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What do you get when you combine the Canada Day celebrations with the Flin Flon Trout Festival? Fun. Lots of fun. "It went phenomenally well," said a pleased Greg East, president of the 54th Annual Trout Festival. "We felt our attendance was up from last year and folks enjoyed the events, which was what we were hoping for." The weather even cooperated this year with mostly warm sunshine greeting the people who came out to enjoy the wide variety of festival events and attractions. When it did rain later in the day on Saturday, it mainly fell during the evening Fish Fry at the Community Hall where people had gathered to welcome back visiting friends and family, and generally just have a good time together. "It was a great Fish Fry," said East. "It seemed everybody really enjoyed themselves." The main band of the evening was a Fleetwood Mac tribute band, and their music seemed to be the perfect mix to cap off the festival activities. "I also know Rick Hall was delighted with the turnout for the canoe event on Saturday afternoon," mentioned Greg. "And the parade exceeded our expectations. Overall we were more than pleased with how well things went. We had such a great group of volunteers that made it happen for us." East mentioned a highlight for him was at the end of the Duck Race when a young girl was there, all smiles, because she had seen her duck cross the line as one of the winners. "There were lots of smiles, all around," said this year's festival president. Here are some of the winners from the 54th Annual Flin Flon Trout Festival: See 'Parade' P.# Con't from P.# Parade Winners In the Commercial Division the winners were: 1st - Sharon's Place; 2nd - Pharmasave; 3rd - Calm Air. In the Non-Commercial Division the winners were: 1st - Flin Flon Recycling Centre; 2nd - Flin Flon Figure Skating Club; 3rd Student Resource Centre. Flin Flon Trout Festival Month Long Fishing Derby results: Lake Trout Event 1st - Sheldon Weibe (44.25") Return trip for two to Winnipeg from Calm Air and $500 from Victoria Inn. 2nd - Scott Johnson (44") $1,000 cash from Flin Flon Trout Festival. 3rd - Randy Whitbread (44") $500 cash from Flin Flon Trout Festival. 4th - Larry Kuryk (43.5") $250 cash from Royal Bank. Walleye Event 1st - Bob Gummerson (32.5") $500 cash from Twin Motors and Cabin Stay Bayside Resort. 2nd - Don Gummerson (32") $200 gift certificate from the Co-op. 3rd - Brock Gummerson (31") Boat set and clamp. New design by Ted and Fred. 4th - Rob Erickson (31") $100 gift certificate from Creighon furniture. Northern Pike Event / Adults 1st - Phil Ritchot (46") $500 cash from the Flin Flon Trout Festival. Fly out fishing trip from Bakers Narrows Lodge. 2nd - Derrick Danielson (45.75") Terry Mclean print S.I.R. 3rd - Rod Alexander (45") Ducks Unlimited print. 4th - Joe Hancock (44.25") $100 gas certificate from Super K. Perch Event 1st - Joe Hancock (12.5") $200 gift certificate from the Co-op. 2nd - Carter Whitbread (10") Gas fish cooker from Stittco. 3rd - Lucas Frederick (8") 16 piece stoneware from Paradise Lodge. 4th - Joey Rideout (8") Tackle box with tackle from Yamaha Power. North Pike Event / Kids 1st - Rory Thomas (43") BMX bike from Home Hardware. 2nd - Kiana Hancock (41") $100 cash from Flin Flon Trout Festival. 3rd - Mark Linnick (33.5") Tackle box with lures from Slater Lures. 4th - Mike Thompson (32") $50 gift card from Wal-Mart. Rainbow Trout Event 1st - Jason Donaghy (19") Caribou Tufting from Theresa Wride. 2nd - Joe Hancock (18") Terry Mclean print S.I.R. No entries for 3rd and 4th, so prizes carried through to miscellaneous prizes. Miscellaneous Prizes 1) All fishermen who entered a fish and did not win any other prize? Leon Wiebe won a 16 piece stoneware set with fly fishing print pattern from Paradise Lodge. See 'Bands' P.# Con't from P.# 2) All adults who bought a Festival Fishing Kit? Fred Bouteller. A $100 gas certificate from the Gateway Drive-In. 3) All kids who bought a Festival Fishing Kit? Justin Donaghy. A camping stool from Manitoba Hydro. 4) All ladies who bought a Festival Fishing Kit? Marg Dempsey. Brunch and dinner gift certifictes from Rocky View Lodge. In handing out the prizes, Glen Whitbread also mentioned his appreciation to the Candy Bar Basket and Balloons, HBMS and Manitoba Hydro. Battle of the Bands Contest There were three bands who took part in this year's Battle of the Bands. The bands were: "Fingers Crossed" from The Pas featuring Cody Stait, Seth Kizuik, Andrew Watts and Cabel Johnson. "Ethereal Sky" from Flin Flon featuring Andrew Taylor, Adam Ricard, Steve Grundmann and Charles Fahie. "Youth Diversion" from Flin Flon featuring Mary Taylor, Joy Beauchamp and John Bettger. There were seven categories, with a $100 gift certificate from Gunn South and Light up for grabs for each category. Co-sponsor was the Flin Flon Trout Festival. The winners were: Appearance - Youth Diversion; Choreography - Youth Diversion; Original Song - Fingers Crossed; Playing - tie between Ethereal Sky and Fingers Crossed; Presentation - Youth Diversion; Vocals - Youth Diversion and Overall Winner - Youth Diversion.
