KEEP EYE ON SKY AND BALL AT EVENT.Byline: Daily News 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, - They better have a loud speaker when they yell ``Fore.'' Four thousand golf balls will drop from the skies Sept. 20, one of them representing a $2,500 cash prize, in a fund-raiser being held in conjunction with the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. Special Olympics Special Olympics International sports program for people with intellectual disability. It provides year-round training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type summer and winter sports for participants. annual golf tournament. A helicopter hovering over the Valencia Country Club at 300 feet will dump the balls onto the 10th fairway at Valencia Country Club at the conclusion of the tournament. The person with the numbered ticket that corresponds to the ball that is closest to the hole will win the $2,500; the second closest ball to the hole will bring a prize of $1,000; $500 for third closest and $500 for farthest from the hole. In addition, 50 balls will be selected randomly several days before the drop. If one of these goes in the hole, the person with the corresponding ticket will win $10,000. Numbered tickets are available for $10 per ticket, six for $50 or 13 for $100. All proceeds from the event will benefit the local Special Olympics athletes. Tickets are available by calling the Special Olympics office at (661) 253-2121 or visiting the office at 24779 Valley St. in Newhall. Tickets also are available at five Santa Clarita McDonald's restaurants There are more than 30,000 McDonald's restaurants in 119 countries. Restaurants The first McDonald's was not a restaurant at all, but it was a sit-in stand. The company's early franchises were built to a standard pattern that did not offer seating; this was in part to prevent , Coffee Grinders, Gallion's Corner Market, both Lockheed Federal Credit Union locations, Newhall Valencia Mini Storage, Saugus Drugs, Saugus Speedway, Spectrum Club, Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, Edison's Service Center, The Town Grind Coffee Cafe, Pro Golf of Valencia, Valencia Auto Spa and Del Taco Del Taco is a chain of North American fast-food restaurants specializing in Mexican-style offerings as well as American foods such as burgers, fries and shakes. The first Del Taco restaurant was founded in Yermo, California in 1961 by Ed Hackbarth and David Jameson. in Saugus and Stevenson Ranch Stevenson Ranch, California (in the 91381 ZIP Code) is a Los Angeles County, USA, unincorporated community west of Santa Clarita a few miles south of Six Flags Magic Mountain amusement park. The Stevenson Ranch fountain was redone in 2007. . Special Olympics is a year-round sports training Sports training refers to specialized strategies and methods of exercise used in various sports to develop athletes and prepare them for performing in sporting events. Sports training methods and athletic competition program for individuals with intellectual disabilities. Athletes aged 8 years old to 80 years old train in 13 different sports in Santa Clarita. The summer sports program includes softball, bowling, cycling and soccer. The fall/winter sports program includes floor hockey, Alpine skiing and ice-skating and the spring sports program offers golf, tennis, swimming, basketball, bocce, and track and field. There are more than 400 local athletes involved in Special Olympics. The Golf Ball Drop is sponsored by Supercuts and Galpin Motors; Alan Purwin of Helinet is providing the use of the helicopter. For further information on athlete, volunteer or coaching opportunities, or the Golf Ball Drop fund-raiser, call the organization's office at (661) 253-2121 or e-mail santaclarita(at)sosc.org. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Special Olympics area co-director Gary Spindt, athlete Andrew Jackuback, Vanessa Quick, Ilanna Aranda, Matthew McKinley and Golf Ball Drop chairman Chris Clark, from left, are firing up the helicopter for the Gold Ball Drop to benefit Special Olympics. |
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