question. I’d say Center. The digester will be us annual Clackamette Mineral visit the College today from purpose is to “provide scholar ■t’s going to get considerably ed as a teaching model and and Gem Corporations held 2-3:30 p.m. ships and assist in sponsoring ■worse before it gets better.” alternative fuel source as it Nov. 14 and 15 at the College. This will be the first visit by additional educational oppor turns the animals’ waste into If the situation looks bad More than 450 visitors the Governor to the College. tunities” for students and. the odorless fertilizer and useable (^■for the nation, it looks worse in were there despite the foul The short tour will consist of a community, re-elected Tom gas for heating. foregon. “Nationwide weather, making the turnout a stroll through the grounds, with Disch as President for the * The Foundation also has unemployment is at 7.5 per little less than was expected. a stop at the recently dedicated 1981-82 term. plans to expand its current cent, but in Oregon it is over 10 “I liked the rocks,” com Linus Pauling Science Center. The 14-year-old organiza 18-member board of directors percent,” Delaney said. The mented Kristin Holmes, one of The Animal Science Center, tion also elected Duane Price, for this next fiscal year. ^goiggest reason for that is that the visitors. “The variety of nearly completed, will also b first vice-president; Duane Ed- ■Oregon is largely dependent on rocks were interesting as well as on the tour. ■the forest products industry, pretty.” The Governor will also ■which supplies wood for hous- Some of the rocks on conduct a “press conference” ■ng and construction com display were opals, garnets, with the journalism classes and panies. agates, jade, petrified wood, j reporters from The Priptf dur “The problem is that these sunstones, jasper, malachite, j ing the visit. ■companies are vulnerable to Ithe rate of interest,” Delaney (stated. Each one percent of the unemployment figures represents approximately one million people. elaney peers into future i Meeting planned not taken for granite Governor on campus CCC Cafeteria Pre-Holiday “The economy is not only lurtingpeople, but big business s well,” he added. “High in vest rates are one of the most fficult problems to combat. igher interest rates are not ly a result of inflation, but □tribute to it as well. ” Delaney explained that inesses must make in- tments in order to keep up i competition. “They bor- at one rate and must make their returns are higher their costs for successful ation,” he said. 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