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Adopt a duck and maybe you’ll win some cash! The bright orange ducks with the white sailor hats are once again getting ready to race in the 2014 Autumn on Parade Duck Dash. The plastic quackers will “paddle� down Franklin Street in Oregon at approximately 3:45 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 5, after the Harvest Time Parade. “They will take a swim down our man-made river provided by the Oregon Fire Department on Sunday, following the conclusion of the Harvest Time Parade,� said Duck Dash Co-Chairman Laura Medlar. The duck dash route is on the block of Franklin Street between Third and Second Streets, along the south side of Conover Square. Nearly 2,500 ducks, each carrying their own number, will be available for adoption at local businesses prior to the festival weekend. They will also be available for purchase at the Autumn on Parade Booth during the festival. “The adoption fee is $5 each or a ‘6 Quack’ for $25, where
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The AOP Duck Dash is held on a man-made river on Franklin Street Sunday afternoon following the parade.
six ducks can be purchased for the price of five,� said cochairman Jessie Whalen. All ducks remain the property of the festival. Adoptive parents of the top 10 chosen ducks will be awarded cash prizes. Here’s how it works:
Each duck has a number ascribed to his/her bottom. Adoptive parents fill out an adoption form designating that duck based on his/her number. The duck is then placed in the Duck Dash race line-up. The first 10 chosen ducks
that make it down Franklin Street the day of the race are the winners. The decision of the judges will be final and winners need not be present to win. Ducks may be adopted at several area businesses prior to the festival. Look for the
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