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[keith]

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[AlumniClub]

Wood Tick Race

Think of it as kind of like Survivor and the Amazing Race together in one event. For the past few years, people have tuned in to shows like Survivor and the Amazing Race to watch contestants go through amazing ordeals to win a dollar prize. Imagine an "amazing race" with the winner being the only "survivor" of the race. Now imagine that this amazing race has taken place in a tiny town in Wisconsin, named Oxbo, every year for the last 24 years.

Although new to television, realty shows have been going on in the Northwoods of Wisconsin for nearly a quarter century. It all started 24 years ago, in the bar at the Oxbo Resort, when a gentlemen named Dick Kuhnert wondered what to do with the many wood ticks emerging from their sleepy winter hibernation. Plucking a tick off of his arm, Dick placed it on the bar and watched as it sped around. Thus, the idea of the Wood Tick Race was born. Although the first year only drew a handful of racers, this event has grown annually and now hundreds of contestants vie for the title of Wood aTick Racing Champion.

Like Survivor, contestants vie for a money prize and championship trophy. Also like Survivor, many contestants do disagreeable things to keep their ticks alive between heats. Some have been known to place the ticks on parts of their body to keep the ticks warm, others keep them in ziploc baggies, breathing fresh air into the baggies to keep the ticks alive. Just scouring the woods before the race looking for a wood tick is challenge enough for some contestants.

Although the founding father of the Wood Tick Race, Dick Kuhnert, is no longer with us, his tick judging gavel has been handed down to his son, Randy Kuhnert. Randy has attended Wood Tick Judging School and studied his father's notes from past races and is ready to officiate once again.

Come out and see this amazing race or take a shot at being the lone survivor. The entry fee is $1 per tick and although Survivor Oxbo does not have a $1 million prize, the lone surviving tick sponsor does take the entire entrance fee pot.


2005 Wood Tick Race Information
http://oxboresort.com/2005ticks.html