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Show WEDNESDAY /February 19, The Salt LakeTribune orts OBITUARIES Page D-6 CLASSIFIEDS Page D-7 ae Jazz Win, But Change ; Their Tune ca SHOW ME THE MONEY For Just $100, You Can Own A Golf Course BY RON SIRAK TED PR 5 golfers dream of owning their owncourse. Wayne Aekin dreamsof giv- BY STEVE LUHM one away. All you need is $100 and 90 words explaining why you want to own the EvergreenPar 3 in Delaware and it ean be yours. Shortlyafter Aekin andhis wife Cynde decided to act on a whim in 1994 and build the course in Greenwood, Del. — miles south of Dover — Aekin dis: abled by spinal arthritis. | Nets Not Done? Unable to work the course anylonger. The he decided tosell it. Then he got another idea — to raffle it off. All youhave todois say New N (0 words or less why you want to own andoperate a golf course like Evergreen andit canbeyours,” Aekin, 50, said Tuesday by telephone fromthe course. ams Theentries will be judged by a panel game homestand ique Wilkins, the NBA’s N ) played like a 30-year-oldkid Del Negro, a 44 percent shooter dur who — this night — lookedlike omin g ofJe credit the Ja who playe Par 3 Essay Contest, P.O. Box 186, Ha ngton, Del., 19952. Or senda fax to 3024653 You'll receive an entry form andaset ui ofrules, Deadlines for entries is May 1 — h Aekinreserves the right to extend the deadline if not enough entries are re ceived. The winner will be announced May 15 Build Our Own: n horse farm t win, but hardly well enough to bu 1 the circumstances.” f the lackluster effo: ( said Je Wer They're shorthande t San Antonio, wi and his wife buts the course Il to 12-3: run a company that develops sr f are as the Thur deadline appr that includes a minister, a greenskeeper and a publisher. And while that may soundlike the first line of a joke — “A minister, a greenskeeper anda publisher walkinto a bar — it is an assurance that the wholething is on the up-and-up. To get in on the action, send aself-addressed stamped envelope to: Evergreen azz’s climb to a 20-point fin ui revented the land for housing. They got the d when they land and Da courses are rare in Utah only a few — inch par-3 ninesat 2 points shots Mick Riley Golf Cow in Murra: nd Fore Lakes Golf Coursein Taylorsville — among th more than 100 public tracks. But th re commonin areas where land Jazz wit plentiful. Holes can range from during his longest si fe said, ‘He we'vegot build one of our enough own That was an overtin Aekinsaid Oncewe started, it became like a dream,” Ryan he added Utah's Jeff Hornacek and Chris Morris try to keep Vernon Maxwel About six months into building it, wouldn't go away,” he said. “The a spot about the size of ate spine The dream ended when it rom M, Galbraith getting a shot off Ti sday night I developed some back pain that just See JAZZ, Page became no longer possible for Aekin to put in the BY LYA WODRASKA work to operate the course ridge matchup I'm more physical activi ) through finishit D-4 Mountain View in Crosshairs as Girls 5-A Tourney Opens nd We were halfway awwehadto ve would sell it onc Then came the idea to raffle place i 1 M great feed int off the ried about ed team se rn W suc s going t ; an expect he winn g to have to have am We heard about a coupl who helda contest to get Aekin said. cours¢ “That sounded like See 5-A GIRLS. Page D: then decided to unload it lue — at least $4 quipment might not have attracted alot of buyers, the t the Players Gripe; Like Magic Hill Disappears as Coach cha course for $100is attractive Equipment Included: Aekin he will need slightly more than tries to n it worthwhile. And he wil thr all the equipment for fre r luring We thought this might be someone's life and offer chance,” Aek 18-hole course rye fairy a phor warding from a personal stand change second The greens, Opportunity Knocks Again For Former Cougar Snyder conversation by the n leagues. After apy ng 73 h the I s Dodg 194, S Fla ear a speaker t seasor d. them a layed with “Dan ngle \ (Padres) and F 1 in ‘95 at when there y in ‘o wonder W ation system and, accordi ell-played with various league the from 6 to 84 years old an 18-hole course with all of challenges of a big course,” Aekir cas x omeone else has the chance to Wayne and Cynde ring the r to play on a ak op- made it difficult t genuine bor d we had to let someone else share our dream with us Aekin said, “It’s a chance for someone to own a Ce as m n er golf course and be self-employed r r handling t loci 1 complaint the However Horace Grant said the ig last week in ated the ‘on r Jenied rep had gone dire the tear anager JohnGabri- were respx NBA waive ame for Manti an academic al he 64-60 in 4 a i Salt i ped Manti beat Rowland Ha‘ overtime enior al Frid: averaging four rebound: San | r New Y Miami | Chica | | | Ma | 0! t 94 N.C-Ch 1; r 1 ‘What et ( tu See SNYDER, Page D-2 ball, St, John’s at Villanova id NHL tsbu 5 ament Duke Ant Phoenix hia ) i : Top 15 Men #6 ba ule Snyder began prey after baseball. 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