Rotary Ducky Dash Winners Announced

Just About a Photo Finish

Eager youngsters, barefooted or sneakered, raced to the finish line at Willow Creek Park during Lamar Days, May 16, to help select the winners for the 13^th annual Lamar Rotary Ducky Dash.

Rotary members had been busy months beforehand, selling tickets for the annual Dash, raising funds for some of the Rotary’s projects, including the annual dictionary giveaway to third grade elementary students in the region.

On Your Mark, Get Set..Wait for It…GO!

Youngsters volunteered to run a short sprint on grass at the park to determine the winners, who would in turn, draw traditional rubber ducks from the Rotary tumbler.  The names drawn would correspond to the ticket winner.  In this case, Tri County Ford for a first place finish for $750.  Another race winner, Cameron Canete won his heat, but was also the second place winner as drawn by a different racer for the second place prize of $250.  There were five winners who received $100 each: Wallace Gas & Oil, Gene Cruikshank, Parker Heat and Air, Misty Lopez and Valley National Bank.

Nobody Puts Quackers in the Corner

Some other projects conducted by the Lamar Rotary through the year include: Christmas baskets, college scholarships, the Ryla Program which sponsors high school students to an annual leadership conference and the library book project, providing funds to purchase children’s books for the library through the year.

By Russ Baldwin