L’Observateur / April 3, 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. All baseball, softball, track and field, golf and tennis coaches, please send your schedules and rosters to L’Observateur, Sports, P.O. Box1010, LaPlace, LA 70069-1010 or fax to (504) 652-3885.

WCKW-1010 AM will broadcast River Parishes Sports Talk live from the Pizza Factory in Gramercy every Thursday night from 6:15-7 p.m. 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. James Boat Club is hosting its 32nd Choupique RodeoFestival, a fresh water fishing rodeo, April 9-11.

Activities at the festival include bands playing each night; a “Bass for Cash” tournament Saturday morning; horseshoe tournament; Miss Choupique contest; boat and RVs show; airboat ride; craft booth; games; airbrush T-shirts; train ride; and food and drinks.

The Choupique Rodeo only requires a $1 registration fee to enter fish in the contest but that entry fee gives a raffle chance for the first-place prize of $1,000 and second-place prize of a 14-foot aluminum flatboat, three horsepower Suzuki Outboard motor and trailer. Mike Rabalais ofCajun Quest will MC the awards presentation and the Miss Choupique contest.

The first Leukemia Society Singles Bowling Tournament benefiting the Leukemia Society of America will be held Saturday, April 10, and Sunday, April 11, at Frazzio’s Rainbow Lanes on Manhattan Blvd. inHarvey.

Entry fees for the tournament are $40 per person and $30 for re-entry.

First place winner receives $1,000 (based on 80 entries) plus many other cash prizes will be awarded.

The tournament is open to adults ages 18 and over. All entrants may pre-register by mail before April 4 to Fazzio’s Rainbow Lanes, 901 Manhattan Blvd., Harvey, LA 70058.All other entries must register with cash at the tournament. Make checkpayable to Fazzio’s Rainbow Lanes. For additional information call (504)361-7991.

Ascension of Our Lord is holding baseball registration April 11 and 18 from 12:30-3 p.m. at the school.Registration will be held for T-ball (boys and girls) 4-6-years old; baseball (boys) from 7-13 years-old; softball (girls) 10-13 years-old; and cabbage ball (girls) 7-13 years-old. For more information, call sportsdirector Mike Abbate at 652-5041.

St. Peter School’s annual Two Mile Fun Run/Walk will be held inconjunction with its Spring Festival, April 17, beginning at 8:30 a.m.The entry fee is $8. Participants may register by calling the school forregistration forms or may register the morning of the race at 8 a.m. infront of the school. The runners will race first with the walkers beginningat approximately 9 a.m.Following the Run/Walk, there will be a “Celebrity Golf Cart Race” from St. Peter Church to the school on West Seventh Street. Participatingcelebrities will be announced at a later date.

Sponsorships for meals and bands are still available. For more informationcall the school at 536-4296.

The Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation Third Annual Back to the Lake Fishing Rodeo will be held Saturday May 29, and Sunday, May 30.

Contestants may fish anywhere in the Pontchartrain Basin. Wight stationswill be at Glockner’s Place, Lacombe, Gulf Outlet marina, Chalmette, Slidell Marine, Bayou Liberty Road and Laketown, Kenner. The weightstations will be open Saturday and Sunday from 1-4 p.m. Rodeo tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for children under 12.

An awards picnic will be held May 31.

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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