Outdoor Recreation

The Fort Gordon Outdoor Recreation Facility will be closed Nov. 27 - 30 for the Thanksgiving holiday.

For more information call (706) 791-5078.

Canoe and Kayak Club of Augusta

The Canoe and Kayak Club of Augusta is a nonprofit organization in the Central Savannah River Area that promoted the sport of padding canoes and kayaks. Members share padding skills, techniques, adventures on the water and promote watersafety and conservation. The club meets at 7 p.m. the fourth Tuesday of each month at Warren Road Recreation Center.

For more information call Jim Mashburn at (706) 860-5432 or e-mail paddling@juno.com. For upcoming events, visit their home page at homestead.juno.com/ paddling/club.html.

Christmas House Golf Scramble

The local chapters of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association, Signal Corps Regimental Association and Association of the United States Army will be co-hosting the annual Christmas House Golf Scramble benefiting the Fort Gordon Christmas House Dec. 4. It’s a captain’s choice golf scramble. Members of the Gordon Lakes Golf Courses pay $35; nonmembers pay $45. The entrance fee includes donuts/ coffee, range balls, cart, green fees, and lunch after the scramble. Registration runs from 7:45 to 8:45 a.m. Shotgun starts at 9 a.m. Come out and supports the troops who need help this Christmas season.

For more information call (706) 791-2433.

Tactical Rifle Shoot

The Fort Gordon Sportsman’s Club and Blankenship Firearms LLC plan to host another Tactical Rifle Shoot in the near future. The shoot will be limited to .223 Remington and 5.56 mm rifles. There will be two classes: iron sights and optic. Targets will be 50 to 300 yards. Entry fee is normally $25. There will be prizes and giveaways.

Anyone intersted in participating in the next Tactical Rifle Shoot can contact David McCoy at the Fort Gordon Sportsman Club at Range 14 (706) 791-5078 or visit Blankenship Firearms at 3319 Gordon Highway in Grovetown, Ga. or call (706) 791-8001 or visit the Web site: www.BCFLLC.com.

Sports submissions

Send items for the Sports Update column and/or Sports page to Bonnie Heater at

bonnie.heater@us.army.mil or by fax (706) 791-5463.You can also drop items off at Room 215, Nelson Hall. Deadline is Monday at noon for the week’s newspaper. Exception: If legal holiday falls on a Friday then items are due noon Thursday one week prior to date you want

it to appear in The Signal

newspaper. If the holiday falls on a Monday then items are due noon Friday one week prior to the date you want it

to appear in The Signal

newspaper. Submitted photos must be 300 resolution (pixels/inch) in JPEG format. In addition, include the photographer’s first and last name.