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3rd Annual Carson City Kiwanis Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Day

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Repeats every day until Fri Sep 16 2016 .
September 17, 2016 (All day)

The Carson City Kiwanis will host it's 3rd Annual Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Day. There will many activities including a four person scramble golf tourney with many categories, such as men's teams , women's teams, mixed and senior teams. It's only $75 person and Michael Hohl Motors is donating a vehicle for if a person who get's a hole in one. This event will be held at the Empire Ranch golf course, as will the other events.

There will be a 5K/10K walk/run and a kids fun run starting at the clubhouse at 8:ooam, there is always great T-shirts for participants and awards for different categories the cost is $30 for 5K,10K is $35 and the kids 12 & under fun run is $10.

There will also be the Carson City Bench Press Championship, with men's and Women's and kid's categories being contested-9. The time is 7:00am-9:00am. It's $10 for three lifts. and can be paid that day.

Entry forms for the golf tourney are at the Empire Ranch Clubhouse. This event has sold out the two previous years. Entry forms for the walk/run can be obtained at CV sports, the Running stores in Reno and online at Active.com

There will be pairings party and packet pickup for the golfers at the clubhouse and t-shirt and number pickups for walk/runners.

between 5:30pm-7:30pm Friday night September 16th. For further information contact Robey Willis at robeybarb@sbcglobal.net

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