Cardboard and duc tape will be the main ingredients for the Float Your Boat event that will be sponsored by the Geary County Convention and Visitors Bureau on Aug. 20. Donna Price, CVB Director, said the event will be held at the south boat dock at Milford State Park. "If we have some problems with ( blue green ) algae we'll move it to the other side, the Corps ( of Engineers ) side so we shouldn't have a problem with it at all this year."
There will be cash awards along with trophies for the winners this year. Price noted that those cash awards will range from $50 for first place to $30 for second place and $10 for third in each of the categories.
In Float Your Boat the participants make a boat out of cardboard and duc tape only that can hold at least two people, and can be launched and paddled on a set course. Price noted that people do get extremely creative. "It's a fun, fun event." In the past participants have come the region. The event on the 20th will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and there is not any admission charge.