On June 12, thirty-two residents and staff left campus bright and early
to travel to Smithfield for a day of fishing. For many it was the first
time they held a rod and reel in their hands, baited a hook and cast a
line. Residents headed to their special fishing hole, and volunteers
retrieved lines of out the trees and tall grass. When asked, they even
removed the catch from the lines of squeamish fishers.
This annual
fishing trip is a day that the boys and girls always enjoy, but "Hannah"
was most the excited of them all. She landed the biggest fish of the
day!
Don Lancaster,
host of the radio show Fishing Tidewater, conducted a quick "Fishing
101" giving the boys and girls the benefit of his vast fishing
knowledge. Old Point National Bank, longtime host of this event,
provided the rods, reels, bait and tackle in addition to underwriting
the cost of a cookout.
