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�r C � <br /> 35 <br /> Families <br /> catch time k � <br /> together at f <br /> g � - <br /> fish rodeo <br /> By ROBIN L. REALE }` <br /> The Chapel Hill Herald , <br /> HILLSBOROUGH — six weeks <br /> ago, Allan and Deborah Mellow <br /> left their rushed lives in Stam- <br /> ford, Conn., for the South's slow- <br /> er pace in order to spend more <br /> time with their 7-year-old son <br /> Matthew. t <br /> On Saturday, with a cam- <br /> . <br /> corder on her left shoulder, De- <br /> borah Mellow videotaped her <br /> husband and son standing at the <br /> edge of a pond, hooking worms 1 Y <br /> and getting their fishing lines <br /> tangled. <br /> "We've been able to spend a ' <br /> lot of weekends like this," she t <br /> said as she watched them. y ; , <br /> From the other side of the <br /> pond outside the Triangle <br /> SportsPlex, where 40-plus chil- <br /> dren participated in a fishing <br /> rodeo for charity, the Meadows <br /> were lost in a loose ribbon of <br /> colorful jackets lining the shore. r <br /> Relaxing in a lounge chair she <br /> brought from home and with <br /> her back to the crowd, Angela '. ' <br /> i <br /> Butner talked with a friend and <br /> gave advice to 10-year-old Bryson <br /> as he cast his line a few feet <br /> ahead. <br /> The Butners were used to <br /> going on fishing trips as a fam- <br /> please see FISHING15 The Herala-surVPMR SCHUMACHER <br /> REEL GOOD <br /> TIME: <br /> Contestants <br /> gathered at a <br /> pond near <br /> Triangle <br /> SportsPlex in <br /> Hillsborough on <br /> Saturday to test <br /> their skill at <br /> catching the <br /> biggest, smallest <br /> and ugliest fish <br /> of the day during <br /> the Kids' Fishing <br /> Rodeo. Ned <br /> Riggsbee and <br /> his son, Jacob, <br />