“Everything just came along.
Everybody thought it was
time to bring it back.”
-SHEA GREINER
Patrons were eager to adopt
ducks on the spot February,
but the website for adoptions
wasn’t up until mid-May. “At
the Home Show, everybody was
disappointed they couldn’t buy
a duck.”
With the website up, the public
can visit the site to adopt a
duck. They will be given a
registration (an “Adopt a Duck”
number), and each rubber duck
will have a label on the bottom
with matching numbers.
“We’re actually renting them,”
Greiner said of the ducks. The
company provides them for
other races. They send them
out, collect them back and
clean them up for the next
race, Greiner said. She said
the company also does turtle
derbies, which she looked into.
“But everybody was familiar
with the ducks,” so that’s the
direction they went.
“There’s thousands of different
ways you could do it,” she said.
If they would have been unable
to get the Des Moines River
with the Market Street Bridge
closing, their next option was
Duck Races photos from 1993-1994.
Ottumwa Courer file photos
For over 20 years, Vista
Woods Care Center has
been providing Health
and Happiness to their
residents. With the
convenience of Vista
Woods, residents find
comfort in their skilled
nursing services, dietary
services, on site beauty
shop, cable TV and wi-fi.
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114 E. Main Street
Ottumwa, IA 52501
641-684-8079
Resident of 13 years said,
“Good people, good room,
and good food. The people
make it worth it.”
Vista Woods
Care Center
#3 Pennsylvania Pl
Ottumwa, IA
641-683-3372
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