Race gets ducks in a row for good cause
Photo credit: Ed Betz | Joshua Battenberg, 17, of East Moriches, reacts as rubber ducks come to a stand still during a rubber duck race to benefit Camp Pa-Qa-Tuck in Center Moriches. (July 13, 2013)
Close to 7,000 yellow rubber ducks, primed for the day's big race, bobbed against a starting line Saturday on a stretch of Mill Pond in Center Moriches.
A small crowd, many of whom had paid a $10 race entry fee to root for a duck while helping a Center Moriches charity and possibly win up to $1 million, watched from a dock. A race coordinator yanked away the line and the crowd cheered. The...
