Weekend events

By Compiled by Times staff writer

© St. Petersburg Times, published June 17, 2000

Today

AUTO RACING: Tonight's Citrus County Speedway program will feature Late Models, Limited Sportsman, Street Stocks, Mini Stocks, Hobby Stocks, Street-Legal Junkers and the return of the Figure 8 class. The quarter-mile track is 2 miles south of Inverness off U.S. 41 at the fairgrounds. Gates open at 4 p.m. with the first heat race at 6:30. It's $10 for general admission, $8 for senior citizens and students to age 17, $2 for children 10 and under, and $20 for a pit pass.Upcoming events

WILD TURKEYS: The Nature Coast Gobblers Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) will host the seventh annual NWTF Superfund Banquet July 13 at the Knights of Columbus hall in Homosassa. Doors open at 6 p.m. and dinner is at 7:30. Tickets are $50 for single admission (including NWTF membership), $75 for couples, $250 for a sponsor and $15 for youths. There will be more than $15,000 in prizes. Memberships help the NWTF support wildlife management and preserve hunting as a traditional American sport. Call Roy Carr at (352) 628-2168 or Bob Banard at (352) 795-6518.

Outdoors clubs

THE HERNANDO AUDUBON SOCIETY, a chapter of the Florida and National Audubon Society, meets on the fourth Thursday of each month (unless noted otherwise) at 7 p.m. at the Brooksville Community Hall, 205 E Fort Dade Ave. Membership is open to all. Call (352) 754-5186

THE PASCO CHAPTER OF THE COASTAL CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION meets at 6:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at the Red Cross building at Ridge Road and Congress Avenue in Port Richey. Meetings are free and open to everyone. Call (727) 861-1500.

THE HERNANDO AREA BOAT CLUB, organized to promote safe boating, meets on the first and third Wednesday of every month at the Aripeka Community Center on Osawa Boulevard (C.R. 595). Call (352) 666-1725.

THE HERNANDO SPORTSMAN'S CLUB, a family oriented shooting club, meets the first Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at the range west of U.S. 19, 9.5 miles north of State Road 50. The range is open from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Call (904) 597-9931 or 799-3605 or 795-4730.

THE CITRUS SHOOTING CLUB meets every Thursday from 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at Kane's Ace Hardware Shooting Range on U.S. 19 in Homosassa Springs. Call Don Hills at (352) 746-0851 or Don Cook at (352) 527-1598.

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