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daily nebraskan
thursday, november 17, 1977
Swine research operation move to Mead underway
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Phase III of a plan to move UNL's swine research oper
ation to the Mead Field Laboratory is underway and ex
pected to be completed on schedule, according to Harley
Schrader, UNI physical plant director.
The NU Board of Regents approved new low bids Fri
day on the project, which was delayed when initial bids
were too high.
Schrader said the initial bids totaled $322335, 79 per
cent higher than NU's $ 1 80,000 estimate.
Bids were renegotiated with contractors to reduce costs
by modifying the construction plans. Schrader said the
Ski areas
Continued from p.3
Steamboat has instituted a guarantee snow policy this
year, Hanna said. With this policy, if skiing conditions are
not fair 72 hours in advance, skiers can call and cancel
reservations and have all their money returned, he said.
Crested Butte is the only other ski area which has this
policy, Hanna said.
Steamboat currently has six to eight inches of snow on
top of the mountain and is expecting more snow this
week, Hanna said. There is a storm front moving in from
Washington which is expected to hit the Steamboat
Springs area by Friday, he said.
"Steamboat Springs traditionally doesn't get a lot of
early snow," Hanna said. "However, all the signs we have
seen look positive for a good winter."
Hanna said summer predictions of a winter with little
snow may be diminishing.
"The snow predictions depend on who you talk to,"
Hanna said. "1 have seen reports that have said we would
have normal to above normal snow falls. There is a
meteorologist in Boulder that says this dry spell will last
for another year.
"I also read a survey from a ski manufacturer, who is
interested in how much snow there is going to be so they
know how many pairs of skis to make, that said it should
be a good year for skiing."
Ski trips up
Ronald Thomas, sales manager for Bock Travel in
Omaha, said reservations for ski trips through his agency
are up this year.
Thomas said a trip his agency has planned to Steam
boat Jan. 9-15, already is filled. However, a Thanksgiving
trip to the Summit area, Copper Mountain and A-Basin
had only 16 reservations by Tuesday, he said.
"Last year this trip was filled by this time," Thomas
said. "However, they had a rotten year for skiing. This
year I think people are just sitting back, waiting to see
how things develop."
So, if the books are getting to be tqo much for you,
grab a drumstick and your skis, and take off for the
slopes.
Other ski area opening dates:
Nov. 19: A-Basin, Pikes Peak and Winter Park.
Nov. 24: Aspen Highlands, Aspen Mountain, Butter
milk, Snowmass, Breckenridge, Ski Cooper, Copper Moun
tain, Hidden Valley, Ski Idlewild, Powderhorn and
Pelluride.
Nov. 25: Sunlight
Nov. 30: Ski Broadmoor
Sometime in November: Crested Butte, Monarch,
Purgatory and Wolf Creek.
Dec. 1 : Arapahoe East and Conquistador
Dec. 3: Keystone
Opening in early December: Geneva-Basin.
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rpn-antiated hids for general, mechanical and electrical
work now total $189,073, compared with an approved
budget of $201,480.
The modifications include reducing the number of
buildings from six to four and using more efficient materi
als and building methods, Schrader said.
The bids were renegotiated instead of relet because
foundation and concrete work must begin before the
ground freezes, Schrader said, adding that delay could
postpone building until spring.
The work now is underway, Schrader said, and is ex
pected to tje completed by the July deadline.
The relocation is part of a general exodus of livestock
from East Campus, according to Irvin Omtvedt, animal
science department chairman.
ii. ih I incoln has erown around the old swine center
at 75th and Adams Streets, ruling out future expansion at
that site.
"People don't like to have a pig in their backyard," he
said.
It will not prove as convenient to have the livestock at
Mead, he said, adding that full-time employees have been
hired to care for the animals. Previously, part-time student
help had been hired to do routine chores and aid in re
search, he said.
Also, researchers will not have day-to-day contact with
the livestock, he added.
However, because of the improvements, Omtvedt ex
pects the department to do more and better research with
fewer animals.
"We will be able to continue to be one of the leading
swine research centers in the nation," he said.
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