BRIEFLY : SIGN-UPS UNDER WAY FOR GOLF TOURNAMENT.VALENCIA - Registration is open for the annual Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, Celebrity Golf Tournament, which will allow golfers to play at the renowned Valencia Country Club while raising money for a local nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. . The Sept. 14 tournament will benefit the Association to Aid Victims of Domestic Violence, which provides housing, support and crisis intervention crisis intervention Psychiatry The counseling of a person suffering from a stressful life event–eg, AIDS, cancer, death, divorce, by providing mental and moral support. See Hotline. for battered women. After a shotgun start A Shotgun Start is a golf tournament format in which all groups of players tee off simultaneously from different holes. Each hole on a course will be the tee off hole for each foursome. Group 1 would start from hole 1, Group 2 from hole 2, etc. at 8 a.m., golfers will play their own ball throughout the tournament. There will be a variety of contests, including putting and hole-in-one, with trophies and other prizes to be awarded. Personalities from KCBS KCBS Kansas City Barbecue Society KCBS Korea Christian Book Service (now called KCB; Seoul, Korea) KCBS Kerala Catholic Bible Society (Kerala, India) (Channel 2) will be among the golfers, who will be playing the same course that hosted the Professional Golfers' Association of America "USPGA" redirects here. For the Major Championship sometimes referred to by this name, see PGA Championship. Founded in 1916, the Professional Golfers' Association of America tour earlier this year. Cost is $185, and includes all tournament fees, plus a continental breakfast, lunch and banquet dinner, and use of the golf course clubhouse. ``People are really pampered pam·per tr.v. pam·pered, pam·per·ing, pam·pers 1. To treat with excessive indulgence: pampered their child. 2. throughout this whole thing,'' said John Danielson, manager of Parks and Recreation for the city of Santa Clarita, a co-sponsor of the tournament. ``We want to make sure everyone has a good time.'' For information or to register, call Danielson at (805) 255-4980 or Lee Jacobs at (805) 252-7914. - Daily News Orientation on tap on foster parenting VALENCIA - An orientation for residents interesting in becoming foster parents will be held from 6:30-8 p.m. Aug. 31 at the community room of the Valencia Town Center, 24201 W. Valencia Blvd. Foster families receive training, certification and funding from the Children's Bureau of Southern California, a licensed foster family and adoption agency. For information or to register, call Marcia Morris at (805) 272-9996 Ext. 111, or visit the bureau's Web site at www.all4kids.org. - Daily News Hart park lures kids for day-camp fun NEWHALL - Games, hikes and crafts for kids ages 6-12 are among the activities planned during three day-camp programs at William S. Hart County Park. The camps run 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday, with programs starting Aug. 17, 24 and 31. Each week will have a theme, with activities coordinated around it. Cost is $40 per week. Enrollment is limited, and sign-ups are on a first-come, first-served basis. For information, call (805) 259-0855, or register at the Hart Park office, 24151 N. San Fernando Road San Fernando Road is a major street in the city and county of Los Angeles. It starts off in Castaic as The Old Road, passing through Santa Clarita and the Newhall Pass, where upon its intersection with Sierra Highway near the junction of the Golden State (I-5) and the . - Daily News |
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