An update on Saturday’s Great Duck Race from the Friends of the Mill Pond and Oak Creek Watercourse …
Bundled against the cold, several dozen fans cheered and blew duck whistles to encourage their ducks as more than 800 plastic duckies drifted down the slow moving Oak Creek on Saturday afternoon. At the end, duck number 556 won the $500 first prize for Richard Thinnes; duck number 475 won $250 for Todd Grant; duck number 638 won $150 for June Ortiz and duck number 24 won the $25 lame duck award for Jude Westergard. Classic Cargo International, Inc. won the corporate duck race. They will display the traveling trophy for a year.
The 9th annual Great Duck Race was a fundraiser for the “Friends of the Mill Pond & Oak Creek Watercourse, Inc.”. Eighteen scouts from Oak Creek helped.
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