OklahOma Panhandle State UniverSity The Collegian Vol. 89 no. 4 Wednesday, February 4, 2009
[email protected] Renovations Bring Meat Lab into the New Millennium Steven Skacall On Saturday, January 31st, the School of Agriculture hosted an open house at the Firestone Meat Laboratory on the OPSU campus. Well over one hundred people, both students and community members, turned out for a tour of the new facilities and some free food, courtesy of the university. Dr. Dave Bryant, OPSU President, was on hand along with several other dignitaries from the university as well as the local communities of Goodwell and Guymon. Named for Dr. Estes Firestone, Professor Emeritus at Panhandle State University, the Firestone Meats Laboratory was opened in 1984. Construction of the lab was financed by a $350,000 grant from the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, as well as a large check from an anonymous donor. The renovations to the meat lab were done “in the spirit of renewed educational commitment,” according to Bryant. Improvements began in the fall of Celebration of recent renovations in the Firestone Meats Lab facility on 2008 and include new equipment for livestock processing, a brand new customer campus. The ribbon cutting ceremony ushers in a renewed commitment service area, and new and refurbished offices for employees. The renovation to animal science education and customer service. and rededication of the meat lab coincide with the centennial-|Cont. Page 8 Camouflaged Glory Fallen Rachael Beck Andres Here’s five million dollars. Go Of course the question may come ahead, take it. It’s everything you to your mind; what’s next? Is this Aggies Balandria have ever worked for.