(SitNews) Ketchikan, Alaska - Rosie Roppel, President of Ketchikan's First City Rotary, announced the winners of the organization's 2013 Duck Race Results held on July 4th. This year's grand prize winner of $2,500 is Adam Archibald. Coming in behind Archibald's high-speed little yellow rubber duck, was the second place rubber duck paddling in a $1,500 prize for Larry Richards. And, Samantha Anderson's rubber ducky banked $1,000 as the 3rd place winner.

Roppel said the proceeds from this annual event go for great causes around the Ketchikan community such as Dictionaries for all 3rd graders and Vocational and University Scholarships. Also benefiting from the duck race event, were community beautification projects like the landscaping and a picnic bench around Community Connections new building and rebuilding of the fishing platforms at Carlanna Lake. Roppel added that projects such as Women's Cancer screening and prevention clinics in Guyana, Infusion Machines for Ketchikan Medical Center, and shelters, picnic tables and bathrooms at Black Sand's Beach and Rotary Beach have also benefited from this annual event.

Roppel said, "Thank you to all that purchased tickets for our First City Rotary great Duck Race. You all are winners!"

The 2013 Duck Race Winners: 

$2500 – Adam Archibald - 1st Place Winner
$1500 – Larry Richards - 2nd Place Winner
$1000 – Samantha Anderson - 3rd Place Winner

4th-10 Place Winners of $100

Jacob Gomes
Jeannine Carraway
Caro Torgessen
Pat Branco
Rhonda Bolling
Savannah Scanlon
Bett Jakubek

11th-20th Place Winners of $50

Jena Conrow
Kailey & Terran Edenshaw
Hannah Ramiskey
Trevor Stephens
Larry Richards
Mark Lee
Gilbert Romero
Amelia McAlpin
Kay Sims
Bonna Booth

 

Edited by Mary Kauffman, SitNews

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