Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Kenai Lions Club secretary and treasurer Dennis Swarner tosses a rubber duck into the air during the organization's 20th Rubber Ducky Race fundraiser Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016 on the Kenai River at Cunningham Park in Kenai, Alaska. This is the largest general fundraiser for the Kenai Lions Club, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary. The organization sold about 550 ducks this year, Swarner said.

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Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Rubber ducks sit in the bottom of a boat after being scooped out of the Kenai River during the Kenai Lions Club's 20th Rubber Ducky Race fundraiser Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016 at Cunningham Park in Kenai, Alaska. This is the largest general fundraiser for the Kenai Lions Club, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary.

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Rubber ducks sit in the bottom of a boat after being scooped out of the Kenai River during the Kenai Lions Club’s 20th Rubber Ducky Race fundraiser Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016 at Cunningham Park in Kenai, Alaska. This is the largest general fundraiser for the Kenai Lions Club, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary.

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Kenai Lions Club secretary and treasurer Dennis Swarner prepares to climb aboard a boat collecting hundreds of rubber ducks on the Kenai River during the organization's 20th Rubber Ducky Race fundraiser Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016 at Cunningham Park in Kenai, Alaska. This is the largest general fundraiser for the Kenai Lions Club, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary.

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Kenai Lions Club secretary and treasurer Dennis Swarner prepares to climb aboard a boat collecting hundreds of rubber ducks on the Kenai River during the organization’s 20th Rubber Ducky Race fundraiser Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016 at Cunningham Park in Kenai, Alaska. This is the largest general fundraiser for the Kenai Lions Club, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary.

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Hundreds of rubber ducks float toward the finish line on the Kenai River during the Kenai Lions Club's 20th Rubber Ducky Race fundraiser Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016 at Cunningham Park in Kenai, Alaska. This is the largest general fundraiser for the Kenai Lions Club, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary.

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Hundreds of rubber ducks float toward the finish line on the Kenai River during the Kenai Lions Club’s 20th Rubber Ducky Race fundraiser Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016 at Cunningham Park in Kenai, Alaska. This is the largest general fundraiser for the Kenai Lions Club, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary.

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Kenai Lions Club secretary and tresurer Dennis Swarner guides about 550 rubber ducks safely toward the finish line on the Kenai River during the organization's 20th Rubber Ducky Race fundraiser Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016 at Cunningham Park in Kenai, Alaska. This is the largest general fundraiser for the Kenai Lions Club, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary.

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Kenai Lions Club secretary and tresurer Dennis Swarner guides about 550 rubber ducks safely toward the finish line on the Kenai River during the organization’s 20th Rubber Ducky Race fundraiser Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016 at Cunningham Park in Kenai, Alaska. This is the largest general fundraiser for the Kenai Lions Club, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary.

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