L’Observateur / January 13, 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 116Newspaper Drive, or mail to P.O. Box 1010, LaPlace, LA 70069-1010. 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 Re-lations Director for the New Orleans Zephyrs and a host of other minor and major league athletes.

Registration will take place Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Wal-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. Partici-pants will be responsible for providing their own shoes and gloves.

The South Tangi Youth Soccer Association, in conjunction with the Louisiana Soccer Association, will host a Youth Module level coaching certification course for under six and under eight coaches.

The course is open to all coaches and will run from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.Saturday at Southeastern Louisiana Uni-versity. The course is $25 forcoaches affiliated to the state association and $35 for those non- affiliated.

For further details and to sign up for the course contact John Wong at (504) 345-3704 or Juan Planells at 542-3350.

The Carrollton Soccer Association, in conjunction with the Louisiana Soccer Association, will host a Youth Module level coaching certification course for under eight and under 10 coaches.

The course is open to all coaches and will run from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.Saturday at the Audubon Zoo administrative building and the C.S.A. fieldsin New Orleans. The course is $25 for coaches affiliated to the stateassociation and $35 for those non-affiliated. For further details and tosign up for the course contact Louie Smothermon at (504) 733-2120.

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