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Story Archives: CPSO Youth Fishing Tourney sign-up starts Friday, Sept. 19


CPSO Youth Fishing Tourney sign-up starts Friday, Sept. 19
posted Thursday, September 18th, 2008 @ 8:36 amE-mail Story E-mail Story | Print Story Print Story 
Get ready to sign up the kids and pull out the fishing gear!

The 18th annual Miss-Lou Merchants D.A.R.E. Youth Fishing Tournament is set for Saturday, Sept. 27, and will once again be held in conjunction with the annual Jim Bowie Festival in Vidalia, LA. Registration will begin Friday, September 19.

Hundreds of business people from around the Miss-Lou community contribute to the yearly event. Area businesses are still invited to participate as tournament sponsors.

Tournament registration is set for Sept. 19 - 26 at the Concordia Parish Sheriff's Office, Room 6, in the Concordia Parish Courthouse, 4001 Carter St., Vidalia, and nine other locations throughout the area. Registration, which is still only $6 per child, will end at NOON, Friday, Sept. 26. There will be no registrations on the day of the tournament.

Registration sites include:

Concordia Bank & Trust, Monterey, Mon-Thurs, 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.; Fri., 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Concordia Bank & Trust, Vidalia, Mon-Fri, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Concordia Parish Sheriff's Office, Vidalia, Mon-Fri, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.

CPSO Monterey Substation, 5869 Hwy. 129, Mon-Fri, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Concordia Sentinel, Ferriday, Mon-Fri, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Sports Center/Rex, 305 Sgt. S. Prentiss Dr., Natchez, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Catahoula Bank, Jonesville, Mon-Fri, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

CPSO Doty Road Center, Ferriday, Mon-Fri, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Bryan's Marine, 4899 Hwy. 84 W, Vidalia, Mon-Fri, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Ages range from 2 to 18 years old. Each registered child will receive a T-shirt, a trophy and a prize. Children wearing their D.A.R.E. Fishing Tournament T-shirts will be allowed into the Jim Bowie Festival on the Vidalia Riverfront for free.

Children and their parents may fish on Lake Concordia, Lake St. John, Old River, Vidalia Old River, Deer Park, the Natchez State Park Lake and Black River Lake or Four Rivers at Jonesville from 6:30 to 11 a.m. Weigh-in will be held on the Riverfront in Vidalia from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Awards will be presented to the youngsters starting at 1 p.m.

After all tournament expenses are met, all proceeds will go to the D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) Program sponsored by the Concordia Parish Sheriff's Office.

Lt. Uzella Frazier, Chief Investigator Bobby Sheppard and Deputy Stephen Karabelen will teach D.A.R.E. in the parish's public and private schools this year. The Concordia Parish Sheriff's Office began teaching D.A.R.E. in Concordia in 1991.

Annual corporate sponsors of Concordia's D.A.R.E. Program and the fishing tournament are Louisiana Hydroelectric and Concordia Bank & Trust. This year's major tournament sponsors are Delta Bank, Sports Center/Rex, Performance Food Group, Rosco & WQNZ, 95-Country, Shakespeare Fishing Tackle, Cherokee Sign Co., Global Tel Link, Peregrine Solutions, BASF and Bryan's Marine.

"We're looking forward to good weather and a huge turnout for this year's fishing tournament," commented Sheriff Randy Maxwell. "From the number of people already asking about it, I look for us to have a record number of children out there fishing with their folks. Last year, there were about 600 children signed up for the event. This has grown to be one of the biggest and best youth fishing tournaments in the State of Louisiana."

"I really want to thank the dozens of volunteers who make this tournament happen, as well as the hundreds of merchants who contribute financially each year. It takes all of us working together to make this grow and be the continuing success it's been year after year," the Sheriff added.

For further information concerning making a financial contribution to the tournament or registering children for the event, contact Debbie Gee or Jennie Tarver at the Concordia Parish Sheriff's Office, 318-336-5231, 757-3162 or 386-2200.
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