November 16, 2000


WKU Plans Ribbon Cutting For New Beef Barn

Bowling Green, Ky. - Western Kentucky University's Department of Agriculture will have a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday (Nov. 21) at a new beef barn on the University farm.

The ceremony will begin at 9 a.m. at the barn. Scheduled to participate in the ribbon cutting are Agriculture Commissioner Billy Ray Smith, House Speaker Jody Richards, Rep. Roger Thomas and Dr. Luther Hughes, WKU associate vice president for Enrollment Management.

The 100-foot by 40-foot facility, which cost about $145,000, will be used as a teaching area for students interested in livestock and livestock handling. The barn includes a cattle working area, a conference room, a storage room and other areas for livestock.

For more information, contact Dr. Jenks Britt, head of the Agriculture Department, at (270) 745-3151.

Note to editors/news directors: To get to the new beef barn, take Elrod Road to the rear entrance of the farm. The entrance is the first driveway on the left past the L.D. Brown Agricultural Exposition Center and has a sign directing visitors to the composting facility at the Agriculture Research and Education Complex.