Those big yellow ducks all over town mean that now is the time to buy tickets for the 22nd annual Great Olympic Peninsula Duck Derby set Sunday, May 22.
After some 30,000 rubber ducks float on the tide in Nippon Paper Industries mill canal in Port Angeles that day, holders of tickets for the first 44 ducks to cross the finish line will win prizes worth a total of more than $25,000.
The grand prize — a new 2011 Toyota Tacoma pickup truck or a Toyota Corolla provided by Wilder Toyota.
Proceeds will benefit the Olympic Medical Center Foundation and the Sequim Rotary Club’s charitable projects.
Where to buy tickets
Duck tickets can be purchased from members of the OMC Foundation, many Olympic Medical Center employees, Sequim Rotary Club members, the Forks’ Soroptimist International of the Olympic Rainforest, at the Peninsula Daily News at 305 W. First St., as well as through other volunteers.
Each duck ticket for the main race costs $5, and $25 buys six ducks.
Special V.I.D. — Very Important Ducks — can be purchased for $250 each.
The Bub and Alice Olsen Very Important Duck Race race will be an opportunity for businesses and individuals, including those from outside the Peninsula who do business with local companies, to buy ducks with their logos emblazoned on them.
Main race at 11:30 a.m.
The main race in the Nippon Paper Industries canal in Port Angeles will be at 11:30 a.m.
The V.I.D. Race will be at 11 a.m., just prior to the main race.
For each duck that’s “adopted,” the purchaser receives a ticket with a printed number that corresponds to a number on the duck. Owners of the winning ducks win prizes.
Prizes will include cash prizes sponsored by the 7 Cedars Casino, gift certificates worth up to $500, as well as dozens of other prizes from the Duck Derby’s many contributors from the Olympic Peninsula and Canada.
On race day, the Kids’ Pavilion, KONP’s live radio broadcast, and refreshments will be at the celebration.
Bob Lovell and Rick Smith are co-chairing the race.
For more information, phone the Olympic Medical Center Foundation at 360-417-7144.
