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Fishing tourney gives $77K to help sick kids
1  For Wed 5-20 Fishin for a Cure Give Out 77000
An $11,000 check is presented to Hunter Martin by Fishin for a Cure committee member Dennis DeLoach. Martin was one of seven children who received an $11,000 check to help with their illnesses. - photo by Photo by Mike Riddle
The Fishin’ for a Cure fishing tournament, held Saturday in Long County, gave $77,000 to seven children with cancer or some other medical condition.Hunter Martin, Kian Combs, Oren Arnold, J.D. Williamson, Hunter Stanfield, A.J. Arsenault and Emma Dyess, all children from southeast Georgia, each received checks for $11,000 from a member of the tournament planning committee. After these checks were presented, to everyone’s surprise, it was announced that an anonymous donor had given an additional $50,000 to be divided equally among the children, meaning that each received more than $18,000 to help them and their families deal with the difficulties from their sicknesses. Long County Sheriff Craig Nobles, who is one of the founders of the event, said that once again the people and the sponsors from the area came through in a big way to show their support for the kids.The fishing tournament kicked off at daylight and ran until 5:30 p.m. with fishermen from all over the area competing to catch the largest pan fish out of the Altamaha River.