Maple Crest sees record crowd at annual fishing derby
Maple Crest held its annual fishing derby on June 9, which took place in unexpected sunshine! Approximately 240 people attended the event, a record crowd for the fishing derby.
Numbers
- Approximately 240 people attended the event - a record crowd!
- 31 assistants (both staff and volunteers) kept everything running smoothly!
- Arthur and Jo Ann Hilty brought 15 guests!
- 12 fish were caught by Olivia Douglas alone, and the longest fish, caught by Carol Bixel, measured in at 21 3/4 inches.
Prize-Winners
- Person who caught the longest fish - Carol Bixel (21 3/4 in.)
- Person who caught the 2nd longest fish - Travis Kleman (20 3/4 in.)
- Person who caught the 3rd longest fish - Emily Setzer (20 1/4 in.)
- Person who caught the shortest fish - Thayne Kleman (4 in.)
- Person who caught the 2nd shortest fish - Thayne Kleman (5 in.)
- Person who caught the 3rd shortest fish - a three-way tie of 6 in. by
- Olivia Douglas, Thayne Kleman and Daniel Setzer
- Person who caught the "Biggest Fish that Got Away" - Arlene Allison
- First Maple Crest resident actually out fishing - Mary Ann Kooker
- First guest actually out fishing - Robby Allison
- First person to catch a fish - Jean Douglas
- Person who caught the most fish - Olivia Douglas (12 fish)
- Person who caught the 2nd most fish -- Thayne Kleman (11 fish)
- Person who caught the 3rd most fish - Tayton Kleman (10 fish)
- Family that came the farthest - John, Katie, Maggie, Jack Szabo (Columbus)
Assistants
- Barbeque Chefs -- Jerry Burkholder, Daren Lee, Basil Meyer, Russel Suter, and David and Laura Voth
- Fishing Experts -- Curt Burkholder, Don Flory, Tom Reimund, Dakota Setzer, and TR Steiner
- Prepared the Fishing Poles -- Don Flory, Clarence Kooker, and Russel Suter
- Fish Measurers -- Inara Brubaker, Vera Core, Darrel Kirkendall, and John and Carrie Miller
- Servers/Food Helpers -- Rosalie Dosh, Jane Edinger, Basil Meyer, Ernie Porzelius, Della Salter, Jaime Shaw, Donnas Stone, and Pearl Williamson
- Photographers -- Corinne Lee and Joy Siders
- Bait - half of it was donated by Two Men and Tools, a business run by John & Steve Shaw
- Rod and Reel Poles -- loaned by the Division of Natural Resources in Findlay, Ohio (picked up by Don Flory; returned by Daren Lee)
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