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• Santa Maria Valley Packers fundraiser: The semipro Santa Maria Valley Packers baseball team is raising money with a poker event on April 21. Organizers will be giving away a champion’s bracelet and a 40-inch TV to the night’s big winner. A $50 donation secures a buy-in, with re-buys available in the first three rounds. The fundraiser takes place at Bryn Smith’s barn and poker room at 1239 Hwy. 1 in Orcutt, beginning with a barbecue at 1:30 p.m. Play starts at 3 p.m., and all proceeds will go to benefit Packers baseball. For more information,
call 451-8516.

• Youth Center Open House: Learn all about the Abel Maldonado Community Youth Center and other Santa Maria Valley teen-serving agencies at the center’s 2^nd Annual Open House on April 21. The event is free and open to the public, and takes place from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Youth Center, located at 600 S. McClelland St. For more information, call the City of Santa Maria’s Recreation and Parks Department at 925-0951 ext. 260.

• Splash and Dash: The third annual Splash and Dash fundraiser for the Allan Hancock College Athletics Department and Bulldog Rec-ing Club will be held on April 28. The events are a 5k run; a 2-mile walk; a 500-yard swim; or an “aquathon,” a combination of the swim and run. Registration begins at 8 a.m. with events starting at 8:30. There’s a $25 fee for all participants, and proceeds will benefit AHC Athletics. For more information, e-mail splashanddash@hancockcollege.edu. To register, visit active.com.

• Patriot Games Challenge: United States Powerlifting Association sanctioned event includes powerlifting, bench press, deadlift and push-pull competitions, scheduled for May 26 at the Santa Maria Athletic Club. The competition is dedicated to Aaron Allen, a Marine corporal from Buellton who was killed in Iraq in 2008. Lifting begins at 10 a.m., followed by a special program honoring Allen and veterans from World War II, and wars in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Proceeds will go to the Marine Corps League Coastal Valley’s Marine Detachment 1340. For more information, call 344-2186 or e-mail kmctawzer@verizon.net.

Sports Shorts is compiled by Staff Writer Jeremy Thomas. Information should be sent to the Sun via fax, e-mail, or mail.

This article appears in Apr 19-26, 2012.