L’Observateur / September 17, 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 to 652-3885, 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 St. Charles Parish Parks and Recreation Department will hostan NFL Punt, Pass and Kick competition at Landry Middle School in Hahnville, today from 9 a.m. to noon. Girls and boys will be divided into the following age divisions: 8-9-year- olds, 10-11-year-olds, 12-13-year-olds and 14-15-year-olds.

Boys and girls will compete separately in local competitions with the top finishers in each of the four age groups advancing to a sectional competition.

For more information contact the Recreation Department at 783-5090.

The St. John Parish Recreation Department is sponsoring anNFL/Gatorade Punt, Pass and Kick competition tomorrow at the Glade School.

The competition is free to boys and girls ages 8-15. Registration starts at1 p.m. and ends at 3:15 p.m. Competition starts at 3 p.m. All participantsmust show birth certificate to verify age.

Regional competition will be held in the Superdome in October at halftime of a Saints game. Any questions call Errol or Bedra at the RecreationDepartment at 652-9569 or Danny Rome at 652-5681.

The St. James Recreation Department is holding an NFL/GatoradePunt, Pass and Kick competition Wednesday at 7th District Park from 5-7 p.m.The competition is free and open to boys and girls ages 8-15.

The top finishers from each of the four age group from the boys and girls divisions will advance to the regional during a New Orleans Saints home game.

For more information contact Horatio Rapp at (225) 265-8166.

The fifth annual Hahnville Dugout Club golf classic will be held today at Willowdale Country Club. All proceeds will be used to financescholarships for members of both the boys’ baseball and girls’ softball teams, jackets for graduating seniors and the annual banquet for the coaches, players and parents at the end of the season.

The cost to enter is $65 per player and $260 per team. Hole sponsorshipsare also available. Prizes will be awarded for first, second and thirdplace, closest to the hole and longest drive.

Tee time is scheduled for 1 p.m. with a lunch served at 11 a.m.For more information contact Neal Roussell at 785-0485, Rick Williams at 785-6612 or Kay Keller at 785-9425.

Racing Unlimited is hosting Du-LaPlace 2000 Sept. 24 at Regala Park inReserve at 8 a.m.Du-LaPlace is a two-mile run, 10-mile bike, two-mile run event. The entryfee is $20 through Monday, $25 thereafter. All entrants receive a T-shirt.Entry fees are non-refundable.

To preregister call the St. John Parish Sheriff’s Office, 652-9513. Pre-registration will also be held at Phidippides, 6601 Veterans Blvd.,Metairie, 887-8900; G.N.O. Cyclery, 1426 South Carrollton, New Orleans,861-0023; and The Bike Connection, 2100 East Judge Perez, Chalmette, 279-7433.

Registration forms and the entry fee may be mailed to Racing Unlimited, 2509 Plaza Drive, Chalmette, LA 70043. Checks payable to RacingUnlimited. Call (504) 271-3930 for more information.Awards will be given in 12 age groups, male and female, Top five male and female overall awards and first place master and grandmaster male and female.

The race will benefit the St. John Crimefighters, a community servicegroup operated by the St. John Parish Sheriff’s Office. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and local volunteers have scheduled a hunter education course in the area today and tomorrow.

The course begins at the Gramercy Fire Station. It will be held there from8 a.m. till 4 p.m. on Saturday and 1 p.m. till 4 p.m. Sunday. Participantsthen go to Nick’s Shooting Range from 4 p.m. till the comnpletion of theshooting portion of the program.

The courses are free to the public and anyone 10 years old and older can be certified. The course must be completed for those born on or after Sept. 1,1969 before a hunting license can be purchased at age 16. All classesmust be attended and tardiness is grounds for dismissal.

Pre-registration only. Call (504) 535-8161 to register.For further information on other courses throughout the state, call John LeBlanc at (504) 594-7142 or log on at www.wlf.state.la.us, then click onhunter education schedules.

The United Way of St. Charles will hold its 11th annual golftournament Oct. 6 at Willowdale Country Club in Luling. The format is afour-man scramble (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.Included in the price are cart and green fees, lunch, team photograph and door prizes. Companies in the community are invited to become Olympicchampions 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 bedownloaded from www.unitedwaystcharles.org. The second annual St. John United Way Golf Classic will be heldMonday, Oct. 9, 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 12th annual St. Charles Borromeo School Golf Tournamentwill be held Monday, Oct. 9, at Ormond Country Club. The scramble willhave a shotgun strat with a morning round at 8 a.m. and an afternoon roundbeginning at 1 p.m.The entry fee is $400 per team or $100 per person which includes mulligans. Blue and gold sponsorships are available at a cost of $100 forblue or $250 for gold. Corporate sponsorships are also available. Prizes will be given for first through third place finishers, closest to the hole and longest drive in the fairway. Door prizes will also be drawnduring award ceremonies.

For more information or to donate prizes or promotional items, contact Phillip Lee at 835-5495, extension 7219.

St. John Parish Day with the New Orleans Saints will be heldSunday, Oct. 15, when the Saints host the Carolina Panthers in theSuperdome. Seats that are normally $40 can be purchased for $25. ContactErrol Manuel at 652-9569 or Jaimee McCullen with the Saints at 731- 1853.

The St. Charles Humane Society is sponsoring its annual Howl-in-Onegolf tournament Monday, Oct. 30, at Ormond Country Club in Destrehan. Teetime is 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 followinglevels: Platinum ($1,000), Gold ($500), hole sponsors ($100) and team sponsors ($120). There will also be prizes for the tournament and a silentauction.

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 will be awarded for a hole-in-one.

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

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 thegold card will also receive a complimentary Junior Achievement golf towel. The card is valid 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 Achievementand its 900 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 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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