AUTHOR: Jerry "Jet" Whittaker
TITLE: Poker day to benefit Angel Flight
DATE: 10:23 AM
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Angel Flight Southeast, which arranges free medical and humanitarian flights<br>for the needy, will have its second annual motorcycle poker run-road rally<br>and poker tournament for the Leesburg charity. A fundraising road rally on<br>April 28 will cover a scenic route of more than 100 miles throughout Central<br>Florida. Registration starts at 9 a.m., with the last bike out at 11.<br>Register at the Neil Fischer facility, 7928 U.S. Highway 441, Leesburg.<br>There will be scheduled stops at restaurants, bars and other attractions,<br>where riders can receive gifts and win prizes. Entry fee starts at $25 for<br>poker run-road rally, which includes a T-shirt, lunch from the Outback<br>Steakhouse, and a commemorative pin to all participants. The grand prize is<br>a four-day, three-night stay at Islamorada in the Florida Keys. To register,<br>call 352-326-0761 or go to angel flightse.org. All proceeds will help pay<br>for coordinating flights. New this year, will be a Texas Hold &#39;Em benefit<br>tournament with registration at 5:30 p.m. April 27. The tournament starts at<br>7 p.m. in the clubhouse of the Mount Dora Golf Club Association, 100 S.<br>Highland St.The cost to enter the Hold &#39;Em benefit is $85, and you can play<br>and ride for $100. To register, call Suzanne Pelcha at 352-326-0761 or<br>register online at angelflight se.org and click on the donation link. The<br>grand prize for the Texas Hold &#39;Em will be an eight-day, seven-night stay at<br>Maho Bay Eco Resort, St. John, Virgin Islands. Poker players will also have<br>a chance to win raffle prizes. Angel Flight Southeast arranged more than<br>3,200 missions last year in five states, including Florida. The charity<br>relies on a stable of volunteer pilots who shoulder the costs to fly<br>patients to hospitals for organ transplants, clinical trials, chemotherapy<br>and other medical procedures. A question-and-answer session called &quot;Answer<br>Your Healthcare Questions Now,&quot; featuring two local health-care<br>professionals, will start at 4:30 p.m. today at the W.T. Bland Public<br>Library, 1995 N. Donnelly St., Mount Dora. Cliff Shooker, a chiropractic<br>physician, and Marigrace McNamara, a registered nurse, will show residents<br>how to become informed health-care consumers.
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