37th Annual Catfish Derby Days!
July
27, 28, 29, 2012
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2012
Catfish Days Events (Subject to Change):
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Fishing
Contest: begins at 3:00 p.m. on Friday and closes at
noon on Sunday. Must register at the Community Building before
fishing. No early registration!
Contest is DNR approved. Trophies and cash prizes for channel and
flathead catfish. Contest fees: $10 for adults, $5 for
children under 10 years. Contact Brian Pederson at 507-557-2756.- Street
Dances: Live Bands
- Sunday
Parades: Kiddie Parade at
1:00p.m. Contact Doreen Serbus at 507-557-2345 or jdserb@means.net ; Grand Parade at
1:30, Contact Joe or April Sullivan at 507-557-3265.
- Co-Ed
Volleyball Tournament: Saturday, begins at 9:00 a.m. Contact David Distad at 507-557-2834.
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Men's
Softball Tournament: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Contact Brent Sandmann at 507-557-3014, 507-430-0221or docsandmann8@yahoo.com - Men’s
Softball Homerun Derby:
Friday, 8:00 p.m. Contact
Brent Sandmann at 507-557-3014 or 507-430-0221
or docsandmann8@yahoo.com
- Queen
Contest/Variety Show: Friday 7:30 p.m. Contact Jan Alvig
at 507-430-4260.
- Chess
Tournament: Friday and Saturday: Friday Open
Tournament with Registration at 10:00 p.m., start
at 10:30 a.m. Contact James Kanne at
507-557-8334 or 507-557-8364.
- Fire
Department Water Ball: Saturday, 1:00 p.m. in front of
the ballpark. Contact Bill Wiese at
507-829-3953.
- Bean
Bag Tourney: Saturday by the ballpark, noon registration, 1:00
p.m. start. Contact Katie Madsen at 507-430-2913.
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Kiss the Catfish Contest:
Saturday at 8:30 p.m., Donations accepted.
Contact Sheila Robinson at 507-557-2836.- CMC-Football
Player Auction: Saturday at 8:00 p.m., Contact Brian Pederson at
507-557-2756.
- Music at the Park: on Sunday after the
parade, by DJ Butler.
- Rock Climbing Wall: Saturday & Sunday
- Kids Pedal Pull: Sanctioned.
Sunday after the parade, approximately 3 p.m. Contact Linda Harmoning at
507-557-2820.
- Kids Waterball: Sunday after the parade on the street by
the ballpark, approximately 3 p.m.
- Raffle:
Sponsored by the Franklin Community Development Corporation...1st Prize -
$500, 2nd Prize - $300, 3rd/4th Prizes $100 each. Tickets available
at area businesses and from Development Corporation Members. Drawing
at 3:30 p.m. Sunday-you do not need to be present to win.
- Church Services: Sunday, 9:00 a.m. at St. Luke's Lutheran; Sunday, 10:00 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Souvenirs and raffle
tickets available at City Hall before and during Catfish Days:
T-Shirts, Sleeveless T’s, Caps, Pins, Can
Coolers, Glow Balls, Key Chains
~ Food Stands ~ Beer Wagons ~ Soft
Drinks ~ Souvenirs ~
Thank you for supporting
the local organizations and businesses!
2011 Catfish Days Results:
Miss Franklin: Brianna Weinzetl
Kiss the Catfish: Rick Hempel, $175.46
Dev. Corp. Raffle:
$500
Denis Davis, Brooklyn Park
$300
Sue Black, Fairfax
$100
Curt Scharfencamp, Franklin
$100
Peggy Louisiana, Fairfax
Firemen’s Waterball:
1st Franklin
2nd Danube
3rd Morgan
4th
Morton
Softball
1st Right on Target
2nd Triple L
3rd Brown Transfer
Hard Luck Wendinger
Co-Ed Volleyball: (20 Teams for
2011)
“A”
Division: 1st Chris
Omtvedt
2nd Lee
Steffensmeier-Lee’s Bittys
3rd
Chris
Hacker-CC Nuggets
“B”
Division 1st Ashley
Serbus-That Team
2nd Travis
Volz-Volz and Frank Const.
3rd Andrew
Larsen-Triple L Const.
4th Terry Jenniges-Doulder Const.
5th Becky Prior-Vertically Challenged
“C”
Division 1st Tanner
Kokesch-Kiss Our Ace
2nd
Josh Distad-Multiple
Scoregasms
FRANKLIN LIONS FISHING CONTEST
1st Place, $100 –
Lions. Trophy: Golden
Living Center, Franklin
Winner: David Bawden,
Redwood Falls, MN 44 lbs., 5 oz.
2nd Place, $50 –
Lions. Trophy:
Franklin BP
Winner: Dean Scheer,
Redwood Falls, MN 41 lbs., 11
oz.
3rd Place, $25 –
Lions. Trophy: Morton BP
Winner: Jaccii Hoffbeck, Del Rapids, SD 38
lbs., 10 oz.
4th Place, $25 –
Lions. Trophy: City of Franklin
Winner: Harold Block, Morton, MN 25 lbs., 13 oz.
Ladies, $10 – Lions. Trophy: Palmyra Farmers Mutual Insurance
Winner: Ariel Scheer,
Redwood Falls, MN 15 lbs., 3
oz.
Junior (under
16) $10 – Lions. Trophy: South Central Grain & Energy
Winner: Lukus Scheer, Redwood Falls, MN 13
lbs., 2 oz.
Boys (Under
10) $10 – Lions. Trophy: MN Valley Telephone Co
Winner: Kenny Robertson, Franklin, MN 4 lbs., 4 oz.
Girls (Under
10) $10 – Lions. Trophy: Franklin State Bank
Winner: No Entry
Largest
Channel Cat $10 – Lions. Trophy: Meadowland Farmers Coop.
Winner: Jami Nelson, Redwood Falls, MN 13 lbs., 13 oz.
Number of Registered
Fishermen: 129
Number of Registered Fish: 17
Trivia ~ The
largest tournament fish was 49 lbs., 13 oz. caught in 2006 by Adam Kindler
LARGEST
CATFISH CAUGHT IN THE CATFISH DAYS FISHING CONTEST:
1976 William Bielke Morgan 28 lb., 4 oz.
1977 Dave Mude Morton 9 lb., 4 oz.
1978 Bob Headstrom Morgan 30 lb., 0oz.
1979 John Sperl Morton 11
lb., 2oz.
1980 Richard
Peterman Sleepy Eye 11.43 lb.
1981 Steve Hjulberg Franklin 24lb., 12oz.
1982 Reginald Wood Franklin 15
lb., 5 oz.
1983 Ed
Dagner New
Ulm 23 lb., 9oz.
1984 Randy
Tetrick Redwood
Falls 27 lb., 0 oz.
1985 Joe
Warner Redwood Falls 28 lb., 0 oz.
1986 Ed
Dagner New
Ulm 30 lb., 0 oz.
1987 Les Peterson Fremont, CA 23
lb., 4oz.
1988 Brian
Guess Emmetsburg,
IA 29 lb., 0 oz.
1989 Bob
Reeves Winthrop 38 lb., 0 oz.
1990 Bob Headstrom Morgan 37 lb., 9 oz.
1991 Terry
Johnson New Hope 39 lb., 8 oz.
1992 Jason Johnson Eagan 39
lb., 2 oz.
1993 Terry
Johnson New Hope 34 lb., 4 oz.
1994 Dean Scheer No. Redwood 37 lb., 0 oz.
1995 Ryan
Lawrenz Sleepy
Eye 29 lb., 2 oz.
1996 Keith Grunke Franklin 44 lb., 0 oz.
Brent
Koch Franklin
1997 Dean Scheer No. Redwood 33 lb., 14 oz
Mike
Huston Granite Falls
1998 Mike
Bratsch Redwood
Falls 42 lb., 8 oz.
1999 Doug
Marshall Bloomington 43 lb., 2 oz.
2000 David Bawden Morton 47 lb., 0 oz.
2001 Aaron Hyatt Milford, IA 46 lb., 8 oz.
2002 Levi Niswander Ocheyeden, IA 41
lb., 13 oz.
2003 Charles Scheer Redwood
Falls 42 lb., 11 oz.
2004 Michelle
Newburs Willmar 48 lb., 8 oz.
2005 Brian Schwarting Harris,
IA 41 lb., 11 oz.
2006 Adam
Kindler Redwood Falls 49 lb., 13 oz.
2007 Dave Tribble Redwood
Falls 46 lb., 8 oz.
2008 Gordie Mach Zimmerman 47 lb., 0 oz.
2009 Tyler
Stage Redwood Falls 49 lb., 0 oz.
2010 Adam Chmelar Redwood Falls 44 lbs., 3 oz.
2011 David Bawden Redwood Falls 44 lbs., 5 oz.
2011 D & S Kids Pedal
Pull:
Age 4
1st
Isaiah
Swart, Olivia
2nd
Andrew Peterson, Redwood
Falls
3rd Garrett
Wiese, Franklin
Age 5
1st Landon
Tauher, Buffalo Lake
2nd Reese
Berg, Clements
3rd Olivia
Jacobson, Sleepy Eye
Age 6
1st Colton
Dauer, Morgan
2nd
Maura Hagen, Bird Island
3rd Dalton
Langseth, Springfield
Age 7
1st Cody
Siewert, Gibbon
2nd
Josh Stiegan,
Clear Lake
3rd Allie
Schwab, Gibbon
Age 8
1st Theo
Berg, Clements
2nd AJ Guggisberg,
Morgan
3rd
Taylor Dahmes,
Morgan
Age 9
1st Chad
Maddock, Redwood Falls
2nd Austin Beneth,
Alexandria
3rd Katy Hacker, Brownton
Age 10
1st
Timmy Kocher, Echo
2nd Madison
Billmeier, Fairfax
3rd
Tiffany McGowan, Franklin
Age 11
1st
Hallie Runck, Redwood Falls
2nd
Russell Lumbar, Franklin
3rd
Lane Hacker, Brownton
Total Entries: 142
2011 - 20th Annual Catfish Days Chess
Tournament
The Catfish Days Chess
Tournament was enjoyed by 61 players, as well as their families, friends and
the coaches that came along.
Many of these players come from
a distance and stay in our local hotels from Thursday to Saturday. This year, players came from Duluth, Fargo,
Jackson, and the Twin Cities area to name a few locations. Players with local connections grew up in
Bird Island and Olivia and enjoyed coming back home. Besides the chess everyone enjoyed the potluck
get together and “family reunion” atmosphere of the tournament. There were lots of comments about how much
fun it is to come to a small town for the weekend celebration.
Support
for the trophy costs was given by Scott Potter of Morgan Grain and Feed and
Chad Hoffbeck of Morgan. The engraved mugs were made by Deano Hartwig
of Franklin and the “horse head” trophies by Wayne Miller of Franklin. The clocks were supplied by Scott Larson of
Redwood Falls.
OPEN TOURNAMENT WINNERS
1st Place Frank Johnson , Golden Valley $350
+ Open Trophy
2nd Place and Share
of B Prize Nathan Hoover,
Columbia Heights $173
3way tie for 3rd and
share of George Kane, St.
Paul $62
Expert prize Matt
Dahl, Edina $62
Dane
Mattson, Brule, WI $62
Top A
Player Bill
Murray, Brooklyn Park $50
Top B Player and share of 2nd David
Floeder, St. Paul $173
+ U 2100 Trophy
Top C Justyn
Fine, Shorewood $145
and U-1600 Trophy
Top D Jackson Hickes, Minneapolis $70
Top E and Unrated Player Daniel Wang, Eden Prairie $70
Greg
Helmer, Chanhassen
U-1350 Trophy
Top F Player Steven Duesterhoeft, Dassel $60
and U-1100 Trophy
Top G & H Player Siddharth Gupta, Eden Prairie $50
5 year Horse Head Bill Murray
Matt
Dahl
10 Year Clocks Mike Heinisch, Le Sueur
Nathan
Hoover
Bean Bag: (not yet available)
1st
2nd
3rd
4th