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Today's Sports

  • Candler Hills to host Ocala Open...

    Candler Hills Golf Club will be host to the 6th annual Ocala Open Golf Tournament on March 14 to 16. Candler Hills Golf Club is the prestigious golf course at On Top of the World Communities in Ocala. The three-day tournament will be played Wednesday through Friday with a guaranteed winner’s prize of $12,000. The Pro-Am is scheduled for Tuesday, March 13, and will feature local amateurs paired up with pros in a fun round of golf all for charity. Spectator admission to the professional tournament is free.

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  • Feds say the check won't be...

    The U.S. Department of the Treasury is retiring the paper Social Security check for millions of baby boomers and others applying for federal benefits, a move that will save taxpayers $1 billion over the next 10 years. As of last May, anyone newly applying for Social Security, Veterans Affairs or other federal benefits will need to choose an electronic payment method – paper checks will no longer be an option. People currently receiving their federal benefits by paper check must switch to direct deposit by March 1, 2013.

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  • Senion Amateur Golf event planned

    The Senior Amateur Golf Tour is teeing it up to start its second season in North Central Florida on Thursday Jan. 12, initiating a series of 14 tournaments that includes two majors, all leading to the National Championship in Pinehurst, N.C.
    Tournaments are scheduled for some of the area’s most prestigious courses and certain to prove to be a good test of golf for all competitors.

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  • Golf tournaments this weekend

    Golf event to benefit
    Special Olympics
    The inaugural “Be a Fan” benefit golf tournament for Special Olympics Marion County, sponsored by the Ocala Palms Community, will be Saturday, Sept. 17, at Ocala Palms Golf and Country Club.
    For sponsorship and team registration forms contact Peter Kowal at 352-629-5407 or e-mail peterkowal@embarqmail.com, or Diane Peterson, 352-690-1643 or e-mail dlpdiane@embarqmail.com.

    Toys for Tots golf

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  • Women golfers at Candler raise $...

    By Mary Pat Giffin
    Special to the Citizen

    Congratulations and kudos to Candler Hills women golfers for raising $1,000 for Hospice of Marion County. Piper Thomas and Connie Norris sold tickets during July on league day for the 50/50 drawing to raise money to support this worthy cause. And, several women, who won were generous enough to give part of their winnings back for Hospice.

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  • Are you ready for some (flag)...

    By Patricia A. Woodbury

     

    Special to the Citizen

     

    Believe it or not it is time to get ready for fall football.  Registration is now open for all boys and girls from kindergarten through 6th grade, in the southwestern area of Marion County and Ocala, for Upward Flag Football or Cheerleading.

     

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  • And down the stretch they come

    Selling horses is big business for the Ocala Breeders Sale but Monday’s business was horses racing.

    A crowd of 5,000 plus gathered in the stands and along the fence to cheer their favorite horse and jockey to the finish line during the annual Day of Champions races.

    Larry and Charlotte England of Morriston were in the crowd. They come over every year and they would like to come more often.

    “I’d like to see this run all the time,” he said about the race.

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  • Day of Champions Monday

    Horse racing is coming to Ocala Breeders Sale on Monday, March 14. Post time is 1 p.m. for the first race in the annual Day of Champions.

    Four races are scheduled for the afternoon. Two races are sprints of six furlongs with a $50,000 guaranteed purse. The additional two races are a mile and one-sixteenth with winner the winner sharing a $100,000 purse.

    Each race is limited to 14 horses.

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  • Hálpata Tastanaki Preserve...

    The Southwest Florida Water Management District’s Hálpata Tastanaki Preserve will be temporarily closed to the public for hog hunts Feb. 22–24.

    Only permitted hunters will be allowed on the property during these dates. All of the permits for these hunts have been sold.

    Hálpata Tastanaki Preserve is approximately six miles east of Dunnellon, south of the Dunnellon Municipal Airport. Public access is located off County Road 484.

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  • Patrick Dempsey promotes ‘Visit...

    A recent weekend gave race car drivers a chance to “feel” the newly paved Daytona International Speedway track surface and team mechanics and opportunity to get a few more bugs out of their equipment before the Rolex 24 At Daytona starts on Jan. 29 and finishes 24 hours later.

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