INDIANOLA — Move over Tour de France, there’s a new race in Indianola that’s attracting more attention than Lance Armstrong: the Tour de Duck. A rubber duckie race. And this bath they’ll be taking is for the big time, raising money to save a community icon.

Indianola residents are hoping that a little yellow will earn enough green to save the 75-year-old Indianola Clubhouse, which is in need of repair.

“Basically, the biggest problem is it’s going to collapse if the foundation is not replaced,” said Indianola resident Teresa Dwyer. “We needed to do something to raise money. (Indianola resident) Joan Lobdell came up with the idea. She figured instead of having people just writing checks, let’s get together for a community event.”

Dwyer and Lobdell both said they are hoping the fund- raiser floats in around $370,000, so the clubhouse can be repaired as soon as possible.

Supporters agreed that a rubber duck race was just the financial ticket to assist the dilapidated clubhouse. One duckie is $10, a quack pack, five duckies is $50 and a flock, 10 duckies, is $100. All proceeds will go to rebuilding and refurbishing the clubhouse.

So far, 1,000 rubber waterfowl have been ordered, Lobdell said, and two packs of tickets have sold out, with the third well on its way.

“We’ve already raised $10,000,” Lobdell said. “We’ve sold tickets to people in Poulsbo, people in Indianola, people in Kingston, people who are visiting. We’ve sold them to people all over.”

The course is being designed by a team of Indianola residents and will consist of a floating line held up by corks, guiding the duckies on their way.

At about noon June 24, the ducks will be let out into Miller Bay to follow the course down to the finish line.

The prizes are mainly cash, with the first place prize being $1,000. The grand prize, however, is a Dale Chihuly lithograph.

“Dale Chihuly lives in Indianola,” Dwyer said. “When he caught wind of what was going on, he offered to donate the grand prize.”

Chihuly is a world-famous glass artist, and his work is priceless, Dwyer said. Perhaps the rubber duckies will inspire the artist with his colorful glass art.

Ducks will be the theme for the day, inspiring all kinds of duck-related items that will be available for purchase, such as duck T-shirts, hats and posters. The event will also feature food made by Indianola residents, like clam chowder and hot “ducks,” which are really hot dogs.

“We thought it would be more fun if we made everything duckie for that day,” Dwyer said. “Hot ‘ducks’ seemed like the perfect idea.”

“It takes people to create a community,” Lobdell said. “But it also takes people to preserve a community.”

Duckies are available at the Indianola Saturday Market and the Indianola General Store.