CASTLEGAR NEWS, July 10, 1983 CASTLEGAR NEWS, July 10, 1983 SPORTS \ Aquanauts fourth By DEANNA PICCO Castlegar Aquanauts swim coach Vince Mikuska responded enthusiastically after results of the Penticton Invitational Swim Meet were tabulated. The Aquanauts finished fourth out of the 14 clubs that attended the.high calibre meet last weekend. The results were ‘4s follows: Kamloops 367, Haney (Maple Ridge) 855, Kelowna 290, Castlegar 275, Revelstoke 229, Penticton 187, Princeton 100, Salmon Arm 89, Oliver 83, Trail 66, Golden 64, Merritt 27, Cache Creek 19 and Agassiz 8. Of the 26 Aquanauts who attended the meet, the following came home with aggregates. Div. Two Girls — Denise Thornton (bronze), Div. Two Boys — Alex Hartman (silver) Div. Three Boys — Darren Thornton (gold), Div. Five Boys — Colin Carew (silver) Div. Seven Girls — Lucianna Alvarez and Alexis Walsh (silver). Darren Thornton also tied with nine others for the grand aggregate trophy with 28 points (four first place’ finishes). Thornton made new records in Div. Three Boys 50 Fly, 60 Breast and 50 Free. New records were also made by Tom Carew in Div. Six Boys 100 Back and Alexis Walsh in Div. Seven Girls 50 Fly. Congratulations go out to the following Aquanauts who did well in their events. DIVISION ONE Girls — 50 Back — Pilar Alvarez fifth, 50 Fly — Pilar Alvarez sixth, 50 Breast — Pilar Alvarez fourth, 60 Free — Pilar Alvarez fourth. DIVISION TWO Girls — 60 Fly — Denise Thornton fifth, 100 Free — Denise Thornton second, 50 Breast — Denise Thornton third, 50 Free, — Denise Thornton first. 0 Boys — 50 Fly — Alex Hartman first, 50 Breast — Alex Hartman second, 50 Free — Alex Hartman second, 100 Individual Medley — Alex Hartman third. DIVISION THREE Girls — 50 Back — Leanne Bentley third, 50 Free — Leanne Bentley second. Boys — 100 Free — Darren Thornton first, 50 Fly — Darren Thornton first, 50 Breast — Darren Thornton first, 60 Free — Darren Thornton first, David Vecchio fourth. DIVISION FOUR Girls — 100 Free — Wendy Pilla fifth, 100 Back — Lisa Uchida third, Wendy Pilla fifth, 50 Fly — Wendy Pilla fourth, 50 Free — Wendy Pilla (second), Lisa Uchida sixth. Meet last SWIM MEET PARTICIPANTS . icipated in th Churchill; front row: Jennifer Small, Tracy Picco, Denise Thornton, Darren Thornton, Alex Hartman, David Vecchio and Stephen Junker. back row, left: Tom Carew, Alexis fa Crosfield, Vince Mikuska, Kerry Uchida, Colin Carew; Anne Marie Gruden and Lucianna Alvarez; middle row: Lisa Uchida, Monica Tymof! th, Leanne ley, J f. DIVISION FIVE Boys — 100 Free — Colin Carew third, 100 Back — - Colin Carew first, 50 Fly — Kerry Uchida fifth, 100 Breast — Colin Carew second, Kelly Hurd third, Kerry Uchida sixth, 50 Free — Colin Carew third, Kelly Hurd fourth, Kerry Uchida sixth. 2 DIVISION SIX ‘Girls — 100 Free — Tami Hurd sixth, 100 Back — Tami Hurd second, 60 Fly — Tami Hurd third, 50 Free — Tami Hurd fifth. Boys — 100 Free — Carl Gruden third, David Zurek sixth, 100 Back — Tom Carew first, 50 Fly — Carl Gruden fifth, 100 Breast — Tom Carew third, Colin Hamilton, sixth, 50 Free — Carl Gruden fourth, 200 IM — Tom Carew third, Carl Gruden sixth. DIVISION SEVEN. Girls — 100 Free — Alexis Walsh second, 100 Back — Lucianna Alvarez gecond, 50 Fly —. Alexis Walsh first, Lucianna Alvarez third, 100 Breast — Lucianna Alvarez second, 60 Free — Alexis Walsh first, 200 IM — Lucianna Alvarez second. The following relay teams helped bring in points for the club. 2 hier : 200 FREE RELAY Div. Three Girls — Castlegar Aquanauts fourth, Div. Three Boys — Castlegar Aquanauts third, Div. Four Girls — Castlegar Aquanauts second, Div. Five Boys — Mair, David Zurek. Castlegar Aquanauts first, Div. Six Boys — Castlegar Aquanauts first with a new record, Div. Seven Girls — Castlegar Aquanauts first. : : Leek 200 MEDLEY RELAY Div. Three Girls — Castlegar Aquanauts fifth, Div. Three Boys — Castlegar Aquanauts third, Div. Four Girls ~ Castlegar Aquanauts second, Div. Five Boys — Castlegar Aquanauts first, Div. Six Boys — Castlegar , Aquanauts first with a new record, Div..Seven Girls — Castlegar Aquanauts first with a new record. All the Aquanauts who attended the swim meet were responsible for scoring team points either a3~ or relay Other team who. deserve acknowledgment are Jennifer Mair, Tracy Picco, Jennifer Small, Steven Junker, Monica Tymofievich, Derrick Churchill, Shannon Crosfield, and Anne Marie Gruden. = There were three events left out of the results of the Nelson Swim Meet that should be mentioned. In Div. One Boys 50 Breast — Steven Cundy second, Div. Two Girls 60 Breast — Denise Thornton first, Kim Byers. third, Div. : Two Boys 50 Breast — Alex Hartman first. On July 28th the Castlegar Aquanauts ran the concession at the Kinnaird Elementary School and made a nice profit. Thank you to all the people who worked 80 hard to make it that way. fi This weekend the Aquanauts are attending the Trail : Invitational Swim Meet. ig from photo are: Carl Gruden, ‘Colin _ Hamilton, Wendy Pilla, Kelly Hurdy, Tami Hurd and ; Drop-in program is supervised — Slocan Valley Commission is holding supervised drop-in playgrounds in July and August. The program will be held July 12, 19, 26 and Aug. 2 at Brent Kennedy School in é Crescent Valley, July 14, 21, 28.and Aug. 4 at Winlaw and W.E. Graham School at Slo- can and Aug. 9, 11, 16 and 18 at Slocan Park Hall. The playgrounds will run from 10 a.m._to 3 p.m. Players weleo EDMONTON (CP) — The seven players who quit the Canadian women's national basketball team June 27 will be invited to rejoin the team before the world champion- ships, coach Wayne Hussey said Friday. The players, including four starters, left the team to zi Zz suey 11 — JULY 12—R SULY 13 — Aquobics, 12-1 p. Senior Citizens free. ly Fu (Enter your team now.) REGIONAL RECREATION COMMISSION#1 Public Swimming — Brandson Pool, 1 - 4 p.m., 8:30 p.m.; Robson Pool 2:30 - 4:30 p.m; and p.m. Animal 1-3 p.m., Complex. Ages 4 - 9, $1.00 otebud Cenoe Camp, Age 3. 14, $15.00 SULY 14 — Adult Noon Swim, 12 - 1 p.m., Brandson Pool. LY 15 — Senior SunFest Picnic. 10:30-2 p.m., Kinnaird Park Roller Skating 7 - 8:30 and9 $1.00; Skate Rental $1.50 JULY 16 — Sunflower Run, 8:30 a.m., Complex, $2.00° inFest Famil in, 1:30 - 3:30 p.m., Kinsmen JULY 17 — SunFest Challenge Cup, 8:30 a.m. at Kinnaird Park DROP IN FITNESS CLASSES Mon. - Fri., 9 - 10 a.m., Complex; Mon. & Thurs., 7 - 8 p. Complex; Mon. & Wed., 7 - 8 p.m., Robson Hall, $1.00 2601 - 6th Ave., Castlegar Phone 365-3386, m., Brandson Pool, $1.00 + 10:30, Complex. Admission Park. protest the firing of head coach Don McCrae of Basket- ball Canada. “These players will receive letters and air tickets and they're all welcome back,” said Hussey, who was an as- sistant under McCrae. “One of the girls has already called the office asking about .her ticket to the next camp. “We are confident we will get some of the players back. We'll also bring in five more players from the junior team.” WANT TO TRY SOLAR HEAT FOR YOUR POOL? (ASK ABOUT OUR STARTER KIT. Coll Gary at Valkyr Aquatics 365-7. Distributor for Sun God Soler Systeme Your Automatic Transmissio TRANSMISSION SERVICE SPECIAL $18.60 INCLUDES: road test, remove pan, visual inspection, clean sump, replace screen, adjust bands and linkage, and fluid. replace pan gasket cialists We have Automatic Ti Canada, bolstered by three players from the national B team, was eliminated from the medal round at the World University Games after an emotional -78-71 loss Thurs- day night to Yugoslavia. Many of the players were distraught following the Yug- oslavia game in which they played with immense pride but came up short against their taller opponents, Polson scored 29 points, but she suffered a severe charley horse and was limp- ing Friday. Huband, the only remaining starter, added 16 points and did a masterful defensive job on Yugoslavian star Jasmina Perazic, holding the University of Maryland player to 10 points. - “The good thing about this is that we've been able to see the girls who are here play under different situations,” Hussey said. “Now we know whether we should have con- fidence in them or not.” The Canadian national team will regroup July 17 in Tu-Dor Sports Castlegar 1:30 p.m., channel 7. BASEBALL — 10 finals, 7 p.m., channel 9; channel9. © FASTBALL — Commercial Kinnaird field; Carling O'K game times 6 p.m. Playotts: 10:20 c Seattle Mariners vs. Baltimore SUND, $FL Divisional helor teogue: GAMES — Universiade '§3: Track and field, diving, water polo, boskelball and volleyball tinsies 1 cemetery MONDAY #8 6:30 p.m., channel Toronto for.a brief camp at York University before leav- ing July 21 for the world championships in Brazil, fol- _ lowed by the Pan-Am Games in Venuzuela in August. McCrae’s sudden di back: ville, Allison Lang of Saska- Guelph, Ont., Janis Paske-. * minutes’ off the previous university gam« ‘Guillaume wins — “gold for Canada 5+ 5 uioroy EDMONTON (CP) — An unexpected victory by Guillaume Leblance in the men's 20-kilometre walk Friday. night: gave Canada, its fifth gold medal of the World University Games, its first in track and field since 1975 record ‘high since the Canadians first entered the + competition 28 years ago. With three days remaining in the games, Canada's five golds and 26'medals overall have already eclipsed the ‘performance of the, 1977 team, which took: four gold, six silver and five bronze medals at Sofia, Bulgaria. , Leblanc, a bronze medallist in the 80-kilometre files Ae ear’s Commonwealth Games, chopped ‘more O rete ea record as he ‘finished 90 metres ahead of 1980 Olympic chainpion Maurizio ‘Damilano in one hour, 24 minutes and 2.89 seconds. *SDamilano of Italy was‘ timed in 1:24:21.0 and Nikolai Mateev of the Soviet Union claimed the bronze in 1:25:06.7. ‘A few hours later, in another resounding upset, Canada -defe th ib United States team 85-77 e pr in men's basketball and qualified to. play Yugoslavia tonight for the gold medal. It was only the third time in modern history that Canada has beaten. the United. States in international competition. . ‘ WINS ONLY 3EVENTS The Soviet Union hada relatively unproductive day, winning only three events. But the Soviets: were still far: ahead in the medal standings with 47 gold. Romania, Canada and China had five apiece, one more than Italy and Nigeria. ‘The. t standings, based on-a 10-5-4-3-2-1 count for the first six placings in finals, gave the Soviet team 698 points to 251 for the United States and 219 for Canada. ‘The Soviets padded their margin with victories by Konstantin Volkov in the pole vault and cyclists Alexandre Krasnow in the men's pursuit, in which Alex Stieda of Coquitlam, took the bronze, the Viktor Manakov in the men’s individual points race. But their string of cycling successes was broken in the women's points race as Isabelle Nicoloso of France defeated double gold’ medallist Erika Saloumisee, reversing the placings in the.sprint and the 1,000-metre time trial. Wei Lu gave China a women’s diving sweep by outscor-. ing world champion Wendy Hyland of the: U.S. in the ~ women's platform event and the Chinese picked-up another. vich of Calgary, Carole’ Sea-. ley of Montreal, and Sylvia 8 also of Mc after an internal dispute with Basketball Canada cost the national team the services of Andrea Blackwell of Lennox- Viking plus assistant coach Bev Smith of Salmon Arm, a player sidelined. with a knee injury. s edge Heritage Inn By PHIL PERRAS In 1st Division Kootenay Soccer League action last Saturday Castlegar Viking defeated the first place Nel- son Heritage Inn 1-0. In the first half Castlegar had the best scoring chances but were unable to count. The Nelson’ opportunities were foiled by the stalwart Castlegar defense. 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Free Estimates FREE COURTESY CARS WITH MAJOR REPAIRS | WE WILL SELL YOU p.m., Thrums field. ‘ _ tnternationel: Castlegar Vikings A team vs. Castlegar Stars, 7 p.m., Selkirk College field, Miter ep Vancouver Whitecaps vs. Toronto Blizzard, 5 aaatnee League: Montreal Expos vs. Houston Astros, folded it was evident that’ -gold in fencing, winning the women’s team foil competition. _ | Ajayi Agbebaku earned Nigeria’s fourth gold in track and field with a narrow victory over Mike Conley'of the U.S. in the triple jump and Peter Daemens of Belgium won the | men’s 3,000-metre steeplechase. WILLIAMS TAKES BRONZE ~. Maria Radu of Romania outkicked Elena Malychina of the Soviet Union to take the women's 8,000 metres as Lynn Williams of Vancouver took the bronze. Canada gained a semifinal berth against South Korea in men’s volleyball, its winning stzoak to seven matches and 21 games with a 16-7, 15-10, 15-10 victory over Italy. It was the first loss for the Italians, who play unbeaten Cuba in the other semifinal bracket. ; ‘ WEEKEND WRAP-UP ~ Yount, il bel, ‘Slemone, Mit Whitoker, Det ‘37 Aarase Cy, 38 Sobgn Ben ty. Boston, 24; ‘Minnesota, 23. © e@sBB8a ice, Boston, 22; Armas, le, Chicago, 18; Cooper, BebEbbiy: Castlegar would score ‘first. Montreo! Their hard work and effort paid off when Phil Perras sent a three ball to’ Joe An- ; tignani who sped by the Nel- son defenders and shot the ball by the sprawling Nelson goalkeeper. : Nelson finally began to re- gain their composure and ap- plied relentless pressure in the fading minutes of the . game. Only a couple of bril- liant saves by goalkeeper Kaare Asheem secured the Castlegar victory. This was Asheem’s second shutout in a row. On Wednesday night Castlegar travelled to Ross- land and were handed their first defeat in nine ‘games. Injuries, suspensions and ad- verse field conditions all con- tributed to Castlegar’s loss. Rossland built up a 2-0 lead by halftime — a lead due to a poor effort by the Castlegar team. . 7 In the second half Castle- gar fought back to tie the Kelly and Ray Sele. Only bad from taking the lead. _ Castlegar’s failure to get be fatal as Rossland blitzed the Castlegar defense and scored three yoals in the fading of the game. Only the Bike for Cu-Dor Sports, Castlegar YOUR SIZE AND YOUR Rossland. night against Nelson . and Wednesday night meet sec- ond division Castlegar Stars, Game time is 6 p.m. at the complex field. game with goals by Mike Ie DetroWt luck prevented the Vikings the go-ahead goal proved to g The final score was 6-2 for seerrcsse The Vikings played last (eveiend ToRs 2ots Boo. Bkoot Fetdey 7 20; irigions Moreno, Hovst Te atom Sar “t0) Strikeouts: Coriton, Philadelphia, 128; Seto, Cincinnati, 124; McWilliams, Pit. Reorden, Montreal, 13; Lavelle, Sen Froncisco 12; Bedrotion, Attoria, 11, fe BEEEEES ee 3: “gabe Sor Chili Devie from Phoenix of the fe Smith to Phoenix. Ld Atlonta Hawks nume Ron Rothstein essistont eooch. Cid : Dallas Cowboys sign linebecher Mike yer Wolter to 8 four. 108 Angeles Simmons, LINDA HALL ; 3 Getting to Know Your Neighbor RICHARD MADDOCKS He takes his darts seriously Quiz. What's the second fastest growing sport in North America? (Hint. The fastest is soccer.) If you guessed hula-hooping, pole vaulting or even jogging, read on. The correct answer? Darts. Darts? But, you argue, everyone has a dart board hanging in the basement and. no one takes it very seriously. I mean, it’s for those times when everyone's had enough to eat and drink and the party is definitel; to lag. The guests — usually of the male variety — move en masse downstairs to throw a few darts. But you really can’t class darts up there with Olympic sports like basketball and soccer? (Never with soccer.) That's what Richard Maddocks used to think. “I always had a dart board in the basement. It hung there, kind of like a picture. It was always there,” says Richard. To him, darts was something you played on a night out with your buddies. “You have a few laughs. You have a few beers. You play a few darts.” But somewhere during the last two years the whole concept of “darts” changed for Richard. “Three or four of us got going a year and a half ago. It was something to do in an evening. A few of us had dart boards, and then we found that there were a few avid dart players around.” These “few avid dart players” were members of the Castlegar Legion where the only dart games were played with any regularity. Richard and friends joined the Legion and began playing every Thursday night. And that’s when it happened. Darts changed from a “night out” to a demanding sport requiring intense concen- tration. Scores were recorded and bettered. Along about the same time, other darts enthusiasts began springing up in places like The Dam Inn in South Slocan, (To this day there exists a friendly rivalry between The Dam Inn and the Legion.) A Castlegar darts league was started and players came in tens and twenties to improve their play. Richard reflects on the growth of darts: “We wouldn't be where we are without the support and help from the Legion and The Dam Inn, Even semi-serious dart players only remain “semi” serious until they enter their first competition. Then it’s a whole different dart game. “The turning point comes when you play ina tournament. It’s fun to play for a laugh. And then you are in a tournament and there is a different atmosphere.’ In February Richard entered a Trail tournament which he described as “very exciting. We all had butter- flies in our’stomachs. Our team of four made it to the semi-finals and then we were beat by a team from Castlegar, a Legion team.” His dream now is for his team to travel to the large annual tournament in Prince George where the first place team — believe it or not — brings home $10,000! Now the growing group of dart flingers are bringing their sport to everyone in Castlegar. The first annual open SunFest '83 Dart Tournament is on for this coming kend, and the are that at least 100 will sign up to play. “I think we'll see a tremendous amount of good competition.” Richard tells me that there will be 22 trophies for teams that place. POPULAR SPORT . . . Richard Maddocks with his set of darts and basement dart board. Darts is North America’s second fastest growing sport. Why the growing popularity? “It's a cheap game. You can play it with your family. You don't have to get up and go out somewhere to play.” And according to Richard,’ darts is a highly individual game. You are continually trying to better yourself and your greatest competitor is yourself. TAKING AIM... Richard Maddocks toes the line and is ready to fire away at dart board. Darts has become so popular in Castlegar a league has been formed. of the world. His hometown is Gosport, England and asa — boy Richard always remembers having a dartboard in the basement. “It never really dawned on me what the game could become.” His family migrated to Canada when Richard was in Grade 7 and he has lived here ever since. After from Stanley he took one year at Like all dart players Richard has that ubii dart board hanging in his basement. He also has his collection of darts, including his special game darts. “Everybody has their lucky set of darts.” His are made of tungsten and weigh 25 grams. Boards vary in price, he told me, from $10 to $70. The dart itself can cost between $6 and $150 and heve three main parts: the “flight,” the “shaft,” and the “point.” The “flight” — the feathers at the rear — are critical ito the dart, and in fact it cannot reach the board awithout them. They.used to be made strictly of feathers, “but*now other moré durable" materials aré used like plastic and cloth. The “shaft” is plainly, the middle, and is made of aluminum, plastic, wood and a variety of other metals and alloys. The “point” is that front part that sticks into the board. Richard stated that having the point correctly sharpened is important. “I'm still new at this,” he con- fessed. “We keep i with our sh i Players of the game have three throws per turn and stand exactly 7'/ feet from the target. Unlike archery or riflery, dart throwers do not aim for the bullseye. That's not where all the points are. Slightly above the center point is a little rectanglar area called the “triple 20.” This is where they aim. Selkirk College, then it was off to Europe for an extended holiday. “I needed some time to think about the future,” he told me. After three months of travelling Richard decided to come back to Castlegar and try his hand in the banking trade. “I stuck with it. Banking’s been good to He started with the Bank of Montreal and a year later he got on at the Credit Union in Rossland where he was an accountant trainee for 24s years. Then he took the job'of branch manager for the Castlegar Savings Credit. Union in Slocan Park. Ci he's the office ger here at the Castlegar Savings Credit Union. His wife, Louise, is a teacher at and they have two sons, Justin, 3, and Ashley, 2. Besides his darts, Richard is constantly collecting and adding to his extremely large record album collection. He probably has every Beatles album ever Produced. “I've been a Beatles fan from the very beginning.” He's the secretary of the Castlegar Economic Development Committee, whose aim is to seek to improve the economic climate of Castlogar. They are pushing for such projects as the Hugh Keenleyside Dam Project. This, plus darts, promises to keep him i gly busy as the months progress. And his ultimate goal? “The me. It’s only natural that Richard has taken up darts. He was born in England — the dart-flinging capital he says with a smile. “I'm hooked. Darts are - very addictive. Very addictive.” Fouutas ---N0c00-ononnwe Leogue Atlenta Braves send piicher 1 fo Richmond of the ‘iaternationst an Fronclace Diente recall enttolder Potifie Coost Kuiper trom disabled tl ‘viper from disal sti option first hovemen Mich Murray ‘and tndleider Chvie Roms sign wide receiver Jett Canadians losing the lobbying game TORONTO (CP) — American companies have long treated lobbying as an everyday part of doing business. In fact, some say lobbying has become a $100-million-a-year industry in Washington, D.C., alone. But Canadian businesses, whose fates are often governed by decisions made in the U.S. capital, are infrequent players in the lobbying game. Experienced lobbyists say Canadian firms are generally ill-informed about the many U.S. regulatory and legislative measures that may significantly affect their businesses. Even if they do have the proper information, they often. fail to act on it. As a result, Canadian interests are frequently ignored or overlooked in the sea of information that flows into the U.S. bureaucracy from special interest groups every day. Presently, fewer than a dozen major Canadian companies have full-time Washington offices, and no more than a hundred have with h based law firms or public relations companies specializing in lobbying. Hee more than 1,200 U.S. companies have their own full-time political representatives serving the capital and thousands more engage lobbyists, through law firms, consulting firms and the 2,700 trade associations. The lobbying industry is by no means restricted to American interests. Other foreign nations and major foreign-owned firms all participate in the lobbying business. Japan, for example, spent $11-million in 1981 to influence U.S. policies and accounted for 20 per cent of the officially registered “foreign interest” lobbyists in Washing- ton. As one lobbyist puts it, Japan is the “quintessential practitioner” of the art. Just how much the lack of lobbying expertise has cost Canadian industry is hard to judge, but some glaring examples show that a bit of lobbying might have helped Canadians earn millions of dollars. Canadian companies during the Jimmy Carter era did not support U.S. fishermen lobbying for ratification of the East Coast fishing treaty by the U.S. Senate. The treaty was scrapped. In December, 1982, a last-minute amendment to a House bill required U.S. cement to be used in roads financed by a new gasoline surtax. Before Canadian companies and diplomats had time to react, the bill was law and several million dollars’ worth of business for Canadian cement makers was lost. Matt Abrams, a veteran lobbyist, says Canadian firms without U.S. representation are “doomed.” “The best chance of influencing congressmen is not to say: ‘Hey, we're Canadians; we're good guys.’ It is unusual when a congressman is swayed by the fact that Canada is a friend. There is a residue of good will, but on very specific industry issues, the good will disappears.” The Canadian government periodically engages lobby- ists, and this year an extra $650,000 is earmarked for such activity. “Canadians have always taken our (political) process for granted,” Abrams said. “But in the last few years, the ground rules have changed .. . Canadians have been too polite for too long.” Wine a real deal SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — All Robert Kandell wanted was cigarettes but he left the store with 18 bottles of wine — after noticing that Chateau Lafite-Rothschild and Chat- eau Latour were marked $3.99 a bottle. “I could barely contain myself,” said Kandell, 24, who works as a waiter. “We have wine tastings at the the 10 bottles of 1975 Chat- eau Lafite-Rothschild that he brought were worth about $100 a bottle and eight bot- tles of 1966 Chateau Latour would bring about $125 each, Telling the cashier at the Haight Street grocery he had a big party coming up, Kandell bought all the bottles for $3.50 each. restaurant and I know wines. I just couldn't believe those rices.” A wine dealer told Kandell The proprietor said later he had found the wine in a back room when he bought SUMMERTIME FUN . . . Raftload of local “Huck Finns” the market afew months ago, steer their way around pool at Pass Creek Park. Out- ing was part of the R: activity day at the park.