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Home My WebLink About2002-03-01 - Orange Coast Pilot'f ' • 1 SERVING THE NEWPORT -MESA COfvV.AUNmES SINCE 1907 ON THE WEB: WWW /DAILYPILOT.COM FRIDAY, March 1, 2002 A 1 DAILY PILOT PHOTOS BY OON LEACH Newport Beach Country Club hosts the eighth annual Toshiba Senior C lassic and the familiar No. 17, scenic, yet treacherous, awaits the tield for yet another chapter in the ongoing saga of the signature hole and its almost always unforgiving nature. TOSHIBA Seventeen .. : Classic's crossroads Scenic hole No. 17 has played havoc for golfers, while also serving as a platform for some of Toshiba's greatest m9ments. Richard Dunn • DAILY PILOT I t is the signature hole at Newport Beach Country Club, but No. 17 is also the most significant spot on the golf course for the Toshiba Senior Classic. While other holes mi_ght play tougher m overall scorinq, none is more dramatic than the beautiful par-3 over water from an elevated tee. Hole No. 17 is usually where a townament is won or lost. It can cause havoc on your scorecard, or pro'Vlde heralded magtc. as members C'f t.he Senior PGA Thur wW discoYer next week in the eighth 41\Jlual Tushiba OU$1c. The two-tlered 17th green wltb wicked -1opes Is guarded by hllly rougb and a Jong, dangerous bunker ln fron_t. Anything short winds up wet1 anytblng long and your downblll cl).lp or putt hal to be tapped with the perfed touch to pntYent your ball from rolllng off the top shelf_~~ oil tbe green. Oai1ilendy nmbd in tbe top Uwe UQOng the COWM'I eoup.t bolel ln the Toshiba Oas.sic, No. 17 forced Hubert Green to come up short on an uphill putt once with the tournament on the line, and Green never comes up short II i.s the bole every goUer m contention views as critical in the final stretch. You figure the par-5 No. 18 finishing hole Is a possibe birdie. When players reach the par-5 No. 15. they can a1mo&t count a birdie before teeing off. But at 17, their knees start to buckle. Their stomach gets a little queasy. Tbek p:Und begins to play games. Whenever t car is the bole-ln-orte prize during a pro-em or cbartty l'OUJld,. It's always d.ilplayed at the top of 11th tee box. No other par-3 bole would ma.k• HD19. ' . Wb.11.a club lnembers bave bten par-4 No. 5, hlstoricaily the toughest hole on the golf course, with birdies In all three rounds to win the 1996 Toshiba. But, the following year, hole No. 17 would come into focus a t the rondusion of the longest playoff In Senior Tour tu.story, as lmhman Bob Murphy drained an unforgettable SO.foot birdie putt the day before St. Patrick's Day to capture the 1997 Toshiba Classic in a record nine-hole playoff Murpby defeated Jay Sigel in the tour·r6Card playQe Wilb a python putt at 17 that~ tta wey up a dilflcUlt. double·Uere4 green. The rune-hole playoff record :would later be broken. In t998i Hale lrwtn shot a course- record 62 OJl a...y ft> come from Uve ' . .. A2 Friday, Masch 1, 2002 l the Yw~~ 1...-ofltsHMI pf fame ... ....., PGA Club Ptofes.. , siot\11 9f the Y• In 1990 ... Began at Minion Viejo CC. commuting from UQA on a motorcycle with his three- legged dog . ·eeer Can.· ... age 61 . ~ ..-...~ .. tt;;';\a....,, • .:-Named Senior Toun Come~ ~Of\heYur In 1997 Ind Co-Player of the Year In 1991 ... Won Inaugural Toshiba Oassk at Mesa Verde Countty Oub in 1995, shooting 64 in flnal round .. age 62. Daily Pilot A fifth major championship? TOSHIBA CHAMPIONS 1995 ' With all the close calls, one would be inclined to think that the Toshiba competition is worthy of consideration. are not unique on the Senior PGA Tour, consider last year's Countrywide Tradition, a major championship played at Desert Mountain in S<;ottsdale, Ariz., • where Doug Tewell won by nine strokes after shooting a course- record 62 in the fl.nal round on the Cochise Course layout. The Toshiba Senior Classic, which had a nine-bole playoff, the final round was canceled (which it was). ·1 hit a real good putt on 18," Twitty said the following day. ·•It bad a good chance. When you !iee it raining, you think you might still have a chance, but the course was pretty wet (Sunday for the final rouna). • W:e the Toshiba Senior assic goes for miles in aritable giving, the wins e measured by inches on the golf course. , .. again, might be the tour's fifth major championship. It certainly has the feel of one with the customary strong fields (last Twitty'S"J>utt burned the right edge of the cup as it slid past. One inch, perhaps, cost him a shot al a playoff. Richard Dunn GOLF ·rt was a lot less than an inch,• said 1\Vitty, who settled for a second-place tie and eameq $104,000, still his highest finish This Seruor PGA Tour event at Newport Beach Counoy Club, the only in-season professional golf tournament in ·~. Qr~~e...Cou.ot'L pas bes::ocnP the hP~ - • ~111UWaTl Newpon Heach and ·arguably the gredtest stop on to.ur. But, for the true proof in any tournament's pudding, check out the final scores and margins of victory. The scores show it is no easy golf course, even though it isn't long (6,584 yards). Subtle and difficult greens ann the layout with sharp teeth. ·The winning scores here have been 10-to-t 2-und~. tt Newport Beach Country Club President Jerry Anderson said. "A lot of these tournaments arc (posting winning scores of) 18-to-20-under, even for three round!.. So th.is golf course hds held up extremely welJ for the Senior PGA Tour play<'rs. People are out theH' hr1vmg fun Thf'y're nol burnmg it up." N ot to menlJon the lact lhdl the Toshiba < ·1dss1c hd'> f Patured playoffs in three of thl• past hvP yedrs, IL u!>uaUy thrives on razor-shctrp hnt'>he~. A!>ide from J1rn Colbert\ two-stroke wm 10 1996, no Toshiba champion has won by more than one stroke That's SIX out ot seven Yl'dl"\ we've hdd a one-shot winner. And, n chfferent winner every YPdr. While clo!iP, natl-biting Sunday rounds year's Toshiba ranked as the second-best field on the Senior Tour in 2001). . ~-' -· . Prior to teeing off in last year's first round, 1998 Toshiba Classic champion Hale Irwin said: "I think you'll see that tight grouping again on Sl)nday. We've got a great field oul here. ll almost feels like a major.· George ~her (1995), Bob Murphy ('97), Irwin, Gary M cCord ('99), Allen Doyle (2000) and Jose Maria Canlz~s ('01) have all captured Toshiba Classic titles in one-stro~e style. Even m the year of the asterisk (2000). when Doyle won a rain-shortened 36-bole tournament because of inclement weather and a final-round cancellation, there was a case of suspense, albeit late Saturday afternoon m the second round under ddrk, thrE>alcning clouds. i toward 1\.vitty missed finishing in a tie at sue-under 136 with Doyle by less than an mch, when hlS 15-foot pull from the fnnge al 18 to conclude his second round wouldn't fall. __. I lad 1\.vitty made h.is birdie attempt, there would have been a playoff Sunday between him and Doyle for the Toshiba ttU e on one of U1e par-3 holes nailing Doyle by one stroke as he got lo the 18th hole, 1\vitty said it was in lhe back of his nund that he needed a bird.le 1f Dailf Pilot SCOPING THE AREA ntOMAS H. JOHNSON Publisher TONY DOO£RO Editor ROGER CAltl.SON Sporu Edrtor STEVE McCRANK Photo Editor I.AHA JOHNSON Promotions JUDY OETTING Advertising Director ADDRESS Our address 1~ 330 W. Bay 51 • Costa MeSct, CA 92627. Sport5(949)574-4223 Sports Fa~ (949) 650-0170 E mail da1lyp1lotOlatimes com Pvbh~ by n~ Commvnoty New\. a Time'\ M1r'or C.ompeny OJ(l()J r...., CN aJI ~ ,.....,_., We Build Better INDOOR VIDEO TEA ·on the Senior Tour. ' ~!!::_..,.. !! Cv ... v~ ~ ~7.:"upelling round, things also get a little sticky with dose quarters in the kitchen. Al least two players have been tied for the lead after the first round in every Toshiba Classic at Newport Beach since 1996, when the event was moved from . Mesa Verde Country Club al~er the iQaugural in '95. '"'f'vice, including last year, the leader l. board has been jammed with five players after the Fnday round. In 1996, Colbert, Lee Ttevino, Murphy. Homero EUancas dnd John Schroeder shared the openilfg-round lead at 3-under 68, while Dave Stockton, Bruce Fleisher. Bob Gilder, Dana Quigley and Canizares all shot 6-under-par 65 to tie for the first- round lead in some of the toughest conditions on the Senior Tour (wet and muddy). Furthermore. the Toshiba Classic has a special feel outside the ropes. "I think the Senior Tour is lucky to have this site," Al (Mr. 59).Geiberger Scild. "Socially, people like to come out to it.· Ge1berger said the Toshiba crowd is a good mix of devoted golfers and general socialites. while the fan-friendly layout is ideal for a golf tournament. 1 l l SCHEDULE Mond8y. Mwctt 4 -Pfo-Am Tournamem, 12:45 p.m shotgun S1.lrt . n-dey, M8rdt 5 -Toshiba Cl~sic Community Breakfast presented by ~loitte & Touche, ?30 a m , Newport Beach Mamon Fuzzy Zoelle!' Is ~ teatured speaker. Player practice rounds -all day Wed!A..,,, ~I -Toshiba Oassic Pro-Am. thotgun stMts at 7 a.m. and 12:45 p.m. ~. Mwch 1 -Toshiba Classic Pfo-Am, shotgun st.ans at 7 a.m. and 12:45 p.m. fridlly, Mmrdt I -Flm round of Toshiba Senior Clal5ic, tee tlmes ~In at approximately 8;30 a.m. Saturdlly. M9r'Ctl t -Se<ond round of Toshiba SenlO< Clas.sk, tee times ~in at approximately 8 a m. ~. M9fdl 10 -Ftnal round of Toshiba Senior Classk. tee tlmes begin at -woomately 7:30 a.m. Ekgant, One , OfA/GnJ Stlmion Of Hom4Decor, Gifo, GmtJks, Custom SiJlt &nds,AnJ George Archer 1996 run Colbert 1997 Ii -=B=ob=-::.....:M~urp~h~y~~~~~~~ 1998 Hale Irwin 1999 Gary McCord 2000 Allen Doyle 2001 . Jose Maria Canizares • FACTS 'N FIGURES What Toshiba Sen10< Classic Who 78 SentO< PGA Tour prof~slOfl<lls. S4 hole\ of strol<e play with no cuts wt-. Newport Beach Country Club. 1600 Em Pac1ft< Coast Highway, Newport Beach Par. 35-36--71; 6, 584 yards wtten· March 4-10. 2002 (three- round Senl0< Tour play is March 8-10) PurM S 1 5 molhon. winner receJ\ll!'l S225,000 TV cown199 Friday. March 8 - 2 p.m to 4 p.m (tape delayed on PAX TV). Saturday, March 9 -2:30 p.m to 4.30 pm (hve on CNBQ, Sunday, March 10 •• 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 pm (live on CNBC) CourM ~ Ted Rotm~on (1915). Harry Rainville (1973) and William Bell (1952) INDEX Pushing for a fifth major Schedule of events Facts 'n figures ~ dYrtty: Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian ~ Q\Mmen· Hank Adler and Jake Rohrer Mond9r .-im. March 4 at ~Creek Golf Oub In Mira Loma Tldlet.; Advance purchMe {good any day). S15 Single day (Monday thfough Sunday at gate), S t8 Week-long grounds badge (Monday through Sunday, grounds only), S50 Season clubhouse badge (Monday through Sunday, grounds and clubhouse), SlOO • fof tickets. can (949) ~ 1001. 0< purchase tickets online •t www.Toshlt»~nlorC/assk.com. A2. A2. A2 '01 winner Jose MaTia Canizares A3 Newport Beach CC updat e Hoag Hospital Last years playoff Some friendly thinking Full house Best ways to watch Best spots for viewi~ Looking back on five lg moments The whole nine yards. twice Rookies Money leaders Rolling the d ice Volunteers Pitot quiz Scholarsh1ps My autograph page A4 A4 AS A6 A7 A8 .A9 A10 A11 A12 A1 2 A1 3 A14 A14 A14 A15 'SettsiM GztrJn,I of Newport Beach Oatomln I Doily Pilot .... ·---............. .. t.d on &RpeM Tour Ind • proMftc ~ ner on South Afri. can Tour from the mid·70s. tht~ the mld.8ot .. : Was . the fourth of Jl4t MIWf'I ~ qullHlen to win a Senlor Tour event when he claimed the 1995 Ralphs Senior Claulc at Wilshire Country'Club In LA .. ,age 56. wWt ....... .,... ftrlilh lit the- 1197 NlltioNI OueMMna ~ ... Four•tlme meniber Of f~ ~ Cup teem .... Was a caddie as a youngster In Spain ... age 55. Cool in the . clutch Canizares, an unlikely candidate to take part in a playoff at the start of last year's final round, will-forever 90 down in Toshiba lore. Richard Dunn DAILY PILOT Tiere's no stogie in his mouth or unique tyle hat. The fact that Jose Maria Canizares doesn't even wear a hat makes him unique on the Senior PGA Tour. I Canizares. the defending Toshiba Senior Classic champion at Newport Beach Country Club next week, doesn't dance on the green or pretend his golf club is a sword. He doesn't pop off to the press or hunt for television cameras. While Canizares might not be as colorful as Gary McCord or have a swagger like Lee Trevino, the gentleman from Spain holds a dis- tinguished place in Toshiba Classic lore, , winning a marathon nine-hole playoff last-year after holing a downhill, left-to-right breaker with nightfall approaching. After having three putts lip out in the playoff agam$t Gil Morgan, Canizares won on the 63rd hole, draining a 24-foot birdie putt on a difficult · two-tiered green on the par-3 No. 17, Newport Beach Country Club's signature hole, where Bob Murphy capped the event's 1997 mne-hole playoff. then a Senior PGA Tour record, with an BO·foot birdie putt. European Tour. Qutizares, who had potential tournament-. winning putts lip out op the first, second and fourth playoff holes, started last yeilf's final round five strokes behind leader Terry Mauney and promptly carded a 4-under 67 to earn his 'V!ay into a play~ff with Morgan at 11-under. Morgan appeared to be in the driver's seat after closing at 7-under 64, but Canizares birdied the final hole in regulation with a 10-foot putt to-set ~p the playoff. The duo had pars on the first sl.x holes, and both birdied the seventh hole (No. 18 on the course). After pars on the eighth playoff hole, Canizares ended the second-longest playoff in Senior Tour history with his birdie putt on the ninth extra hole. . "In the playoff, it was just a matter of waiting . t-0 see who was going to make a birdie, (or) who was going to fail,· Canizares said. •And there was a lot of pressure, but it was very interesting. It was the longest playoff, but it was great for me.• Canizares, crowned the seventh different Toshiba champion in seven years, said the golf course at Newport Beach is sim.Uar to the courses in Europe. '· . • DON LEACH I CWl.Y ~ Canizares, who requires an interpreter for mterviews, said that "it's very hard" to maintain your focus and composure alter missing so many close putts in a nail-biting playoff, especially in cold, windy conditions. "It's small. The fairways are narrow. You have to be thinking a lot while you're playing,· said the former European Ryde r Cup member. "It's a course that's better adapted to the kind of game that I've been playing all my We.· Jose Marta Canizares reacts at the moment of cllncb.\Dg nine-bole playoff at ·01 TMlltba. . . . ·You're not getting lucky and so you sta.rt to doubt the possibilities. But the most important thing is to be very positive in the moment and to wait for that lucky chance to get it in,• said Canizares, who won his first event on the Se~or Tour and first title anywhere since 1992 on the Canizares, who will return to Newport Beach for the eighth annual Toshiba Classic, and Morgan were unlikely candidates to take part in a playoff when the 2001 final round started. Morgan opened at seven strokes off the pace, Canizares was fi.ve shots back. But leaders Mauney, Bob Gilder and Larry Nelson struggled in the final round. "In golf you always have a chance. In 18 holes~ anything is possible, H said Canizares, 55, after winning Last year and earning $210,000 for I the victory, the largest pay~beG.k of his Prof.•· slonal golf career. tli Also in 2001, Ca.nizares had two second- place finishes, 12 top-10 finishes, ended 14th on the circuit's money list and completed his fourth straight year with over St mllllon in eamlngs. THE ULTIMATE SHOPPIN-G:. DESTINATION JUST. GOT· BETTER EXPERIENCE THE NEWEST STORES AT A NEW SOUTH COAST PLAZA. ABERCROMBIE A new casual apparel concept for kids Orange County Exclusive: ... 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That's because the event was on the verge of collapsing because of management prob- lems two months aft.et the 1997 evenL Under the leadership of tournament co..chairs Hank Adler .and Jake Rohrer, the event ~njoyed an incredible economic turnaround. Once tainted by lawswts, a banJcruptcy. a public controversy . over a $25,000 food and beverage invoice and no money fQT charity. the Tosluba Class1c was rescued m part by fonner Senior Tour olfiaaJ Tw Crosby. who knew Rohrer for several years an'd phoned tum one day to take over the ailing Tostuba Classic. "It's a pretty phenomenal story.· said Crosby, the tour's I Daily PilOt I Getting better with age Golf course at Newport Beach Country Club rolling along gracefully. Unlike most years.~ golf course at Newport Beach Country Club, site of th~ Tostuba Senior CJ.asgc for the seventh straJght year. remains much the same. ·we really haven't changed anythmg fTom last year,• Newport Beadl COOntry Oub President Jerry Anderson said. "We've rebwlt a couple of tees, but we really haven't changed anytlung We've focused more on Just gettmg the golf coww ready for the Toshiba and making sure it's m premiere condition.· Anderson said offiaals from the Senior PGA Tour were out inspectmg supenntendent Ron ~s ~erpiece m J~ and bad noUung but positive comments •The changes we've made-over the last few years are really matunng, • Anderson sa.Jd. "The landscaping (at the par-3 No 4 over water) is really coming out.• Before last year's tournament, the course changed the hole at 18, bwldmg mounds behind a newly elevated green for a different look on players' approach shots. While the golf course isn't long (6,584 yards), it features subtle' and difficult gyeens, giving the layout some teeth. "People are out there having fun. They're not bu.rn,ing it up,· Anderson said. last year's remodeled 18th gyeen had little change op bow the seniors approached the 510- yard par-5. They sbll aimed for the green in two From 100 yards in, No. 18 changed a lot. The gyeen is now elevated and undulated, mound& have been built behind the green and bunkers have been added. A flower planter behind the gyeen, on the lower end of a large mound, dlsplays the letters NBCC. The mature, tree-lined golf course with a T H I NEWPCl\T REACH COUN TIY ctn tradJbonal layout. wtuch opened m 1954 as Irvine Coast Country Oub, is known for its gently rolling terrain Hole No. 18 has hJstorically played as one of the easiest in the Tosluba Class1c, and last year, after the remodeling, it was still easy. The finishing bole ranked as the second-easiest hole on the go:F last year, a position it has held in five of sue years Newport Beacll--has hosted the even One of the club's biggest projects in the late 1990swas adding a rock retaining wall in front of the fourth gTeen, along with a cascading waterfall and an updatefi irngation system. Local wildlife also favored the improvements to the lake, which has been .inhab1ted by geese. ducks, coots and Egyptian swans. In that far comer of the golf co~. colorful flora was planted on a mound seven feet high bordering the Hurd fairway and fifth tee box. More than 20,000 yards of dirt was moved in the projed. which recetved rave reviews and is now matwing WUha.m Bell designed the original course in 1952 when it opened as the Irvine Coast Country Oub, then Hany Ramville provided redesign in 1973 and Ted Robinson in 1985. The golf course Is almost 50 years old and features about 2,000 trees along 100 acres, rndud.ing about 630 palm trees. . Buil.t to last generations. 1 • Solid Quarter Sawn Oak . . • English Dovetails • Solid Cedar .Drawers Doily Pilot Third playoff in event history was an edge-of-your-seat,' nine-hole roller coaster as Canizares finally clinched it. Richard Dunn DAILY Pltot I t wasn't always pretty, but last year's memorable playoff victory by-Jose Maria Canizares with a birdie two on the ninth extra hole was '!,.thing of beauty. For the second time in Toshiba Senior Classic history, a winner needed 63 holes at Newport Beach Country Club. • With nightfall approaching, Camzares holed a difficult left-to-right putt from 24 feet at the par-3 17 to seal the deal. But leading up to the finale was anything but predictable. Fact is, CanlZares and Gil Morgan were both unlikely candidates to take part in a playoff when the Sunday round started. Morgan opened at seven strokes off the pace, Canizares was five shots back. But leaders Terry Mauney, Bob Gilder. and Larry Nelson struggled in the fmal round. "lo golf you always have a chance. .•. at a playoff! 1 ' Friday, March 1, 2002 i\5 ... lor 'flu ..... for 54.ftole tcorw lri r~ to SW Wtth 22-undlr 194 at T1fflf'IY Greens -· Lone fiGA Tour· triumph c.ame at 1995~Guat anty Oasslc at age 47 ..• Named PGA Qf An1erlc.a's·Oub Profes.slonal of the Year In 1985 after winning National Oub Pre>- ft?Ssional Championship ... age 54. ended the second-longest playoff in Senior Tour h1Story with his birdie putt at 17. Morgan got up and down for pars after missing greens on each of the first two playoff holes, then repeated the feat from a greens1de bunker on Tue sixth extra hole (No. 17). · On the seventh playoff hole (par-5 No. 18), Morgan launched his drive behind a tree 111 the right rough. but worked a low running book into the fairway, before pitching to 16 feet of the cup and sinking a birdie putt. Morgan. on the eighth playoff b9le (No. 16), had a chance to win it, but an eight-foot birctie putt lipped out. That opened the door for Canizares. who watched three of tus own putts lip out in the overtime. C~es hit a 3-11on to the green at 17, then sank tus long putt that curled right, postmg only the fourth birdie of the day on the signature hole, which played~as the toughest hole on the • course in the findl round. Canizares. one of five hrst-round leaders, captured tus hrst event on the Se~or Tour and hrst btle anywhere sipce 1992 on the European Tour. Camzares, who had potential toumament-wmrung putts lip out on the first, second and fourth playoff b6les, rallied in the fmal round with a 4-tmder · 67 to earn tus way mto a playoff with DON LEACH I DAILY PILOT "Morgan at 11 -under. In 18 holes, anything is possible,· said Canizares, after winning last year and earning $210,000 for the victory, the largest paycheck of his professional golf career. . Gil Morgan hits from the bunker at 17 during the sixth playoff hole at the Toshiba Senior Classic In 2001. · The longest playoff in Senior Tour · ' history was a 10-hole playoff between Morgan missed fairways and greens throughout the playoff, but ~ept bailing hJinself out of trouble. While Morgan was look.mg for hi~ ball in the rough. Canizares had three potential toumament-wirtning putts lip out in the playoff, mclucting the hrst two holes. The -duo had pars on the hrst six holei., and both birdied the seventh hole (No. 18 on the course). After pd.I'!. on the eighth playoff hole, Caruzdfe!. David Graham and Dave Stockton at th~ 1998 Royal Caribbean Classic, won by Graham I r ·he Pf emier Steak & Seafood House ' I. Steak ~ .. • ~bEye • Delmonico • Porterhouse • Steak Diane (Prepared Table.:Side) • Rack of Lamb (Carved Table Side) · • Ve,al Chops • Prime Rib • Filet Mignon • ·Beef Wellington • Chateaubriand · . ~Bouq~etiere · • Steak Tflrtar . . (Prepated Table-Side) Filet of Beef Oscar 2002 .ORANGE· COUNTY ·RESTAURANTS .ArCh9s ~ The longer it's here the Qetter it is say loya.lists who cherish Continental "cl!s~cs,, ·"from another era" complete with the uBest Steak Tartare", "Stone Crab Claws, Abalone and Bananas Foster ("no health food here") in a dubby NewROrt Belich setting that heralds back · to · '1922, but most consider it "superiorto al~. n~w ste~kh~ses." Seafood •Swordfish •Salmon •Halibut (Blackened, Poached, Grilled Or SautCed) • Australian Lobster Tail •Abalone _ • -5tone Crab Claws • Alaskan King -Cral; Legs •Crab Cakes •Maryland Softshell Crab • Bouillabaisse ·~ , r "A6 Friday, Morch 1, 2002 .. .; .... "" M ltlftl,.. Oofnt.. ,.. the 'blhlbl ~ wttiN he hli p&Dd '" top three all three YNf'S ... Won ToshJ. b• In 2000 ... Earned full exemption on tour afttr garnering medalist t)OllOrS at Q School ... Was PGA Tour's oldest r~· le In history I~ 1996 at age 47 .. '. age 53. Tour . . _ ......... Slnl0r1'u ..... ~tw.,, tr umph 9t U.S. 's.nior Ope(') ..• c;omet>.c:k Pltyer of the YNr In 1994 , • ... Won four times on PGA Tour from 1971-81 ..• Semlflnallst at 'M U.S. Ama· teur ... Played (n 19n Crosby Southern Pro.Am lit Nt:WPOrt Be¥fl ~C ...• ~ 58. j g tQ becQme more fan-friendly · Players are miked up for televisiqn, while fans at the tournament can follow th~ leaders as the ropes are dropped for the first time. questions that fans submit during the round and asking players to conduct clinics. The tour will also try to avoid. taped broadcasts on CNBC, which took over last year for ESPN after seven years of declining ratings. R~rd Dunn DAILY PILOT Tie Senior PGA Tour bas lntrocluced a series of new initiatives this year, but perhaps the most compelling change will affect the television viewing audience and not those in attendance at the golf tournament. Attach,ing microphones to players -one of the more controversial ideas the tour is trying -appears to be somewhat of a success with most of the season's early tournaments golng along with the program. But some players, lncluding two-time Senior Tour Player of the Year and leading money winner Bruce Fleisher, wonder If rruking players as asking for trouble. "You've got Lo look al that real hard. We're still playing for big dollars. We're still competing,· said Fleisher, referring to the fact that a player m contention heading to the 18th tee might not be comfortable wearing a microphone, krlowing hls every utterance will be heard in, living rooms across America. Of the tour's new initlatives, dropping the ropes for the last group so the gallery can follow will happen for the first time in the eigbth annual Toshiba Senior Classic...al Newport Beach Country Club. • 9 Hole Par 3 Executive Golf Course l • Overlooks The Back Bay & Martna • Corporate/Group rournaments •Lessons •Snack Bar Tournament director Jeff Purser said the ropes will be dropped at 16 and fans ·can walk behind the leaders for the remaiJting three holes. I · Pur.ier added ~at they "will try to have i;ome player interaction on Friday (March 8), Saturday and Sunday outsiqe of the clubhouse.~ There will not ·be a Q & A session between the player and fans, Purser said, but some type of fan.friendly post-round discussion will probably take.place. "Tons of thls depends on the player,• said Purser, who has implemented his own promotion thls year for the Toshiba Classic, a lottery to win a nine-hole round with Fuzzy Zoeller in the Toshiba Monday Pro-Am (March 4). Other proposed changes the tour is seeking for 2003 include an . increase in each tournament's playing field from 78 players to 84 through two new categories: Four of the spots will be dVdila bl e for players with at least two PGA Tour victories or one major chanipionship; th~ other two spots will be sponsor's exemptions for players who meet the same criteria. There will still be only four open qualifying spots each week. Other new initiatives include having players stop to answer Part of the reason for the tours decline in television ratings and ongoing struggle to keep individual tournament title sponsors, some believe, is because of unknowns on ,the golf course. Let's face it. Who really cares if a Monday qualifier is miked up coming down the stretchi Now, if it's Arnold Palmer or Lee Trevino wearing a microphone, fewer television viewers are likely to flip the channel on their remote . . · Allen Doyle, who won the rain-shortened 2000 Toshiba Classic at Newport Beach, said the tour is a combination of competition and nostalgia, but added that "if the (television) ratings are down, whatever is driving us isn't doing a very good job.· Even before 9/11, as many as ven events on the Senior Tour were reportedly threatening to go by the wayside m 2002. How.long can nostalgia hold up when Palmer and Jack Nicklaus don't play anymore? And, while a new crop of so.year-olds show up each year, is someone like Zoeller t.be type of ' player who fits the so·called "nostalgia· label? How the new Senior Tour initiatives affect Newport and the rest of its stops remain to be seen. DON LEACH I DAILY PILOT Longtime fan favorite Lee Trevino will be taking his shots, as usual. 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We are now in the prot of receiving ~cs & wallpaper lines from Ralph Lauren 1bis eXdting line is a must .see fOr , Irvine Ave. and Ne¥p<>rt Beach. .... Daily Pilot . . ' mdcry, March 1. · ;m A7 30-of3l -a ·.967 .. batti~g ayerage · for Toshiba Sans Lietzke, venerable Toshiba Classic still h as one of the best fields on tour. Rk:hard Dunn DAltY PILOT second-best field on tour last year. . . The field study, based on the tour's top 31 money Bruce Lietzke only shows up to these Senior PGA leaders from the previous year, placed the event No. Tour events once every so often. He's like a 1 among non-majors as the 78-player Toshiba field . caped crusader, landing only when necessary. included .JO of top 31 money winners, who earn ~etzke, whose playmg schedule was the eQ''Y of automatic exemptions for the next year. many on the PGA Tour, never competing in more "The only tournament that had a better field was than 20 e~ents in a year after 1989, is doing it again the Ford Senior Players Championship, which is a on the 50-and-over senior circuit. He's the world's major on the Senior Tour and operated by the PG.A best pap-ti.me player. --------Tour and not a local entity like Hoag However, you will not read Lielzke's "We only missed Hos.pita!," sald tournament director JeH quotes in these pages next week dwing the Purser, whose management team has elghth annual Tostiiba Senior Classic at ~ob M urphy raised $3.7 million in charitable dollars in Newport Beach Country Oub, nor will you (last year), four years. see his score. He's the only member of last ·we only missed Bob Murphy, who is a year's elite top-31 money leaders who will because he had past Toshiba champion (1997), because h.e not pfay in the Toshiba Classic. . a contract with had duties ~nd a contract with NBC to ... Golf ali?onados ~dmi{e :hiS ~!2. iMtv to NBC to cover cover last year," Purser added. •So we play one-third of the time of his Senior Tour • would have had all top 31. The next closest peel'S and still post automatic exemptions last year ... " tournament was 29 and there was only for the following year with his earnings. one of those, and everyone else was 28 or But this ye4r he's the culprit k'eeping Jeff Purser . below.• the Toshiba from a perfect record in top-Jl Tournament d1rectOI' With early player commitments (there attendees, a benchmark by which all are sometimes drops), the 2002 Toshiba tournaments are measured in terms of strength of field should rival last year's, when the only field. in-season professional golf tournament in Orange The Toshiba Senior Classic, which has always had County had a stronger field the Countrywide liadition. one of the best helds on tour despite its ill-timed a ma:;or championship that hosted 29 of the top 31. scheduling and solo venture on the West Coast. is now ·we appreciate the support of the Senior Tour the middle of three California stops on tour and has players,· Purser said. "Even dwing the years when we been pushed bilck from Week 9 on the calendar to were the only West Coast event on the early part of Week 10. , the schedule, the players supported this tournaII'•mt Uetzke, who played in only 10 events last year yet and we always enjoyed solid fields. Now that we're finished 16th on the money list at over $1.1 million, part of the three-event West Coast Swing for the won two tournaments last year. The 3M Championship second year, we look forward to hosting just as strong and SAS Championship. a field, maybe even stronger.• ... An analysis directed by the Senior PGA Tour to Purser added that the strong field is a reflection detennine the different tournament fields throughout of many things, inducting the golf course at Newport 2001 concluded that the Toshiba Classic had the Beach and the way the tournament hosts the players. MAAC MARTIN I OMV PllOT John Jacol>s hfts out of the rough after an errant tee sh ot at No. 18. 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Here are some ideas as you gear up for Toshiba VIµ March 4-10. Richard Dunn DAILY PILOT NEWPORT BEACH -The golf course at Newport Beach Country Oub has long been conslder:ed a fan-friendly layout for those at the Toshiba Senior Classic. · There are many excellent spots to watch golfets on the 50-and-over circuit, but some are hotter than others. • • Whether you plant yourself behind a green, sit in the grandstapds at the driving range, stroll &round the putting green or follow a favorite player, there's something for everyone on the par-71, 6,584-yard course encompassing 100 acres of prime real estate for the Senior PGA Tour stop. • In leading up to th.e eighth annual. Toshiba Classic, here are OOee or the course's 9ottest spots: • l -The seventh green: It's the most severe green on the golf course, according to superin- tendent Ron Benedict, and the green's great undulation provides many humbling putts for Newport Beach members, as well as the pros on the Senior Tour. • 2 -Stand on the sloped area between the 16th fairway and 17th green, where you can watch golfers' approach shot to the 16th green and also see tee shots at 17, the club's signature hole. • 3 -The driving range: As players warm up for their round, or work on their swing following 18 holes, it's a great place to get a more personal experience from the pros. "l spend a lot of time at the driving range, on purpose. That's probably my favorite spot/ said Newport Beach Country Club head profession- al Paul Hahn, who, at 48, will be eligibl~ to play in the Toshiba on a sponsor's exemption in two years. As a general rule, it is widely believed that the two best ways to watch a golf tournament includ~ Selecting 'a favorite player (or group) and following him, or situating yourself behind a green and watch the tht-eesomes play through - you'll probably be an expert qn the nuances of that green by the end or the day. When following a certain player, it is best to stay ahead of the golfer and let the action come to you, instead of.standing at the tee box and trying to catch up. It's easy for fans to get caught in •the herd·. that wa)•. ~~~fiaJlY, iLV.pQ~. ,..., .. ~. ~-"'jlj"i;1t~c.t·~·~~=~=iii'E:t~~=~~5:~~~~---····fi!~~~ fotlowtci\(& uiaiq"ut:t: pra~r UJce LeEiire\lfuO. -• t If you're interested in watching tee sbots, go to the driving range. Another gQod place to watch the action, accordinlJ to one reporter's viewpoint, is the far comer of the goU course at the par-3 No. 4;where players hit over water onto an undulated green. If prqperly seated behind the green, fans can also see the fifth tee box. The areq features plenty or trees for warm days and limited foot traffic because of its remote location. Another favorite spot is the busy intersection .encompassing four greens (2, 5, 7 and 11) and three tees (3, 6 and 8). The best way to get there is walk alongside the No. 2 fairway, and, by the time you reach the green, you'll see a lot of activity. The area also features the highest point on the course. On clear days, fans can see snowcapped Mt. Baldy to the north, Catalina Island beyond the Pacific Ocean horizon and the Upper Newport Bay !O the west. . J an<;f pelvis SEAN HILLER I DAILY PILOT Isao Aoki, Japan's all-time golfing champion, carded a 10-under 60 at the Emerald Coast Classic ln 1997. ' SEAN H ll£F I DAH.~ f\lOl Tom Watson, a six-ttme PGAPlayer of the Year, ls ·stlll but one of the 'kids' on the Sen!or Tour at age 52. I I I I· I I I I .. 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As the Newport-Mesa community gears up for the eighth annual Toshiba Classic at Newport Beach Country Club March 4- 10, here's a look at the Daily Pilot's inaugural picks as the event's' Top Five Moments. 1 As usual, it was a close finish to the top spot on the list, but Bob Murphy's 80- foot birdie putt on the 17~ green to cap a then-Senior Tour record playoff at nine holes over Jay Sigel in 1997 wins out. When you take into consideration bow young the tournament was at the t:i{ne (only its third year), and the fact that the marathon playoff broke a tour record (since broken in 1998 and lied by the 2001 Toshiba Senior Classic), it carries more w~ight. Plus the shock value of Murphy's stunning python putt, which chugged its way up to the second shelf on a difficult two-tiered green as nightfall was fast approaching. As Murphy's putt came through the backdoor of the hole to conclude an incredible journey, the Irishman -on March 16, the day before St. Patrick's Day-flipped off his straw hat, tossed his putter in the air and placed bis bands on his bead in disbelief .. The playoff started at 18, then playeC;i 16, the par-3 17 and 18 in order on two treks, then 16 and 17 again before Mwphy ended the longest playoff in tour history. (lt was topped a year later when David Graham beat Dave Stockton in a to-hole playo·ff at the Royal Caribbean Classic.) Quipped Sigel: "l was sort of getting dizzy, going around and around and around." 2 It was hilarious and unforgettable, but the first hole of the 1999 playoff featuring Gary McCord and John Ja~obs did not end a tournament like Murphy's putt. r ·. I '' ( ~ H• won siJl ~ Tour ~~JC pion9h. WllDt1el .,:~ ~~ onsh ... Also with John 1997~ utual Leg-o Golfaown . .:. Lone PGA Tour victory came at 19n Aefitage Classic, ISut has dalmed ~,;.total titles on fi-.ie ·different iours .. "'!4"'58. CorOna del Mir PIW 932 AvocadO St. 949-720-1602 ~ pt"of8Ssional shoe f1ttjng eeMc8 in the brand you trust. Olttw~-LGM flGATour .... onshlp <MM et 1975 IVNNl.w- ptlla Clllsslc, a~ strc*e win Ovef Johnny , Miller ... Played co0egilt9ty efUnlver'slty of HoustOn and w. mem- ber of 1970 NCAA ~ip team ... age.~ . ·en ts .... . . ~~er,:~~::~~~~~~~ ~!~fu=b:=:~eruiiker Rake top the c!!!':!l•as~s1~· cr:::::s~·~~~~ in the '99 Toshiba Classi/~· ~Morgan last year. · .sr...~· ~gr1*l1Nted by the first hole -providea After having tbr~ putts lip out in the these ur with a kick-start that year. p]4yoff against Morgan, Canizares won on JacobS to have clihched if q,q_ the 63rd hole, draining a 24-foot birdie the first playoff bole, but a Jl!agicclt..._I"Qtt on the same difficult two-tiered green performance by the showman McCord at 17 as Murphy four yea.rs' earlier. . stole the lead role. Canizares holed out on a downhill putt Al ~~rger and Allen poyle were also on the course's signature hole with nightfall ~the playoff, but were eliminated..Qn the again approaching. · first hole as Jacobs chipped · eagle "It's very ruird. (to maintain your focus ~om 9~ feet and ~ed th een and composure after missing so many close mto a arcus .act,. gom~ from toes putts in a nail-biting playoff,.especially in steps to~ Chi Chi Rodriguez cold, windy conditions),• Canizares said then falling backward onto the . . through an interpreter. .. McCord, ~ough, kept tile playoff For Canizares, it was his first title on ~Ill • stunning 18-foot eagle putt, . ~:or 'Tour and first win anywhere with the camer~s rolling, ~otioned.to bis , 1992 on the European ToUr. b~dy Jacobs witlr a ~led mdex finger for anizares, who . had potenti,af him to come and fetch his ball from the cup. ent:.winnirig putts lip out on the . Jacobs retrieved bis ball, then chucked ~nd and fourth playoff boles, started it into t.?e crowd of 10-deep people and the lad year's final round five strokes behind greens1de gallery at 18 went crazy again. lea&r Terry Mauney and promptly carded . . a 4·'tfuder 67 to earn bis way into a playoff 3 In a bwirre way, Seruor Tour standout with Morgan at 11-under. · Hale Irwin shot a course r~d in the final round to win the y.998 t 5~King arrived. The 2000 Toshiba Toshiba Senior Classic. · c might have been spoiled by a It will forever go down in Toshiba lore -round rainout, allowing Doyle to as the Famous Bunker Rake, which is on win a 36-hole event, but it featured Arnold display and autographed by Irwin in the PalIIi.e1;for the first time. The 70-year-old Newport Beach Country Club clubhouse. . legen~played bis first competitive fuunds Irwin started the Sunday round five of goll"iD <;>range County. strokes behind, but passed 11 players while Palmer, the most popular player in golf posting a course-record 62. history' ~d the biggest name ever to j:>lay It was the year .of El Ni.i'ip, but probably in the Toshiba, arrived for his Thursday the best weather the event has enjoyed Pro-AJn round to about 1,200 fans since moving to New-port Beach in 1996. .surroUnding the first tee for his grand · Butthere was nothing odd about Irwin entra&ee. winning. The victory launched him to The gallery for his pro-am round was another Player of the Year season as be laTger than most for marquee players claimed bis first of seven tournament titles. during the actual tournament. He caused Irwin, however, was helped greatly at 17 a plM.sant frenzy in the Toshiba camp by the Famous Bunker Rake, which -when he committed three weeks before stopped his ball from rolling into the water, the event, making a rare.appearance on the allowing him to get up and down for par on Senior Tour. his way to a record finish. •People get into the (Toshiba Classic)," " Jacobs said ... Arnold Palmer's there for the Spaniard Jose Maria Canizares, .. ~time and it's like Jesus Christ showed proving again that the Tusbiba Claisic up to tease the fans.• is fertile ground for first-time winners, What did Palmer shoot? Few cared and pushed the event deeper into· Senior Tour ·even fewer remembered. OM'l""'-OT Pt«JTOS IV DON l!ACM Hale Irwin, courtesy of the tamed rake, whlcb stopped bit ball from rolling into the drink, cbips to the green en roulle ~ to tbe 1998 aown wtth a COUJ»-ncorcl 82 on the flnal round. J " . Daily Pilot _ .... ..,.......,of .. v.. ..a·· leedlng money winner In 2000, •fttr win-ninp • teaSOn-best $ix Wes ... Has 16 aireer Senior Tour • wins since j(>inlng circuit In 1998 : .. Won 10 tit~ on PGA Tour and was wl~ of 1981 and 1987 PGA Olamplonships, as well as 1983 U.S. Open ... age 54., e hole ni11e yards, • ·Ce Seniors like simple, yet challenging layout at Newport Beach Country Club . Richard Dunn O~v ~Lor . PGA Tour venuP!l. with an c:lverdgc score of I n ~m1s of rt1fflrulty in 2001, Newport Beach Country Club rdnkPd 20th dmong Senior 71 .382 in Lhe Tosh1bd Senior Classic. There were 38 off1n<1l money evPnlc, on lhe tour. · • 1 The goll course. how1•v<•r. rdnks luqh dfllOng· players on the tour. who rr1vf' f'tlC'h year about tlle ltdditlonc1l ldyout ot tlw h,584 ydrdi. of prime real estate ,o; For many on thl• 5U-c1nd-over nrru1l, Newport Beach remind'> them of the golJ co~ they grew up playing Th<• 4~·Y<'dr-old tn•f'·h'1'd cours~. wtuch has undergone '>t'Wrdl '>1gmJacant changes throughout the yedr., IPdturP'> ocean breezes, gently rolling lerrdm dnd '>Om<" of the tncluest greens dnywhere on tht> ~·mor Tour "Tht• winning 'i<Ofl"• ht•r<• hdVP lx•en 10-to- 12-under. • Nl'wport BPt1C'h Country Club President Jc•rry Andt·r .. on sd1d ·A lot of these toumamenl\ au.• (po<iUng wmrung !><'Orel> of) t 8-to- 20-under, even for thn.>e round., So thL'i golf course bas held up extremPly weU for the Seruor PGA Tow playerc; Peoplr t1r<' out lhf'rt> hdv1ng fun. They're not burmnq 11 up • Many player.. ht1Vl' n•fprrc.>cJ lo 11 d'> the 1dedl ~rs goll co1irc,1" 11111'.tl'y, ol rnur.e. coming from those who havr> won hNI' (.hm Colbert dnd Allen Doyle) or pldyc><J Wl'll Spe<lkinq uf ( ollwrt. lw '>1111 holds the tournament r('('(mt tor the• lt1r(Jl'\I mdfgtn of victory -two strokP' in 11190 And, m thret> of the pdst hve yedr'I, a pldyoft Wd~ m•< e~~ctry So, as we <•nib.irk on Tcl'lhtbcl Seruor Cl.dss1c Vlll and consider lht> 'illhtle rt•nuncJ..rs dbout the golf course's h1ddf'n tM>th hnl"'' our annual look al Helping lo put a smUe on every gollets face. the course opens with traditionally one of the ec1~t holes on the course. It's a doglf'g left and with trf'es and bunkers lmmg both s1de'i of thP f,urway , The 339-yard pdr·4 htts a two-lJered green, . 1 t~Vlllg a tnrky c1ppr0dc·h c,hot B1rd1es here are ~nt It Wd.\ the thlrcl-<'tt.'>lest hole on the COW'lle last year I I ~ • Th<' fa1rwdy is Wldf', but the 390-yard _jj]jl por-4 1s uphill from tee to green. It ~ providl•d tht' most J>dr5 (174) last year on the front nine for thP second straight year. From 1996 through '99, No. 2 ranked first in pars for the entire toumdment. In six years at Newport Beach, only one eagle- bas been recorded on the hole (David Graham the opening round of '97) . The only par-5 on the front (5-49 yards) generally has the seruor'S salivabng With a green approachable an two. La5t year, the hole yielded lhe most birdies on the front nine (62) and second-most on ~ golf course It ranked as the fourth-easiest ~le m the tournament last year. • The last of four straight relatively comfortable holes to open the round, the inibaJ par-3 on the course 15 a scenic one, and also favorable for the seniors. They played the water bole to the second-most pars T H E The amount of birdies it allows consistently ranks m"lhe top six-to-eight holes for eastnec;s ~NEWPORT BEACH . Most players will try to keep the hdll .~elow the hole on this t 70-yard par-3, 'W' which features a severely sloped green. The right side of the fairway 1s out ol bounds and the left side of the green JS gudrded by a pot bunker. ln terms of toughness. the holP got harder every year in terms of its ranking from 1996 (12th) to 2001 (seventh). Last year 1l rankt>d c 0 ·U N T R y c L u B eighth. • From the tee, players look into cl horizon on a slight dogleg right with <1 downhill approach to the green. The left side of the fairway is lined with taU trPcc; and the right side is fraught with large. det.>p bunkers. The 397-yard par-4 requires a well-pldced tP .. shot The small, well-bunkered green h<1s m•ver aUowed too many birdies Welcome to bud.le paradise The 4~2-.~. yard par-5 has ranked as the easiest hol(' ~ on the golf course every year, tncludmq last year, when a tournament-leading 7 I b11dies were punctuated (t 1 more birdies than the next most generous hole) ( 169) on the frorit last year. The green is a large . Last year, it surrendered the third-fewest birdies target. /P_9) in the tournament and ranked filth in difficulty. The green is reachable in two and 1s gu<1rclecl by several bunkers, including a treachNous pot bunker to the right. It has ranked in the top five in terms of toughness • This is where is gets strenuous for lhe four years in a row (including the third-most seniors. In fact, it ranked No. 1 again difficult in '98). last year in terms of toughness and was tied for 35th as themost ~cult hole on the entire Senibr PGA Tour m 2001. In somewhat of a shock, only one eagl<" .wr1'i carded last year on the hole. • The first of.a two-hole stretch that will test the mettle of the leaders, the 437-yard par-4 is where Gary McCord clmchPd bis five-hole playoff victory in 1999 over John Jacobs (after Doyle and Al Gelberger werP eliminated on the first playoff hole). The 430-yaro par-4 ranked as the hardeit hole on the goll course m 1996 and '97. ln the rain- shortened 2000 event, it ranked as the second- toughest hole (behind No. 6). lt plays uphill and upwind, requiring a mid-to long-iron shot to an unfriendly green borcfered by two bunkers. • The second-toughest hole on the golf course last year, lhe418-yaix:l par-4 forced nine double bogeys in the 2001 tournament and yielded only 17 birdies. the second-fewest behind NQ. 5 (nine birdies). The dogleg left has an intimidating tree line on the left side. A fairway bunker was added two years ago about 240 yards off the tee and it has come into play for a nwpber ot players who strayed a little right. Not surprisingly, no eagle has ever been carded on the hole in six years. d It features the most sever&greep on the golf course, making at times great theater on the 368-yard par-4, where no two putts are alike. From the tee, long hitters-play over the big tree on the right side of the (aiJway; !Dr others, the best play is down the middle with a long iron. It is advised not to hit y,our approach above the pin. The bole ranked ninth last year. • The home of Hale Irwin's only blemish (a bogey) dwing his course-record 62 in the final round of 1998, it is a surpris- ingly difficult par-3, be<',aUM the green can give gollers trying to read it an opt:lcaJ tllusion. • The fourth-hardest hole on the course last year condudes a grueling five-hole stretch. A dogleg right, the..i07-yard par- 4 offered only 23 birdies last year (the" fifth fewest), while inducing five double bogeys. From the fairway, it is ha'rd to Judge your distance to an uphill green, while large trees guard both sides of the fairway. ln 1996, the hole ranked as the second-most dlfficult and has ranked m the top five every year for toughness. Last year it surrendered the fewest bird1P'i on the back rune (22) and ranked smh overall 111 difficulty. Players can tut ouJ of bounds to the left. d.ncJ thP long-non approach must contend WJlh two bunkers up front and a rolling green -The long. yet straight and narrow 429-. The course's signature hole as also one ;~ yard par-4 allowed 166 pars last year, .:~ o1 the toughest, with a massive lake11ncl ~ giving the seniors something to shoot for ,.," large bunkers in front of a nasty, two- after the turn. . « tiered green. It ranked~ the most dtffic-ult The small, elevated green must be taken into hole in '99 and third-most difhtwt in each of thl' consideration on tl1e approach. while several last two years. bunkers also pose a threat. It's lhe most famous bole on the course, with Bob M urphy's 80-foot ~irdie puU in 1997 to win • Players start to get hungry on this par-I\~ nine-hole playoff, Irwin's miraculous up 4. It's short (344 yards), has a wide fairwaY'--'"91111a.<Jown for par in '98 with lhe help of a bunker and has never caused a triple bogey in six rake and Jose Maria Canizares' nine-hole playoff years. victory last year, capped with a 24-foot birdi<> It is usually generous with giving pars. It also , putt. features a small, elevated green. Off tl1e tee. it's almost impossible for the pros to miss the fairway. Last year it ranked 14th on the golf course, which meant it was 'the fifth-easiest hole to play. ·• Another generous par-4 (373 yards), It .:· has a narrow landmg area. requinng • precise tee shot. while the approach mUtt navigate around "9everal eucalyptus trees that spring fiom the front. right of the green. • The finishing bole is an excellent birdi~ chance for the seniors. No. 18. which ranked as the second-easiest holl' on the goU course last year, underwent a change at the~ prior to last year's ev~t. ~ green was e1eval~ and mounds were built behind It. . f The 510-yard par-5 is usually birdie heaven. and even. though it's a different hole from 100 yards in. it didn't scare anybody awayia:st'year a players continued to go for the green m two. ' f J A 12. Friday, Morch 1, 2002 =the only ~to win Maf. MIMftt "" .... tWIOlonPGAlbw .,. Blggelt gait ttwlll was wtnrilng 1985 V..-don' ll'o- phy as PGA Tout's SICOrlng leader .. : D.ughter Kerri plays basketbaH at Blola .•• Enjoys ell kinds of shooting, like trap, skeet and sporting clay ... age 50. t«Card Champi- onship Mld overall Super Seniors event twice ... 1973 Southern CaltforrQ • Player of the Year and qualified for PGA Tclur at age 46, the~ oldest In his- tory ... age 67. . . MONEY LEADERS lOOZ ..... l'QA ._~ ....... ~,.m -=-ltWlii ~i~ -Jolin Jacobi 5 9 Tom Kite 4 391,100 llNot Uetzk• 4 72.964 llNot AMhe< 5 -Doug T-.11 4 14,950 o..w. Qu;gley • 5 -~ Tom w~ J S272.66' Ben Q:enshaw and FuzZy Zoeller head th~e list. BotqtWadklns . 4 $171,957 AhnOoyte 4 s151•170 Richard Dunn Zoeller, the 1979 Masters champion ~d 1984 U.S. i':f .!!.'°'L... ; mtm DAILY PILOT Open winner, has long been a favorite on the PGA Tour w~ii ., s $140,511 because of his relaxed approach to Ute game. ~ =~ j 1:ri:m The rookie crop on the Senior PGA Tour is always ··Hopefully I can bring a few more smiles out there,• i::::;i. Canlz¥es ~ $:~~ of interest to local golf fans attending the Toshiba Zoeller said. "That's kind of the way I play the game. Mike McCullough s 1121.960 Senior Classic at Newport Beach Counby Club, Whether it's good or bad, I'm still smiling and gagging . ~ A«hels j s:~~ · which is held early in the season when the like everybody else. Bµt if we can make 6ne person Len)'NeliO<I 41119,491 newcomers are just warming up. smile, (then) miiybe make the guy next to him smile, it =. :ns ~ s:l~~~ This year, Ben Crenshaw and "Mr. Personality" Fuzzy will kind of bleed on.• · ~~on ~ s~~::J Zoe~er head th~ list of four au!omatically ex~pt rookies People, of course, have tried hard to wipe that smile Gil Morgan 4 S96.J43 by virtue of theu career earrungs on the PGA Tom. off Zoeller's face especially aff~e joked about the =r~ : !!!;:l Wayne Levi and sweet-swinging Tom Purtzer ¥e$ ~-r".C~ ~,-.1\:; :"'!!t~~)I ~ "-J!>:S· =~~ ~ m= also making their Senior .Tour debuts in 2002. -~ t. after ~g the 1997 Masters. Nobody laughed. • Tom Purtur J !"·834 From the Senior Tour's National Qualifying , Sp<>nsors dropped him, but Zoeller, at the time at ~ =~.:,en ~ $~~:ffi Tournament las~ fall, ~me ~ld friends earned their cards difficult point in his PGA Tour career in his late 40s, has. ~~ : k~:l: for the 2002 seasoJ), mcluding R.W. Eaks. recovered nicely from his public J'elations nightmare John Bland 4 $64,349 Eaks, who won back-t-0-back Taco Bell Newport and put it au behind bj.m. . . ~ ~ ~ ~~ Classic Pro-Am titles at Newport Beach Counby Club in And, now, he'll be among the· most sought-aft~ =-~ ~ J::~ 1995-96, qualified for the Senior Tour with a ninth-place players on-the Senior To~, which-bas new-plans this year Jim Colbert 4 $57,950 finish in the qualifying tournament. But Eaks won't h¥D to attach miqophones to playe.rs during roun$ and I ~~ ! l~:~ . 50 until May 22 and isn't eligible to play in this year's· have them stop to answer qu~stions· tlfat (cn:>S \ubmit •. Lanny Wlldltlns 1 ss1,"25 Toshiba Classic. during the rgund.' · . . . ~e-r,'~=I~ ~ ::~ Howard ~tty,.and Larry Ziegler are alsO bac)t on the • Anything we can do to get the..people 11,lOre involved i,~~~elll ! m=. senior circuit ar\d. Ziegler will return to the.Tqshi~a isa plus,H .said Zoeller; a 10-ti:Qe-winneront.he PGA Tour Vicente F~ 4 S47.492 Classic. who ranks 6Sth on the·. tours' career money leaders. ~~ ; ~ Twitty, .the med~list at the Senior :i:our National •(People will) find out th~ we're all just not a bunch of ioe ,,,,,,.,, 4 S40'.S9i Qualifying Tournament, finished tied for second behind cl.ones. We are human beings out there.• = =bef'9er ! mm winner Allen Doyle at the 2000 Toshil?;a Classic, ~best Crenshaw also has two major championshi~ under ~~Connor ~ m;r,~ result on the Senior Tour. He also "played in last year's his belt-the 1984 and 1995 Masters-but starts ii.is first ~zel 4 $29,649 Tosh.iba. year on the Senior ToUJ with a different set of priorities. ~Murphy · ~ ri::~ After losing his playing privileges last year, Ziegler "I suppose the only wayl'm different than a lot of fell,as ~ ~~ ! pj:~~ defied th~ odds and regained his fully exempt status by when tb.ey-hiYbe Senior Tour is that their families ~e J11y 519e1 1 ii6.sso finishing second to 1\vitty at the 2001 National Qualifying outol the h<?UM.'~'Crenshaw 9ftid,O:Ji's you and your wife ~~~ -! $2t~ Totimament. and you're abfe io travetand you;Te able to play a lot of Jim Ho~ 4 snm At 62 years, three months and four days, Ziegler 9'>lf. • ,, " :~ber~ ~ m:n~ became the second-oldest player to earn his . ~ "You want' to just have fun at this stage and you ~~ ~ l~:!:: School." J.C. Goosie was three m~ths ol want to play good golf, no questic>n, but what I have to g:: .=, ~ t:~ qualified. Zi~gler had played in ev . baijmce is my family. I've got three yo_ung daughters that Hwold Henning 1 su.•si since the tournament st~ Verde are really going to·be tugging at my heart. My gosh, they == 1 Jlfm Country ClQ.b an ~.~ ttmtime last year. are 14 (Katherine), 10 (Clairet-and almost four V'Jlna). John~ 1 111,m With e Zoeller joining the 50-and-So I'm in a little different situation." • .,. · ~~. t s:~ ~· sure to be some extra spice on the L~vt. who,,maintains a · deep .interest in the stock !>Ml Graham l ttOM?~-...l~~ii@!"::fdiarin 2002. / market, turned so·on Feb. 22 and was scheduled to play :b ~ C. : -'.:1ile greatest thing at>Out golf is there's no end to it ~ his first evel)t at the SBC Senior Cassie in Los Angeles. Ow1es C"°"t · -• unless you're dead," Zoeller quipped. "You just go from A wiilner of 12 PGA Tour titles, Levi was selected the ~"~ ~ ... +_s1J: here to the Senior Tour .. • PGA Tour Player of the Year in 1990 after four victories OM Douglas ..-cJii.~~-= _,,-~ 3 s7•509 Television producers and sponso_rs are banking OJ} from May to Sep. tember. In 1982, be won the Hawailan OilO!I~..,..;-,_,.-2 $7,110 ·-~ m~ Zoeller to h elp kick-start the sagging tour, which has Open with an orange ball, the first time a player won with ~JO:~~ j l:;~ stru~gle6 with television ra~gs. . · . a ball that wasn't white. Tom sn-1 su 15 Zbell~, however, a two-time ma1or championship Purtzer isn't the biggest name in golf, but he's someone -Jinwnr Powell ·1 11,537 winnl!r, ls simply glad to be playing. to watch closely. · '' • -~4:~1 ~ ~~ "I think l'm going to have to fight my caddie for t4e Purtzer, who finished five PGA Tour events in the ~ 8r.l:., 1 ~~ cart,• Zoeller !iald. "Tbat's the only problem I see ... (the winner's ~e in his ~eer, is often describet! as having Senior Tour) is going to be a little bittlifferent. • the sweetest·swing in golf . • .. Of .. ttw.e l.SenlOr Tour wtos ~-1995Ford Serik>r ptaVers Championship wNrt he defeated Jade NiddaUs In • playoff ... Won eight times Oh PGA Tour ... Was a membet of thiee U.S. Ryder Cup teams ... Nephew of legendary Sam Snead •.. Spent ~ foor years playing baseba,11 in Washing-ton Senaton' farm syste{TI ... age 61 . • I • Doity Pilot ') ••• * ..... Friday, Morc;h 1 t 2002 Al 3 \ Rollfug the dice. Tournament director Jeff Purser resisted the tour's suggestion in final round last year and it paid off big. . - Rk:hllrd Dunn toumamenras .soon as possible in DAILY Pllor an effort to avoid the storm .. · W eather can play a huge . f~ctor in an outdoor event. es~y a professional golf tournament in the winter. •Actually, the best weather we've had since we've been •running this tournament was the •year o( El Niim (1998), • said Jeff '.Purser, tournament director of the ~ Senior PG~ i:outs Toshtba Senior Purser gambled and said no. He decided against that option because it would take away prune afternoon time for sponsors, many of whom endured the previous year's final-round rainout. "I told (tour officials) that I've got sponsors and ticket buyers ~g a show today. Let's roll the dice,• Purser said. "It was just a matter of explaining to them what wjs :;, !"A;;.;,;k -~ ~-pc."'l Bach Country important ... they underst~ w!lat Club, O I we were=oin , There wasn't an That year was the tournaments argum~t; i asn't confrontation- first under tbe management of al. Wey, ed to da things by Hoag Hospital. which hired ~ the official rules. Their specialty is ~w~yfrom the Midwest. the play and competition; our first It was absolu gorgeous all ob1ective is to have a good !"'eek that ye , Purser. added. community event.• And it vt e latest we ve ever One day after Canizares beld .tbe event 10 the calendar defeated ~ Morgan in the event's Ye/if· second nine-hole playoff, the Last year, the predicted rCllll that secon<l·longest on ~Sepior Tour, threatened to s.!1erten the Pulser said be wanted ·10 degree.5 ~t \o !Wo roun~ lbe and sunny ... We got 60,000 to ~h~l~ ye~ ma~ow never materi· 65,000 fans (for the three-day weekend, including 17 ,000 to ln 'the:. ~d, after a nme·h~e • '1~ on Sunday) in poor weathet. playoff victory for Jose Mana lt y u consider we bad nobody for Canizares, -Purser came out the ednesday 8Jl5}Thursday pro· smelling like ~oses. : ams, that's a preftf good turnout. If Purser res1Sted the suggestion we had great weather for a whole ~om Senior Tour officials to send week intluding Frfday Satu.r4ay players off both. the first and l 0th and s~day, ~e~e·s you'.r 80,ooO to tees for Sundays final round. Tour 90,000 people and $1.3 million to officials wanted to complete the charity.• Vice President and General Manager of Toshiba Computer Systems Group Mark Simons, for one, was impressed with Purser's leadership last year. _ •we made a lot of comments a.bout (Purser) being the best tournament director,• Simons said, •but I think anybody who can control the weather ll.ke he did ta.st year -be held off the iain for at least 36 hours ~ and anybody wh~ can have us going ... hl!~ot a lot of . control that wpls ctfOumament ~ d~ Jldove and beyond the While an estimated 17 ,500 attended the final round last year, the Mucated-.$!..~ ottendance by Purser for the Saturday second round was between 20,000 and 21,000, the largest of ·the t9umament, when the weather was dry for th~.straight day , . ~r:'{luved from the Midwest shortly after Hoag Hospital took over a.S managing charity m August 1997. "Jiey, I've gotten rained out before and I'D get rained out again, .. · Purser s&d. "I've had entire g~ · under. two feet of water and . tomadoes surrounding us (at a tt>ur event in the early 1990s at: Youngstowl\, Ohio). There were hve tornadoes within a five-mile (radius), and one tquched down a half-mile away. We had hospitality tents under water. So what happened (in' 2000) wasn't that bad." DRAPERIES • WINDOW COVERINGS BEDDING • !ABLE LINENS . Add your personal STEVE MC CRANK I OAtLY PILOT Terry Mauney, with a No. 3 on his bat for auto raclng's Dale Earnhardt, who had perished just days earlier, eyes the s.ltuatlon en route to a scorching 6~. .., .. S(JIOLARSHIP FUND -~ . ' VOLUNTEERS Event's scholarSbip fund still expanding lt•JII Piiot Quiz · · · : ' CAN YOU. NAME THESE ·TOSHIBA VEIERINS? =•JlbRotvw ~Servtc. Senior PGA Tour stop to honor 14 Orange County high school seniors at community br~ast Tuesday at Ne~rt Marriott. • NEWPORT BEACH -The Toshiba Senior Classic Scbolarsbip Fund. in lti third year, 1s· apand.ing again to benefit more high sdtools. The scholarships, which include .a $2,500 grallt and Toshiba computer, will b4t presented. t,o one senior from ·each of the four high schools in the Newport-Mesa School DI.strict, among other schools. • . · : • In the scholarship's inaugural year, it benefited five schools in the Irvine Unified School District. Both districts bad recipients in 2001 and this year scholarships will be awarded to 14 Orange County high school seniors, one from each b,)gb sChool ln the Newport-Mesa, IJ'Vine, Saddleback Vaney and HunttDgton Beach school districts. · The Tusbiba Senior Classic Scholarship Fund bas do)ibled • in size, benefiting twice as many students as last year. •The legacy of the Tusbiba Senior Cla.'5ic is its meanh>gful impact on local charity, and we can think of n9 better investment in this community than to support standout students who demonstrate strong leadership potentiel, •Rod Keller of Toshiba Computer Systems Group said . . 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Now the person >W tum to for your imurance needs is the peiQ >W can talk to before >W ilM:st' NJr. me ~ geaing Slar1ed with .s:ra. Fann MlllWll Flllllh"' for as l.iUlc as SSO a monlh.' ··= .. ....... ,\ . ---.......... c;.-.......... _ _. • \ ,,. ') u d ... " ,, .. .. •• /' 11 •iJ ~· It k ·,I ) - • . f, ·WEATllll .. The~wil1 start off • bit f~and cloudy, but that sun of ours will shine this afternoon with the · help of some wind. Enjoy the day. S..P..,ei . . SERVING lHE NEWPORT -ME.SA COM.MUNffiES SINCE 1907 ON 1HE WEB: WWW.DAILYPILOT.COM FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 2002 Colleagues extol re.corder's I •· . reporting career • Gary L. Granville worked at the Daily Pilot and other newspapers before entering county politics. editor at the Orange County Register, died Thursday of a heart attack. He was 72. -~-----possj.ble ·from the Orange County James Meler DAILY PtlOT Though be served as the county's clerk for about 17 years, GtllY, L. Granville earned high praise for his work as the Daily Pilot's county reporter lrom bis former colleagues Thursday. • "Gary was one of the best reporters I ever knew. And he was that beca\ISe he was a good listener,~ said Charles H. Loos, who served as Granville's assistant managing editor at the Pilot during the 1970s. "I edited most of his copy. He covered a lot of the county scandals at the time.· where he eventually taught as well. After working at the Fullerton News Thbune, he joined the Pilot. where he eovered the county. "I admired him so much," said Bob Barker, a former Pilot co-worker. "I think he was the best reporter I ever worked with. He got stories that nobody ever got. "He )Vas an old-fashioned, smart reporter -fair, objective," Barker continued. ·1 can't say enough good things about him. I'm not doing him justice. You can say that about any- one, b\it in his case it's very true." Pr~ 9ub, Loos said, .addj,ng that Graqville was worthy of at least a Pulitz_er Award nomination. J0f{1 Clausen. who also worked with Granville at the Pilot, echoed such praise. "He was probably one of the best, lf ne>t the best, investigative reporters in'the county,• Clausen said. "He was considered the top county courthouse reporter.•· · Steve Mitchell, who served as trle Pilot's IAguna Beach bureau chief dur- ing Granville's tenure. recalled d time Granville, who also worked as an Born April 23, 1929, in Hollywood, Granville wore many hats in bis· life, starting out in business be.fore decid- ing to join journalism. It was then that he earned a bachelor's degree in com- municatiog at Cal State Fullerton, While at the Pilot, Granville earned every investigative reporter award SEE CAREER PACSE BS Gary L. Granville Lolita Harper REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK Sometimes the news hits close to ho.me I don't know what scared me more: th~ sound of my wihdows rattling, the feel- ing of my bed shaking beneath me or the deafening sound that jolted me awake early Thursday morning. I glanced at the clock. It was 3:28 a.m. I opened the blinds to see flames shooting off our neighbor's roof. PHOTOS BY SEAN ~RI DAll.Y,PllOT A Costa M0H firefighter lays down a water hose as inspectors investtgate the S(ene of explosions ln a garage that destroyed a Richmond Way home and killed.a man early Thursday. Our bedroom window backs up to the Monticello townhome garages, where a thunderous explosion left at least one man dead and dozens homeless. I live in a different complex, but the two are separated by only a 4-foot cinder-block wall. Explosive ;"f rre. ki11s one· I've looked.out the win- dow many times before to see one or my neighbors leaving for work or cleaning out the garage. But Thurs-· day, I saw those same people lined in the alley, watching their homes bum. My first instinct was to make S\ll'0 Donovan was OK. He was. My second instinct was to grab o nolebook, pen and my shabby, disposable camera and get to the scene. l leftmy ~n. who was wavi.t\g at Jne from my room, mate's w,indow, and went down to talk to my neighbors -for the first time -in my blue O.annel snowflake paja- mas. At the scene in front of me unfolde(i. I witnessed the SEE NOTEBOOK PAGE 14 • A dozen people still homeless after explosions rip " up Costa Mesa townhouse complex. Dffpa Bharath DAILY PILOT COSTA MESA -A fire rocked a townhouse complex wtth explosions early Thursday morning, leaving one man dead as it burned through his garage, shattered neighbors' windows and sent people 9CW't)'ing from their homes. Firt!fighters responded to the call from the Monticello Town Homes ~a>plex about 3:30 a.m. The fire, which originated in a home's garage in the 2300 block of Richmond Way, caused at least three explosiQns, said Costa Mesa Fire Battalion Chief Gregg Steward. . "By the . time we got here, one townhome was fully enguUed, • he . said. "There were a lot of people in n~by h omes still asleep, so we had to get them out of bed and out of th¢! homes.tp a safe place.• The bome'wbere the fire started was completely gutted. One oilier home suffered severe damage to the front. Steward said. Between 15 and 20 people bad to leave th~ir homes, but by the end of the day some of them came back, he said, "Right now, we have five units that sWl cannot be occupied,• Stew- NeWll,ort leadei-8 eXpect united front On eXtension •Remaining groups that need to approve JWA flight restrictions are on board, city offidills say. Marilyn Longo,~ membetof the Trauma Intervention Program, consoles chil- dren who live ln the Valley Forge Court neigh1>9r- hood where the exploslom took place. m\tMCCRAN I DAILY PILOT ard said Thursday evening. Investi- gators have not yet determined the. cause or the fire. lt took 50 firefighters about 40 minutes to get the fire under control, Steward said. The Orange County coroner was unable to identify the vtctims's body because •u was burned beyond SEE FIRE PAGE 14 Gunmen rob Costa Mesa' • f amil . y •Assailants armed with handguns enter~ the unlocked apartment and stole money and jewelry, police said. Deepa Bharath DAILY Pilot· COSTA MESA -Three men armed wtth bal')dguns bafged into an apartment Thursday _ / afternoon and stole money and / jewelry from residents·, police. officials said'. I The front door to the apart- • ment. in a complex in th~ 700 block or Victoria Street, was closed but unlocked at the time, Lt. Dale Birney said. The three intruders entered the apartment and reportedly- r6bbed a 41-year-old woman and her nephew, h~ ~d. No one was hurt in the heist. The nephew, 19-year-old Marvin Munoz, said he was in his bedroom when two men with guns came in. pushed him( on the bed and took bis _,_money, cell phone and jewelry. "Tb~y were pointing the gun t.o my ·piest and said, 'Don't move,'· 'Munoz ~d. He said they also went into his aunt's room and robbed her. Munoz said the alleged robbers spoke in Enghsh and Spanish. ·rv~ never ~een these guys before,~ he said. ·But what sur- prises me IS why they picked us out of all the apartments here. Why us?" .Bimey said pohce...have .not been able to onswer thot ques- tion yet, but added that it could be because tl)eir door was unlocked. Blmey also said a friend of Munoz's tried to grab one of the robbers as he walked into tbe home. The robbers were still able to get away and ran out onto Victoria Street. . I SEE GUNMEN MGE 15 llDll CIA\WllS-----· MKmKB • SfOllS • i .. , Disillusioned pr:isolJ-ers, eclectic music make ~Promenade' an unusual theatrical choice at UC irvine Young Chang DAILY PtLOT • C olette Searls isn't typically one to · take on a musical, but when the UC Irvine graduate stude.nt and · director heard that playwright Maria Irene Fornes' • Prome- nade" was bemg considered for produc- tion, she paid attention. "I'm a big Irene Fornes fan,• Searls· said. "Irene is so alternative that I thought, 'Wow. if she's doing a rnusical it must be really different.'• • In its avant-garde, kooky ·~-musical sort of way, •Prome nade• F I otters a look at Y . the world • WHAT: ~Promenade" through two • WHEN: ~ ;trld 8 p.m. prisoners' eyes. today and March 9; 8 The show, to · p.m. March 7 and 8 be staged by • WHERE: UC Irvine's UC Irvine's the-·studio Theater. The ater department university Is at the in the Studio intersection of Campus Theater, is about and University drives two mmates •COST: $10, $8 or $7 named 105 and • CAU: (949) 824-2787 106 who escape their ceUs only to willingly return: . They explore the soctetythey•r'e not • supposed to ~oin and meet with disillusion· ment and cruelty. \ "Instead of being evil characters, th~y're extreme ly innocent,• Searls swd: "They find out where eVll comes from and what there is to do and see. They're protagonists.• In a nondescript black-box theater, 105 and 106 offer a critique of the mentality of lhe wealthy. the objectification of women, the entertainment industry and political leaders, to name a few topics. . •1t•s not a very plot-driven show,· Searls said. ·Tuey find the world to be fairly con- tradicting and cruel. and they, in the end, learn that what they care about ls being alive and having compassion.• Fornes, a New York-based Cuban American and ti multiple-time winner of the Obie Award, is also known for her plays "The Danube.• "Mud" and ",The Conduct of We " -shows that are all on the outslurts of mainstream theater. Phil Thompson, an assistant professor at UCl's drama department and voice and speech director for "Promenade," calls the show's script and scores "rather strange.• "The language is, I'd say, poetic, but it's very important that the audience under- stands immediately what the words are,• he said. "The words pose a challenge siin- ply to decipher.· The ml1sic In "Promenade" is appropri- BRIEFLY IN DITEIOOK .. .. . . . i•• of CLAY ' ) Th Ora,.· County M~M of Art wtU ~ ~ teciure ~ coniemPor•ry artist loNJ about his WoriC -~Uy 1tiout his Installation pl~ "100 lbs. • -at 3 p.nt. ~It the museumt •San Oemente Onw, Newport SS °' S 10. Reset'Vltlons requnct. (949) 759-1122. Exti 218. . • .I , • • 'PHOTOS BY SEAN HU.ER I DAl..Y Pl.OT Laurel Hattield rehearses her role as Miss U during a'photo call for .. Promenade" at UCI. Top, Shawna Ferris, front. Hatfield, cen ter, April Garton rehearse for opening night for .,Promenade• at UCI. I ately eqlectic. "Some of it is very typical musical the- ater, but it sort of makes fun of musical theater,• Searls said. "There are really fun musical numbers that tum on thelrown heads -that are fun but sort of have a dark~.· AB a director, Searls said one of her chal· lenges Yf 85 searching for where the twists hapJ>eti poth musically and iI1 the characters. •And we're dealing with it m 'ft special ~~y. • she said. · T9 get a cozier effect, musical director Dennis amellano and Searls decided to put a live band on 'stage instead of going for the orchestra pit. The sound ls acoustic, without amplification, but the effect works as the music travels sufficiently through the Studio Theater's l.imfted space. "I really like intilpate theater," Semis said. Costa Mesa, the :Expo Will in'clude a talent searCb, a sdehce and engtneering fair, a Jozz festival and a pampered pets contest. CHECK it OUT Project yourself tmth crafty books F br parenis, teachers, scout leaders and kids, new bQoks about crafts can ill.spire.dozens of wise and whimsical projects. ' • · . Children can learh about history by brewing root beer, molding sugar skulls and milking an . imaginary cow with "Kidtopla, 'Round . the Country and Backm 60 ProJ~." In this activity boa¥ for inquisitive !Jlinds, · · Roberta Gould pro- vides instructions for artistry that can teach children about colo- nial America, pioneer life, tbe Gold Rush • and Hollywood's early days. ' · · Equa.llyvalua~e for bringing the past alive. is Oavid King's •world War Ii __ Days.• Geared for 8- through 12-year-olds, this hands-oq ) approach to lelU'Dirtg includes dkediQil!l for ~g a toy periscope, conco(;ting a Coney Island bot dog and keeping track of the weather With a three-dimensional-cloud ch.art. ..· .. . nme travel can be even more extreme with .,How to Draw Dinosaurs.• one ot six volumes in LauraMurawski's new series. With little more th&Il pencil, paper and ai. unde!St.anding of shapes, young artiSts can give form to eight preliistoric creatures using ovals, circl~ and curved lines. Using a similar approach, Pat:OCia Walsh focuses on monkeys. giraffes, lions and tigers in •wnd Animals,~ one of several . volumes in her rec~ntly published •0raw 1t• serie5. Brief introduction5 provide ba~- . ground about each QE!ast, while tips on shading and crosshatching Will help bur· ~eolling Picassos ~ve their pictures a pol- ished Toojt. . · Long before 'pencils. and paints were av~ble, art s1;1pplies caIQ.e from nature. Kids can rev1.sit those times with Ellen · Senisi's •Berry Smud~. and Leaf Prtiits, .. featuring such j>rojectS as bOOk:m&r~ made with pressed flowers and tie-;<iyed bandan- nas. Pass on this one if yoq,don't want to mess with red berry juice and other natural substances not typically used as paint Kids can combine dra- ·matic Wepts with cre- ative artistry with help from .. The U1bome Book of Puppets," by Ken Haines and Gill Harvey. With socks, buttons and other everyday supplies, an ensemble cast of fin-· ger mice, clowns and . glove people can come together. From a related •usbome First Skillt• series, there's .,Starting Face Palnttng" by Fiona Watt and Caro Childs. Find every- thing you need to know to transfoim an ordinary countenance into a Dalmatian, a duckling or a sinister beost in this lively introd\!ction for beginning artists. . Beyond published instruction, there are free after-school programs for craftspeople in second through fourth· grades. from 3:30 to 4:30 p .m. on the second Wednes· day of the month at the Newport Beach Central Library, 1000 Avocado Ave. Whether kids want to test their talent or just have fµn, they can sign up for UJ,ese activity-packed sessions at the CentrSl Library Cblldreh's Desk, or call the dlll- dren's Desk at (949) 717-3800 and choole. optio~ No. 5. Youth expo still acceptmg entries • The entry form deadline for the talent sea.tch and jazz feitiva.1 1s March 8. ' The 23rd annual Orange County Youth Expo ls still accepting entry forms. The Bxpo will feature ll)Ote than 10,060 projects from schools, 4-H clu~ and the Girl Scouts., Iilformation: (714) 568-1741. To ta.ke place April 19·21 at the Orange County Faugrounds in Daijll>Jlot • VOL 96, NO. 60 ,.....k~· Nllitllr ,....,...._, lclllor lllll'fosn-. ,.., .... ow.ttOr I.AM~ "•'*'°'• Olr«1Pr READERS HQTUNE (949) 642-6086 Record your comments about the • Dally Piiot Of' MWs tip&. I . tight No~ lllUWatlonl, edttorill man.for ~ts h«.tn c;en be r.,,rodUced without wrltt9n permltllon of copyright owner . I . . _SUIF AID SUI {WEATHER FOltECAST The ct.y wlll 9ln begin foggy Ind cloudy 9M1y but wll dHr as the wtfldl pkt up VVs .... noon. H6ghs Wiil l'lllidt the mld- &OJ ~ Md the~ lows wtff drop to *"' so. A W..-mtr deY Wiil lniw Setur· ~ wfth moldy M'"Y .. Ind hight r..cNnv the rnld-70t. SUn- ~ loOb *Nllr ........ gtut • weebnd • ......... ". ~IMl.llON.p. .· ..• , : .. . . . · Daily Pilot # 1 • • . SEAN Hill.Ell /DALY Pl.QT For Black History Month, Lall~ Abdullah of dance group Azlkwe, right, performs with partner Tanls)Ja Venmtble for students at Newport Ele'1l,entary on Thunclay. • I ·p·~s·$in_g · the lOY . . , . . . " : .. ' . • New.pOrt.Efetnei:ttary. S~hoOi·sU:rde~ts e~j_oy . · ·· ~n the perfomll_rlg .n1 · k. u:. ' · M ·tit' 'b · Th ~ ... th.. gro1:tp Azikwe, w:h1ch a;-> 65= ru$tory . on • _tn µte :un;miy Wl .• / means king, captivated the druJn& .. da~cin.Q ·~d. ~inging. .· stu.den~. with its: dantjng : ~ .•. • · • .. , •: • and dniauni.ng .. The dancers p elrdre Newman. . ., spUit of diver.;fty and toler-taught the . students some o..\Jt'.y P~9r , · ,. ' ance thro\lghout the school to African lyrics and 'dance. ;·~ • · • familiMi7.e students with oth-moves, and. soon the whole . "NEWPORT BEACH er cultures she said. . auditoriu.nl°was shaking and The. deep resonan~e • ()f ·1 think everyone sbould shimrbying to the beat. • drumbejlts 'Jeverberated be aware beeaus~ once (the •"I thought it was really through the' halls of New-student9j leave Newport great,· said Daniel Mortis, a ~ . port Elemenl4cy. School on Elementary, it could be a. t_btth-grader. "I ·learned a Thursday r:nominq as an Whole different story.· ~w dance I can i.IQpress my . African Ame,i:iCQ theater Waterman saj.d. · mom and dad with. I think · ensemble, i>ald tribute to The celebraMn sta'.rted ~ it's Qood that they're going alack History Month. out on an emotional note as, to teach us new cultures Tue ~vent is the first of singing sen5ation Brandijo every month.· . . . , many cultural erlrichmen'l . l,<istler. a sbtth-grader, belt-The performers also s~d celebrations. the Newport ed <>ut • Americ1l the Beauti-. tlley lmjoy the opporturuty Beach school plans to pre-ful, • (allowed by tHe Bfac~ to bring African culture !O. sent, thanks to the efforts of National. Anthem, · ·wt schools. r · parent ~Dy Wa:tenmtn. ·Every Voice anctSing. • "For me to be an African The '5chool has a -~ "ICs totally,,.different than American aQD play the ~ African American popula-our music,· .Brandijo ~a.id. drums from West Africa, it's tion, and Waterman said her "So I t,ried to put my own nic:e to pass that along, to children have mentioned that feeling lpto it, and it's about give the same joy to some- thetfeel out of place at times. slaves so I tried tt> ~el what · one else,· s~d Thomas Kel- The events aimed to foster a they felt.• · _Jey, dir~ctor. V' WIN.GS IN 30 FLllOBS ... . . . Friday, March 1, 2002 B3 ' Bleaching '.plan· takes step forw~d . . . • County sanitation · Board members announced . the dedslon ~b. 22 to treat the move but not as an alternative to whars known as •full rec- ondaJy" treatn\ent under tbat treatment, the water is nearly dear when it is released. board approves fundirig ~with bleach three time for cleanup effort, but stronger than ordinary house- dela u.:....:-1 al hold bleach. ys Ouiu.cu approv Every day. the district ·We are dearly for full sec· ondary, • Ridgeway said. "But I was supporting the disinfec- tion• at the meeting. of the new treatment. sends treated sewage into the P•ul a 1nton DAILY PtL01: ' NEWPORT-MESA -The Orange County Sabitatiol\ Ois- bid Board on Wednesday took a first step toward dlsinf etttng · the waste it sends into thQ sea. l:lowever, while appro~ $200,000 for engineering work, the board did nor -offi· dally approve the new tre4lt- ment. Members deferred that decision for 30 days until a full analysis of the plan could be p~epared by_ staff D)embers. sea via a pipe on the ocean floor off Huntington Beach. • The dis1nfection method, which has drawn mixed reviews from envirOnmental- ilts, would cost the disµict $5 million per year.· J'he bleach would kill all bacterj.a ur the waste water, which environ- mentalists have charged.lla.$ caused illnesses ill stir(ers. and swimmers and closed much of Huntington Beach's sanps in the swrurier of 1~. Newport .Beach Mayor Tod Ridgewcly, who sits on the dis- tiict board, Said he rupports the The district h9 bequn envirpnmenta! engineering on the disisllectlon effort which .is expected to be in ptate by summer. . . Defend the Bay fowider Bob CaClstin said he doesn't .s:upPort disinf edion (l long- term answer to lowerilig bacte- ria counts1n the ocean and cut- ting down on beach closures. · ., *They're trying to Side 'step" full secondary treat· ment, Caustin said. "Thtty're trying to do a quick fix.• Schools _see slight increase in crime Deirdre Newm.n DAILY PILOT NEWPORT-MESA -The school district experienced a slight increase in crime for the 2000-01 school year, aq:ording to a report released Th04,J'Sday by• the California Barbot said .... the dismci · "The one thing that tells took painstaking efforts tQ fill me that it'S"Working really well in th~ gaps in making schools is we've seen a drop in our safer after a student was property abuse alld vandal- choked at Corona del Mar. ism, so people know tbey're High School in May 2000. being ~atched, • he said. The shortcoqtings. he Qistrict officials w;.u.now -· .,., .· Department of Education. · The largest tncrrease on Newport-Mesa Unified School District ~ampuses -as in ~ trirti statewide -was for bat- tery. Newport-Mesa reported 3.19 incidents per 1,000 stu- dt!nts, as compared with 1.54 incidents the previous year. explained, were attacked on analyze the data -look:iiig many fronts: more traJning ol beyond the numbers ta the~ administrators, more coun-cific trirnes themselve5 and selors and assistant E_rincipals · wruit schools they~ a · . broughtin,sUK4tJt~•.lt-~~~~ -• cers from the NeWport Beach offi9a1S'from both~ cities and Costa Mesa police depart-· will also be ~g the da~ ments deJ$loyed on-high scbqol Barbot said one of the campuses, an anti-bullying pol-major district safety g~ \s to icy adopted last fall and cbarac-increase attentiatl to students: ter education highlighted m tbe behavior and drug ·use aocJ. curriculwn to emphasize posi-make sure they're not ignored. tive l)ehaviorchoices. "We want to make sure And the. efforts are paying that no one isc looking past an . ·Tue only decrease was in property crimes. . 'Yhich drop~ from 4.~6 intj.dents per 1,000 students to 2.9.S incidents. off. Barbot said issue,• Barbot 918.ld .. : ... Supt. Rob Barbot said he was not dismayed by the increases, saying the dist:J)ct has intensified· its efforts to identify and report intimidat- if'g and criminal behavior.· "When.we put rqore assis- tant principals. more resource counselors and trained Qur staff tnore intensively, we expected tb,j)t we would identify more '[Crimes),• Barbot said. "I'm ~it wasn't higher.• ... > . WE l>OTHING-S RIGHTI·; • QURMEALSAREATRIPTOMEXICO -· · ..... .Ml.CASA MEXICAN RESTAURANT . . J · ~··. W£ t '•t<E )VE SPECIALIZE-. " . . IN LARGI" .;:,. DINl~G TOT~E .TO GO.ORDERS ,.,... . . . N.EXT LEV~L! PHONE AHEAD! 296 E. 17TH ST. COSTA MESA · 949-645 ·7626 .... -· -~ ~ , • FRESH S~l.~.DS .J V' V' 3 ST_~LES OJ RIH N 10 t/. 1 O~ TELEVISIONS .. FLAVORS .V' Pit1·0 SEATING· .1 ' GREil FUN V' 16 DRIFI BE~RS . V' • . . .. . t/ BIG SANDWICHES V' TAKE' OUT . ORDE·RS ... r ... . ' . - ~ M Friday, Mmch 1, 2ob2 FIRE CONTINUED FROM ·s1 . recognition,• Investigator Rod .Thomas said. The coro- ner arrived about 10:30 a.m., after first being twned away from the scene just an hour after tt happened. •we just don't know enough about this individ- ual,• he said. •We will have to strategtze and think of oth- er ways to identify this per- son. It could. involve finger- printing, trying to" locate his family, dental charts of even detennining if he has had any surgeries in the past.• , Thomas said it could be at least a day before they can get any information about the victim. Neighbors said they believed the victim often did • I • ' ·NOTEBOOK CONTINUED FROM 81 . MVerity ol the blut. People were running tip Ud dQWn the alley, screaming, •Get out ot your bouse, get out Of your house!" One woman was crying, holding her dog in her jack- et, praying out loud that everyone was OK. Another woman just wrapped her anns around her husband's waist and watched in amaze. ment. Still others could be seen packing up their cars with photo &bums and boxes of meirmrabilia to drive ,them to safety. ; welding work in his garage • SEAN HUEii / DAl.Y Pl.OT and had paint cans and other Homes near the exploslon In a Costa Mesa townhoule complex were damaged by the blast. The last thing I wanted to do was approach these peo- ple for "official comment.• so I waited. I waited until natu.r· al conversation started among neighbors before I started asking questions.; Once the Costa Mesa Fire Department arrived, the ini- tial ~c seemed to wear off, and people on both sides of the dividing wall started recounting their experience$. Most were glad to share with. a neighbor who happened to be a reporter, but only a few wanted to give their names. Fair enough. · chemicals stored there. Mary Lu Dobashi. who lives in and determined there were in the apartment across from no dangerous substances in the victim, sai<l her encounters the garage, be said. with him were brief. But, she •Garage fires are very added, he did a lot of work in scary because you don't know his garage and helped bis w}lat's in there," Steward said. neighbors when he could. ·People work in their garages, · Dobashi said one winter some even make weapons or when a pipe burs! in her bullets. There could be other kitchen, she ran over .to his chemicals in there too." 'Rouse hoping to get help. Fire investigators from Cos- And she got it. · ta Mesa and Newport Beach ·water was gushing every-cleared the garage Thursday where, and I didn't know what morning before they co\1ld go to do,• she said. •He came over in to assess the damage. and turned off the water and The property management saved me from more damage.• was boarding up the broken Dobashi said her former · windows in several units so at neighbor was quite a handy-least some of the residents man and frequently fixed could return to their homes, wheelchairs for bis guests. officials said. The Orange County Sher-The Red Cross helped find iff's Department hazardous accommodation for one per- materials unit was also called son, said field supervisor Cl1lig Konrad. · ·we believe the others are staying temporarily with friends or family," he said. Several neighbors said the early morning incident, which jolted them out of their slumber and brought them running out in their pajamas, was surreal and terrible. · Brian Birkhauser, who lives doors away from the vic- tim, said he saw that the man was on fire when he came' running out of bis house through the garage. •Another neighbor who lives across frOm him brought a fire extinguisher and put out the fire on him." be said. "But the man ran back into the garage, caught on fire again· and never came back out." Birkhauser said he could not figure out why he went back in. "He seemed out of it," he said. "He seemed disoriented." Officials initially suspected there could have been-another fatality in the explosion because of witnesses' reports that the victim went back into the house. BJt, as of Th~y evening, officials said they had inspected most of Ute home and didimt fiQd anyone ~. Jan Saporito was asleep on a futon in her living room }Vben she heard the explosion and almost fell off the bed, she said. Her front door is Claoss from the victim's front door. "I opened the door, and I saw fire leaping out at me,• she sald. "It was a huge explo- sion. It felt like a train going through y6ur house. At 'first, I though it waS' an earthquake." Saporito sald sl'le bwned her hand as she tried to put out the flames that had spread into the bqshes outside her home. •God! The smell!" she exclaimed as she looked out at what was left of her shattered glass windows anti into the charred remains of the victim's home. ·u was such a strange smell with all the smoke.• Richard Price and his room- mate Daniel Buckley lived on the other side of the complex. But they came running over when they heard the explosion and succeeded in rescuing an elderly couple and their dog. ·we were crawling on the floor because of the smoke.• Price said. ·we couldn't see anything. All I know was I felt a lot of heat and a lot of light. It was all adrenall.oe. It was totally terrifying. • Some neighbors said they just couldn't help but look at the positive side of what was dearly a terrifying experience to many. "Before this happened, we hardly knew our neighbors," SjliB Becky Fisher. •Today, there I decided to hop the wall and get a closer look. As I walked closer to the smol- dering apartment, I was overcome by smok~. It was in my eyes, in my lungs and in my mouth. I looked down to shield my eyes and saw a license plate·and part of a bumper that had been bloW11 onto another .townbome's front . · step. When I lifted my head, 1 felt sprinkles from the fire hoses on my face. My feet were soaked from the rivers of water running through the colonial-themed complex and any note-ta.king was useless because my paper was wet. Again, I stood and just digested the scene. Just a few feet in front of me firefighter:; doused the remains of the scorched structure. Ju5t a few fel;!t in front of me a man died. Luckily, a firefighter snapped me out of my daze and told me to mov~ back. They were taping off the area, he said: -were people helping other peo- ple they didn't even know. It's really mee bow .an of us came together in a time like this.• I picked up my soggy feet and moved to the designated press area. I was surroupded by smartly dressed 1V reporters -and their camera crews -flashing official press credentials and demanding interviews. and Tim Rice Don't Dliss the chance to enjoy this powerful production of . '1esus Christ Superstar'' directed. by television writer and producer Valerie Mayhew. The professional, 32-member cast and live band perform such memorable favorites as "I Don't Know How To Love Him," and ':Jesus Christ, ·superstar." The show thrilled Broadway when it opened 30 years ago and continues to leave audiences spellbound today. ONE WEEKEND ONLY! Friday, March 1at8 p.m . Saturday, March 2 at 8 p.m. Sunday, March 3 at 6 p.m. St. Mark Presbyterian Church Sanctuary 2100 Mar Vista Drive• Ne~rt Beach (Comtr of ]amborte Road and Eastbluff!Ford Road) • Call (949) 644-1341 For Ticket blformation Donations: Sl~ for Adults, S 10 for Students •• ll and Older (die dnmadc · natUtt of tbislprogam is more appropriate for Ofdft' c:hlldrm and idGJu). '• Ftte parking. for more b1fonnation, Vijil W\~J upcnttar.lnfo Ntt procttdJ Mntftt tltt non•dfllOmfnational Ne,vport CommamUy Coiuuellng Cmur. which each year senu hundrt4s of ffuUviduo& who are vfctfnu of.domdcft Ohsc. I • DIEM lltAAA1H COiien public safety and courts. She may be reached~(949)~44226~~~ mall at ~.bharathOt.times..com. • Lolita Ha~ contributed tO this story I felt a little out of place among my media colleagues. I was in1:ny pajamas. with no makeup and my hair thrown in a messy ponytail. But then SABATINO'S · I~' I 1111 '' 1 I ,\ I I I· ,IJ ,, 11" ' II '.I " I " WHY STAY HOME Sunset Dinners (]Qstorante 9damma fiina Monday-Friday: 4:30-6:15 • BENIZIO, .Leon Kenneth Sept. 11. 1933 ~ Feb. 29, 2002 Leon was born In the Bronx. New \t>f1< and relocated lo C8lb'nia In 1976, H818f'Y8d In the Navy b 4 years., 1950-1954. Leon leaYes many frtends and Is 8uMYed by his Vrif9 IA~ yeera. Jo,a, two da~ M'o'9fl grandc:hildl8fl, moCher and'broeher. Leon's wonderful sense of humor and caring nature wllJ be greatly mls8ed. - A memorial mass will be held on MalCh 2, 2002 at 11 :00 a.m. at Our Lady Queens tjf Angels. 2046 Mar Vista, Newport Beach, CA 92660 (949)6#-0200. In lieu of flowers, thoee wishing to make a donation In Leon's memory can do so to: Juvenile 'Diabetes, 1451 Quaff, Newport Beach, CA 92660 (9"49)553-0363. Mastera. Craig Wllllam l'M FREE LOl't ¢8ve for me for row I'm '198 I'm~ the psth God lsld for me. I took tis htni whM I tard f'irn c8I I tJXned my back tnJ left It Bl. I co.kJ not stay srcth8r day To /atgl. to kw8, to worlc or p/tlf. Tasks left lllCb1e rrust $11 thst way. I fan:J th8t peB08 at the abse d the <*ly. • If my~ has left. KJicl Then fl it with remetrbeled joy. A••~ shst8d. a IBur,ll, a ldl8, M )'8S, ,,,_ ttr;s / mo wW nm Be rd tudttwJd with thw d D10W I wish )QJ the UJSlh dbncm:Mt ~file) belrf 4-1-..oted nu:h, Good Mand!, good,..,.,.,, a b.«J one)tu::n PethBps my tine SfJl!T08d., too btlrl, Don't~ it nrwwllh in:a.pt Lit i.p )QI hewt tnJ ~ wltl me Godwned me now. He set ma he. Craig Wiiiiam ~passed e:nt after a motoroycle aootd8nt on FebNary 28th, 1999. Craig WU born on Maroh 16, 1959 In • Glendale, CA and mowd lo Newport Beach~ In G~ School. He attended Horaoe Ensign Jr. H~ School, Newport Halbor Higl SchoOI, and went en to &el'Y8 his country In the Navy b' six years. He relocated to Cheyenne. ~toWOl'kb I~ Corporation. During his file he wa blessed wilh many wondelful, k:Ntng Mends, and his family~ mils his kMng prasec IC8 fNlty '1111 of their liYes. His parenls. Connie and Bl TosteYtn, and hll *ter~ L~ Mastera, all OON ~n DtMs, CA. and hil eon, Leele Jan Mast8fl euMY8 hin. PIERCE IROTllllll BELL IRGADWAY Mortuary* Ch~ Cremation Doily Pilot -CAREER CONTINUED FROM 81 when Granville replaced a reporter who had drank too much on his Saturday shift. Granville c&ne in on bis day off, made a few rounds of calls and ended up writing a GUNMEN CONTINUED FROM 81 ' story. He threw the other reporter's name at the top of the story, much to the surprbe of the reporter when he awoke the next morning; Mitchell said. , •niat was so typical of him to do that -not take any credit,• he said. "He was so humble.• After bis suocessful ~in . EXTENSION CONTINUED FROM B 1 joumalism at the PllOt and tbe Register, Granville decided to Jo.in the polltlcal fiay. In 1985, he earned an appointment to the position of county clerk. He retained the pOst with reelec- tions in 1986 and 1990. Then, in 199-4, he was first elected as county recorder after predecessor Lee Branch left amid allegations of sexual gates. 1),vo cargo flights were added later. In a Feb. 13 letter to New- port Be~ch. the three co-pres- . idents of Stop Polluting. Our The friend; Jose Guzman In a Jan. 7 letter, an influ-· NeWJ?Ort said the group sup- Gomez, said be confronted ential airline trade group crit-ports Scenarl.o 1. the intruders at the door as they were leaving. icized the extension of flight The group. •is in full sup- "They were dressed iil all restrictions set to expire on port of your efforts ... provid- black with a hooded sweat-Dec. 31, 2005. . ed such an extension is llmit- shirt, • he said. •0ne of them, On Tuesday, the supervi-ed to that exhibited ip See- the guy I grabbed, lifted up -sors unanimously approved nario 1 as a worst case sce- bis shirt and showed me a pis-the N~wport Be~ch-backed narlo, • the letter said. to1• tucked in his waistband. Scenano 1_, which would CJaudia Owen, Andrea The men are described as allow ~~ airport to grow to Lingle and Sandra Genis, a between 18 and 20 years old 9.8 million annual passen-former Costa Mesa mayor. all and wearing dark-colored ge~! as w~ll as add 85 of the signed the letter. clothing police said. nolSlest flights, four cargo Jean Watt, a former coun- , flights and 18 flight gaies. cilwoman and group presi- • OHM llHARAnt covers publlt safety and courts. She may be reached at (949) 574-4226 or by e- mail at dHpa.bharathOlatimes.com. BRIEFLY IN THE ·NEWS ..) Ensenada mayor to visit rJewport today Newport Beach Mayor Tod Ridg.eway today will meet with the new mayor of Ense- nada, Mexico, Dr. Jorge Cata- lan Sosa. The meeting between the leaders of the sister cities will take place at 11 a .m. at New- port Beach City Hall, 3300 Newport Blvd. Catalan is visiting the city as part of the Newport Beach Sis- ter City Assn. Okazaki. Japan; Antibes, France; and Cabo San l.:ucas, Mexico, are also New- port Beach sister cities. Ridgeway met with Cata- lan for the first time last moRth to talk ·about advanc- ing cultural and educational exchanges -a topic the pair will revisit today. Under the 1985" deal, the dent, was one of the commu- airport was capped at 8.4 mil-nity leaders who crafted \he lion passengers per year, 73 initiaJ settlement agreement. of the nois~t flights and 14 Watt said the group at the Re s t ·aura n l ..----Established 1n 1962 ---- Monda~ Night Special ~Im Petite Fi/et Mignon Dinner SJ !JOO per penon Includes: Salad, your choice of twice baited pouzttus or rice 0-garlic bread 0-dessert Steaks • Seafood • Cocktails (949) 64-4-6672 • www.spagregories.corn In Newport Center, be"lween Edward1 Cinemu a Muldoom · Fresh chlckco broth, Chunks of chicken brC:a.st, and rice. Garnished with avocado, ciJanuo and lime harassment and mimlanage- ment. Granville then merg~ the clerk and recorder J>91i· tion in 1995. During his tenure as cowi- ty recorder, 'Granville made the Orange County recorder's office the first in the nation to record documents electroni- cally. He decided not to seek reelection in 2002 so that he ti.me believed the county would need a second airport to handle its future air travel demand. W~tt said she still holds that belief. •Not oruy did we know we would be back doing this again," Watt said about the extension, #we also knew we didn't have anything in the agreement to solve the (longer-term] problem." The working group's endorsement wasn't quite as ringing. . In a Jan. 7 letter, Liebman said the group was disap- pointed that the length of the bulk of the extension was only 10 years to 2015. However, Lichman also said Scenario 1 was the "favored alternative" to the could retire. Over the years. the Orange resident involved himself in charlty wor!c for more than a dozen different organizations serving chi4iren. the elderly and other causes. He is survived by wife of 54 years J9anne Nelson Granville, three daughters and eight grandchildren. ., other options studied. Cify leaders said they had no doubts that the two groups would "both sign on to the, extension when it iS finalized in about three months. "They are etruaJ partners," Councilman Dennis O'Neil f ridoy, Morch 1, 2002 BS Services will be held at noon Tuesday at the Salva- tion Anny, 10200 Pioneer Road, Tustin. • JAMES ME& h the assistant dty editor. He can be teac.hed at (949) 764-4324 or by e-mail -' ja~rMifHOlatimes.com. • June Casagrande contributwl IO this artl~ . said. "They need to sign the agreem~nt. We believe they will... , • PAUL QJNTON covers the envl· ronment ~nd John Wayne Airport. He may be reached at (949) 764- 4330 or by e-mail at pauf.clintonOlanmes.com. Fine Furniture • Beds • Fabric & Trims ... everything at below warehouse pricesl New merchandise arrives dai!Y · hurry in ror best sekctlonl Enjoy savings or 15% to 500!6 off SPEAK DIRECTLY WITH PANASONIC REPS' . SPECIALS THIS WEEK Mar 1 • March 7 \ ·- ' . , QUOTE OF THE DAY "There was a Jot at stake tonight. 1. thought we wanted it ... " · Pn J)ouglau. UC Irvine 'men's basketball coach 86 Friday, March 1, 2002 k WOMEN'S·HOOPS • . VowGiflS host Cerro Coso iil first round· Orange Coast College women take their seven- game winning streak into· tonight's playoffs opener. Steve Virgen DAILY PILOT COSfAMESA-After. 63-62 loss to Santa Ana College, Jan. 29, the Orange Coast College made a vow to never lose . another game. One month later, the Pirates continue their mission. Orange Coast, which is riding a seven-game winning streak, opens tlie Southern California Regional Playoffs tonight at 7, hosting rudgecrest-based CerroCoso. . The young Pirates (23-8), seeded sixth, who feature four freshman starters, accomplished their goal of sweeping through the second round of Orange Empire Conference play and now they tum their sights to the playoffs and Cerro Coso (15-16). "Our team is playing with a level of confidence we haven't had all season long." said occ coath Mike Thornton, who is in his 13th season and has guided the Pirates to 10 20-or-more win · seasons. Mike Thornton "We ended up winning all our games (in the second round ot OEq. That helped us. That made us believe we can beat any team on any given day. But we know we could also lose if. , we play badly. It's like that one saying, momentum is the next day's ,$tarting pitcher.• · Sophomore forward Kyra Melville and freshman pofot guard Nancy Aatsushi, who both earned All-OEC Team honors, lead occ, wbkh finished second in conference and ended its regular season with a 63-55 win at OEC-leader SMta Ana Saturday. Fre~hman guard Lindsey Galasso, freshman 6-foot center Nicole Grady and freshman forward Candice Quiroz round out the Pirate starters, while 5-10 freshman Charlenda Van Buren and 5-10 freshman Liz Mendoza add consistent contribuJ:ions in Thornton's frequent rotation game plan. "(Cerro Coso is) reafathletic," Thornton said of the Coyotes from the Foothill Conference. · "They're capable of beating good teams. They get wild at tl.!nes. But. their record might be a little deceiving. I don't think they shoot the ball well from the ~eter, but they like to take the lfall to the bCJ,Sket. • .. DAILY PILOT PHOTOS BY DON LE.ACH UC Irvine's (from left) Matt Okoro, Jordan Harris and Aras Baskaukas signal and call for a ttmeout moments before halfttme, when the Anteaters trailed by a 40-39 counl Below, Mike Hood (20t finds b1mseU in heavy traffic under the basket He missed the . shot. but was fouled. The Anteaters were dealt an 86-70 defeat by ~ the 49ers to give themselves something to think about as they prepare for ~e Big West Tournament at Anaheim Convention Center, which begins Thursday. KORllOllD ~ 70 Long llei!Sh St. 86 ; .. ,-~· . , ' I Doily Pilot · ... • nae hopes -on the ropes ~ .. ---. ...__-..... ·Host 49ers win .fifth straight, force the Anteaters to find answers before likely conference tourney rematch Thursday. Sany Faulkner DAILY PILOT LONG BEACH -. Surging Long Beach State, not visiting UC Irvine, appeared to be the team stiU contending for a Big West Conference men's basketball ' championship Thursday night before 2,624 at the Pyramid. . . And, after an 86-70 win upped the 49ers' winning streak to five games, heading into a likely rematch with the Anteaters in the conference tournament opener Thursday at the Anaheim. Convention Cente~, UCI Coach Pat Douglass is hoping his team's 3-3 Big West finish is more an aberration than ~ omen. ·we have a week,· said Douglass of his second- seeded squad's Challenge, should a string of proba- bilities pit the Anteaters (20-9, 13-5 in conference) against departtng coach Wayne Morgan's 49ers (13-16, 9-9), in a Big West quarterfinal Thursday at 6 p.m. The loss removed all hope of earning the top seed for the defendiiig Big West champions, who will be seeded No. 2, t>ehind Utah State for the conference tournament. A Utah State loss Saturday would make the Anteaters co-champions with the Aggies. "The thing was, Utah State had two tough games on the road this week and, U we could have won tonight, we could have won the conference champi- onship,· Douglass said. "There was a lot at stake tonight. I thought we wanted it.· The hosts, however, clearly wanted it more, bolting to a 22-9 lead in the first 6:52, then answering a UCI comeback tq take a 40-39 edge into halftime. ' UCI senior guard Jerry Green, who will likely be named Big West Player of the Year for the secoTld--. straight season next week, hit a three-pointer 56 seconds after halftime to put the visitors up, 42-40. Bufa 15-2 Long Beach State run. which included 10 of sophomore Kevin Roberts' career-high 27 po.ints, followed. UCI junior Jordan Harris, who· scored the Anteaters' first "14 points, 18 of their first 19, and bad 20 by halftime, stalled the surge with a pair otfree throws wi1h 13:40 left. But Roberts' three-point play sparked an 8-2 run for the hosts and the visitors never got cl~er than 11. "We had trouble with their quickness,· Douglass said. "They beat us in transition and we just couldn't make any defensive stops. They were very aggressive, created a.p up tempo and sustained it longer than I'd seen them from watching tape. "Jordan kept us in the game with 20 points in the first hall, but we got no play from our fn1pt-line guys, our 4 and 5 positions. · · Five UCI big men in those spots combined for 15 points, connecting on just 6 of 19 field-goal attempts and 2 for 6 free throws. Roberts, a 6-foot-7 forward, and 6-8center1\"avis Reed, combined for 46 points and 14 boards for the 49ers, who also got 20 1>9~ts from guard Ron Johnson. Harris finished with 29 points, one oU the season- bigh he established in a 75-69 home win Dec. 22 over the 49en;. Green finished with 25 points, upping his ua career record to 1,941, just 21 shy of tying Long.Beach's Michael Wiley for the No. 6 spot in Big West annals. llG Will COllDIUKI loNG llAOt STAft 16, UC lltvM 70 UC Irvine -Harris 29, Okoro O. P1rllda 6, Green 25, Blsbukas 0, Christ 3, Zuzak 4, HOod 1, Hufford 0, Korlman 2. ).pt. goals -Green 3, Harris 2. Fouled out -G-. Technicals • none. Long IMdt st. -Dirden 6, Roberts 27, Reed 19, Johnson 20, Dam!tt 7, Willi.ms 0, PNnon 0, Lawhorn 2. Jenkins S. ).pt. goals ~•rden 2. Roberts 2. Johmon 2. Jenkins 1. Fouled out • none. Technicals • non.. -~ ·Halftime -Long Bei!Ch s~ 40-39. -Mustangs hope~ to make up. grOund · Veteran standoutS Cabico, McGuire lead the way iJ?-Costa Mesa's bid to retwn to the CIF playoffs._ month of last season. He went 3-1 with a save ~ recorded a glistening 1.87 ERA in -TIS innings last spring, before heating his elbow pop in a 1-0 complete-game shutout of Northwood. He also struck out 43 .. He hat 127 varsity strikeouts in nearly 136 innings. Mc.<luire, whom Bauermeister hopes can repJace graduated Carlos Franco aa the closer, Will play center field and hit third. f1i bdld .350 (28 for 80),-wtth 12 RBla and five doubles last spring and bl ent~ his t!Ur<l v~ campaign. • {Mc,<iuire) really matured in the piay«11 lut year,· Bauermeiat.er said.. "He bot,,. Uhle pop in h1a bat.• Seilior A:J. Perkins, who played at Ettande last yMr, WW hit ~nd and could ~Y outfleJd, eecond or be the dellgnat.ed bitter. '!He't a goOd cont.ct guy end he'1 been I reel pleaMnt ~. • said ~· lf~.~eaUlthiaf•tbtt ...... ~ ... ~~ •••• 111114 ..... wlla.Jll~--~ .... cana.eo. •r.tt ,-::::..~.:=~=--- "HI -... '° and ii• lot Q\llC-.·1111••• DeSandro hit .385 in 13 at-bats last· Daily Pilot B~ding blocks New Estancia coacli is committed to turning Eagles into winners. SteVe Virgen ~YPILOT I I 1 COSTA MESA -Marc Rodig ~ plADninSJ to change the reason tqr the downfall of an alt·but- tqrgotten l!standa High softball p,-ogram. Rod.lg. in his first year c:Oaching the Eegles, says incon- ststency of leadership has been ~ cause for Estanda's lack of pi'odudivity in recent years. 1 The Eagles' first-year head ~ah anticipates to become a cbaching veteran for Estancia softball, which went 0-10 IJrthe Pacific Coast League last year. , •1t•s been difficult to have something established because Ulere's been inconsistency, too much turnover,• said Rodig, who teaches English at Estancia. "'fhat's why l want lo put some time .in here and build something. Some consistency in ~e program would be huge. in ~first year l want to e11tablish a winning tradition dnd dedication to the program. which ~ kind of been left on 1ts own." Rodig spent the past two years as an assistant coach of s9ftball and football at Gahr 1-Jigh in Cerritos. The Gahr softball team went undefeated in the San Gabriel Valley Ledgue two years ago, and had just one loss in league last year. The Gladiators alM> earned a second round appearance m the ClF Southern Section Division II µ'layoffs lai"t year. Rodig also coached football and softball at Laguna Beach J-ligh for two years. pnor to Ga.hr He will coach the Estancia receivers and de!eTlS1ve backs on Jay Noonan's codchmg staf! in the fall ' Gaby Acosta, a returner who \fill play catcher, is one of the leaders for the Eagles and will tie supported by Karleen Gurran, who will play first base ap.d some center field, freshman HIGH SCHOol. . S0"8All PREVIEW Gaby Acosta, c Siena Arellanes. util Xochitl Byfield, of Karleen Curran, Ibid Asia Ingram. of Rebecca Kaplan, ss Vivian l.aopantrak. If HUlary Larsen, lb Daisy Limon, p-utll Marlene Marquez util-of Laura Morton, 3b Hiiiary Ockey, .p Melanie Tanielu, 2b Rebecca Zenus, d Kathy Schaefer, util ~MarcRodig Jr. Fr. Jr. Jr. So. So. Jr. Fr. Sr. St. Jr. Fr. Sr. Sr. S<. right-handed pitcher Hillary Ockey. sophomore shortstop R~becca Kaplan and senior center fielder Rebecca Zenus. Sophomore Asia Ingram, who also played soccer, is the team's only other sophomore aside from Kaplan. Junior Xochitl Byfield, who starred on Estancia's PCL co- championship basketball team, will also be a part of the rebuilding process, along with fellow juniors Laura Morton (third base) and Vivian Laopantrak (left field). Freshmen Hillary Larsen and Siena Arellanes, along with Ockey, are anxious to contribute and gam as much experience as possible in their first year. For stability in the fundamentals, the Eagles will depend on their seniors, Daisy Limon. Marlene Marquez, Melanie Tanielu, Kathy Schaefer and Zenus. Rodig's assistant coach, Scott Wilkie, who jeaches science and is· an Estano'1t assistantlootball coach, as well, has !feen a good motivator for the young squad. Pirates slug Hornets, 9-3, in OEC play -_.,/ Goast College The Orangel ~ I baseball team • 4sed a five-run ~ghth innlng to secure a 9-3 Orange Empire Conference '6ctory over visiting Fullerton Thursday. The Pirates (12-3, 1-1 m the QEC) left 12 runners on base, tiut still managed to grab the \fln ignited by freshman Donny Murphy's two-run home run in the second inrung. ace pitcher Justin A:n.e unproved his record I to 4-0 and sophomore Rob Williams earned his first save of the season. OCC returns to OEC adion Saturday a t noon, hosting Cypress. OWGJ EMii COMRIENCI OlwG CoAsT '· fWlll10H 3 Fullenon 000 002 010 • 3 5 t CX•nge Co1st 021 t()!l05x • 9 15 1 Mosley. Woosenhan (8}.' Ortiz (8) Mid Reyes. Azze, Williams (8) and Hanson W • Az:ze. 4-0. L • Mo51ey. 5Y -Wiiiiams Cl). 2B ·Cullinan (f), GlrciA COCO. Hanson COCO. St.lnley (OCQ HR • Murphy COCO. Newport Aquatic Center teams win Rowers from the Newport Aquatic Center's junior ~ arew teams raced to victory at the first Southern ~ California Cup Reg~tta at Telocote Shores in-Mission ~ l}ay Sungay. The varsity men's eight of Greg Schneider, Joe Welland, Jeff ieiser, Nolan Roussel, Greg Everett, Peter Sims, Brandon Dillman ltnd Blake Lyon, coxed by Robyn Bissonnette and coached by ~achel Rose took first place. T-he men's varsity quad of Sims, Weiland, Everett and Roussel also took the top spot. ; Another first-place finisher was the men's junior varsity four of Elliott Thacker, Bryan Hochwald, Chase Wheeler and Matt Siemonsma. ' Varsity rower Jon Berg placed~ in a single. On the women's side, the varsity eight of Kate Mead, Lindsey Hurban, Sba.nnon Packer. Lauren May, Devon McCalla, Sara Wales, l:.lnd.say Serrins, J~ Geddes and coxswain Lauren Lorman coached QY Christy Shaver finished ahead of the pack in first. Another eight boat of Gabby Assayag, Lindsay Payne, Esther Lofgren, Michelle F1ckllng, Mitra Grubb, Lauren Berghell. Hillary Ellis, Anne Kircher, coxed by Lauren Lyon was a top finisher. A third eigl\uioat of Natalie Ekker-Stacey, Courtney Matchett, Aubrey Parmer, Holly Fletcher, Jessica Strtngfellow, Lauren Drake, ·Erika Gambill and Bernadette Carroll cmed by Lorman breezed past the competition to capture an additlonaJ first-place finish. ln the women's novice divisions, C06ch Alida Cole's eight boat of Jessica Grubbs. Catie Vogeding, Amanda Molinaro, Ali 'tl'aen, Annie Porteous, Ashley Weber, Brindey Weber, Jamie HoroWtt:z, coxed by Aly Raymer won its race. · Second place finishes were earned by the men's vanity fow-, the men's vanity double, tho men's varsity lightweight eight, the men's 'rlQ'Ytce eight, the women's varsity four and the women's varslty quad. NAC will be on the road next weekend when the varsity rowers compete in the Redwood Shores Varsity Regatta. The novice rowen wUl be at Lake Merced • 'SPORTS .. f ridcry, March 1, 2002 87 BRIEFS CdM ~ps .Los AL 10-8 HAPPY BIRTHDAY Corona del Mar[][] High junio.r Gar-Eagles win in ftve Vanguartl sweeps rett Snyder' posted three wins in singles play to help lead the Sea Kings boys tennis team to a 10- 8nonleague victory over visiting I.ps Alamitos Thursday. The Ball brothers, Cameron, a senior, and Carsten, a' freshman, earned two singles victories each. "They were smart. They stacked thelr doubJes, • CdM Coach nm Mang said of the 0-1 Griffins, who won six of nine doubles duels. The Sea Kings improved to 2-0 and received two key doubles victories from the CdM tandem of senior Tyson Hunter and freshman Wesley Miller, and one doubles win frolil sophomore Brennan Roberts and junior lssei Saida. MOIWGUI CDMlM oa MAR 10, Lm AuWm15 I Singles · Cam. Ball lost to McQuaid. 1-6, def. Bergquln, f>.1, def. Poyar. 6-0; Snyder (CdM) wo+'l, 6-4. 6-0. 6-0; Car. Ball lost. 5-7, wo+'l, 6-0. 6-0. Doubles • Hunter-Miller (CdM) lost to M•no-Canete, 5-7, def. Wood-B•rttle, 6-2, def. Naffarette-Oraper, f>.2; Roberts- ·Warsaw (CdM) lost, 0-6. 4-6. won. 6-1; Frlsble-Salda (CdM) lost. H. 2-6. 5-7. CdM takes lead The Corona del [QJ Mar· High boys o golf . team leads · Mission Viejo. 196- 208, after the front nine of a match played at Newport Beach Country Club Thursday. Coach Mike Starkweather's Sea Kings were led by the sophomore duo of Alex Chikovani and Colby Hackett, who shared medalist honors, shooting 3-over on the par-35 course. Cd.M junior Nick Sherman (39), sophomore Robby Ury (40) and junior Tim Frohling (41) contributed in the leading effort, while jonior Brad Chamberlain shot 36, but was an alternate. The second half of the match resumes March 12 at Mission Viejo Country Club. The Estancia~ High boys volley- ball team earned its second win of the season over nonleague host Century Thursday, ,taking the : Centwions in five games .. Estancia 6-foot-2 sophomore middle blocker Josh Kornegay led theEagles (2-0) with 23 kll1s and nine blocks in the 16-14, 15-4, 9-15, 6-15, 15-12 win. Six-foot sophomore Kris Hartwell chipped in 13 kills and freshman sette.r 'tl'evor Holmes contributed 45 assists to send Century to 0-2. ua falls, s-2 Loyola[][] Marymouiit was a 5-~ nonconfer~ WlDDer over VlSlt· ing UC lrvinein women's tennis Thursday. !IOIKONHma LovOlA 5, UC lilMNI 2 Singles-Lord CU def. Seymour. f>.3, 6-4; Fileva CU def. Tranddno, 6-0, 6-4; Pakay (L) def. Chang, f>.2. 6-1; Zdo<ovyt· ska (L) def. Bentzer, 6-3, 6-3; Boss (UCI) def. Dinham, 6-3. 7.f;. 7-6; Posner (UCI) def. Palencia. 6-4, 7-6. ~ • Lofd.Zdo<ovyt.ska (L) def. Seymour~. 8-4; Bentter·Leow CUC1) def. Fileva-Palenci.a, 8-6; Pakay+41adik CU def. Posner·Tranckino, 9-7 Sheridan aces it Costa Mesa High senior Bryce [QJ Sheridan shot his first hole-in-one of .. his high school career and led the Mustangs' boys golf team to a 449-568 nonleague victory over Los Amigos after back-nine action at the Costa Mesa Golf and Country Club's Mesa Lmda course Thursday. Sheridan shot 38 on the par- 3~f purse, while Devon Stepnens finished with 44 and Michael Gardiner 45. Brian Beach (50) and Billy Lund (51) also contributed in the win that improved the Mustangs' record to 2-0. Orange Coast men drop first match Orange Coast College-sophomore Go Kayama shot [QJ a one-over par-72, but the Pirates"men's golf team lost o ·. its first match of the season. as nonconference foe El -~ Camino won, 379-382, at Costa Mesa Golf and Country Club's Los Lagos course Thursday. El Camino's Darrln Schneider led the field with his 71. Lou Carrasco (74), Fredri.k Svanberg (77), Eric Moore (76) and Brock Noteboom (82) rounded out the scoring for Orange Coast, which fell to 7-1 . • El TorO Recreational Vehicle Storage New L~ts Openi~g NOW! Call to find out ' . .. more information 949.726.1.756 University swepi ) /, Vanguard[Jl] past Golden.State _)I Athletic Conference softball foe Cal Baptist lbwsday with 3-o and 1- 0 victories as Gina Llebengood posted a three-hitter in the opener and Marciea Ball spun a fow-hltter in the· nightcap to help the Lions improve to 15·6·1, 2·0 in the GSAC. Catcher Rachael Rolle had a double in each game, with three hits and three RBis overall. GOU8 mn AnttmC COMfDU!(J a.m.1 VMGJMD 3, CM. 8MonsT 0 c.t Baptist 000 000 0 -0 3 2 Vlngulfd. 000 102 x • 3 8 1 ae.ty •nd Funk; ~igood and Rolt.. W • Uft>engood, 7-3. L ·Beaty, 1~3. 28 · Jeswfi M. Rolle M . 0-.2 'f NGJN!O 1, CA&. B.vhsT 0 Cal Baptist 000 000 0 -0 4 1 V1nguard 010 000 x • 1 4 1 Beaty 1nd Funk; Ball and Rolle. W • Ball, 5-3. L ·Beaty. 1<>-4 28 ·Rolle M. Solomon sparkles I Costa Mesa[][] High's Spencer ~ Solomon swept his singles matc hes, but the Mustangs' boys tennis team lost, 14 ·4, to nonleague host El Modena, to open the season Thursday. SolOJTlOn, the Mustangs' No. 1 smgles player, recorded wins of 6-1 , 6-3 and 6-0, while teammate Coong Nguyen also picked up a singles victory. NOt!LIAGUI EL MooEHA 14, CosTA MESA 4 Singles · Solomon (CM) def. Medel, 6-1, def. Eisner, 6-3, def. Dahms, 6-0; C. Nguyen (CM) won, 6-3, lost, 2-6, 2-6; Halverson (CM) lost, 1-6, o-6, 4-6. Doubles -Sneen-le (CM) lost to Neiss-Martz, o-6, lost to le-Spurr, ()..6, lost to Meves-Ray, o-6; A. Nguyen-Matthews (CM) lost, o-6, 0..6, 0..6; B. Nguyen-C. Thal-Vo lost, 3-6, ()..6, o-6. ·TODAY . CURT HwltiS fJ) . Newport Harbor cross country TODAY'S SCHEDULE MSUIWl Community college women · c.rro C05o at~ Coast.· 7:30 p.m I.MBA&£ Collegl! -UC. Irvine at Hawaii, 8:35 pm. High '°1ool . Newpott Elks Toumarnent fim round. Saddleblc:k ~Cost.a Mesa, 3:15 p.m.. PIOf'ICI at Estancia, 3:15 p.m.; LoS Amigos at Newport HarbOf, 3·15 p.m. CorON del Mar at Mate< ~. 3 p m VoumAU, College men • UC Irvine at cal State Northridge, 7 p m Community college men· Orange Coast at Golden West. 7 p.m. High school boys • Los Amigos at Costa Mesa, 3'15 p m SWIMMING Community college men ~ women · Orange Colst at Mt San Antonio l~l.9•m High school boys •nd gins • s.ge Hill at Ocean View, 4 pm,. TIACI AMP fllLP .. Community college men and women · ~ ~ at Orange Coest. 2 pm High school boys aJld girls · Newpott Harbof at Sana Mar~rla. 3 p.m TOHllS College women · Vanguard Un~ at (al Lutheran. 2 p m High school boys • Loyola at CorON def Mar. 3 p.m. Estllflcia at El Modena. 3:15 p.m • ~ Community college · Or•nge Co.Mt at Fullerton, 3 p.m. High school · Lt Quinta at CorON del Mar, 3:15 p.m .• Santa Ana at Estanoa. 3:15 p.m. IADMJNTOlt Community college · Irvine Valley at Orange Coast. 3:30 p.m YOUTH RACES OC Family ioddler irot FREE ···.··-KIDS' _ EXPO 1 a.m. to 11 a.m. Co-Sponeore "19 Yurt Running For Our Schools" SPIRIT RUN 2002 • ~~!:".~~ !~ .. Hoeted t7y Leigh and Lucy Steinberg PRESENTED 6Y BENEFICIARIES Roy 0. Andersen, Harbor View, Eastbluff, Newport Coast, and · • Uncoln EltmenW'y Schools •• ...... 11 ...... ~,. ---.... .. c.. .. 88 Fr Sharks have a big bite -back row, from left, Coach Jim Rice, Danny Saltfanat Robert Schoettler, Victor Lozoya, Jake Johnston. Jonathan Martinez, Ryan Redding. Front row, from ·left: Austin Rice, Cesar Amador, Kevin Wright. Jimmie PhlllJps, Benjamin Briseno, Anthony ·Arellano. Not pictured: Adam Gardner and ·Spencer Mason. YOUTH SOCCER . . Tbe undefeated Sharks, an AYSO Region 120 boys under-12 GoldAU·Star soccer team, earned 10 victories to win the Area Q championship recently. ' Contributing to the teams• effort were: · Cesar Amador, . Ahtboay Arellallo, Benfuabl Btbeno, Adam Gardner, Jake Jobmton. Victor Lozoya, Jonathan Marttnez, Spencer Muon, Jlmmte Pbllllp1, Jlyan lleddtng, An.tin Jllce, Danny Said ..... Robert ~oettler, and Kevin Wright The Sharks advance to the Section 11 playoffs March 9-10 in Los Alamit~. Terminators take third in All-Star play Newport Blast All-Stars finish second The Newport Blast. a boys under-10 Gold All-Star soccer team: won six straight games to take second place. ' The Terminators, a girls ~der-10 Silver All-Star soccer team, earned a 4-2 victory to finish tied for tltird in a recent tournament Sarah CarveW scored two goals while Katie Deverlan and Nikki Pltnn each scored one. Laura Fleming, Kate DeMiranda, Brooke DeMlranda and Paige Stgband were solid in the midfield. The defense was led by All Halford, Kyla Winkle and Natalie Hupp. Offense was led by Sean Davis, DWan Freiberg, WW Connelly and Whitney Reagan. Dominating in midfield were Mychael Clark, Colton Gyulay and B.J. HW. The defense was anchored by Jack. Yeager, Jay Ordaz and Gabe Gomez. Keepers lhll Notlcl of Sale. Oeted. 02/1 &'02. Ctil*le PtffY, Tl\lltlN Siie Olftclt, Mlletnum Fof9do1u19 SeMcea. u..c. 22837 >JllnU'I BMS., SulW 202. Woodland Hllll, CA 91394 (714) 573-19815. We are a~ to collect • dMM, and any lnlormatlon we obtain wtl be UMd for that purpoee. TPP# 1782. 02/15. 02/22, ' 00.'01~ E~ Ayers and Austin Deyan were solid in the net. • Opening day approaches for Costa M~ .. The Costa Mesa National uiee League ope.u.LL.!1rA• ceremonies will be held Saturday morning. A parade featuring the teams will begin at 11 a.m. Awa.fds for the team banner contest and preseason fundraiser will be- announced. . Mayor Unda Dixon w1ll throw out the first pitch. Councilwoman Karen Ro.blnson and school board member Jim Ferryman will also participate in opening ceremonies. A barbeque will follow With afternoon games beginning at t p.m. In openin9 day games for the_Majors, Uie Dodge.rs take on the D-Baw (N~tlonal Field, 8 a.m.), the Astros f;ice tile Cardinals (National Field 1 p.m.), and the Marlins batUe th-e American League's No. 1 team (American Field, 1 p .m.). In Minor A competition, the Martins play: the .Astros (Natlonal Field, 8 a.m.), the Dodgers cballenge the Cardinals (National Field, 1 p.m.), and American League's No. 1 team faces the D-Back! , (American Field, 1 p.m.). In Minor B action, the D-Backs take on~ Dodgers (National Field, 8 a.m.), the Marlins batUe the AstrOe {National Field, t p .m.) and American League's No. 1 team fa~ 1 the Cardinals (American Field, 3 p.m.). ;~ AYSO REGION 120 • Mesa captures Silver All-Stars flight After losing an opening game to North Irvine, the Costa Mesa boy.s under-14 Silver AU-Star soccer team won eight straight games to win their Silver All-Star flight. In the final game against North Irvine, Costa Mesa clinched . ,, thE: first-place finish. Alberto Nava started things off with a goal · for Mesa. Austin Evett slipped a goal past the North Irvine .•. : keeper on a cross froqi Kenneth Zich to give Mesa a 2-0 • ' advantage. lllgo Miranda ~ed out the first quarter with · .: ~ another goal. o " Matt GreUa found the back of the net off a comer kick from · • : Miranda and then again on a 30-yard shot. ,, , North Irvine slipped past the Mesa defense to pound one in right before the haH ended. Mesa regrouped with Luis Cozza , and Blake Pinto scoring in the third quarter. Nava shut the. door " on lrvtne with a goal assisted by Zich. ' The Mesa defense was anchored by Trevor McDonald. • 1 Josh Knauer and Kyle Thormen. , Contributing on offense were Benny Edles, WUllam Briseno ; and Thomas Kosnosky. •,I , .~- fOUAI. HOUSIMG OPPORTUNITY All 1111 estl1I ac!Vertlsing lo 111'9 rtlWlp&per Is aubiect to die Ftderal Fair Hooslng Act of 1968 as amended .-lllch makes It Illegal to ldYtrtlM ·any preference. timhatlon or dlscflminltlon blSed on rac.i. color, reno· Ion. *· handicap, lamltlal Slllut Of nattonaf origin, or an Intention ro ft'll kt any such prtftrence. Umltallon Of dlscrimlnillon -Thf1 MWS1>1per win not knowllfgfy accept any advertlument for rul estate Wltlcll Is In vlolallon of tht law. Our rUdtrs are hereby Informed rhal all dwtlllnos ICM11ised In this ntWJPIPll are available on ., ~ opportunlly baSls. · To complain of d1scriml- nation, call ... 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