Article posted: 7/26/2012 12:58 PM

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Russel Cardelli of Algonquin, 21, earned first place for Team Cardelli, in the Cardboard Boat Regatta at last year's Algonquin Founders' Days Festival.

Kristin Ackmann | Staff Photographer ¬

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Each year the Algonquin Founders' Days Festival entertains the crowds with a boat race. The boats are made of cardboard and duct tape and contestants are given an hour to create them. Then, they race down the Fox River and back for a cash reward.

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