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Newspaper
Sandpoint Daily Bee
Location
Sandpoint, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1977
Page
2
The Lake Pend Oreille Yacht Club hosts a three weekend sailboat series at City Beach starting August 14 open to all sailboats with handicaps to level the field. Entry is 3 dollars with registrations at Hadleys Cycles and Sailboats and Windbag Marina.
Kilroy Bay Resort hosts the first annual Kilroy Bay Regatta on Lake Pend Oreille August 13 14 with catamaran races at 9 am from Edgewater Lodge City Beach and Ellisport Bay. A buffet dinner, mixed hull class entries, and handicaps promise inclusive racing and wind filled entertainment for Spokane Coeur d Alene and local sailors.
Last Sunday at Colburn Raceway north of Sandpoint fans witnessed fast-paced stock car racing as 18 cars timed in 1 p.m. The A and B classes saw multiple winners led by Steve Tillberg 29.05 in the A fast time and Ramsay 29.83 in the B. Steve Tillberg won the A main with Squeaky Davis second as several machines failed or retired. Ramsay dominated the B show, earning the Leroy Shaw Memorial trophy for top points.
In Newport, crews of 12 meter yachts endure grueling work and meager pay to chase sailing's premier event. Skippers rely on navigators and grinders, with self-bailing cockpits and a rotating sewer man improving safety and visibility.
The Thursday Nite Mixed event features a roll off for first place next Thursday night at 73H. Sailors prep with daily deck and hull scrubbing, fittings tightened, sails dried between races. Enterprise skipper Lowell North of San Diego says a winner seeks both desire to win and ability to get along.
Twelve year old Scott Crull, a Cubs fan dying of cancer, learned on ABC TV that Bobby Murcer would try for a homer for him. Murcer hit a second homer that night, while an ABC note revealed the boy’s condition to a nationwide audience. The Crull family criticized the broadcast mishap blaming the Cubs and station for the disclosure.
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