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34 nAugust 2016n www.thunderpress.net THUNDER PRESS days it's about raising money for the local children rather than anything at all to do with bikers' rights, though the MMA is still involved through volun- teering for security. The Kiwanis funds education programs for kids from the money raised during the Redwood Run and bikers are happy to contribute to the cause, especially since a big chunk of change is raked in from the notori- ously raunchy wet T-shirt contest. Once the bike show and games like the wienie bite and ball drop, which were both won by Kathy and CornDog, and the slow race which was scored again by last year's win- ner, Mark Ross, are all out of the way the serious business of the wet T-shirt contest gets geared up as preferred seating, judging and water-dousing privileges are auctioned off. At $100 per chair and $200 to be a judge, you can see how the bucks start to stack up. The water bearer, the guy who gets the honor of pouring ice water on the ladies, came with a $400 price tag. A stagehand was overheard grumbling that they hadn't asked for enough money for the chairs up front since the folks were throwing out cash and jumping on stage in a fevered pitch. By the time the bidding closed, just over four grand had been collected and the show ramped up to warp-drive level. The contest usually comes with a list of rules like no full nudity or touching the other contestants in a sexual way but all that stuff was tossed right out the window as the contest deteriorated into a stage show that any strip joint would have been proud of. John Jennings, DJ and ramrod for the whole shebang, just wandered around on stage announcing how hard it was to do his job while under the infl u- ence of the local fungi. He swore he'd learned his lesson and would never do that again as the contest lapsed into a free-for-all. Women tried to seduce the front-row judges and audience into voting for them as guys jumped up on stage to shoot photos and lurk before hopping back to their seats. The $1,200 purse made for desperate mea- sures it seemed and one girl announced that she'd just wait to strut her stuff until the "amateurs" cleared the stage. Redwood Run Continued from page 14 See "Redwood Run," page 38, column 1 Steve won the Best Vintage award for his Shovel/Pan Subscribe to THUNDER PRESS today • 763.383.4491 CornDog and Kat showed folks how the game is played