LOCAL NOTES : ANNOUNCEMENTS . . .

Baseball camp: The Master's College will be holding its annual Spring Break Baseball Camp on Monday and Tuesday. The camp will include instruction on hitting, fielding and pitching. Camp will run from 9 a.m. until noon. The cost is $50. For more information and applications, call [phone], Ext. 222.

Baseball camp: Hit for Power Baseball School will hold an Easter camp Thursday and Friday at the Rosamond Little League field from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The cost is $70 per player or $120 for two and $170 for three. Registration will take place at 3100 50th St. W., Rosamond. Call [phone] for more details.

The camp is being run by Fate Young, a scout with the Seattle Mariners, and Selwyn Young, a scout with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Former Dodger Darrell Thomas, former Expo Ellis Valentine and former Oakland A's player Rod Murphy are instructors. Ex-Dodger Lee Lacy is expected to make a guest appearance.

Karate: Ken Lewis Tae Kwon Do/Karate for Kids will host its annual ``Fun in the Sun'' tae kwon do tournament April 20 at Saugus High School.

The event draws competitors from all over California as well as Oregon, Arizona and Nevada. Last year, more than 800 boys, girls, men and women, ranging in age from 5 past 50, competed for trophies and regional championships.

The event will include daylong competition among those with matched skill levels - from beginners to ranking black belts - and demonstrations of martial arts. A special event, allowing anyone to break a board for $1, is tentatively planned. Proceeds would go to the Michael Hofflin chapter of the Neil Bogart Foundation to benefit research on children's cancer.

Refreshments and martial arts equipment will be available.

The tournament will be open to the public. An admission fee will be charged.

Golf: Todd Donoho will be celebrity host at the 23rd annual Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital Golf Classic on May 18. Held at the world-class Valencia Country Club, the tournament will include a live auction. Proceeds will benefit the hospital's trauma center and paramedic support services. Sponsorship reservations and player slots are still available by calling [phone].

Poppy Festival races: One of the highlights of the fifth annual California Poppy Festival will be the Poppy Runs on April 14, the second day of the two-day festival in Lancaster.

The runs - five kilometers and 10 kilometers - will start at 7:30 a.m. at Avenue K-8 and 10th Street West in Lancaster. The entry fee, if submitted by Friday, is $15 a person. Entries submitted later are $20 each.

A combined fee of $25 is available until Friday for those interested in entering both a 20-mile bicycle race April 13 and running the next day.

Sports auction: The Valencia High School baseball team will hold its second annual sports auction.

The event will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 20 at the Valencia High School gymnasium. The auction will be sponsored by he Valencia High School Baseball Booster Club. Baseball, basketball, football and hockey memorabilia will be sold. Admission will be free. Merchandise will be on display starting at 10 a.m. For more information, contact Norm Coe at [phone].

Soccer league sign-ups The Palmdale American Youth Soccer Organization plans league registration for players 4-1/2 to 18. Registration will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 20 and June 1 at Desert Sands Park on Avenue P-8 at Third Street East. AYSO offers family discounts. Early registration fees are $45 for the first player, $40 for the second and $35 for the third player from the same household. Registration fees after June 1 will be $50 per player. For more information, contact Terry White at [phone] or call AYSO at [phone].

Soccer tryouts: The Palmdale Youth Soccer Club is recruiting boys and girls for competitive teams. Tryouts will be held through April. Information: Johnny Garza at [phone] or Frank Riese [phone].

Boys club soccer: Tryouts for a Santa Clarita United team will be held Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays at Valley View School. The team is open to boys born between Aug. 1, 1980, and July 31, 1982. Contact Bill Weatherman at [phone].

Running: The Santa Clarita Runners offer coached interval, tempo-run and hill training Tuesday and Thursday evenings and training runs Saturdays and Sundays. The club has more than 200 members from the Santa Clarita, San Fernando and Antelope valleys. For information, call the Santa Clarita Runners at 259-5441.

BMX: The Skyway BMX park at 110th Street West and Avenue K in Lancaster, offers racing Saturdays and Sundays. Sign-ups will be taken from 11 a.m. to noon. The fee is $8. Practice time is available from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesdays for a $4 fee.

Those interested in volunteering as track staff, stagers, scorekeepers, announcers, groomers or certified first-aid personnel may contact Barbara Clare at [phone].

SOURCE: Darnell Felton