Chris Pluchos,

southeastern manager for Mizuno running shoes, will be the guest speaker

at the Peachtree City Running Club's meeting Monday, May 5, at 7:30 p.m.

at the Wyndham Peachtree Conference Center. He will discuss the history

of Mizuno running shoes and how they work. A former distance runner at

North Carolina State, he will also discuss training strategies. For more

information, call 770-631-7658 or visit www.ptcrc.com.

Our Lady of

Mercy will host its third annual golf tournament Tuesday, May 13, at Whitewater

Country Club. A silent auction and awards dinner in the clubhouse will

follow the tournament. The shotgun start is scheduled for 1 p.m. Players

may register individually or as teams. Cost is $100 per person, which

includes green fees, range balls, prizes, and admission to the silent

auction and awards dinner. Non-golfers may participate in the silent auction

(3:30 p.m.) and awards dinner (6 p.m.) for only $25.

Registration

forms can be found at olmbobcats.org. Registrations are limited, so register

early. Please call Marian Spencer at 404-791-5502 if you have any items

you wish to donate to the silent auction or if you have any questions.

Sponsorship opportunities are also still available. All proceeds will

benefit the OLM High School extracurricular activities and fine arts programs.

All sponsorships and silent auction donations and a portion of the golf

entry fee are tax deductible. Please call Dan Christensen at 770-631-4457

for more information on sponsorships.

Starr's Mill

High School will be hosting its fifth annual football camp June 2-5 at

the school's football complex. All students in grades 3-8 are eligible

to attend. The camp will focus on the basic fundamentals of the game.

Eighth-graders will participate in a special wing-T instructional camp

featuring the offensive coaching staff at Starr's Mill.

The camp will

be under the direction of Starr's Mill Head Coach Mike Earwood and the

entire Starr's Mill staff, which collectively has a century of coaching

experience. Camp brochures can be picked up at Starr's Mill High, Rising

Starr Middle or Peeples Elementary. Call 770-486-2710 ext. 164 for more

information.

The Soccer

Centre in Fayetteville is accepting registrations for the summer indoor

youth soccer leagues for Muppets (Under 6), Under 7, Under 8 and Under

10, both boys and girls. Applications will be taken for teams and individual

players. These leagues are for recreational players only and will kickoff

the week of June 2 and end the week of July 26. There will be no games

the week of July 4.

The season

will consist of 7 games with no playoff; games will be played weekday

evenings, Saturdays, or Sunday afternoons. In the summer league, Under

10's will play in the large arena.

For more information,

call The Centre at 770-460-8785 or visit wwww.soccercentre.info.

The Wendell

Coffee Golf Center in Tyrone is hosting a 2003 Summer Break Junior Golf

Camp, designed to teach children the basics of golf and how fun the sport

can be. Sessions will be held every week from May 27 through Aug. 14,

and all camps run Monday through Thursday with the exception of May 27-30,

which is Tuesday through Friday.

Each junior

will receive different instruction according to his or her level of play.

Skills to be covered include the set-up, the swing, the pitch and chip

shots, the sand shots, the putting stoke, and how to hit the woods. The

head instuctor is PGA apprentice Sean Coffee.

Lunch, drinks

and prizes are included. Parents may drop their kids off as early as 8

a.m. if needed, and each day's session ends at 2:30 p.m.

Cost is $185

per week, with a $25 discount for the second child and each additional

camper ($135 minimum). To sign up, call 770-969-4469 or stop by the Center

on Ga. Highwa 74 in Tyrone, two miles south of I-85.

The Pathway

Communities/Flint River Council 13th Annual Boy Scouts of America charity

golf tournament is Wednesday, May 14, at Planterra Ridge Golf Club in

Peachtree City. A shotgun start is scheduled for noon. For more information,

contact tournament director John Young at 770-365-5543 or Bill Oswald

at 770-227-4556.

The Brooks

Bears are accepting registration for fall football and cheerleading May

3, 10, 17 and 24 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the baseball park in Brooks. Participation

is open to ages 5-13 (as of July 31) and a copy of a birth certificate

must be presented at registration. Instructional and competitive leagues

are offered. For more information, call Mike Daughtry at 770-461-2896

or 770-716-1958.

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