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Sailboats to be racing at Yacht Club
The Navy Yacht Club is marking its 83rd birthday along with the 51st year of hosting the “Navy Cup,” a sailboat competition. The club is also commemorating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Naval Air Station Pensacola (NASP) with a Cradle of Naval Aviation Cup Centennial Regatta. Races will begin today, June 6, and continue through June 8 in Bayou Grande and in Pensacola Bay with onshore activities at the Navy Yacht Club facility at the Bayou Grande Marina. Sailboats from the local area yacht clubs will compete. Early registration check-in and skipper’s meeting for the Navy Cup event will be from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. today, June 6. Race day registration for the spinnaker and non-spinnaker classes will be 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. tomorrow, June 7, with the first race starting at noon. June 8 registration will be from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. for the One Design Fleet with a noon race start. The centennial regatta registration will be from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., with a skipper’s briefing at 11:30 a.m. and a 1 p.m. start. Races are expected to be over by 4 p.m. each day. Trophies will be presented June 8 after the last race. For more information, contact Jim Parsons, fleet captain, Navy Yacht Club, at 384-4575 or by e-mail at jimparsons@bellsouth.net. Race information is also available at www.navypnsyc.org.
Coin show happening at fairgrounds
The Pensacola Numismatic Society will be presenting its 39th annual Coin & Currency Show from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. tomorrow, June 7, and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 8, at the Pensacola Interstate Fairgrounds, Bldg. 1, 6655 West Mobile Highway. Buy, sell, trade coins, currency, stamps, sports cards, jewelry, watches, tokens and other collectibles. Food and drinks will be available. Admission is $1 for the public and free for children and club members with club ID card. Parking is free. For more information, contact George Grant at 932-4252 or Danny Hayes at 206-3592. You can also go to www.pensacolacoinclub.com.
Antarctic explorers group to gather
The Gulf Coast group chapter of the Old Antarctic Explorers Association (OAEA) will meet at noon tomorrow, June 7, at the Shrimp Basket Restaurant, 709 North Navy Blvd. All interested parties are welcome. For more information, call 456-3556.
DFC Society meeting to be June 12
The Pensacola chapter of the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) Society will meet at Franco’s restaurant, 523 East Gregory St., at 11:30 a.m. June 12.
Partyline submissions You can submit information for possible publication in Partyline by sending an e-mail to Janet.Thomas.ctr@navy.mil. Submissions must include the organization’s name and details about events including times, dates, locations and any costs involved. Contact information also is required. All submissions are subject to editing to comply with established standards. Items should be submitted at least one week in advance. The deadline is noon Friday for the next week’s publication. The military award of the DFC is made to aviators and crew members of all services and civilians for heroism and achievement during aerial flight. Meetings are open to members, active duty and retired, spouses, significant others and those interested. Meetings are the second Thursday of every other month. For more information, call Joe Brewer at 453-9291 or go to www.dfcsociety.net.
County bus goes from NASP to beach
Escambia County Area Transit (ECAT) has expanded service to Pensacola Naval Air Station. Route 64, also known as the Beach Jumper, operates on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. It stops at the USO office at Pensacola NAS and continues to the downtown transfer center before continuing on to Pensacola Beach. For more information, call 595-3228 or go to www.goecat.com.
Rugby players can try out for team
Navy and Marine Corps service members have been invited to participate in the Commonwealth Navies Rugby Cup’s new Four Nation’s Maritime Cup Tournament in Auckland, New Zealand, Sept. 18 to Oct. 5. All-Navy Sports is seeking applications for tryouts to be held at Camp Pendleton, Calif., beginning Aug. 18. Applications are due to All-Navy Sports no later than June 15 and can be found at: http://www.navyfitness.org/all-navy_sports.
Register to play in Golf for Heroes
Early registration is under way for the third annual Golf for Heroes Tournament scheduled for June 13 at Osceola Municipal Golf Course. Space is limited for the four-person scramble tournament with a shotgun start at 8 a.m. All proceeds will benefit USO programs and services in Northwest Florida. Regis-
tration fees are $75 per person ($70 for active-duty) and include a continental breakfast, greens fee, range balls, cart, goodie bag and post-tournament lunch. The deadline to register is today, June 6. To register online, go to www.golfforheroes.com. For more information, contact USO Operations Manager Dana Cervantes at dcervantes@uso.org or 455-8280, option 4.
Chaplain’s programs being offered
The Command Chaplain’s Office for Naval Air Station Pensacola is offering some special programs. A marriage enrichment retreat (MER) is scheduled for July 25-July 27. For information or to register for the retreat, call 452-2341, ext. 5, and ask for AOAR Emily Saladine. A suicide-alertness training session – safeTalk (Suicide Awareness for Everyone) – is scheduled for June 26 and an Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) session is scheduled for June 24 and 25. For more information or to register, call 4522341.
Alligator Trot scheduled for June 21
The 19th annual 5K Alligator Trot is scheduled for 8 a.m. June 21 at Florala State Park in Florala, Ala. The course, which winds around historic Lake Jackson, also takes runners across the state line into Florida. Runners and walkers are welcome. Registration is $25 from 6:30 a.m. to 7:45 a.m. You will not be guaranteed a T-shirt on race day if you do not preregister Online registration is at active.com. To print a race application, go to www.alligatortrot.com or e-mail an application request to alligatortrot@yahoo.com. For more information, call or text Karen Johnson, the race director, at 951-5385.
Students can audition for workshop
Pensacola State College will be holding auditions for the 2014 Summer High School Onstage Workshop (SHOW) production of “Big: The Musical” from 8 a.m. to noon June 9-10 at the Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium, Bldg. 8, on the Pensacola campus. The workshop, which is scheduled for June 1621, is open to students who will be in grades 9-12 in the 2014-2015 school year, as well as May graduates. Auditions include singing and dancing. Students should bring sheet music or a background tape and wear comfortable clothing and shoes. “Big: The Musical,” an adaptation of the movie “Big” starring Tom Hanks, is scheduled to be on stage July 25-27 and Aug. 1-3. For more information, call 484-1809 or go to http://www.pensacolastate.edu/sites/mt/.
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