STILL HOPE: You might expect county environmentalists...

STILL HOPE: You might expect county environmentalists to sit on their hands during NBC’s three-hour salute to Bob Hope tonight (F16). After all, they’ve been pushing in vain for Hope to sell his pristine acreage in the east county for public use. . . . But Rosie McCabe of Save Open Space, said her group just wants to add to Hope’s laurels. “We see him as a hero and would like to honor him,” she said. How? By naming a park for him--if only he’d sell that land.