ROSCOMMON – The 34th Annual Great AuSable Duck Race was run, or rather, swum, July 10 at Wallace Park in Roscommon.
Pails full of rubber ducks are dumped off the bridge across the AuSable River, in three heats. The first 20 ducks reaching the finish line for each heat are gathered together for the fourth heat. The first two heat winning ducks, and the top 20 final heat ducks win cash prizes.
Heat winners included Ken Hellebuyck, Heather Hollister, Tammy Hubbard, Veronica Blodgett, Troy Fairbanks, and North Country Property Services, LLC.
Finalists were Diane Heath, Veronica Blodgett, Matthew Kavanagh, Dave Luck, Rick Bertsch, Rick Bills, Michael Underwood, Diane Heath, Callie Adams, Tina Doyle, Melissa Billings, Joel Thatcher, Rick Bertsch, Chrisi Maxwell, Ellen Katalenich, Julia McGee, Wesley Lynch, Joshua Williams, Lea Brucher, and Marie Anderson.
Proceeds from the Duck Race are used to fund local scholarships and promote community projects in Roscommon and Higgins Lake area.
