L’Observateur / October 4, 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.

All football, volleyball, swimming, cross country and soccer coaches, please send you schedules to L’Observateur, P.O. Box 101,LaPlace, LA 70069-1010 or fax to (504) 652-3885.

The United Way of St. Charles will hold its 11th annual golf tournamentFriday at Willowdale Country Club in Luling. The format is a four-manscramble (blind draw handicaps) and is open to all for $75 per player.

There will be prizes for the first hole-in-one, longest drive and closest to the hole. The tournament will be split into morning and afternoon rounds. Includedin the price are cart and green fees, lunch, team photograph and door prizes.

Companies in the community are invited to become Olympic champions by sponsoring at the Gold, Silver and Bronze Medal level.

For information or applications, call chairman Billy Thigpen at 464-3153 or George Williamson/Pam Knight at 331-9063. Applications can be downloadedfrom www.unitedwaystcharles.org. The River Parish Tigers are holding a general membership meeting Monday at BBs in LaPlace.

Scheduled guest speakers are LSU basketball coach John Brady and women’s gymnastics coach D.D. Breaux, both of whom are coming off seasons inwhich their teams were nationally ranked.

A social will begin at 6 p.m., with the meal served at 6:45 p.m. prior to theguest speakers.

The cost is $5 for members, $3 for Tiger tykes 3-12, and $10 for non- members. Dues to join the River Parish Tigers are $15 for individual/$25 forfamily membership. Proceeds go toward establishing a scholarship programfor local students.

The second annual St. John United Way Golf Classic will be heldMonday at Riverlands Country Club in LaPlace.

The tournament will have morning and afternoon rounds. The entry fee is$100 per person. Hole sponsorships are available for $100 each and teamsponsorships for $400.

To participate in the tournament or for more information call Lenie Laiche at 535-7189 or Jerry Gauthier at 536-5401.

The St. Charles Borromeo School Parents, Teachers and FriendsOrganization will sponsor its annual golf classic on Monday at Ormond Country Club. Proceeds from the tournament provide funding for schoolimprovements, curriculum enhancements, and growing technological needs.

Past proceeds have enabled the school to provide a state-of-the art technology lab including Internet connections, computer stations in every classroom, WeatherLink 4, Accelerated Reader and a newly “automated” library.

Sponsorship is available at the $100, $250, and corporate level. Theentrance fee to play is $400 per team or $100 per person, which includes mulligans, lunch between rounds, and a dinner during the awards ceremony.

Morning round begins at 8 a.m. and afternoon round at 1 p.m. For moreinformation, call the school office at 764-9232 or chairperson Phillip Lee at 835-5495, extension 7219.

St. John Parish Day with the New Orleans Saints will be held Sunday,Oct. 15, when the Saints host the Carolina Panthers in the Superdome. Seatsthat are normally $40 can be purchased for $25. Contact Errol Manuel at652-9569 or Jaimee McCullen with the Saints at 731-1853.

Quality Machine Works, Inc., will hosts its third annual Benefit GolfClassic, Monday, Oct. 23, at Pelican Point Golf Club in Gonzales. Proceedsfrom the classic will be used to help purchase a van for Paulette Trosclair Remondet, a River Parishes resident who has been in a wheelchair since 1972.

The tournament will feature a 4-man scramble with a shotgun tee time beginning at noon. The entrance fee is $100 per player which includes greenfees, range balls, shirt, two mulligans, unlimited refreshments, lunch and dinner. Awards will be presented to the top three teans as well as othercontests that will be held throughout the day. Hole sponsorships are alsoavailable for $100.

More information can be obtained by contacting committee members at Quality Machine Works, Inc., Danny or Sue Louque or Renee Waguespack at(225) 869-9809; or Quality Machine Manufacturing, Inc., Daniel or DonovanLouque, (225) 869-7360.

The St. Charles Humane Society is sponsoring its annual Howl-in-One golftournament Monday, Oct. 30, at Ormond Country Club in Destrehan. Tee timeis scheduled for noon.

The cost to enter is $60 per player. The fee will go toward purchasing staband ballistic vests for St. Charles Parish K-9 police dogs and humanecommunity programs. Sponsorships are also available at the following levels:Platinum ($1,000), Gold ($500), hole sponsors ($100) and team sponsors ($120). There will also be prizes for the tournament and a silent auction.The format for the event is a two-person scramble with men and ladies divisions. Prizes will be awarded in each division. A grand prize of $10,000 willbe awarded for a hole-in-one.

For more information call Donna Nassar at (504) 764-4086 or Nancy McCann at 764-1828.

The Roberto Clemente All-Stars are now recruiting baseball players to participate in intensive six-day instructional camps to be held Dec. 26-31 inMiami and Phoenix.

The Arizona camp will be at the spring training home of the Chicago Cubs and the Florida camp will be at the former home of the USA National Team. Bothfacilities feature several major league fields, batting cages and clubhouses.

The staff will include major league scouts and college coaches from Florida, Arkansas, Wake Forest, Florida International, Alabama-Huntsville, Rutgers and Georgia.

To receive an application, call 1-800-723-6398. Limited spots are awardedon a first-come, first-serve basis. Younger players not yet in high schoolmay attend as well. Information is also available at www.clementeallstars.com.

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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