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Local boys and girls age 2 to 15 and their families will learn about conservation and the joys of fishing in a free event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Buckeye Park in Marietta.
Take Kids Fishing Day is sponsored by the Ohio AFL-CIO and is organized by the Union Sportsmen's Alliance and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 972.
Participants will receive a free fishing rod and reel to keep. Volunteers from local labor unions will provide youngsters with instruction and assistance and provide a picnic-style lunch.
The event is part of a series of free, community-based youth outreach activities organized under Work Boots on the Ground, the alliance's flagship conservation program.
It is open to the public, but limited to the first 150 youth who register. For more information, contact Nicole Clonch, IBEW Local 972 officer, at 740 785-8923 or Kyle Blinn, IBEW Local 972 officer, at 740 885-0144.