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Show Golfers to fight cancer Tri City golfers can fight cancer with a swing of their golf club Saturday, June 14, as the course participates in the annual Virginia Whitney Golf Contest. No advance registration is required. The contest is simple. Golfers who donate at least $1 to the American Cancer Society before teeing off on the par-three fifth hole are eligible. Any tee shot that lands inside a 10-foot 10-foot chalked circle around the hole wins three new golf balls for every dollar donated. The grand prize for a hole-in-one is $300 credit towards a set of irons purchased from the golf pro. Darma Christensen and Julie Anderson are directing the event this year at Tri City - and are extending ex-tending the contest for women I golfers who participate in the Ladies Day activities at the course Monday evening and Tuesday. Funds raised during the annual Virginia Whitney golf event are used to support cancer detection clinics co-sponsored by the American Cancer Society and the Utah Department of Health. . Since 1969, more than 22,000 persons have received free breast and uterine examinations in these clinics because of support by this golf contest. Funds from the contest have also suppored during the last six years a special colorectal screening program using stool blood tests. Colorectal cancer, the second leading cause of cancer deaths in Utah, is 75 percent curable if detected early. |