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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2013 • VOLUME CXVI, NUMBER 22
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Davis Family Farm, a local business, attracts all ages with autumn food, activities By Emma-Kate Schaake The Daily Barometer
As the leaves change and the air becomes crisp and cool, Davis Family Farm transitions from summer fruits and colorful floral baskets to freshly pressed apple cider, warm cinnamon sugar doughnuts and tractor hayrides. Since 1995, Russell Davis, the owner of the farm — located just north of Corvallis on Highway 20 — has enjoyed watching families come back year after year, as well as those who are new, to discover his business each season. After 18 years of business, Davis has customers who used to come to the farm with their parents, now sharing the traditions of their childhood with their children. “People come for the hayride,” Davis said. “It’s a nice view and something different to do.” Davis said his favorite part of the job this time of year is watching the children out in the fields carefully selecting their pumpkins. With every tractor ride to the pumpkin patch, he chooses one child to ride in front with him and help drive. Davis said he remembers sitting in his father’s lap at the wheel as a boy, and he enjoys passing down that tradition. Marcus Pavon, age 7, was the lucky driver on Saturday, and he displayed a huge grin as he clambered up to take the wheel. Davis said he never tires of watching his customers enjoy the autumn festivities and “the best part is letting the kids get dirty.”
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Tin of students’ pennies placed in SEC foundation to represent student support for the building By Kaitlyn Kohlenberg The Daily Barometer
It was a sunny Tuesday when Owen Jones, the Memorial Union president, placed a round, black tin onto the first layer of cement for the Student Experience Center foundation. The SEC is set to open in early 2015. Many organizations currently housed in Snell hall will relocate to the SEC, which is under construction on Jefferson Avenue adjacent to the previous OSU Beaver Store. The tin of pennies was the brainchild of former MU president, Michael Fashana. Students put in pennies to represent their support for the construction of the new SEC building. “We thought it’d be good to place (the
ASOSU Senators prompted to provide objectives for new legislation By Tori Hittner
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Marcus Pavon, 7, sits behind the wheel of the hayride tractor, ready for his driving debut at the Davis Family Farm, located north of Corvallis. The clomping of rubber boots through the leaves and mud attest that children, both young and old, love doing just that. Out front, there are bales to climb on, a giant Halloween spider made out of hay and photo opportunities with a farmer and sheep cutout. Hannah Lehman, 7, happily awaiting a hayride with her twin sister Brooke, said she couldn’t wait to choose her pumpkin. She remembered taking the hay-
ride last year and said it was the best part “because you get to go way out in the field and get pumpkins.” Fall is by far the busiest season on the farm, as locals flood the fields in search of pumpkins, and to weave through the corn maze. Davis usually hires at least six additional workers just from October through November. Amber Elton, who just started working there last week, said she enjoys seeing all the people coming in for food, produce and the
hayrides. “It’s a fun seasonal job,” Elton said before helping pumpkin scavengers weigh their choices. Most customers leave with a pumpkin in one hand and a mug of cider or a bag of doughnuts in the other. “Everyone comes in for the apple cider — that’s a big sell,” Elton said. “Everyone loves the fresh home See DAVIS | page 4
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Senators brainstorm goals, bill ideas for year
pennies) in the lowest part of the building, have it be a part of the foundation,” said Larrie Easterly, the engineering manager for campus operations. Dustin Sievers, the project manager for Andersen Construction, led Easterly and Jones down to the lowest point of the foundation where the first layer of concrete had just been laid. Jones then took the hefty tin of pennies and tossed it onto the drying concrete. The three men returned to the viewing zone to watch the second layer of concrete be poured, securing students’ contribution into the foundation of the SEC. Sievers said that pouring concrete for the building will continue for 10 more weeks. Their goal is to begin steel erection for the building in mid-December. The building will be formally handed over to Oregon State University at the start of 2015. Kaitlyn Kohlenberg
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Memorial Union president Owen Jones places a round tin onto the first layer of the cement for the Student Experience Center foundation.
The Associated Students of Oregon State University Senate met Tuesday at 7:03 p.m. to discuss proposed legislative goals for the term. After 18 minutes of business as usual, Senate President Pro Tempore John Varin prompted senators to spend time brainstorming legislative focuses and potential bills and resolutions. Varin asked senators to “spend 10 minutes in this meeting to talk about things that you might want to accomplish this year or goals that you’ve been thinking about.” ASOSU Senate discussed several topics: •ASOSU Constitution and the Student Bill of Rights •Creation of new resolutions to formally address State of Oregon legislators, which included the time-sen See SENATE | page 4
OSU Press publishes book on salmon The Daily Barometer
The history of the salmon crisis throughout the Pacific Northwest is longstanding, dating back to the 1800s. Extreme logging practices, flood control, cattle grazing and urban development are some of the consistent underlying causes for the endangerment of Pacific salmon. The new book from author Jim Lichatowich, “Salmon, People and Place,” strategically maps an outline for the recovery of Pacific salmon populations based on his experience as a researcher, scientific adviser and resource manager working with salmon for more than 40 years. A graduate of OSU’s Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Lichatowich will return in January to present a seminar on his work. He wrote in his new book, “We enthusiastically accepted the gift of salmon, but failed to treat it with See SALMON | page 4