The 13th Annual Golf Tournament to benefit the Somerville Homeless Coalition takes place on Thursday, September 17th, beginning at 11 a.m. Registration opens at 12 noon. Shotgun start at Sandy Burr Country Club, Wayland. Register to play here: http://bit.ly/1f5Uubt. Tournament fee includes hors d’oeuvres, a boxed lunch, golf cart, 18 holes of golf with complimentary beer and non-alcoholic drinks as well as snacks available during play, a buffet dinner as well as contests and prizes. Entries will be accepted as individuals, two, three or four person groups. The tournament is a scramble format and shotgun start.

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Don’t forget tomorrow, Thursday the 13th, is the Annual Left-handers international Day, so remember to wish your friendly left hander (south paw) a happy day. We (I mean they) even have a web site: www.lefthandersday.com. Go take a look, even though we (I mean they) are a minority, some pretty special people are left handers. No more being punished for being a left hander. We (I mean they) even think a good “left handed compliment” is in order, but you have to be left handed to give one. Remember, left handers may be left handed, but they are always right!

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The 15th Annual John T. Forcellese Memorial Fund Golf Tournament will be held on Saturday, September 12 at the Falmouth Country Club. To get more information and to sign up go online at www.johns-team.org. A great event every year and a worthy cause. Get a group together and spend a nice day down on the Cape.

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Save the date, Saturday October 17 at the Holiday Inn when the SHS Scholarship Foundation will be celebrating its 25th Anniversary. For updates go to their Facebook page.

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Happy Birthdays this week to some of our Villen friends as well as friends of The Times: Happy Birthday to Brandon Wilson, who is well known here in the city for her saving many properties and helping to preserve a lot of the history of our city. Ms. Wilson is the Executive Director of the Historic Preservation Committee of the City of Somerville. Also, happy birthday to Robert DeVasto, well known around the city for many years as one of the best mortgage brokers from Wells Fargo. Also, happy birthday to Carol Fontana, also well known here in the city as a realtor with Remax Andrew. We wish her the very best of birthdays this week. Joan Sullivan of Berkeley St. celebrates her 75th birthday today. We wish her many more. If you see her say “Hi” and wish her the best. Big time happy birthday to a great guy, Sal Ferro who’s well known and well liked in these parts. A nice guy with a great family and, of course, his wife Claudia is a great photographer. We wish Sal the very best on his birthday coming up this weekend.

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There’s a new web site in town. Check it out at www.somervillema.com. The Somerville Times is on the site. Also check out www.medfordma.com.

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The Rotary Club of Somerville is inviting the community to join in for an evening of baseball and friendship on Thursday, August 20. The $50 price includes a buffet dinner at Pizzeria Uno’s in Kenmore Square and a ticket to see the Red Sox take on the Royals. The evening is open to everyone and provides a good opportunity to be with local Rotarians and others from the 47 communities of the local Rotary District. To register, contact Kevin Bacon at the Porter Square Star Market, (617) 492-5566 or email Kevin at kevin.bacon@starmarket.com. They hope you will join in.

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On the political front, we heard that one of the candidates for Ward 6 Alderman had her name removed from the Cambridge voting list recently. Guess she made up her mind where she wanted to be politically active.

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Alderman McWatters was out and about this past Sunday all over the Highland Avenue at the SomerStreets event, which was a success from what we saw.

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Question: can city employees while on the clock for the city, especially while on overtime, take pictures for a so-called newspaper on city time? We wonder if they get compensated, and if so is that a conflict of interest?

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Candidate Charles Chisholm has been seen at Dunkin’ Donuts lately. His diet of working the streets for votes is apparently working. We see him everywhere, all over.

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Newcomer and candidate for School Committee in Ward 4, Jamie O’Leary, is also working hard. We ran into her campaigning this past weekend and we like her candidacy, hard working. She has a background as a teacher here in the city. You can read about Jamie O’Leary for Ward 4 school committee on her website so when she gets to your door you’ll know a little about this very smart and committed lady running for office. Go to http://jamiesue.wix.com/joward4.

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Walking Dialogues with Police, Youth, and Community – coming up next Wednesday the 19th at 6:00 p.m. this is the last one for the summer and will begin at Grimmons Park in the Ten Hills. It’s a great idea, so when you see the kids and police walking the neighborhood make sure you stop and answer the survey. Last time Alderman Bob McWatters was the only one of the aldermen who showed up. Let’s see if an alderman shows up for this one.

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The Mayor’s 35 Annual Elderly Picnic was a huge success, but we see that the same alderman didn’t show up or donate as usual. This year, Maryann Heuston, Bob McWatters, Bill White and Dennis Sullivan were the only four aldermen to show up and to donate. Wonder why? We know for a fact that Heuston, McWatters, White and Sullivan work full time, so that can’t be an issue. But Matt McLaughlin of Ward 1 wasn’t there, Tony Lafuente of Ward 4 wasn’t there and Ward 5’s Mark Niedergang wasn’t there. One person we always like to see is our Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan, who is a Somerville lady. It’s always nice to see her.

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Don’t forget the mayor’s fundraiser over at the Winter Hill Yacht Club on the 19th, sponsored by the same person who called the mayor delusional few weeks ago. Our sources will be present to see who attends. Winter Hill Yacht Club, August 19 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Again, how interesting the same person who is hosting it called the mayor delusional and again complained to City Hall about closing down his family property that lines McGrath/Medford Streets. (Oh, that’s right, he didn’t divulge that his family owned that, did he?)

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Get well to John O’Leary, former head of the Vets Post on Somerville Avenue. He’s recuperating from a recent heart condition. We wish him well.