[ic] Vertical Category List Question

[Hostmaster]

Hello List Members,
This is just a no-brainer for most of you, I'm sure.  Since I seem to be
without my brain at the moment, I'm hoping someone can just enlighten me
regarding the design of the vertical category list.

Here's what I want to do using the vertical category menu on the left:
____________________________________
Product Group (links to a page) => Bold Text
--category (links to a page) => Normal Text

Product Group (links to a page) => Bold Text
--category (links to a page) => Normal Text
____________________________________

Because I am hyperlinking the Product Group headings, I'm having difficulty
understanding how to make them Bold Text, since they are being controlled by
the same .class as the categories in the __THEME_CSS__ , as shown below:
}

A.barlink:link, A.barlink:active, A.barlink:visited {
  color: __CATEGORYBAR_LINK__;
  font-family: __CATEGORYBAR_FONT__;
  font-weight: __CATEGORYBAR_WEIGHT__;
  text-decoration: __CATEGORYBAR_LINKDECO__;
  font-size: __CATEGORYBAR_FONTSIZE__;
}

A.barlink:hover {
  color: __CATEGORYBAR_LINKHOVER__;
  font-family: __CATEGORYBAR_FONT__;
  font-weight: __CATEGORYBAR_WEIGHT__;
  text-decoration: __CATEGORYBAR_HOVERDECO__;
  font-size: __CATEGORYBAR_FONTSIZE__;
}

The vertical category component offers this for the category list:
<tr>
    <td valign="top" class="categorybar">
      <b>[box-exec bar_link]area[/box-exec]</b>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign="top" class="categorybar">
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I know if I  *don't*  hyperlink the Product Group headers, I can do anything
I like with the font for that area using the __THEME_CSS__.  Can someone
suggest how to make the Product Group headers bold AND hyperlinked while
keeping the category headers normal weight and hyperlinked?

Best regards,
Michael G.