Broward Community College - Silver Sands Yearbook (Fort Lauderdale, FL)

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having them stolen or killed by dogs. Almost every day you can find Reed out by the lake feeding his pets. Fish alone don't make a balanced meal for the ducks, so he adds scratch, stale bread, crackers and anything else available. The fish get their share of food too, and so does a snapping turtle who was put in the lake by the science department. They all know Reed well. As soon as he arrives, the ducks parade toward him to get their food. The fish come when he whistles. The turtle? Well, the turtle comes whenever he gets around to it, usually just in time to eat and run. All the money for the food comes from Reed's pocket. He buys twenty- five pounds of scratch a week, plus the bread and whatever else he needs. Last year Neil Crispo, Director of Stu- dent Activities, tried to organize a movement to get the students to feed the ducks, but this fell through. He is trying again this year and Reed is very hopeful. The lake is also a housing develop- ment started by Reed. It started out as a maternity ward for Lucky and since then has evolved into sort of a village, consisting of several houses built out of old signs and other pieces of metal. Each was originally built over a mother duck's eggs to protect both mother and eggs, but they now sewe as shelters from bad storrns. The ducks are more than just ducks to Reed. Most of them he knows by name. Some of the names other than Lucky and Poppa are: Sunday and Friday, who came from Nova's pond, Momma, who has tried three times but has not had any babies yetg Pro- fessor Crispo, named as a thank you to Crispo for his help with the duck food, Kathy Che's a boyll and Barbie, my own namesake. The rest don't have names yet and Reed either calls them The Babies or Crispo's Stu- dents. The turtle doesn't have a name. Reed doesn't consider him a pet, he merely tolerates him because though he hasn't done any harm yet, he is a snapping turtle . . . and the s .t .' ' ,ul J . 1 fu u Q M . .. , NU.-. -w b! -f'f ' T 2 -l - . ,Q ry -Z N- , E -',,.l:l. ' VV f .Qu ' ffl m b .agp 'L 'Q .. 1 ' ' ff N .WN ' -ff .- 'W-' , : - ov' .z. ' .. '-ive' ' ,. ': 1 ducks are getting rather fat. Reed extends an invitation to all students to come down to the lake. There's good fishing Creallyj and the ducks don't mind visitors. The only thing IS that Reed doesn't want any v--W .N ,4 4- , -...... . ... ,f-f 16- ' ,, -'-----WS W-sas ' , ,- mm..-.W - - m - ... ' 1 ,, srm Q is -1. H' Ms., ,-f I.. 3'-: one to harm his ducks, but he land the ducks, tool would love it if you fed them. Poppa will eat right from your hand. So bring the stale bread, and corn, etc., and be kind to the ducks, especially Barbie, she's mine. qv-. '. -L.- Mal -QQ if T rl 0 . Q X -S 3 ,A-Lk. '-,: v- 'R' , D A 1- ,. ,SF . in .. Lia v-'qi'-9 'V-wr .-gm 5 23

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eed Love A Duck PROFESSOR CRISPO Asus 22 ,ae ...Q. by BARBARA SALTER Is the junior College of Broward County going to the ducks? Or are the ducks going to the junior college? This remains to be seen as the duck population of the lake in front of the college has increased from one to sixteen in the past year. Don't go running to the biology in- structors. There is a perfectly plaus- ible explanation for this. Read on. The whole thing started with some fish. The lake was a breeding place for mosquitos until a security guard, Paul Reed, who is a member of the Highway Patrol Auxiliary and riot squad, decided to put some fish into the lake to see if it would solve the problem. As the mosquito popula- tion decreased, Qsince the fish eat the lawaej the fish population increased. Last April, Reed, who has worked at the college for almost two years, noticed a duck in the lake. She was left behind when the other ducks flew north because she couldn't fly. For a long time she wouldn't go near Reed, but after a while, Lucky, as he later named her, became quite tame. Making the lake her permanent home, she soon attracted more ducks, among them was Poppa, who fathered Lucky's fifteen babies. So far, the only troubles the ducks have had are with dogs. Reed was heartbroken when some dogs killed Lucky and five of her children. Lucky was his favorite and he speaks of her often. The ducks keep pretty much to themselves but they used to wander as far west as the construction of the new cafeteria. After being reprimand- ed by Reed, the farthest they now go is a few yards off the shore. Reed would like to see the lake fenced in because he was offered four swans, but he wouldn't take the chance of

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S- i T X f is - ,ff - IXX I STAGE '67 Zi I I I I I I I I I I I I Drama Workshop is open to all students BIC has offered a program in the performing arts since its inception in 1960. Consisting in this program is a summer drama workshop, open to students and teachers of drama. The workshop offers programs in: stagecraft, direction and acting, each carrying 3 hours of academic credit. The main objectives of the workshop are: lj To provide county teachers with an opportunity to enroll in drama courses that are acceptable toward recency of certi- fication and plus 15 incentive awards. Zl To encourage knowledge in the crafts of the theater. SQ To provide a maximum of knowledge, opportunity and practical expe- rience in a minimum amount of time. 4D To provide dis- cussion periods where staff will meet with student directors to study models and prepare prompt books. 5D To pro- vide rehearsals where actors and directors will put to prac- tical application the results of the knowledge gained in discussion periods. 6l To provide the exchange of ideas among teachers of drama which will provide solutions to problems. 7D To develop a concentrated course program in practical theater arts worthy of emulation throughout the junior college system of Florida. The faculty sponsors contributing to the drama work- shop were: Mildred Mullikin, instructor of speech and drama at the college and representative for South Florida in the South Eastern Theater Conferenceg George Cav- anagh, who joined the college faculty in 1963, and was co-director of the colleges first arena production, The Class Nlenagcrieg Elvira Dunlevy, a member of the college speech and drama staff and supervisor for the costuming of the plays.