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Ducks going digital: Rubber Duck Derby becoming virtual event this May

Rubber ducks wait in a trailer to be dumped into the lake to start the Rubber Duck Derby at Clarks Bridge Park on Saturday, May 11, 2019. The event is put on by the Boys & Girls Clubs of Lanier, where 17,527 rubber ducks are dumped into the lake on a 176 yard course with the first duck across the finish winning its owner $10,000. - photo by Austin Steele

05122019 DERBY 008.JPG — Rubber ducks wait in a trailer to be dumped into the lake to start the Rubber Duck Derby at Clarks Bridge Park on Saturday, May 11, 2019. The event is put on by the Boys & Girls Clubs of Lanier, where 17,527 rubber ducks are dumped into the lake on a 176 yard course with the first duck across the finish winning its owner $10,000. - photo by Austin Steele

The pandemic isn’t stopping the Boys & Girls Clubs of Lanier from waddling out its 22nd Rubber Duck Derby.