COLUMBUS, Ind. — The 19th Annual Kiwanis Incredible Duck Splash on Saturday at Mill Race Park generated a record gross total of $82,325 for various projects benefiting youth and others.
Jeff Blasdel, event founder and coordinator, announced the total. He said the previous record was $73,300 in 2018.
“What a fantastic year,” Blasdel said.
The event raises money for Columbus Meridian Kiwanis efforts as people “adopt” rubber ducks that are dropped into the park’s Round Lake. Winners are then drawn out of the water.
Duck “buddies” are local youth organizations who get 80 percent of their total sales of duck adoptions.
Each purchase of a $5 “adopted” duck earned a person one chance to win one of 20 prizes totaling more than $12,000 in value. A record 21,678 ducks were purchased.
Loretta Nugent had the lucky duck number. But her duck was not one of the first 10 drawn, so she did not win the new car or $50,000. However, she received a $100 consolation prize. Winners of the cash and prizes totaling more than $12,000 are:
1st: $2,500 Mario Gaggiano, Columbus
2nd: $1,500 Phebe West, Grammer
3rd: $1,000 Nichristin Guesman, Columbus
4th: Apple iPad Pro GPS + Cellular, Mike Schubel, Columbus
5th: 70” 4K HDR Smart LED TV, Michael Dean, Columbus
6th: Laptop computer from Midwest Computer Solutions, Tami Schwenk, Columbus
7th: Apple Watch Series 7 GPS + Cellular , Joan Stender, Haverhill, Massachusetts
8th: $500 Cash, David Stehouwer, Columbus
9th: Otter Creek Golf for 4 and One Night Stay at Residence Inn – Marriott, Michael Edwards, Columbus
10th: 8 Tickets to Columbus Indiana Philharmonic and One Night Stay in Hotel Indigo, Melanie Henderson, Columbus
11th: Nintendo Switch OLED, Joan Velten, Columbus
12th: $350, Dennis Knulf, Columbus, IN
13th: $300, Maria Si Lira Sosa, Edinburgh
14th: Men’s Suit from Dell Brothers, Patti Davis, Murfreesboro, Tennessee
15th: $250 Cash, Sharon Stephens, Scottsdale, Arizona
16th: $250 McDonald’s Arch Cards, David Glick, Chicago
17th: Bose Solo Sound Bar, Brooke Marsh, Columbus
18th: Gas Grill from Lowe’s Home Improvement, Beth Hummell, Elizabethtown
19th: One Night Stay Home2 Suites and Columbus Visitor’s Center Gift Package, Angela Sizemore Seymour
20th: Columbus Gift Package from Columbus Area Visitor’s Center, Ciro Takahachi, Columbus
