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<p>HARVEYS LAKE &#8212; You can&#8217;t beat a day on the lake.</p><p>From 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., over 120 kids participated in the annual Harveys Lake Kid&#8217;s Fishing Derby on Saturday.</p><p>&#8220;Seeing the smile on each kid&#8217;s face makes this great for us,&#8221; said Bernie Ozovek, the event&#8217;s organizer and commander of the Sons of the American Legion. &#8220;We haven&#8217;t had many nice days like this considering all the rain we&#8217;ve had, but it was a beautiful day.&#8221;</p><p>Each kid who participated got a T-shirt commemorating the fishing contest, a fishing pole along with pizza, hot dogs and beverages. They also received a raffle ticket for eight bicycles and eight scooters, accompanied by a helmet.</p><p>&#8220;You can&#8217;t put a price on their faces when they are participating in this,&#8221; David Delaney said as smiling boys and girls grabbed their free blue and pink fishing rods. &#8220;It&#8217;s really fun to see young kids interested in fishing, too.&#8221;</p><p>Ozovek said efforts to make Saturday successful take months of planning and fundraising.</p><p>&#8220;We do fundraisers all month long,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But I would be remissed to not credit the Legionnaires and the Ladies Auxiliary for helping us out.&#8221;</p><p>Children who participated in Saturday&#8217;s event, which was free to all kids, were classified by three age groups: 3 to 7, 8 to 11 and 12 to 15, with the top three in each age group who caught the biggest fish receiving a trophy with a gold fish at the top.</p><p>Although prizes for the biggest fish were awarded Saturday afternoon, it didn&#8217;t matter &#8212; as long as each kid had a great time and a smile on their face.</p><p>Among them was Harveys Lake native Mark Kucewicz.</p><p>&#8220;I started fishing at the dock at 11 a.m.,&#8221; said Kucewicz, 13. &#8220;I really tried my best to catch a big one. But I went with two of them.&#8221;</p><p>Kucewicz said he caught five fish in just over an hour but opted to throw three of them back.</p><p>&#8220;I threw a few back, but I always have fun,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I look forward to this every year. I&#8217;ve been participating for as long as I can remember.&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s really not a hard challenge,&#8221; Kucewicz added. &#8220;It&#8217;s always a lot of fun. More people should participate.&#8221;</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Mark Kucewicz, 13, of Harveys Lake, poses with his free blue fishing rod he got after participating in the annual Harveys Lake Kids Fishing Derby. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/web1_Kucewicz.jpg</photo0><caption0>Mark Kucewicz, 13, of Harveys Lake, poses with his free blue fishing rod he got after participating in the annual Harveys Lake Kids Fishing Derby. </caption0><photoCredit0></photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Dan Stokes</p><p>dstokes@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Dan Stokes at 570-991-6389 or on Twitter @ByDanStokes</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Harveys Lake Kids Fishing Derby brings smiles