1983_03 The Daily Collegian March 1983

              Crash triggers Bucket investigation
An auto accident, which left one teen¬
age girl dead and two others- seriously
injured on Feb. 11, has triggered investi¬
gations into operations at the' Bucket, the
CSUF pub.
Karen' Olsen, 18,- and Sherry Lynn
Lindley, 18, both of Porterville, left the
Bucket only moments before their car,
traveling east on Barstow Avenue, was
struck by a car going south in Chestnut
Avenue, according to a Fresno Police
The southbound vehicle was driven by
a 17-year-old youth whose name was not
released; she was later arrested on char¬
ges of suspicion of vehicular man-
The youth said Olsen was the one who
ran the stop sign.
Olsen, the driver, died shortly afterthe
Chief William Anderson of the CSUF
Campus Police, said his department, being
a CSUF establishment, became indirectly
intertwined" in the situation, and it was
necessary to call in "independent investi¬
gators" — the Alcoholic Beverage Con-
: ml (ABC).
"We are conducting the investigation at
: he request of authorities at the CSUF
ampus," said Dave Goss, districtadmin-
>trator of the ABC. "It's premature to
give any specifics atthis time. All I will say
s that background material is being
i.it hered, and all of the participants will be
merviewed to-evaluate the facts."
Penalties can range anywhere from
.ffietat TraTTTffig to "the revoca'ttc'"
i ense. said Goss, but whether
nese reviews will result in disciplinary
» lions against The Bucket is unknown at
Goss said he knows nothing of past
iquor license violations by the Bucket.
On prior occasions, said Goss, there has
tven been a number of good responses
regarding operations at the bar.
Anderson said he saw no "construc¬
tive" reason to put further pressures on
the accident victims by launching a full-
scale investigation by being conducted as '
. standard procedure.
Anderson said that throughout the
year, the Campus Police has used spot
checks and undercover men to keep an
eye on Bucket policies.
"While our undercover men were in the
Bucket, they had an opportunity to do
In a recent Interview with DaUy
spotcheckaT Anderson said. "And each
Comtgian reporters, Lindley, who is rec¬
time The-Bucket came up A 1; there were
overing from a broken pelvis and a
absolutely no indications of deviation."
broken rib, said she was not asked for an
However, Anderson said there have
ID card upon entering The Bucket that
been occasions when minors were found
in The Bucket. But in those instances
some have admitted to slipping in through
the bathroom windows while others
apparently used false IDs. he said.
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Mob scene
The CSUF computer lab bustles with activity as students wait patiently to use the display terminals. At the same time,
the student consultant aids a woman who has secured a place
Fence woif t keep 'em put
Dog attacks threaten CSUF farm animals
Norm Lincoln, shepherd at the CSUF
farm, keeps a .22 calibre rifle in his office.
A seven-foot wall guards the perimeter of
the night pens which house theUarm's
sheep after dark. A winding fence encir¬
cles much of the farms 160 acres where
the livestock graze.
The gun isn't there for the animals and
the wall and fence aren't there just to keep
the livestock in. They are there to keep
.something out.-
Dogs. For years, dogs, wild and domes¬
ticated, haveposed a serious threat to the
lives of farm animals.
In anincktent 15 years ago, 27 pigs were
killed in a dog attack. More recently,
coyotes have been known to make their
way do wn from the foothills and kill one or
more sheep', x      ^
Farmers turn to computer
for farm management tool
San Joaquin Valley farmers are turning
to the computer as a management tool to
more efficiently run their farms, accord¬
ing to Carl Pherson, Chairrnanof Agricul-
tural Economics and Education.
"The computer is now a farm tool just
like the tractor or harvester," said Pher¬
son. •"Also, the family farmer is begmnins
to look upon the computer as a farm
management tool*
Pherson saJcfthat farmers now use. the
rner must also keep physical records,
such as the amount of grain used to feed
livestock of the. amount of raisins pro¬
duced in a season- Pherson said that most
farmers are not  lovers of book-
"Farmers are very action oriented
people and they would rather spend time
on a tractor than have to keep track of
records," Pherson said.
According to Pherson, the average
farm owner did not have a computer two
years ago. He mainly relied on profes¬
sional bookkeeping or he did the books
comp-t^tol^iT^ofth^records.    \^^'^^^^
Computers help deal wjth: legal situa-   has led to smaller computers at fawerpn-
txnw/fmancvioans and iwnagernent. ^ COf-WOI. M*M
But so far this year, the farm has
reported no losses to predators, a fact,
which has some farm workers worried
that they just might be ~due."
"There will be a time in the future." said
Beef' Technician Jim Johnson, ''when
dogs wil attack."
Despite their fears, however, tho**
whose job it is to keep the animals healthy
say that little can be done beyond those
fencing measures already taken -r mea¬
sures which may not be extremely effec¬
tive if dogs attack again.
"The defense mechanisms aren't the
greatest," said Farm Supervisor Jim Dil¬
liard. "Since most dogs can jump a fence,
that type of protection is very small."
If the dogs can't be kept out then, Dfl-
liard said, the only hope it} that theyU be
discovered before they, can do any
•'We know there are a few out there,"
he said, "but there's not much you can do
about it except post guards."
The trouble, according to Johnson,
stems from the farms location. Sur¬
rounded by homes, the farm serves as a
sort of Mecca far area dogs.    -
"We're right m the mkkfle of a resi¬
dence area," he said. "We get the donws-
tic dogs from the neighbors," he said.
While these dogs dcn'Vuiuely vat the.
animals, accotdnsj to Lsicota, they can
. do mora dasMfii than their wHcoMtttar-
parts. H« »_idtr*t coyotes •_«**_*< k_
and sat just one ansvi, s»hia dopirati
cated dogs w_ "play" with many.
• "Tne dogs get in there and get to play¬
ing and they won't quit," Lincoln said. "A
lot of the animals aren't killed outright but
they're hurt so bad that they eventually
die."   ■
Some of the animals, of course, are
more susceptible to predators than oth¬
ers. According to Dilliard, young pigs are
the most vulnerable, followed by. sheep
(especially during their current lambing
period) and then calfs.
"Sheep will tend to run from their
young when in danger, ".Dilliard said, "but
a dairy cow, if she's around, is a pretty
good deterrent."
As far further defensive tactics, one
local farmer, said the rule is, "if some¬
thing's chasing your livestock, shoot it."
However, because the dogs are locally
owned, and may actuaBy be accompanied
by their masters (as when jogging), such a
remedy may not always be desirable.
On the other hand, faaure to stop the
dog, by whatever means possible, could
cause mora problems down tha line.
1 think if there's one instance, than
«m1 have a rash of them," DMstd s_d.
Ifa-afei* they M>« easy k%thsy.
ceme bach lo that location- and may.
brifeatomdormrae."