L’Observateur / October 14, 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.

Nicholls State and Southeastern Louisiana will play a doubleheader at the Lutcher Lady Bulldogs Diamond today.

Game times are scheduled for 10 a.m. and noon. Admission is $3 for adultsand $1 for children.

Playing for the Lady Colonels will be outfielder Kim St. Pierre, a member ofthe Lutcher 1998 Class 3A state champions. Pitcher Erin Hymel andshortstop Brandy Neal, who also played on that team, will play for the Lady Lions.

The Southern Starz 14U fastpitch softball team is currently holding tryouts for the 2001 season. For more information please contact DelbertRutherford at (225) 647-6127.

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 Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #15 will host its annual fund raising golf tournament at Fashion Golf and Country Club, Saturday, Nov. 4.The four-man scramble tournament is scheduled for 1 p.m., with a lunchbeing served at noon. Each $50 donation will provide one person with lunch,green fee, cart and two tickets for an annual dance to be held at 9 p.m. Holesponsorships are also available for $100.

All proceeds support the lodge, which benefits such things as Police Memorial Services, DWI Public Awareness programs, Louisiana Eastern Seals, Special Olympics Torch Run and assistance for distressed officers.

For more information, contact Craig Petit at (504) 783-2801 or Patrick Yoes at (504) 783-1355.

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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