The member of the Parks and Recreation Committee of Amberg, Tilly Wollenberg, exhibits among the baskets and awards that shall be raffled on Amberg Ducky’s day on Saturday at Amberg Ball Diamond. The occasion is scheduled for 11 am at 6 PM, with the duck race at 2 pm, in addition to a meat raffle, stay music, distributors, meals and smooth drinks. (Marguerite Lanthier/Each day information picture)
Amberg, Wisconsin.-The organizers anticipate issues to easily “Ducky” on Saturday for the second annual day of Amberg Ducky.
The occasion shall be 11 am to six pm on the Amberg Ball Diamond.
Amberg’s Parks and Recreation Committee revived Patos race final yr, Tilly Wollenberg volunteer stated.
“We heard that they used to recuperate this a number of years in the past for the hearth division, somebody remembered,” he stated. However for some motive he stopped and the geese gave.
This model has 2,000 weighted yellow geese that at 2 pm will go to the Pike River simply after the Veterans Park. Relying on the move of the river, the geese will take the geese of 15 to 30 minutes to succeed in the top in Mosquito Park in County Street V, the place they are going to be nook with nets and floats. The awards value $ 500 for first; $ 250 per second; $ 150 per third; and $ 100 for the final duck to drift.
The drawings will grant $ 25 to 20 extra tickets.
Geese value $ 5 every or 5 for $ 20, with tickets nonetheless accessible. They are often bought at Mathis Hardware, Amberg Pub, Amberg Mart and Nation Roads Bar and Grill. Tickets may even be on sale on the occasion till 1:30 pm, till the top of provides.
Every ticket has a quantity that correlates with a quantity in a duck.
The occasion may even have puppet and hamburgers on the market, in addition to drinks for kids and adults.
The music shall be offered by Harbor Lights from midday to three pm and a meat raffle will happen from three to six PM Basic Rock Band Damaged Arrow of the Inexperienced Bay, Wisconsin. The realm is carried out from 6 to 10 pm within the Amberg pub after the occasion.
Round 35 baskets shall be raffled, with awards that embody an Airbnb in Athelstane, Wisconsin, and a signed soccer by Inexperienced Bay Packers.
A number of suppliers shall be within the occasion, together with a faces painter. Kids can get pleasure from rebound homes.
The Parks and Recreation Committee will shaped in September 2023 with the target of constructing enhancements in Amberg and the varsity districts of Wausaukee and Beecher-Dunbar-Pembine.
Ducky Days will go to put in a everlasting rest room within the ball subject and probably add a recreation courtyard.
The volunteers established the ball subject about 40 years in the past, stated Wollenberg. It features a concession space and a big pavilion.
“We try to maintain that alive and enhance it,” he stated.
They might nonetheless use volunteers to assist with the occasion, which can happen rain or solar.
It rained final yr, which is nice for the geese, Wollenberg joked, however the participation was nonetheless good.
She expects the occasion to be “Quacktastic” this yr.