In less than a month, thousands of ducks will invade the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, and if all goes well, their arrival may become an annual migration.
Columbus-Lowndes Habitat for Humanity will hold the Great Tombigbee Duck Race June 9, dumping more than 5,000 yellow rubber ducks from the old Highway 82 bridge into the river by the Columbus Riverwalk. For $5, people can purchase a duck, along with the chance to win cash and prizes.
The quirky event replaces Habitat's annual golf tourname
Carmen K. Sisson is the former news editor at The Dispatch.
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