Participants in the Bluffton Optimist Club’s Fishing Derby were are pictured at left.
In the top photo are, front row, left to right, Andrew Arnold, Harrison Kunkle, Ezra Buyer, Sophie Morgan, Kree Reinhard, Micah Buyer, Leah Arnold, Jacob Dunsmore and Brodie Morgan. In the back row are Huron Draper, Lennon Draper, Sullivan Draper Xyzavier Bagley, Hector Arnold, Riley Kelly, Olson Draper, Kree Bagley, David Dunsmore Lanie Evans and Quinton Dawson.
In the bottom photo are, front row, left to right, Clara McAfee, Caleb McAfee, Lucy Dunsmore, Bridget Evans, Bella O’dell, Grace McAfee, and Liam Schlechter. In the back row are Abel Schlechter, Landon Dunsmore, Eliza Kunkle and Lily Gerdom.
Not pictured: Micah McAfee, Lily Morgan and Kinzie Morgan.
The Bluffton Optimist Club recently hosted its annual Kids Fishing Derby at Ouabache State Park with a total of 67 youth participating. Each youth had the opportunity to fish with their own equipment or use one of the poles provided by Indiana Department of Natural Resources.
The participating youth also had the opportunity to draw for prizes that included various fishing tackle and poles that were sponsored by the Optimist Club.
The Bluffton Optimist Club meets at 6:45 a.m. Tuesdays at the Hoosier House Restaurant on the south edge of Bluffton.
Future club events for include the 4-H Fair pork chop dinner fundraiser, July 18, 4 to 7 p.m., and the 4-H Fair kids pedal tractor pull, July 19, with registration at 7 p.m. and competition at 7:30 p.m.
