Columnist Peter Benton: Child seekers golf event to give boost to local c harity

PETER BENTON is a local golfer. His column appears Wednesdays.

THE POPULAR Nevada Child Seekers Bob Dickinson Memorial Golf Tournament is scheduled Monday, July 27, at the Las Vegas Country Club.

As the field is limited to the first 144 paid entries, early application into this charitable event is encouraged.

The entrance fee of $275 per person includes breakfast and "eye openers," cart and green fees, tee gifts, an awards luncheon and a wonderful array of raffle prizes. There also are fantastic prizes, including cars, for a hole in one on any of the par-3 holes.

The charity and beneficiary of all monies derived from this tournament, the Nevada Child Seekers (a nonprofit organization dedicated to locating missing, abducted and runaway children), fingerprints thousands of youngsters and provides parents with free child identification kits yearly.

For full information about the event, call 878-0311.

Junior Golf Day

The Arnold Palmer Golf Academy, along with Pro Golf of America and the Las Vegas International Golf Center, will host a Junior Golf Day at the latter's range, 4813 Paradise Road, on the corner of Paradise and Tropicana Saturday.

Two free clinics are planned: The first session, from 9 a.m.-noon, will focus on youngsters 10-younger with the second session, geared for those 11-17, commencing at 12:30 p.m. and concluding at 3:30.

The event co-sponsors, the Southern Nevada Junior Golf Association and the Southern Nevada Inner City Youth Golf Association, will be on hand to assist in educating junior golfers.

To register, call the Golf Center at 798-8700.

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