Mayor John Baal, standing in rear, is pictured with The Streitenberger Sisters aka The Pointless Sisters aka Joellen Gossett, Janie King, Peg Lucas and Carol Speakman, who performed prior to the Zelda presentation during this past summer's Ohio Chautauqua 2004

Bureaucrats gone wild!

Who says those AARP dudes can't still shake a leg? This is what happens to people when they've been cooped up in the office too long. Ron "Hendrix" Coffey was a part of Midsummer's Night on Midway 2003 and 2004. His band, Dumbfounded, was a crowd favorite. To book them.......contact his people at ........aaah, just a joke!

Ralph May hasn't lost his touch. He is pictured with one of his band members, Dee Penn, who is a music teacher in Pike Co.

And they're off! The ducks were dumped off

the trestle at 1:15 p.m. and took 33 minutes to reach the finish line

Duck posse: Jimmy Free, Jake Dietrich and Jake Judkins

Duck MANIA 2006

Duck people from left: Tom Smith, Steve Hamilton, Mike Mess, Don Dietrich, some poor unidentified soul--oops! I think that might be Mark "Rabbit" Smith-- Julie McCray and a kid. Looks like a Free to me.

Heading into the shoot (constructed of swimming pool noodles!)

And WHO were the lucky ducksters of the day? The first place duck (#202) belonged to Sally Scheeler, who earned herself a whopping $600! Mayor John Baal said 202 was extremely fast in the water and perhaps we should offer THAT duck to the highest bidder next year. Second place went to Danny Spooner Long, who won $475. Third place: Aiden Pearce Burke, $275; Fourth place: Penny Everhart, $100; Fifth place: Larry Chapman; $50; Sixth place: Sharon Binegar, $35; Seventh place: Roley Branson, $25; Eighth place: Deana Johnson, $15; Ninth place: Charla Matheus, $5, and coming in dead last was ... Ron Coffey's duck #114 which netted Coffey $20!

Yes, there were a courageous few who agreed --- actually they were strong-armed and coerced --- to pose for the Ohio Chautauqua/World War II calendar, which is being used as a fundraiser. And HERE is a sampling of those brave souls...

We're in the army now or, better yet, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B. Introducing ... the Andrews Sisters portrayed by Dianna Coffey, Teresa Pollard and Carol Wend

Actor Clark Gable and his wife, actress

Carole Lombard, who died in a airplane crash during WWII as she was crisscrossing the country selling war bonds ... portrayed by Adam Shelton and Liza Dietrich

Vavavoom! Jean Harlow (aka Katie Bond) with Howard Hughes (Eric Zint). Actress Harlow was part of aviator Hughes' bevy of arm candy.

The award for best look-alike goes to Janet Chapman, who portrayed First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt

The Yalta Conference Gone WILD! Bill Collins as Winston Churchill; Otis Wagner as FDR and Ron Coffey as Joseph Stalin

Larry Chapman channeling Ernest Hemingway (some insist it's Burl Ives!)

Jim VanDyke as Greenfield's own General John E. Hull