The Van Buren Park and Recreation Department would like to thank everyone who came out to participate in our fishing derby on May 12, 2007. We had a huge turnout of 150+ kids participating in our derby this year, 130 kids more than last year!!
Throughout the course of the morning several contests were held. Below are the winners for each category:
Longest fish (ages 11-16):
First place - Robert Hyde (14in.)
Second place - Jack Kenny (11.5 in.)
Longest fish (ages 6-10):
First place - Jerid Williams (18 in.)
Second place - Abraham Clute (17.5 in.)
Longest fish (5 and under):
First place (boys) - Jack Voorhees (8.5 in.)
First place (girls) - Kaylie LaFrance (8.5 in.)
Second place (boys) - Kyle Ingison (7.5 in.)
Second place (girls) - Hannah Mazzoni (7.75 in.)
Casting contest (ages 11-16):
Pat Hourihan - less than 1 foot from the target
Casting contest (ages 10 and under):
Matt Feustel - less than 1 foot from the target
The Park would also like to thank our local Walmart store, on Rt.31, for donating the prizes and some of our concession stand supplies. This was a huge help in order to make our derby run so successfully.
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