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University Daily Kansan, November 15, 1982
Larry Kipp, Vinland graduate student, feeds some of the ducks at Potter Lake. Kipp has been taking care of the ducks for the last three years.
Animal Care Unit to take over job but keeper to watch over quackers
By CINDI MERIFIELD Staff Reporter
Larry Kipp deals with, quacks,
handles dog food and has been known to
take an occasional swim in Potter
Lake.
Kipp, an entomology graduate student, has been the University of Kansas' duck keeper for the past three years.
The University has decided that next year the Animal Care Unit will assume the responsibility of caring for the animals in the facility and of the already-busy graduate students.
The Animal Care Unit is a group that has protected the animals used in teaching and research on campus since 1982. The unit cares for injured wildlife in the area.
Kipp's job entails feeding the ducks with dog food and jumping into the water from time to time to protect the ducks from dog attack, he said.
"One time a dog cornered one of my ducks so I jumped in, swarm over and tried to pull the dog away. It snapped at me and then ran on," he said.
NO ONE SEEMS to know when or how the ducks first appeared on campus.
"It is a mystery to us how the ducks got on Potter. There are more ducks there now than there were at the end of the summer," said John Ward, animal care supervisor for the Animal Care Unit.
The job of duck keeper has been passed along from one graduate student to the next and, with the help of Kipp, Kipp has tended the ducks since 1979.
Each year in November or December, Kipp moves the ducks from Potter to his home in Vinland. Geese, cows, hogs and hundreds of bees keep the KU ducks company at his nearby farm, he said.
LAST YEAR, Chancellor Gene A. Bud rewardedki's efforts with a
Rupp takes his job seriously and said he would continue to keep an eye on the dog.
certificate of appreciation.
"If anyone tries to mess with my ducks, I'll personally throw them in Potter Lake," he said.
Kipp's greatest fear concerning the ducks is that during these hard times, someone might try to catch one of the ducks and cook it for dinner.
"If they do will be disappointed.
These ducks are about five to seven
(years old) and will taste tough. The
ducks are usually about 12 weeks old," Kipp said.
Kipp has named a couple of the ducks. Charlie is the head duck and Charlotte is Charlie's "main woman," he said.
"I feel certain that all of the ducks are Democrats. I can tell by the way they act. I have some geese at home that are Republicans and when I put the two together, they just don't mix," he said.
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"Well, the economy has not been as tough on us here as it has in other segments of the country," Smith said.
Gleaming ornaments, bright Christmas wrapping and plastic holly — the commercial aspect of the holiday tradition, even before turkeys grace Thanksgiving tables.
Gasper said that TG&Y had been advertising Christmas items in its circulars throughout the past month. He said that 75 percent of the next weekly circular would be filled with toy advertisements to catch the attention of those just beginning to make out Christmas lists.
Customers may complain that stores are bringing out the Christmas season earlier each year, according to statistics from the United States, another product of the changing times.
"We live in a different world these days," said Marvin Smith, store manager of Gibson's Discount Center, 2525 Iowa St. "A lot of people in Lawrence have relatives living overseas and are in a hurry to mail packages. They want to buy Christmas paper in October."
Smith said that 70 percent of Gibson's annual sales occurred in November and December, and that the store pur-
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especially oysts, in March for the sales
of new products.
DESPITE A tumbling economy and high unemployment, the merchants interviewed were optimistic about sales this season.
LIKE MANY small and large discount stores in the competitive spirit for a prime sales market, at Gibson's, on Saturday afternoon, or the shelves the day after Halloween.
By Thanksgiving, Christmas gifts and decorations line the aisles of most stores as merchants ready themselves the biggest shopping day of the year
"One of the biggest selling days has traditionally been the day after Thanksgiving," said Joe Gasper, store manager of TGY Stores Co., 711 W. 23rd St. "Most people have that day off, and they begin to think they better get out there and shop before there are only leftovers."
HE SAID the smaller variety store was forced to put Christmas items out on the shelves early in order to compete
He said that the higher-priced department stores probably would notice more of a decline in sales, as shopping pinchers by the tight economy turned to discount stores and factory outlets.
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The University of Kansas School of Fine Arts Presents The University Choirs, Choristers and Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Beethoven's MISSA SLEMNIS
Robert Shaw, Conductor Musical Director and Conductor of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Sunday, November 21, 1982
3:30 p.m. Hoch Auditorium
Lawrence, Kansas
Sylvia McNair, Soprano
Elizabeth Mannon, Mezzo-Soprano
Norman Paige, Tenor
John Stephens, Bass
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Tickets on sale in the Murphy Hall Box Office and, on the day of
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