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U.S.T.A. 20-year event at Landings in November By Paul Roat
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The Landings Racquet Club will hold its 20th anniversary of the U.S. Tennis Association’s National Senior-Super Senior Father-Son Clay Court Championships in November. As Landings Tennis Pro Joe Venezia puts it: “It’s a really big deal.” Upwards of 60 players, fathers and sons, will travel to The Landings Nov. 14-18 to compete for the “Gold Ball” championship prize. Venizia said the event began in 1992 with the Senior competition of players aged 60 and over. As the event grew in popularity, the Super Seniors aged 70-plus joined the ranks nine years ago. Sons of all ages are involved in the matches. The events are lively, as Super Seniors and youngsters match up for the games. The matches are a big draw at The Landings, which will see XSZDUGV RI VSHFWDWRUV DW WKH HYHQW·V ZHHNHQG ÀQDOV 7KH competition also brings players from throughout the United States and Canada, with regular players coming from as far away as Los Angeles and New York. The matches on The Landings eight clay courts are open to the public and admission is free. For further information, call 941-9233886.
Six Years Short of a Century of Celebration By Stan Zimmerman There will be marching in the streets of Sarasota on 11-11, as there has been for nearly a century. The Great War, the War to End All Wars, ended on 11-11-1918, and ever since Americans have celebrated the end of war on that iconic day. It was called Armistice Day when at 11:00am the guns on the Western Front fell silent, and hostilities between Germany and the allies came to an end. The First World War claimed an estimated 20 million souls. The cream of European manhood was consumed in a prideful mess of shot, shell and poison gas. Today around the world at 11:00am on November 11 – the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month ² SHRSOH REVHUYH WZR PLQXWHV RI VLOHQFH 7KH ÀUVW LV IRU WKH dead; the second is for the living. After the Second World War, the name of the commemoration was changed to what we know it as now – Veterans Day. Because in the past century America has fought PDQ\ PRUH ZDUV WKDQ MXVW LQ WKH JDV ÀOOHG WUHQFKHV RI )UDQFH in 1917. There’s a bumper sticker that says, “If you can read this, thank a teacher.” There should be one that says, “If you are free, thank a veteran.” Our parade starts at 10am.
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Light Up Siesta Village November 24, 6-9pm See papge 33 for details