Dusk to Dawn Swordfishing Tournament Update

[Mike]

A Child Is Missing

Press Release

Dusk To Dawn Swordfish Tournament and Charity Auction Postponed Due to Tropical Storm Katrine

For Immediate Release: August 25, 2005 - A Child Is Missing, Ft. Lauderdale, FL – First Annual Dusk to Dawn Swordfish Tournament & Charity Auction To Benefit A Child Is Missing has decided to postpone the event in it’s entirety due to Tropical Storm Katrina.

To follow is the amended schedule of events.

Event dates – September 8 & September 10-11, 2005

Thursday Sept. 8 - 6-10 PM - Bahia Cabana – Registration/Kick-Off Party/Silent Auction
9 PM - Sword Fish Seminar Hosted by Captain Bouncer Smith

Saturday Sept 10 - Fishing Begins! Boats may leave from their home port

8:00 pm Lines In

Sunday, Sept 11 - 5:00 am Lines Out

Weigh –In Sunday 5-8 AM – Hall of Fame Marina

Sunday - 6-11 AM - Swimming Hall of Fame - BIG Pancake Breakfast provided by the Ft. Lauderdale Kiwanis, Raffle & Awards


Entry fee $500 per boat– Includes all food and drink tickets, tournament bag and shirt for each angler. $200 of each entry fee will be awarded as cash prizes for top three catches! The remainder of your entry fee goes directly to A Child Is Missing Alert Program.
*Discounted dockage available at Hall of Fame Marina - reserve now! Call (954) 764.3975 Ext 101
Bouncer Smith is one of the most well-known and respected sport-fishing captains in South Florida. He has devoted his entire life to sharing fishing with others both on the water and off through his radio shows, magazine articles and seminars. Bouncer has been fishing and running boats since he was a teenager and today enjoys running his own Dusky 33’ out of Miami as a charter captain and also fishes in many offshore tournaments.

A Child Is Missing (ACIM) is a 501C3 non-profit organization assisting law enforcement agencies in the search and early recovery of missing children, the elderly (often with Alzheimer’s) and the disabled in the first hours of their disappearance by use of telephone alert calls. ACIM can place 1,000 calls in 60 seconds to residents and businesses in the area of where the missing child was last seen.

ACIM ALSO PROVIES THE SEXUAL PREDATOR ALERT PROGRAM THAT IS NOW AVAILABLE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT NATIONWIDE.

Contact Kaytee Moran, Tournament Director at 954.763.1288 or e-mail at kayteem@achildismissing.org for details and registration form. www.achildismissing.org

[Shark Tagger]

thanks for update.