THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, July 16, 1995 TAG: 9507160059
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B3 EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA
SOURCE: FROM STAFF REPORTS
DATELINE: MANTEO LENGTH: Short : 36 lines
The scorching heat failed to keep about 150 people from hitting local piers and embarking on boats to compete in the fourth annual Kids Fishing Tournament Saturday.
Children fished from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the tournament, which was sponsored by Seamark Foods and Oscar Mayer. A $12 entry fee included a T-shirt as well as entrance to a cookout at Pirate's Cove Yacht Club.
Athletes and volunteers from the Special Olympics also participated in the tournament, fishing from the Crystal Dawn.
At the cookout, the Boys Club Band, a singing group of four brothers from Roanoke Rapids performed a concert.
Other special guests at the cookout include the KFC Chicken Man as well as Piggy Lou and Hay Bailey, Pigman Barbeque mascots.
Winners received trophies and $100 savings bonds.
The following children won prizes in the tournament:
4- TO 10-YEAR-OLDS
Megan Lange for a 1.01-pound Spanish mackerel and a .99-pound bluefish
Melissa Pekron for a .59-pound croaker
Lyndsey Tarpley for a .93-pound bluefish
11- TO 16-YEAR-OLDS
Willis Robinson for a .91-pound Spanish mackerel
John Parker for a .59-pound croaker
Chad Healey for a .44-pound croaker
Bo Davenport for a .44-pound croaker by CNB