Spectators flock to the riverbanks to watch as dozens of rubber ducks float down the Wildcat River, with Jackson local Max Morrow bracing the cold water to help free some of the stuck ducks at right, at the annual Wildquack Duck Race & Music Festival in Jackson on May 25. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Spectators flock to the riverbanks to watch as dozens of rubber ducks float down the Wildcat River, with Jackson local Max Morrow bracing the cold water to help free some of the stuck ducks, at the annual Wildquack Duck Race & Music Festival in Jackson on May 25. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Spectators flock to the riverbanks to watch as dozens of rubber ducks float down the Wildcat River, with Jackson local Max Morrow bracing the cold water to help free some of the stuck ducks at center back, at the annual Wildquack Duck Race & Music Festival in Jackson on May 25. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Scott Berry of Berlin gets ready with other volunteers to drop the first batch of rubber ducks into the Wildcat River for the Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce's 35th Wildquack Duck Duck Race and Music Fest Sunday during Memorial Day Weekend. (TOM EASTMAN PHOTO)
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Spectators flock to the riverbanks to watch as dozens of rubber ducks float down the Wildcat River at the annual Wildquack Duck Race & Music Festival in Jackson on May 25. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
The duck mascot dances around the crowd at the annual Wildquack Duck Race & Music Festival in Jackson on May 25. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Duck enthusiasts young and old watch as the "Olympic-sized" rubber ducks float down the Wildcat River at the annual Wildquack Duck Race & Music Festival in Jackson on May 25. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Longtime volunteer Liam McDermott of Tewksbury, Mass. portrayed this year's duck mascot at the Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce's 35th Wildquack Duck Race and Music Fest May 25. (TOM EASTMAN PHOTO)
Longtime volunteer Liam McDermott of Tewksbury, Mass. portrayed this year's duck mascot at the Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce's 35th Wildquack Duck Race and Music Fest May 25. (TOM EASTMAN PHOTO)
Duck enthusiasts young and old watch as the medium-sized rubber ducks float down the Wildcat River at the annual Wildquack Duck Race & Music Festival in Jackson on May 25. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Keith DeLuca of Mighty Mini Donuts hands out an order of cinnamon sugar donuts at the annual Wildquack Duck Race & Music Festival in Jackson on May 25. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Members of the "stuck duck patrol" waddle behind the truck toting all of the ducks in the parade to the bridge at the annual Wildquack Duck Race & Music Festival in Jackson on May 25. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Jackson Police Chief Chris Perley leads off the parade to the bridge at the annual Wildquack Duck Race & Music Festival in Jackson on May 25. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Julian Deserres, 4, of Dover smiles with the duck mascot at the annual Wildquack Duck Race & Music Festival in Jackson on May 25. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Spectators flock to the riverbanks to watch as dozens of rubber ducks float down the Wildcat River at the annual Wildquack Duck Race & Music Festival in Jackson on May 25. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Spectators flock to the riverbanks to watch as dozens of rubber ducks float down the Wildcat River, with Jackson local Max Morrow bracing the cold water to help free some of the stuck ducks at right, at the annual Wildquack Duck Race & Music Festival in Jackson on May 25. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Spectators flock to the riverbanks to watch as dozens of rubber ducks float down the Wildcat River, with Jackson local Max Morrow bracing the cold water to help free some of the stuck ducks, at the annual Wildquack Duck Race & Music Festival in Jackson on May 25. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
People line up to purchase t-shirts and tickets at the annual Wildquack Duck Race & Music Festival in Jackson on May 25. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Spectators flock to the riverbanks to watch as dozens of rubber ducks float down the Wildcat River, with Jackson local Max Morrow bracing the cold water to help free some of the stuck ducks at center back, at the annual Wildquack Duck Race & Music Festival in Jackson on May 25. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Spectators flock to the riverbanks to watch as dozens of rubber ducks float down the Wildcat River at the annual Wildquack Duck Race & Music Festival in Jackson on May 25. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Scott Berry of Berlin gets ready with other volunteers to drop the first batch of rubber ducks into the Wildcat River for the Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce's 35th Wildquack Duck Duck Race and Music Fest Sunday during Memorial Day Weekend. (TOM EASTMAN PHOTO)
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