| Clockwise
from top left: Steve English, treasurer of Cowleys Endowment Association, dumps a bag
of plastic ducks into the stream as another race gets under
way. Dr. Pat McAtee, Cowley president, enthusiastically calls
each race. Hunter OToole watches the ducks float to the
finish line. Quackers walks away from the scene of the crime,
unmistakably square 57. Quackers and the gang await the start
of the Duck Squat. Heavy rain just 24 hours prior to the Duck
Dash made the stream fast and furious. More than 400 people
were served a gourmet meal of mesquite prime rib and chicken
breast courtesy Great Western Dining. Diane Kelly, Ron Godsey
and Curt Freeland stand at the finish line to record results
of each race. A nervous Quackers, just before making his deposit
on square 57. Charles McKown, Cowleys dean of research
and technology, poses with Quackers, the duck that made McKown
$500 after he purchased square 57 for $10. The event raised
$11,800 for the Endowed Scholarship Fund. The event has raised
more than $63,000 in six years. |