ROSES ‘9.99* ( nimktl! I gfO *m I M% h% I*rt*w**« < uti 11 <»\m ns wix.irrs rw( ta«i»Tv> Editor Trudi Richmond knows the Eugene Millrm e ducks and geese — and they know her. After all. she has Iwen feeding them for the past 15 years. Kn.hniond drives in from Fall Greek every Monday. Wednesday and Friday and gives them sev eral bucketful!* of bread and grain It costs her about $h for uaf.h feeding frenzy ”1 save the gram for last," she said "It keeps them from fol lowing me to the car," The docks and geese eat up the attention Everyone who comes by with food is treated like the best-loved person in Eugene The well-fed birds have nest is) themselves into the i itv s con sciousness lost .is New Yorkers are known for feeding their C en trill Park pigeons. Eugene resi dents coddle their millracu du< ks. On sunny days, families stop bv to give children their first exposure to wild animals. Or sometimes long-time residents c onto on< e a year for a visit The birds hav e tiecome so essential to Eugene that they've been adopt ed by the community Art and Bernice (Prison count themselves among the millnii.e s visitors Him come by every win ter to diet k in with the birds, to feed them and watch them play, EVery time I tenner drops a few bread crumbs, duc ks and geese from all over the pond swim over, cutting several v svvpths in the water One by one they hop up on the shore as Art snaps Ber nice's picture amid the swarm "You certainly get a lot of attention." Bernice said. The duc ks and geese are the ones getting the attention said Eat Photo fry wfccha* Shindy Senior Jana Herd, alongside Danny Corzine, reaches out to feed an anxious goose a piece of bread near the Eugene Mlllrace. Jana feeds the ducks day-old bread from Williams Bakery. While, a customer service work er at the University Physical Plant, whit h is located behind the millrar e "Those ducks eat better than you and I." White said. White said plant workers don’t feed the animals themselves — the public takes t are of that — hut they do care for them if they're injured. Workers send the wounded birds to an animal orga nization and dispose of the ones who die Workers have also had to res cue dut ks from it e blocks during the winter. "Thin paddle out in a canoe to free the ducks.'' White said, "and they just fh hat k and get stuck again." Kt >('.N radio's Ralph Steadman also fields a number of t ails on the birds. On his radio show a few weeks ago. lie asked the pub lic what it thought of the birds' tH t asitmal jaunt into traffic on Franklin Boulevard The response was mixed Some people seemed genuinely t on corned that the ducks and geese have loo much pull in the com munity. After all. nobody is Irv ing to slop them from crossing, nor is anybody eliminating the birds’ motivation (or crossing — the grass in the street's divider. Other people. however, thought the issue was more humorous than troublesome. Count Steadman among them " They live here too,” he said. "They have a right to go where they want.” Williams Bakery, located only a few blocks from the millrace. does its part by selling old bread to people interested in feeding the ducks It costs only 10 cents a loaf, or$5 fora grocerv-tmrt full. Penny Cash, who works at the Williams thrift store, said a num lier of customers buy wheat bread for the ducks because it's more nutritional. Cash's lies! ( ustomer has l>een Turn to DUCKS. Rage 6 l SIVTPSIAPVOO ! : www Shouu youR Qrc€n for 5oe Off ANy moiMe o^eR 50c I ON SC. PATRICK'S DAy ! * 344-2691 * 1888 FrankSn Btvd. °« (next to 7-11 on Vlard) SAM’S ON CAMPUS sandwiches Where a Sandwich is A Complete Meal! We Bake Our Bread Fresh Daily FREE DELIVERY 50* OFF 75'OFF s1®OFF sm. sandwich mod. sandwich family size 12 loot &4 foot 2 foot oxp. 2 2& 93 exp. 2 2S93 exp. 226/93 804 E. 12th comer of 12th & Alder 343-1141 RECYCLE 0 THIS -1-* PAPER! ALL DAT TUESDAY s p A G H E T T I EAT EVERY TUES! includes I Garlic Bread 11:30 am-10 pm PIZZ* ?eJ££ ITALIAN KITCHEN 2673 Willamette • 484-0996