Plucking the winning duck

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After co-workers spend months selling tickets and numbering more than 2,450 ducks, this trio of Heritage Hall employees made quick work of getting the ducks in the water for Saturday's race. From left are Shawn Cooper, Mel Bledsoe and Steve Kelly. Officials were delighted with this year's warm temperatures, which made launching the ducks, then harvesting them at the finish line, a lot more pleasant than during last year's frigid weather.Click Hereto order photo reprints


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