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"Factoring in the competition, I · thought we played better than we did agamst Santa Barbara (a 78-56 loss) and as good as we did against Fuller- ton," Egan said. With Means' scoring burst provid- ing the main thrust, U D opened a 46-22 lead at halftime and coasted home despite bemg outscored, 44-40, in the second half. The Toreros led, 80-50, with 4:20 left before Seattle Pacific managed a 16-6 run against USD's reserves. The Falcons, who were looking for their second win rn 10 years against a Division I school, were led by fresh- man forward Jackie Johnson's 20 points. Junior forward Duke Wood scored 11, senior center Scott Rolf• ness 10.

68-66 loss to Fullerton on Dec. 8. "I wasn't benching Danny as much as I was trymg to get (fellow senior guard) Efrem Leonard off the mark," Egan said. "I thought Danny earned hi starting Job back in the Fullerton game. "Obviously, he shot the ball very well tonight. He has been more ag- grCSS1ve shooting in practice this week." Means. who played 25 minutes overall and exited with 8:54 remain· ing, was joined in double figures by Craig Cottrell (16) and Gylan Dottin (13). Cottrell had a team-high seven rebounds, live offensive. USD out-re- bounded Seattle Pacific, 43-39 The Tot eros shot 54 percent (34-of- ). their t figure this season.

shooting drills in practice, and 1 think that helped, too." Means' seven three-point field goals was one short of the school and We t Coast Athletic Conference record set by Mark Manor on Feb. 21, 198'1, against Portland. For Means, who entered the game averaging 8.6 points, it was the hot- test shooting hand he could remem- ber havmg since an 18-point second- half against Nevada-Reno early in the 1 86,87 eason. "A couple of time I wouldn't have taken the shots I did if 1 hadn't had uch a ho hand, Means said. The 6-loot-2 Means hadn't missed a start sin the first game of the 86- 87 sea on, hlS sophomore year, until he sat out the first minute of USD's

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s~he late bloomer The~e weren't ~oo many college coaches who re~ogn1_zed Dond1 Bell's potential. USD's Hank Egan did. And now Bell is paying off ...

By Hank Wesch, t1rr Writer U nivers~ of San Dieg_o basketball coach Hank gan rela~es tnelollowmg dialogue from a conve~at1on a _few years ago with the head of a HmaghJor lCaliforma recrmtmg service about a Crawford 1 payer. abo Scotudt· "Dondi Bell? Is he that 6-1 guard I've heard u own there?" Egan: 'Yeah, that's the one" 8; 0 ut: "I heard he might oo" 6-4?" Egan: -Yeah, he's 6-4." Anl: tri!~• f 11 ~as_a _6-foot-8 cen~er his senior year. the r~ruitin~a;r~pew1l~mgndess to dispense informat10n to toils. vme, o not ask for wholY' Bell now He toils for USD. There weren't many besi E potential that the now 6-9 23~pogand wBholl ~ecog~z~d the to 1 . ' un e 1s begmmng T rea 12e as a redsh1rt sophomore starter for the oreros. ''The (scouti~g service) guy didn't know who Dondi w~s. ~nd Dond1 has come from that to be a ve D1V1s10n I player ,, Egan said "H h . ry good than 1 '. · e as improved more bee any p ayer I ve coached in all the years (24) I' n around basketball." ve

E~~ering the Toreros' (3-2) game against Seattle CPac1f1c (6-0) tomorrow night at 7:30 at the USD S ts eater, Bell leads his team · • por rhebotsunding (8.6) and blocked~::-(~~)~:l~~\\ 1 oc 2 ·k 6 ),d s O -per-game avera · th e • Athletic Conference pr:y:r th1s~!~ of any W~t Coast goal percentage of 72 4 son, as 1s his fleld- B 11 d . . · percent (21-of-29). e ma e h!S first start of th against Fullerton State an e season Sa~urday and two blocks in USD's S:.6~a~ 15 pomts, five rebounds "Doadi is reallv sta t' t oss. afterward. "He's ·sta~nmfo~come along," _E_gan said time he gets the ball." g ake good dec1S1ons every M:tpd:ISO: thne sonhof a machine-shop teacher at the Otay . - e was named afte th t 1 rn his father's favorite co . . r e it e character late starter in basketball mBe1cllstr201pd-:d~tas a krelatively d .. · · , 1n maethe ec1S1on to concentrate on basketball unt1·1 six ago. years bi~l~~ the age of 14, his sports focus was a BMX · "Ramps and freestyle " Bell · specialties •·1 s, said of his cycling age 14) for.thewb~k p~~\ty good, but I got too big (6-3 at 1 es. See Bell on Page E-

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Learning about the world

Phot0s1Peggy Freeman Joe and Rochelle Capozzi, above left, with Shirley and Jim Berry at the Kazmareks dinner party. Sally and Robert Kazmarek, above, hosted a dinner at their home to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the founding of the Invisible University in Rancho Santa Fe. Herb and Joan Holquist, below, attended the dinner celebration at the

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items which help individuals that have eye problems. There were talking clocks, and watches scales, needle-threaders, sun- glasses and shields, large marked playing cards, magnifying glasses, special phone dialers, a "say when" liquid-level indicator, and many more helpers These items are sold at the institute for much less than they would cost at retail stores The Partial Vision Center at that location has a volunteer staffed information and referral service. They also have special lamps, and sophisticated TV reading machines, and the National Braille Institute offer s Talking Books. To visit the center, appointments may be made on weekdays from 9 a.m. to noon, and from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. by calling 457-6521. Americans are largely unaware of causes, • warning signs and treatment of eye disease. Scripps ~orial Mericos Eye Institute offers state-of-the-art surgery. The following surgical procedures are avai lable through Mericos Eye Institute ophthalmologists: Cataracts, secondary IOL surgery, corneal transplantation, ocloplastic surgery, YAG laser surgery after cataract removal, glaucoma surgery, retinal surgery, vitreous surgery, laser surgery, radial kera- tomy, and astigmatic keratomy.

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S lly and Bob Knzn u ek ho tee\ wonderful dinner ut their horn m Rancho Santa Fl' to celebrate the tenth nnniv of the foundmg of the Invisible n1vers1ty on the Runch. The lnvi ible l 'niver 1ty pro r m offer the people of San Diego n opi,ortunity to g t together with USD faculty und oth r informed experts to leurn more bout the world and our communtt}. part of th · USD educational mission, program are open to everyone. The penkerofth • ven1ngw11 Dr. Philip lwnng, profe or ofcducatrnn ,it USD, who poke on "C'hrnn Smee the Ping Pong Diplom, y. Hv. ng' ebullient per. onnlity wa cv,d •nt a he t Ike~. nd the audience wa very attcnt1Vl' ncl apprccrntlvc It v.a. ml ·r• e ting to h r that he•~ •l communism will not urv1ve in ('hm, 'lhe farmer ,,re g(•tting vflry \\ e lt hy Touri m 1 a big moncy-mak •r, with mtlhon of visitor a

China ha one-sixth of the world's population . Teachers are held in great esteem. The children arc very respectful. and are very obedient They arc required to take six years of English. P ,ple cannot own land. The housing shor- tage i tremendous. There are no stocks in China, but they do have savings and loans. During the evening, founding members Agne'! Crippenand Dr. Gilbert Brown were honored, also Adele and Bob Taylor, Muriel and Jack Arnold, Julia Kraft, Sandy Brue, and of cour:sc Sally and Bob Kazmarek. Th y had an excellent sit-down dinner, which w s set up in various downstairs room due to the large crowd. Sally said to me afterward , "l was amazed and delighted how moothly everything went. The guests were so helpful, moving their own chairs back into the living room for the lecture . Thi is such a wonderful group of people." lJ Sca1ors of Rancho Santa Fe gathered at the Rancho anta Fe Library to hear Renee Linton, educational coordinator at the Men- co. Eye In. titute at Scripps Memorial Hospi• tal, La Jolla, speak. Linton brought a variety of devices and

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