4-h help

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The derby is going to be April 5, 2003. The first two years our youngest age group was 12 and under. This year we are splitting that up into 5 & under and 6 thru 12. As far as costs and prizes, 5 & under is $3.00. They fish for trophies, rod/reel combos and tackle. In the 6 thru 12 the fee is $5.00. The last two years the grand prize has been a free fish mount but I think we can come up with something better than that because i'm afraid they may not be cashing in on that so we may do something like a $100.00 gift certificate or savings bond or possibly something else if we can think up a good grand prize. Int the 13 to 17 the fee is $15.00. The grand prize is a guided fishing trip for 4. In the 18 and over the fee is $20.00. The grand prize is a 12' boat with a 44lbs trolling motor. We also let families of 4 or more enter for $50.00. That way a large family could all fish without going broke. All of the kids from 17 down got McDonalds gift certificates and water pistols if they wanted them. We also had a hardware store donate 4 dozen knives, so all of the 18 and over gat a free knife. Again we did give away 20 to 25 rod/reel combos and alot of tackle. We also ahve "fun" catagories such as most sunburned, best hat, worst hat, worst tackle box, dirtiest face, best couple, we even gave a prize to a lady who out-fished her husband. For things like this we gave away pizza certificates, gas cards, t-shirts, caps and the other misc. prizes we had donated. Over all it's really a pretty good event. One thing that we do try to stress is to bring alot of kids, that is what is it all about.

I appreciate the interest you have shown and you have given me some new ideas to think about. I wanted to let you know that I will be gone for the next 5 days so if you send another reply it might be Wednesday before I get back to you. Talk to you soon.

Stewart Rooks

PS. I will get some pics scanned and sent to you
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