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Ducks to burn rubber at Kernville race
| Tuesday, Aug 19 2008 10:31 AM
Last Updated: Tuesday, Aug 19 2008 11:53 AM
Just before Kernville’s Rubber Ducky Race Saturday, self-proclaimed “Head Quack” Ron Smith has promised to wash and feed the bath toys so they’ll be “race ready.”
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WHAT: 21st annual Rubber Ducky Race
WHEN: Races start 1 p.m. Saturday; lunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
WHERE: Riverside Park, Kernville
COST: Ducks are $25 each or $100 for a family of five ducks. Lame duck race, $20 each; odd duck race, $100 each.
DETAILS: Ron Smith at 760-376-4790
Charming? Slightly psychotic?
“It’s both,” he admits.
The ducks’ imaginary hosedown and bulk-up dinner will be the only strategies you’ll have on your side at Saturday’s race at Riverside Park. The duckies are dropped from a bridge and left to the whims of the Kern River.
The winner of the main race nabs $1,000, while second and third earn $500 and $250, respectively.
This is the Kern Valley Exchange Club’s major fundraiser for its favorite causes, child abuse prevention and scholarships for college-bound seniors. Last year, the club raised around $20,000.
A deep-pit barbecue lunch for two is included in the purchase of a duck in the main race.
There’s also the lame-duck “50-50” race, where you can earn half the entry fee spoils (the other half goes to the club), and the “odd duck” race featuring Elvis and other “celebrity” quackers, also a “50-50.”
There will be a drawing for a 32-inch flat screen TV and a Toshiba laptop.
You can pick up a duck the day of the event, but the main race sells out fast, so call Smith for details.