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Yuma, Ariz. – The U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Border Patrol’s Wellton Station Explorer Post will host its first ever golf tournament at the Coyote Wash Golf Course in Wellton, Ariz. on November 10, 2007.

The Wellton Border Patrol Explorer Post #246, is a non-profit worksite-based program for young men and women who are interested in careers in the field of law enforcement. The Border Patrol Explorer Post helps youth to gain insight into a variety of programs which offer hands-on career activities that promote the growth and development of adolescent youth.

The golf tournament is a fund raiser for the Wellton Border Patrol Explorer Post and proceeds from the event will help in the acquisition of supplies, uniforms, and other items needed for the program.

The golf tournament will follow a "four-man scramble" format and will feature a 60-point minimum handicap per team. Cost for the tournament is $65 per person and includes lunch and entry into a raffle for cash and prizes. Interested parties may contact Supervisory Border Patrol Agent J.D. Bullington or Border Patrol Agent Leslie Baxley at (928) 785-9364. The deadline to sign up is November 4, 2007.

EVENT: Golf Tournament – Presented by the Wellton Border Patrol Explorer Post #246

DATE: Saturday, November 10, 2007

TIME: Shotgun start at 8:00 a.m.

LOCATION: Coyote Wash Golf Course, 11902 Williams St, Wellton, Ariz 85356-6665

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation's borders at and between the official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.