ANNUAL DUCK RACE FUNDRAISER WILL BE SATURDAY

The Great Texarkana Duck Race takes place at 10 a.m. Saturday at Holiday Springs Water Park. Monkey Island and Splash Mountain will be open from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. for children’s activities.

Ducks are available for adoption for a donation of $5 each or six ducks for $25.

Duck adoptions will be available online at christusstmichaelfoundation.org or by calling Duck Central at 903-614-7223 until 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Ducks can be adopted at Duck Central at St. Michael Health System, 2600 St. Michael Drive, and through participating sponsors.

The owner of the first duck to cross the finish line race day will win a 2017 Kia Forte. The second-place prize is a $1,000 Holiday Cleaners gift certificate.

A $500 gift certificate from Super 1 Foods will go to third place, and fourth place will receive a $500 gift card to Classic Car Wash.

The fifth-place prize is a Tundra 75 Yeti Cooler from Ledwell Machinery, and the sixth-place prize is a custom-built fire pit from JCM Industries.

Proceeds from the event benefit the CHRISTUS St. Michael Friends of the Foundation.

This year the money is being used to purchase a Varian TrueBeam advanced linear accelerator with rapid arc technology and body surface imaging for St. Michael’s W. Temple Webber Cancer Center.

For more information, call 903-614-7223.