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Portland Observar November 16, 1979 Page 6 Meet Lloyd Pierre STOP LOOKING BUY TOMORROW'S SECURITY FOR YOUR FAMILY TODAY By Kathryn H. Bogle Lloyd Pierre loves the outdoor life. He loves it all; the land, the soil, the water, animals, birds. For L lo yd , there had to be the right job. He prepared for it and the job hove into view. Lloyd Pierre is the District Conservationist for the Soil Conservation Service (SCS) for Multnomah County. Born in Louisiana, in Cajun coun try, 36 years ago, Pierre Finished his high school education there and went into the U.S. A ir Force soon after. He stayed in the service for about 12 years, gained some a dd itio na l education as a Medical Laboratory Technician, spent about two years in Germany and wound up his military service with a full year in Vietnam. Along the way, he learned how to handle the big sentry dogs, trained to assist in many dangerous tasks, in volving security matters overseas. Discharge time found Pierre ready to continue his formal education and he enrolled at Texas A & M. By this tim e, he had married his fiancee, Zenata, a political science graduate o f Our Lady o f the Lake College, in San Antonio. The young couple chose to live in Oregon. They were ready to ap preciate its climate, its freshness and its greeness. They moved here to complete their education. Settling in Eugene, Zenata atten ded U niversity o f Oregon, while Lloyd commuted to Corvallis to at tend Oregon State. She studied and won her masters degree in Library Science. Lloyd found he was happy in the school o f w ild life science at Oregon State. Commuting became entrenched as a way o f life for them. The SCS people hire when there is a background in agriculture such as A gronom y, Forestry, Geology, Engineering and such related disciplines. These various ap proaches help in making procedural decisions in soil conservation. W ildlife Science graduates are valued in the SCS as well since SCS is often concerned about conserving wildlife o f an area. The saving o f the habitat o f the same wildlife may be a crucial part o f the to ta l plan under con sideration. L lo yd P ie rre ’ s firs t jo b a fte r graduation from Oregon State was in M c M in n v ille w ith the SCS which Pierre reminds, is a federal agency. M rs. Pierre moved closer to her husband's work when the couple took an apartment in Salem. They kept their home in Salem well after Lloyd was transferred to Dallas, Oregon and was pronounced as a full fledged conservationist. Pierre, as District Conservationist, explains that he is conservationist for East M ultnom ah County w ith the W illam ette rive r the d ivid in g line between East and West. Under Pierres' d irectio n , his o ffice programs are prim arily directed to urban problems such as Finding a site for a sanitary landfill, or removing a hillside to make way for a building. This office provides technical ser vice to landowners and operators, large and sm all, w ith all the land being divided in to soil and water districts. Soil erosion is the big con cern, Pierre notes. He adds that they are endeavouring to keep the soil out o f the water. U rban erosion problems arise sometimes when properties are redeveloped. Just now the Portland School District is plan ning to redevelop properties they own and Pierres’ o ffic e s ta ff is engaged in the planning. M r. Pierre accedes that even the small home owner might be calling SCS people saying, "m y basement is flooded! what should 1 do?” Pierres’ office may be able to guide in this situation. The C onservation Education department sometimes works with the schools who ask them to help develop outdoor lesson plans. In this way, the Black Education Center will use some property they own to use as study for their classes. The classes may study plant life in relation to soil and water; they may learn about wildlife in the city such as squirrels, birds and insects. They could plant vegetation to attract and sustain songbirds which may have deserted the area. Classes may even learn to construct a sun dial; all with guidan ce from the SCS people. Now that Lloyd is situated in Port land the family, which now includes a six month old daughter Breana, w ill be searching for a house in East Multnomah County. Commuting days are not over, but the time spent in commuting is plan ned to be shorter. Mrs. Pierre has ac cepted a position as C hildrens’ Librarian for Corbett and Springdale elementary schools and hopefully d rivin g tim e w ill be cut to a few minutes. One more question was asked of M r. Pierre. What is your hobby? His answer: He likes to hunt and fish! Likes to fish fo r sturgeon and steelhead. Likes to hunt deer and he bagged his deer last year, on opening day in Polk County. Likes to hunt and shoot doves! Doves? Yes. Doves. Seems Mrs. Pierre serves a delicious meal o f doves breasts with w ild rice ...P ierre cooks too, and sometimes they have ham hocks and collard greens. Warmth requires extra effort As wet, chilly weather arrives, o f fice workers throughout the northern United States are wondering how to stay com fortable at the federally mandated 65 degree maximum tem perature. The best way to stay warm in the office is "n o t to let yourself get cold or wet on the way to work in the m o rn in g ,” says Mel Jackson, an outdoor survival expert who curren tly is a c o n tin u in g education program coordinator at the Univer sity o f Oregon. Many o f the same strategies for staying warm outdoors can be used to stay comfortable in cooler offices, said Jackson, who also taught out door survival classes at Lane Com munity College here. In the past, offices and homes usually were heated to 72 degrees, which was considered an ideally comfortable temperature. The lower tem perature was mandated by President Jimmy Carter as an energy saving step. “ Even if you are just walking to the office from the parking lot, your feet and clothing below a raincoat can get wet. It is very important to have good p rotective footw ear, Jackson said, noting there are several commerical products which can be used to waterproof shoes. The stay-dry approach is even more important for people who walk or bike to work. An extra pair o f dry shoes waiting at work can prevent a m orning puddle disaster fo rm causing an entire day o f cold feet, he said. Learning to adapt to cooler in terior temperatures will require new strategies for dressing, he continued. " I f you can keep your inner core area warm--the chest and abdomen- then the blood supply can keep the extremities warmer,” he said. 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