August 2, 2006 Regions Burn Center patient hosts celebrity fishing tournament Aug. 2, 2006 St. Paul, Minn., – Former Regions Hospital Burn Center patient Mark Tipler will host the fourth annual celebrity bass fishing tournament on Wednesday, Aug. 23. This year's event will be held on Lake Minnetonka at Lord Fletcher's Old Lake Lodge in Spring Park, Minn. Fishing will start at 8 a.m. There will be 60 teams consisting of one pro-angler and two 'co-anglers' (a sponsor and possible celebrity)fishing as a team.Teams will fish for approximately six hours with the hopes of landing the greatest total weight of six bass.At 2 p.m. boats will dock, fish will be weighed and then released back into water. The entry fee for the event is $500, which covers meals and prize registration. All proceeds benefit the Burn Center at Regions Hospital. Space is limited and anyone interested in the event must respond by Tuesday, Aug 11. For additional information and forms on the celebrity bass tournament or to sponsor the event, visit www.mtcelebritybasstournament.com or contactTipler at 651-779-8216. Tipler became trapped in his parents home during a fire his senior year of high school. With the help of his brother he made it out of the house, but suffered third degree burns over 80 percent of his body. Defying the odds, Tipler survived surgeries and a long recovery at the Burn Center at Regions. The Burn Center is nationally recognized for its comprehensive, state-of-the-art care and its history of developing and pioneering new techniques in burn treatment. It is the largest burn center in the Upper Midwest, serving patients from a five-state area. Regions Hospital is a Level I Trauma Center and teaching hospital serving Minnesota and western Wisconsin for more than 130 years. Regions is a private, non-profit hospital providing outstanding care in womens health, heart, cancer, surgery, orthopaedics, neuroscience, burn, emergency care and more. Regions is part of the HealthPartners family of care. Additional information is available at regionshospital.com. Contact: Vince Rivard 651-254-4729 |
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