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2015 TOP DUCK: Bill Littlejohn
Proponent and duck salesman believes in supporting communities, charities Although he grew up in Sequim, Bill Littlejohn never thought that he’d return home after graduating from Walla Walla College in 1969. He had earned a business degree with an emphasis in accounting, and many companies from all over the region were actively recruiting, as it was a good labor market. He didn’t want to follow in the footsteps of his father, Dr. Robert Littlejohn, who was one of the most revered physicians in the history of the county. “In those days he did everything,” Littlejohn said. “He made house calls and then would go to the hospital to perform surgery. And he was always being called in the middle of the night and on weekends. That type of life didn’t appeal to me.” Luckily for the North Olympic Peninsula, however, his parents did own a nursing home, which was run by his mother, Nan. “The business was getting more complicated, and I told them that I would return home and help out temporarily.” The rest is history. An astute businessman, Littlejohn expanded the nursing home business many times over in the years to come, and opened an ambulance company in 1971, which he still owns today. He has owned Olympic Ambulance for 44 years and also runs Olympic Oxygen. As they still are today, ambulances were very much needed in order to transport patients from throughout the county to the Olympic Medical Center (OMC) in Port Angeles, formerly called the Olympic Memorial Hospital. Before Littlejohn opened the business, his dad used to transfer patients himself on a mattress in the back of his station wagon. In addition to providing all levels of nursing home care and ambulance service to North Olympic Peninsula communities over the years, he also has been a big believer in supporting the community.
Not only is he a significant donor, he and his wife, Esther, have served on several boards. He was a hospital commissioner for 11 years and was president of the Clallam County Economic Development Council and the Sequim Chamber of Commerce. Littlejohn was instrumental in stabilizing that organization during difficult times. He also has been one of the best duck salesmen in the history of the Great Olympic Peninsula Duck Derby. He annually sells more than 2,500 ducks at $5 each and has sold 22,692 during the history of the event, which totals over $110,000 raised for local charities. “I find it’s easy and fun to sell ducks,” Littlejohn said. “I enjoy helping out.” Bill and Esther have been big believers in supporting many other charities in the community, including the many events of the Olympic Medical Center Foundation. “If you’re successful in business, you need to give back to the community. For example, when I grew up there wasn’t a need for a Boys & Girls Club, but there is now,” he said. “I learned that from my parents; my dad was a big supporter of many organizations who do so much for the North Olympic Peninsula.” Today, Littlejohn can sit back and enjoy many accomplishments. He owns two retirement homes — The Lodge at Sherwood Village and the Fifth Avenue Retirement Center, and Sherwood Assisted Living. “We’ve been involved in all levels of nursing home care,” he said. “When Fifth Avenue Retirement Center was constructed, there weren’t any facilities dedicated solely to independent living for seniors. “It was the first thing of its kind here,” Littlejohn said. “It’s different than a care facility. Here, people have a choice. They’re selling their home and moving here.”
Bill Littlejohn is the recipient of the 2015 Bub and Alice Olsen Top Duck Award.
But most of all, the community can be thankful that he decided to move back to Sequim in 1969, as many charities have benefitted due to his generosity, especially the OMC Foundation and the Great Olympic Peninsula Duck Derby. That’s why he’s the Top Duck for 2015.
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BUB AND ALICE OLSEN TOP DUCK WINNERS 2014: Kay and Bill Hermann 2013: Jim Leskinovitch, Gay Lynn Iseri and Jean Hordyk 2012: Lisa Schlaffman 2011: Kim and Daryl Wakefield 2010: Ron Allen and Liz Mueller 2009: Edie Beck 2008: Gail Ralston and Tanya Smith 2007: Rand Thomas 2006: Caroline Putman and John Wahl 2005: Delores and Dick Kent 2004: Scooter Chapman 2003: Dan Wilder Sr. 2002: Terry and Jim MacDonald 2001: Jack Montgomery and Don Fairbairn 1990-2000: Bub Olsen
Bub and Alice Olsen Top Duck Award
Alice and Bub Olsen are fondly remembered for their support of the Great Olympic Peninsula Duck Derby. The Bub and Alice Olsen Top Duck Award honors the behind-the-scenes volunteers who make Olympic Medical Center Foundation events, like the Duck Derby, a success each year.
The Bub and Alice Olsen Top Duck Award was created to honor the Great Olympic Peninsula Duck Derby’s stars — those special volunteers who go far out of their way to help make Olympic Medical Center Foundation events succeed. The award is named for the original star volunteers, Bub and Alice Olsen. A longtime Olympic Medical Center Foundation board member, Bub sold ducks inside Swain’s for 21 years until his death in 2010. Bub was one of the all-time top duck salesmen with more than 15,000 ducks sold during nearly two decades as team captain of the Quacker Backers.
His wife, Alice, was also deeply dedicated to the Olympic Medical Center Foundation cause. On race day each year, together they hosted the Very Important Duck Party, a tradition that continues today and is also named in their honor. Duck Derby season at the Olsens was a family affair — most of the children and grandchildren are involved in one way or another, including daughter, Sandy Sinnes, who is a past president of the Olympic Medical Center Foundation. The Bub & Alice Olsen Top Duck Award plaque with the annual winners listed is displayed at the OMC Foundation office.
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Jamestown S’Klallam tribe continues their sponsorship of the Duck Derby
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The Jamestown S’Klallam tribe has again agreed to continue to be a sponsor of the Great Olympic Peninsula Duck Derby and other Olympic Medical Center Foundation events during the next few years. “We appreciate the opportunity to help make a difference in our community,” said Jamestown S’Klallam tribal Chairman W. Ron Allen. “We have committed hundreds of thousands of dollars to the foundation over the past 15-plus years, and since our health clinic in Sequim works closely with Olympic Medical Center, we know firsthand what a difference the foundation’s fundraising has done for OMC operations. “We are extremely impressed with the leadership and team addressing the quality of health care in our community. We truly believe that the foundation makes a difference.” Olympic Medical Center Foundation Executive Di-
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A lucky duck will win its owner a new truck The 26th Great Olympic Peninsula Duck Derby and race is Sunday, May 31, at the pond at Lincoln Park, located in Port Angeles off Lauridsen Boulevard (next to the Clallam County Fairgrounds). The Bub and Alice Olsen VID Race (Very Important Ducks) will be held at 2 p.m., with the main race following at 2:30 p.m. The Kids Pavilion opens at 1 p.m. The catered VID party, for those supporters who purchased VID packages, will be in the old Loomis Tavern building at the race site with lunch beginning at 12:30 p.m. How the Duck Derby works Duck tickets can be purchased from the dedicated people who volunteer their time to sell ducks, many of whom set up shop at businesses around town. For each duck that’s “adopted,” the purchaser receives a ticket with a
printed number, which corresponds to a number on the duck. Ducks cost $5 each or $25 for six. All of the numbered ducks are dumped into the pond at Lincoln Park on race day and make their way across the pond with help from Port Angeles Fire Department volunteer firefighters who use fire hoses to push the mass of ducks across the pond. The “owners” of the first 44 ducks to cross the finish line win great prizes. The generous people and businesses of the North Olympic Peninsula make the Duck Derby memorable for everyone involved. Last year, nearly 27,000 ducks were adopted in a market of 70,000 people in the Sequim-Port Angeles-Forks area, making this race the most successful per capita duck race in the world, organizers said.
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Kids Pavilion always an attraction It will be a family affair again this year at the Great Olympic Peninsula Duck Derby. Everyone is invited to partake in the festivities surrounding the main event, especially kids. Each year the Kids Pavilion becomes an entertaining place for children in the community, providing them with arts and crafts supplies and a location on race day where they can meet the Happy Tymers Clown Group, decorate their own duck, play games, win prizes or meet the big duck. The Kids Pavilion opens at 1 p.m. with fun for children of all ages. Laura Morgan is the Kids Pavilion executive
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$125 VIDs Accurate Angle Crane Advantage Escrow-Claudette Mingori Anytime Fitness Port Angeles Ben’s Bikes Sequim Steve Burke Eleven Eleven Dental/Gregory Birch, DDS Fairmont Grocery and Motel Hays Architect In Memory of Dick BrownKaren Brown Karen & Leon LaFlamme Northwest Mortgage-Howard & Jane Priest Port Angeles Realty-Chuck Turner Ryan & Tanya Rutherford F.M. Sarrazin Jim & Sherrie Siemens Sequim Health & Rehabilitation Gary R. Smith Nina Smith Spotlight Tanning/Moore Construction Dawnya Texto
Duck Derby 2015
2015 Derby Committees
Special Thanks The 2015 Great Olympic Peninsula Duck Derby could not happen without the generous support of these businesses and individuals
Angeles Machine Works Inc. Matt Bailey/Bailey Signs & Graphics Baskin-Robbins David Benoff Bruch & Bruch Construction Maracella Campos Rhyann Campos Bob’s Chevron Barb & Jim Cammack Darrell Chard Scooter Chapman Corey Delikat Drake’s U-Bake Don Droz Fiesta Jalisco All First Federal branches Eric Flodstrom Forks Soroptomists John Fox Ted Frogge Haggen Northwest Fresh The Happy Tymers Clown Group Hartnagel Building Supply Jim Haugen Jerry Hendricks Joseph Jackson Dave Johnson Kitsap Bank KONP
Duck Wranglers: Eric Flodstrom of Puget Sound Transfer Dave Bennoff Bruch & Bruch Construction Rob Sorensen Bill Rinehart
Derby Tri-Chairs: Bob Lovell Rick Smith Dave Johnson
OMC Foundation Board of Directors: President Joe Cammack President-elect Phil Walker Secretary Tom Curry Treasurer Duane Wolfe
Tickets: David Beal Teresa MacDonald
OMC Foundation Derby Staff: Bruce Skinner George Hill Teresa MacDonald Jeremy Gilchrist Maddie Boe Staci Campos Laura Morgan Olympic Rain Forest Soroptimists Chair: Molly Sarrazin Sequim Rotary Duck Derby Chairman: Tyler Conkle
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Race Day Operations: Jerry Hendricks PAHS Wrestling Team PAHS Fast pitch Team PAHS Boys Basketball Team PAHS Girls Basketball Team VID: Matt Bailey, Bailey Signs & Graphics Kid’s Pavilion: Laura Morgan Lillian Eastman PAHS Healthy Duckies
Kick off BBQ
Editorial and Photographs: Mary Rupprecht and Dave Logan
Michael LaGrange Lilly & Rylan MacDonald Marine Spill Response Corp. Julian McCabe Steve McCabe Dan McKeen Ben and Stacie Neff Olympic Printers Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles Fire Department Port Angeles Parks Department Puget Sound Transfer Gary Reidel Bill Rinehart Roadrunner 76 Dan Roening Seven Cedars Casino Bill Sommers Rob Sorensen Swain’s General Store Safeway Thomas Building Center Walmart Westport Shipyard Wilder Toyota All our duck sellers! All our prize donors! All our volunteers who tagged more than 25,000 racing ducks!
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Duck Derby 2015
OFFICIAL DUCK DERBY SPONSOR SINCE 1990!
DUCK DERBY “NEW VEHICLE” WINNERS 2014 — Rena Keith 2013 — Terri Harmon 2012 — Jason Herbert 2011 — Tom Baermann 2010 — Nancy Johnson 2009 — The Gilchrist Family 2008 — Werner Beier 2007 — David Charles 2006 — Sunburst Builders
2005 — Margy Hall 2004 — Gail Dunmire 2003 — Margaret Mitchell 2002 — Mary Hebert 2001 — J.D. Logelin 2000 — Ollie Garrard 1999 — Jan Sivertson 1998 — Daniel Sinnes 1997 — Mark DeRousie
1996 — Sieglinde Ellis 1995 — Kim Skerbeck 1994 — Dorothy Adams 1993 — Ray Leppert 1992 — Jay Litrap 1991 — Reed & Annette Wendel 1990 — Pauline Olsen
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