L’Observateur / August 2, 2000

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 (504) 652-9545, fax to652-3885, drop by 116 Newspaper Drive, or mail to P.O. Box 1010, LaPlace,LA 70069-1010. St. Peter Catholic Community soccer registration will be held Sunday,Aug. 13, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and Thursday, Aug. 17, from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus Hall on West Seventh Street inReserve. Children ages 4 1/2 to 14 may participate. For more information,contact Joycelyn Himel at 536-6934. Ascension of Our Lord Recreation is holding soccer registration Sunday, Aug. 13, and Sunday, Aug. 20, from 12:30-3 p.m. In the school lobby.Registration is open to all children of these age groups: boys and girls under 6, under 8, under 10, under 11, under 12, under 13, under 14, under 15 and under 16. Any questions, call the recreation director at 652-5041. St. Charles Parish Special Olympics is holding a softball/T-ball trainingschool Saturday, Aug. 19, at the Recreation Department at 9 a.m. A generalsession will be held at the department Thursday, Sept. 7, at 6:30 p.m. Formore information on all these events, call 783-5090. The Riverside Academy Alumni Flag Football game will be held Aug. 17following the Riverside-Archbishop Hannan scrimmage which starts at 6 p.m. AAU will conduct baseball and softball evaluations at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette Aug. 12-13.The camps are designed to aid and educate the athletes and their parents on how to better their chances of playing baseball ot softball at the pro or collegiate level. The camps will be conducted by college coaches and proscouts.

Each athlete will receive a written evaluation and a seminar that will explain methods on how to be seen, academic requirements and other topics. Eachathlete’s evaluation will be put into a catalog and sent to all college coaches and pro organizations.

For more information call Frank Dornier at (281) 469-6721. The Junior Achievement Golf Sampler Card allows area golfers to drive the fairways at 12 of the local golf courses.

The Golf Sampler Card is $39 and entitles the cardholder to play a total of 49 rounds of golf among the participating courses – Audubon, Bayou Barriere, Colonial, Colonial Acres, Eastover, Ellendale, Lakewood, Oak Harbor, Ormond, Pinewood, Stonebridge and Timberlane. Supporters of the gold cardwill also receive a complimentary Junior Achievement golf towel. The card isvalid from Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, 2000.Proceeds from the Golf Sampler Card benefit Junior Achievement’s K-12 in- school free enterprise programs. This year alone, Junior Achievement and its900 volunteers will teach more than 25,000 local students in over 140 schools about the relevance of education to the workplace and to prepare them for lifelong learning.

Call the Junior Achievement office at (504) 832-0102 for more 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 vehiclewill 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 as the 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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