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WORLD'S LARGEST
YOUTH FISHING PROGRAM ANNOUNCES 2003 WINNERS
300,000 young anglers
participated
in the Wal-Mart Kids All American Fishing Derby
DEC. 1, 2003 - KETCHUM, Okla.
Producers of the Wal-Mart Kids
All American Fishing Derby announced that Riley Horgan, 12, of
Minnetrista, MN, and Rio Kadake, 10, Kake, AK, have been named
freshwater and saltwater national grand prize winners of the
Fujifilm "Big Fish" Contest.
Horgan caught a 7-lb, 5-oz carp,
earning a $500 U.S. Savings Bond and the freshwater title from
Fujifilm USA. Kadake caught a 62-pound halibut,
earning a $500 U.S. Savings Bond and the title for the largest
saltwater
fish. The young anglers caught their fish while participating
in local
youth fishing events produced by Hooked on Fishing International,
Ketchum, Okla., with the help of local adult volunteers and corporate
sponsors.
Horgan and Kadake were state
winners as well and their names are included in a list of all
winners on www.kids-fishing.com, the official website of the
"World's Largest Kids' Fishing Program." In 2003, approximately
300,000 anglers aged 5 to 16 participated in 1,822 fishing events
in all 50 states.
HOFI also announced national
winners for two other sponsored categories. Joshua Sponaugle,
9, Salem, NJ, won the Zebco Kids Casting Contest, winning a $1,000
U. S. Savings Bond. Sponaugle and other participants qualified
by taking part in the casting event. The winner was selected
in a drawing of entries from all the young anglers who cast at
targets during local derbies.
Scott Corsi, 11, Aurora, OH,
won Kellogg's "I Caught a Fish" contest,
earning a $500 Wal-Mart Shopping Card. Corsi's catch qualified
him and
others who caught fish during the youth fishing events for the
"I Caught a
Fish" drawing. Tommy Joe Nickell, Jr., age 6, of Parker,
KS, won second
place and a $250 Wal-Mart Shopping Card. Phoebe Hobson, age 6,
of Graham, WA won third place and a $100 Wal-Mart Shopping Card.
The awards signaled the end
of the 2003 derby program, its seventeenth
year. In addition to Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., the Kids All-American
Fishing
Derby program benefits from its partnerships with Bar-S foods
Company,
Berkley PowerBait, Berkley Trilene, ConAgra Foods, Dubble Bubble
Bubble Gum, Eagle Claw, EverStart Batteries, FishingWorld.com,
Fujifilm, Johnson & Johnson First Aid Pocket Pals, Kellogg's,
Kraft Foods, Laker Fishing Tackle, and Zebco.HOFI predicts the
number of events will jump from to more than 2,000 events in
2004. Organizations interested in hosting an event in 2004 can
apply online at www.kids-fishing.com for a free derby kit which
contains all of the items necessary to put on a local derby,
including, an organizer handbook, prizes and goodies for each
derby participant.
The organization currently receives
strong support from state fish and game departments, the U.S.
Forest Service, parks and recreation departments, chambers of
commerce, YMCAs, fishing clubs, scouting groups, and civic and
service organizations such as the Optimists, Lions, Kiwanis,
and Elks.
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