Go fish!

Over 220 Maple Crest residents, staff members, and their families turned out to fish at the Maple Crest pond on June 5. They also enjoyed a hot dog supper on the grill. 

Luther Shetler blasted the starting note for the derby on a shell horn and the first catch of the day was moments later by Richard Lasko. 

Others followed suit, with Mathias Klausing catching the longest fish of the day at 20 ½ inches, Elaina Helser catching the shortest fish at 2 ¾ inch, and Madie Treglia catching the most fish (eight).  

One  goal for this year was to catch a special fish – Popcorn – the fish that was fed popcorn over the past few weeks by residents in Assisted Living.  Popcorn’s photograph, taken before the fishing derby, showed that he was about 16 inches long. 

McKenna Huber snagged a fish that was exactly 16 inches long – Popcorn- so she won a prized gift card to Captain D’s. 

More photos can be seen on MHCO’s Facebook page at facebook.com/MHCOhio.

PHOTO IDS:
• Volunteers Chuck Amstutz, Jerry Althaus and Basil Meyer helped with grilling at the event.
• Bob Daft with his daughter, granddaughter and twin great-granddaughters
• McKenna Huber taking a look at “Popcorn” with help from her grandpa
• Luther Shetler