Sutton golf tourney to benefit children

The 5th Annual Paul Sutton Charity Golf Classic, an event honoring

the memory of Simi Valley resident and long-time Providence High

Athletic Director and Coach Paul Sutton, is set for Oct. 30 at Elkins

Ranch Golf Course in Fillmore.

Proceeds from the event will benefit the National Childhood Cancer

Foundation, which is dedicated to supporting clinical research,

education and advocacy for the needs of infants, children and young

adults with cancer.

Sutton’s widow, Dana, is chairing the event. The Suttons -- Dana

and the couple’s two children, Alison and Nate -- are actively

involved in all stages of planning and organizing the tournament.

Dana Sutton said all the individuals and businesses participating

in the tournament are sharing in two of Paul’s greatest passions:

“golf and helping children.”

Sutton died in 1999 after a battle with colon cancer. He was a

popular coach and teacher at Providence, and had the most success

coaching the Pioneer boys’ basketball team

Reservations are required to play in the tournament, and/or to

join in the award banquet afterward. Event sponsorship opportunities

are also available, and donations are welcome.

For more information, go to www.pscharitygolf.com, or e-mail

pscharity@hotmail.com.

LECTURE WILL GIVE UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE ON JOCKS

The Burbank Central Library will be the site of a lecture program

focusing on sports, athletes and political activism.

The lecture “Where are the Jocks for Justice” will be presented by

Kelly Candaele and Peter Dreier at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the library’s

auditorium at 110 N. Glenoaks Blvd.

Admission is free.

The pair will be trying to answer the question of why contemporary

athletes rarely speak out on political issues or causes? That

question will be explored in detail by Candaele and Dreier.

The lecture program is sponsored by the Baseball Reliquary, in

conjunction with its month-long exhibition looking at baseball in the

1960s and 70s “The Times They Were A-Changin: Baseball in the Age of

Aquarius.”

Based on their provocative article in the June 28 issue of “The

Nation,” Candaele’s and Dreier’s talk will examine the history of

political activism in professional sports, highlighting some of the

athletes who have used their celebrity status to speak out on key

issues: Jackie Robinson, Muhammad Ali, Arthur Ashe, Bill Russell, Jim

Bouton, Dave Meggyesy, Billie Jean King and others.

Kelly Candaele is a Los Angeles writer whose mother played for the

All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in the 1940s, and

whose brother, Casey, played 10 years in the major leagues.

Peter Dreier is a professor of politics and director of the Urban

& Environmental Policy Program at Occidental College. He is co-author

of the forthcoming book “The Next Los Angeles: The Struggle for a

Livable City.”

The Baseball Reliquary is a Southern California-based nonprofit

organization dedicated to fostering an appreciation of American art

and culture through the context of baseball history.

For more information, contact the Baseball Reliquary at (626)

791-7647, or visit the Web site at www.baseballreliquary.org.

LOCAL SENIOR TENNIS TEAM ADVANCES TO NATIONALS

The Cabrini tennis team won the California Senior Sectionals

doubles 4.0 championships and is headed to the nationals.

The local team -- which represented the San Fernando Valley -- won

the event, which took place Sept 18 and 19 at Whittier Narrows Tennis

Center, besting teams from five counties.

The championship wasn’t decided until the final match.

“This is the first time a team from Cabrini is going to the

national championships,” Cabrini team captain Ron Simmons said.

The nationals will take place Oct 29-31 in Tucson.

The team also features Tim McCarron, Sal Zimmitti, Jamie

Hernandez, Ruben Zakarian, Dave Reddie, Hal Zajic, Don Hildreth, Gary

Baer and Rich Ortiz.

The duo of Zimmitti and Hernandez led Cabrini, going undefeated in

its four matches.

LOCAL TENNIS TOURNAMENT TO FEATURE CELEBRITY PLAYERS

A dinner-dance and celebrity tennis tournament will be held to

help raise funds for the Family Services Agency of Burbank.

The Tennis Ball dinner-dance Oct. 8 is a prelude to the Celebrity

Tennis Tournament on Oct. 9 at the Burbank Tennis Center at

McCambridge Park.

Proceeds from both events will go to two of the agency’s programs,

the battered women and children’s services and the Burbank Unified

School District’s collaborative counseling and support programs.

The tennis tournament will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and includes

lunch and a silent auction including sports memorabilia.

The dinner dance at The Castaway.

Tickets for the tournament are $35, or $60 to play. Tickets for

dinner-dance are $100.

For tickets, or for more information, call 845-7671.