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Mother-daughter golf

HERMON – Hermon Meadow Golf Club will offer free greens fees to young girls accompanied by a paying adult during the week of July 9-15 as part of Take Your Daughter to the Course Week, a national player development program spearheaded by the National Golf Course Owners Association and promoted in coordination with the PGA of America.

The golf club will be open to moms at $12 per nine holes while the daughter may play for free on Monday, July 9, and Thursday, July 12.

In addition to free greens fees, Hermon Meadow Golf Club will offer a free clinic for girls and mothers 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, July 10.

Participants will golf with members of the LPGA-USGA Girls Golf program of Greater Bangor and should meet at the driving range at Hermon Meadow Golf Club.

The LPGA-USGA Girls Golf program is the only national initiative of its kind just for girls. The local site began in 2002 under the sponsorship of the Abnaki Girl Scout Council in Brewer.

More than 74,000 individuals nationally participated in 2006, and this year participation is expected to hit record levels.

“Take Your Daughter to the Course Week is a great way for parents to involve the rest of the family and we are pleased to provide them this opportunity,” said Thea Davis, golf professional at Hermon Meadows and co-director of the Girls Golf program.

For more information about the golf course and its facilities, visit www.hermonmeadow.com or call 848-3741.

Soccer camp

HERMON – Blackbear United FC, a nonprofit youth soccer organization offers a youth soccer camp for children ages 6 to 14 to be held 9 a.m.-3 p.m. July 24-27 at Hermon Elementary School. The cost is $150. Nationally licensed staff will teach youngsters of all abilities the fundamentals of soccer. The camp will feature coaches from England visiting as part of Blackbear United’s England Exchange program. Each camper will receive a T-shirt and a ball. For more information, call 862-4154, ext. 2, or visit www.blackbearunited.com.