L’Observateur / January 4, 1999

Coaches, players, fans and parents: L’Observateur wants schedules, scores or any story ideas about sports and outdoor activities in the River Parishes. Contact Michael Kiral, staff writer, at 652-9545, drop by 116 Newspaper Drive, or mail to P.O. Box 1010, LaPlace, LA 70069-1010. The River Parishes Fellowship of Christian Athletes Adult Chapter meets on the first Saturday of every month for breakfast at 8:30 a.m. at the Corner Cafe on Dominican Drive in LaPlace. For information call Gary Zeringue at 869-3005 or Don Fernandez at 652- 3029.

The St. Charles Catholic Athletic Association is holding a monthly$1,000 raffle. Only 100 tickets will be sold each month at a cost of $20per ticket. Drawings are to be held on the 28th of each month. For ticket information call coach Don Fernandez at St. Charles Catholic at652-3029.

The St. Charles Parish Department of Parks and Recreation islooking for residents of St. Charles Parish who turn 50 by Dec. 31, 1999for its spring mixed senior bowling league.

The spring bowling league is being formed to bowl three games during a 15 week period using a four-person format. The St. Charles Parish Parks andRecreation Department will assist with fees.

The league is held at River Bend Lanes in LaPlace on Mondays at 10 a.m. onthe following dates: Jan. 4, 11, 18, 25; Feb. 1, 8, 15, 22; March 1, 8, 15,22, 29; and April 5 and 12.

This is a just for fun league; win or lose the awards are the same. Toqualify for an award, a bowler must have bowled 50 percent of the scheduled games.

For more information, contact Theresa Theriot at the St. Charles ParishParks and Recreation Department at 783-5090. All participants are askedto fill out a registration form prior to bowling.

S.P.A.C.E. (Supporting Parks and Children Equally), a non-profitorganization, will be hosting an instruction baseball clinic Jan. 23, 1999,at The Glade School from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.The clinic will feature Treinadad Hubbard of the Los Angeles Dodgers, St.

James native Lenny Webster of the Baltimore Orioles, Riverside Academy’s Carl Schultz of the Chicago Cubs, East St. John’s DarrylNicholas of the Milwaukee Brewers and Thomas Pittman of the Montreal Expos along with the support of Aaron Lombard, Community Relations Director for the New Orleans Zephyrs and a host of other minor and major league athletes.

Registration will take place Saturday, Jan. 16 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at theWal-Mart Shopping Center on Airline Highway in LaPlace.

The instructional clinic will be geared toward teaching the fundamental skills of baseball for children ages 8-16 years-old. The cost of the clinicwill be $20 per child.

All proceeds will benefit parish recreation. Participants will beresponsible for providing their own shoes and gloves.

Southeastern Louisiana University’s Lions basketball head coach John Lyles and his staff will be the host again this year for their Hardwood Club Game-Day breakfasts.

The breakfasts, which are open to the public, take place at the SLU Alumni Center Banquet Room from 7-8 a.m. Complimentary coffee, juice anddonuts will be available as Lyles discusses SLU’s game that night. TheHardwood Club will hold breakfasts this year for the following games: Jan.

14, Southwest Texas; and Feb. 25, Northwestern State.For more information contact the SLU Basketball office at 549-3744. TheSLU Alumni House is on University Blvd. next to the University Center. Southeastern Louisiana University will begin its eighth season with the SLU Sports Radio Network this season. The Sports Network featuresflagship stations KSLU 90.9 FM along with two affiliates and globalaccessibility through the World Wide Web.

This year’s announcing team features play-by-play announcer Mark Willoughby and former Lions basketball player Duane Donald. Willoughbyhas been the voice of Lions basketball since the 1994-95 season.

Affiliates of SLU Sports Radio Network are WIBR 1300 AM in Baton Rouge and WSLA 1560 AM, Slidell. These stations will air a selection of gamesboth home and away. Check your local broadcast schedule for selecteddates.

In addition to the airwaves, KSLU can be heard world wide on the internet at www.selu.edu/athletics.Fans can also keep up with results and weekly schedule by calling the 24- hour information hotline at (504) 230-4444, extension LION (5466) for daily reports; and 5467 for the week’s schedule. The service is provided bythe Sunshine Pages.

The Chrysler Junior Golf Scholarship Program will award 40 $1,000 educational scholarships to America’s most deserving junior golfers.

Anyone 12-18 who plans to attend college can apply.

For information or to request an application contact: Chrysler Junior Golf Scholarship Program Headquarters, 640 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10019, phone 1-800-856-0764 or e-mail ChryJrGolf@aol.com. Contributions to the Ray Laiche Memorial Fund Scholarship can be made at the Bank of LaPlace. Call 652-2200 for information. Special Olympics Louisiana’s new “Share the Victory” motor vehicle recycling program allows anyone in Orleans, Jefferson, St.

Bernard, St. Tammany and St. Charles parishes to turn extra or unwantedvehicles into “something special for Special Olympics.”An individual can call the “Share the Victory” toll-free number and Special Olympics will arrange to tow away their motor vehicle for free.

The vehicle will be recycled into the funds needed to support the year- round program of sports training and athletic competition for mentally- retarded children and adults in Louisiana.

Vehicles can be in any condition to qualify as long as the owner has the title. Consumers may also be able to take advantage of a tax deduction asthe fair market price of the vehicle is considered a tax deductible donation to Special Olympics.

For more information or to donate your used motor vehicle call Share the Victory at 1-800-249-1192.

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