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Duck-n-Jeep Derby raises funds for SOKS
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Sheriff Danny Smith’s Jeep, complete with a giant duck, sits atop a flatbed at Saturday’s Jeep Derby. Several sponsors donated prizes to raffle during a fundraising event for Special Olympics Kansas. - photo by Dustin R. Strong
PITTSBURG, Kan. — It began with a simple act of kindness. A Jeep owner in Ontario, Canada, decided to brighten someone’s day and placed a small rubber duck on the fender of another Jeep. That act of kindness has spread across Canada and the United States, inspiring Crawford County Sheriff Danny Smith to host a Duck-n-Jeep Derby at Pittsburg State’s Gorilla Village to raise money for Special Olympics Kansas on Saturday.