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Tina Fisher Cunningham

Cooper Brown, 3 1/2 years old, won the children's category at the Tehachapi Valley Recreation and Park District Fishing Derby at Brite Lake on April 20 with a 2-pound, 13-ounce rainbow trout. It was Cooper's first fish. Shown with the beaming champ is his dad, Jeremiah Brown. They are from Long Beach. Cooper's granddad, Jack Brown, lives in Tehachapi. Jeff Starn of Tehachapi caught the winning fish in the adult category. Starn's fish was the same weight as Cooper's, at 2-pounds, 13-ounces.