The Charles County Sheriff’s Office Teams up with School Kids for Annual Fishing Derby More than 50 students with the Life Skills program at six local schools teamed up with Charles County Sheriff’s employees on Wednesday for the 4th annual fishing derby at Gilbert Run Park. Sheriff Rex Coffey, CCSO command staff, sworn officers, corrections personnel, police cadets, MSP troopers, and representatives from the La Plata Blue Knights joined the youngsters for a few hours of fishing and fellowship. Officers taught the kids how to hook, bait, cast, and reel, but the lessons went beyond that. In the words of one officer, “The kids taught us a thing or two.” Ms. Debbie Muth, a substitute teacher and fishing enthusiast, coordinated the field trip. “I’ve been fishing for more than 25 years. When I began teaching at Walter J. Mitchell Elementary School, I realized the children in the Life Skills program might like to give fishing a try. I thought it would be a great field trip since they don’t often get to go out on trips like this. So my sister, Gale Bennett and her daughter, Megan, and I got permission to take six children to the park to fish. [...]
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