An Update on A Fishy Role Model

On August 15th, I blogged about a new star in the Groundwater family, my husband's aunt, Lenore Groundwater. A spry 93-year-old, she still travels and loves to fish off her son Lance's fishing boat in Valdez, Alaska in the summers. At the time of that blog post, she had just landed a 16.5 pound silver salmon, winning the Valdez Women's Silver Salmon Derby and beating out probably 800 competitors.

The new news about Lenore is that this catch netted her the additional prize of second overall winner in the Valdez Silver Salmon Derby, an event open to all anglers, young and old, men and women. The event started July 23 and ended around noon Sunday. The second place prize was a check for $5000, which Lenore plans to distribute among her grandchildren and great grandchildren.

To learn more and see a photo of Lenore wearing her prize tiara, read the article in her hometown newspaper, the Arizona Star. Needless to say, her whole family is button-popping proud of her!

A Fishy Role Model

The Groundwater family is all aflutter, celebrating a special winner. My husband's aunt, Lenore Groundwater, is a spry 93-year-old who still travels and loves to fish off her son Lance's fishing boat in Valdez, Alaska in the summers. She just landed a 16.5 pound silver salmon, winning the Valdez Women's Silver Salmon Derby and beating out probably 800 competitors. The photo below shows Lenore and Lance holding the winning fish.


Below is a link to a YouTube video of an interview with Lenore as she sat on the throne sporting the winner's tiara. You'll see why we all love her joie de vivre and her wicked sense of humor. Lenore's one of my role models. I hope I can live as long as she has and retain a great attitude like she has. Congratulations, Lenore!

Lenore Groundwater being crowned Queen of the Valdez Women's Silver Salmon Derby