East Luther Grand Valley has thrown all of its eggs into one basket in an effort that, it hopes, will attract people of all interests to a celebration of Dufferin County's 125th anniversary in the village this Saturday.

It isn't that the village wouldn't have been a popular spot to be this weekend anyway.

After all, it is the weekend of the ever popular Duck Race, in which any hundreds of those little rubber duckies vie for the honour of bestowing a thousand dollars or so on their owners. People have always lined the banks of the Grand River to see how many get around the bends in the river, and manage to slip through the funnel-like finish line just opposite Hereward Park.

Grand Valley Crane Service doesn't release the ducks from high above the waters of the Grand until 2 p.m., but that has never meant that many of the spectators have arrived a tad hungry. Anyone who did come to the village in the morning to park close to the launch site, or to feilnsdew ah egroeo,d hvaide wpinrogb aspbolyt been stuffed at the annual Lions breakfast at the arena between 8 and 11 a.m.

None of that has changed this year. Saturday, May 20, begins as usual with a delicious breakfast served by the Lions. And the Duck Race is still a go at 2 p.m.

What has changed is that this event is more than just a local one.

This one is a combination of things that have always happened in the village, along with other happenings meant as a tribute to Dufferin County's 125th anniversary.

The tribute is probably well deserved. In all of Ontario, Dufferin is looked upon as a county that has earned two distinctions: It is arguably the smallest county in the province; and it is considered to be the only one that has successfully resisted restructuring.

To keep everyone interested in the celebration, there'll be a talent show at the arena between the end of the Lions breakfast at 11 a.m. and the start of the Duck Race at 2 p.m.

Immediately after the Duck Race, the crowds are expected to be drawn to the "mini tractor pull" up in the fairgrounds between 3 and 5 p.m.

And then they'll be getting hungry again, so they'll be able to take a few steps to a massive beef barbecue between 5 and 7 p.m.

Had enough? The day is far from over. From 7 to 9:30 p.m., a group calling itself The Dixie Chiclets will pay tribute to the Dixie Chicks.

You'll be able to take a break to watch a great fireworks display at dusk. But you don't have to go

home just yet. There's a dance at the arena, featuring a local DJ (possibly Roger Hiltz), so you'll have a chance to do what every generation of Dufferin residents appears to have done for more than a century - dance the wee hours away.