Pity the poor Fishing Derby.
The annual fall event in Cedar Brook Park this year will coincide with a broadscale event on Saturday, Sept. 25 and if it goes to the Oct. 2 rain date, an even bigger event.
The city's Annual Fall Fishing Derby will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, overlapping a run/walk event called "Walk it Out for Peace - Taking Steps to End Violence." Onsite registration begins at 7:45 a.m. and the run/walk starts an hour later, ending at 10 a.m. Then there will be an "outreach event" hosted by Men United in Christ. Proceeds of the run/walk event will benefit Eagles' Academy Mentor Program, the Youth Council Teen Center and Under Our Wings, an organization for children of foster care/incarcerated parents.
If the young fishers need the Oct. 2 rain date, they wil be joined in the park by up to 10,000 people in an event billed as "Taking It to the Streets, A Rally for Peace." Organizers hope to have enough of a crowd singing and signing gospel songs to break a Guinness World Record for such events.
With any luck, the hubbub won't scare the fishes and the junior anglers will enjoy the normally tranquil derby.
--Bernice
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Whoever scheduled these events to coincide certainly did not have our children in mind . . . the fishing derby is supposed to give the children respite from their daily everyday lives and the problems quite a few have to face on a regular basis . . . a mini vacation of sorts!
ReplyDeleteThe day belongs to the children, not some group or politician trying to push their agendas at someone else' exspense!