b'thefunpastimesinL isluxury of theexperience? ansingentire watchingthebargesnavigatetheTuesday was the day for the golf onlytrue90-degreeturnonthetou the sporting clays. I rnament and Mississippi.wasp oftheclaystournament, art OnMonday we left L ngaftertakingmoneyfromseveral ansi for Chicago - Schaumburg to be exactteams NOT to play in the golf tourills,bad -stopping at Gays M Wisconsinnament. Not that I am agolfer, to buy some apples. Gays Mills isbutbadwould bea superlative theof aorchard areaadjective when describing my game. centerhuge and I waited inne 15 minutesThe only birdies in danger a the li tore buy aof apples at noononaducksandgeeseresidingoutof bag Monday.bounds. AfterenduringthetrafficandThe clays tou was held at rnament constructionon 1-90andgettingthe Northbrook Sports Club, at shorthe lost - I was followingDrews toone-hour drivethrough26small the h l but lost them in traffic - Ivillages, 57 stop lightsaip toNow Ed Williams is aKn ht and the should-have-beenote andtr semi-pro igended up in beautifulPalatine. Butthe township hall to actua find outfessionalshot-gunner,butI thinkbannedH nily.Now Rllyaselto fam ay thanks to cell phones Isoon atwhere the place was.is time Ihis speed got the better of him. Plus,Haselton is a friend ofn but wasTh wasmi e,he the hotelconvention center.not the last to arrive. In fact Im people say "pull"whentheycouldtalk a golf ballintoa hole andwas theost Severalofmyacquaintancessecond, only b by Jason Refie want a target, butEdm somew h ever touching it. I am also eatenadeit out RC Boardttura e.seemed from the M Aof Directorsuna (the son of Jay Refieuna, whogu l nois But itto gettold his sons are aces.NevertheandT&Rcommitteewerealreadywastheofficial inchargeofthethe jobne.less, I was told all was onupdo the there. Italways easy totheseevent).Buttherewas coffeeandWe got thr the stationsand-up,a somebodywhowas isfindoughwithnd folks at any pla there is a-justDanish soI washappy. Unfortu noinjuries and OK scores,thereshould tellthe story.Where cebarapparent Q kemagic,theretheyare!Aftern ely,by the time therest of theexcept fort k . Inally asked ol\'was Rodney when you needed him? at Rodney fiakingarrangementsata localfield arrived Ilooking for lunch.R wha indofgun hewasWell, ontobusiness! The firwasodneyst myneodney restaurant and getting settled inO guy named R got onshooting,andhesaidit washiseducationalsessionsstarted th officialingut12-gaugeissed room,efestivities began.the bus for the K T Tour butinheritedextra-full chokeWednesdaymorning.ImSeveral of us journeyed to adiscov before it left that he waspheasant gun. Igured that the pat someof th asI wasin a spelocaleredfi em seafoodrestaurant.TomK onthe wrong ride. The tern on this gun w about the sizecially-called board meeting tonight,preponder asdisafter assuringushe knew exactlya of females on the bus probablyof abal at the target so maybecusssomeofthefuture of your ncegolfI where itspent the next 20 min ga it away.Asit turnedo heit w n\'t R shooting thatassociation.Most of the time was was,veutas odney\'swas utestravelingbackandforthtoprobablyhave stayed on theso bad - just his judgment. We letspent first on the presentation of a should travel three miles. It took Cliff John bus .gone to the Golf Thim shoot o of our g ssud marketingfirm,Prism Marketing orourna neun and son, a redneck from Oklahoma, tomenthe m ht have been abledenly he did just fine. I offered myPartners, andtheir plantomarket whereigfin y point the way to the estab to hit aup b l with a.gun tohimfor $3000.00andheMRCAtoprospectivecon tor all teed- al shotgun traclishment (it should be noted that inBut more about that lateralmostb - I meanbought themem . .itbersour part of the country "redneck" isSomewheresouthof 11a.m.proposition.Membership intr assomostade aof e ent).everybody showed up, about twentyWell,the resultsof thetouciations isng,ours is no termndearm rna dwindli and We got intoand satof us, and the teams were set. MymentwereKinseyRobinson, 1stexception.Itishopedth th is the restaurantat down to order. Our pal L.B. Morristeam consisted of John D , alsow hout of 100; then Joe Reeves;multi-prongedwill work, rew it 86approach announced that en lieu of paying forpast president Ed Williams and theour Ed Williams and D Cardw and be cost-effective.It\'s no easy onell his mealhe wou spring for theafore-mentioned Rodney.tied with 7 4 a yourrre task. ldndhumble cowine- n anastutefinancialSporting clays are set upin thespo way back at 59.We also discussed theof otndentcharter arrangement with this 0roup.woods to resemble wild game, a Youknow, Kinsey andDonarethe organization, since apparently to nd Ihoped that since thisayou shoot ten times at ten stations.high union o cials. I don\'t know ifs this is adeal and hadwasffi ome lawyersbig suburb of Chicago we would escapeTherst three times you shoot thethat explains their proficiency withthe rest of theisof fi organizationout thetraditionalrestaurant pricing.first target, and the noise ("report"guns,but it\'s aodtionorder un this is fi Somehow I go conversa tilxed. Wrong!Ibelievetheytooktheforpurists) causes another tar piece.don\'tlofdo you? This youfee outorder, rjowntown price and then added theget to fly. Thelast twotimesyousor predestinaU ab fare -since you didn\'ttheshoot doubles, two targets thrown atI wasn\'t at thegolf tournament,argument ist of likefeel if makebut I amld it was won by the pre tion - you don\'t know oryou totripwhy bedenied theon .viously-banned-as-a-ringer T Continued on page 6 downtown,ce om 5'