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What? Me worry?
NO, AND THERE was nothing for Climber cheerlead- a repeat performance wasn't in the works here Mon-
Bernadette Griffin to get, er, Mad about, either, day. Shelton's girls stormed back to take the lead af-
a recent Climber girls' varsity hoop outing in ter trailing by 11 in the fourth quarter against 10-2
Minidome. Joining in at left as the hosts blew out Centralia - only to get burned by a three-pointer with
Long 61-35 is SHS freshman Ian Sanderson. Alas, ten seconds to go and lose 69-70.
Wet Set gearin_g for district
hns dives to SWW thron00
Kingery came through in
fashion as ex-
Saturday as the chlorine
took fourth place in the
al Southwest Washington
and Rivers League
Championship at Mark
High School in Longview.
mdy a veteran of the all-
affair, having placed
tn last winter's finale, Chris
this year's state-meet guest
way of his 323.75-point
in Saturday's 11-
close to his best point-
Performance ever, advises
coach Rob Phelan, add-
Chris is clearly on target
great state finish.
SAY top-six is a definite
says Coach, adding
Kingery is quite simp-
of the best all-around
en.
he's very focused," too, he
thus brings the Climb-
ualifier head count to
teammate Robert Ba-
Just a sophomore, having
earlier this month. Ba-
Was second in Saturday's
tossing 318.15 points.
Shelton standout off
board, senior state
Rory Harper, is expected
a return trip as well, adds
now that he's recovered
cold that had sidelined
a week.
FOR Kingery's triumphant
there in Longview, it
by several top-
state veteran Kenan
led the way with a sev-
swim in the 200 free
performance in
to go along with his
the Climbers' third-place
the 400 free relay.
Jon Cochran, anoth-
vet, was sixth in the 100
he too swam a leg of the
ace relay.
Wes Bourgault, a state-
r mate of Messrs. Butler
last year, augment-
role in that four-by-100
by placing tenth
and 15th in the 100
JUNIOR Jon Wil-
llth in the IM and
the fly; sophomore Derek
11th in the 100 free an
d
in the 50 free; junior Matt
State returnee Chris Kingery
Bolender eighth in the 100 breast
and 13th in the 100 fly; classmate
Alex Keyzers 12th and 13th, re-
spectively, in the 100 free and
back; classmate Dustin Harkness
ninth in the 500 free and 14th in
the 200 free, and junior Travis
Bennett ninth in the 100 breast.
A week and a day before their
league showdown the Climbers
took on Olympia and nonleague
Rogers High Schools in a double
dual meet at Shelton High. They
wound up losing big to Rogers but
by only two points to the Bears.
SHELTON vs. OLYMPIA & ROGERS
200 medley relay - Shelton A (Kenan
Butler, Wee Bourgault, Jon Cochran and
Dustin Harkness) 1:55.32, Olympia A
(Hagan, Ardngton, Van Quasthem and Ru-
bade) 1:56.3, Rogers A (Bowman, Nolan,
McGrane and Williams) 2:04.16, Rogers B
(Grace, Tyree, Kiehn and Wiley) 2:08.40,
Olympia B (Thompson, Drasow, Doollttle
and Mitchell) 2:09.4, Rogers C (Boxberger,
Lee, Collier and Haron) 2:10.6, Olympia C
(Maguire, Halvorson, Mackay and Halvor-
son) 2:24.7, Shelton B (Alex Keyzere, Matt
Bolender, Travls Bennett and Jesse
Scrlmsher) disqualified.
200 free - Connell (R) 1:59.97, Jon
Cochran (S) 2:07.4, Arrlngton (O) 2:09.8,
Bolton (O) 2:10.7, Wells (R) 2:11.18, Hahn
(R) 2:16.14, Derek Cahoon (S) 2:21.4,
Thompson (O) 2:32.4, Jesse Scdmsher (S)
2:33.42.
200 Individual medley - Kenan Butler (S)
2:21.97, Van Quaethem (O) 2:25.4, Doollttle
(O) 2:32.6, Dunn (R) 2:34.96, Atklnson (R)
2:35.16, Dresow (O) 2:36.4, Jon Williams
(S) 2:37.27, Makl (R) 2:38.55, Evan Gesche
(S) 2:47.2.
50 free - Rubado (O) 24.79, Was Bour-
gault (S) 25.11, Williams (R) 26.36, Hagan
(O) 25.40, Dustln Harknass (S) 26.53, Mc-
Grane (R) 26.59, Lee (R) 26.74, Christen-
sen (O) 26.81, Ben Carlson (S) 30.99.
Diving - Chris Kingery (S) 210.15, Gor-
don (R) 178.7, Lebana (O) 178.0, Rory
Harper (S) 163.75, Robert Bawell (S) 160.9,
Mitchell (O) 160.6, Walk (R) 158.3, Paterson
(R) 96.75.
100 fly - Van Quaethem (O) 1:07.46,
Jon Cochran (S) 1:07.6, Bowman (R)
1:09.65, Wells (R) 1:10.95, McGrane (R)
1:11.58, Doollttle (O) 1:12.61, Matt Bolender
(S) 1:25.4, Travis Bennett (S) 1:25.5, Mack-
ay (O) 1:41.32.
100 free - Rubedo (O) 54.58, Atklnson
(R) 56.96, Chdstensen (O) 57.32, Wiley (R)
58.85, Jon Williams (S) 59.24, Hahn (R)
1:01.7, Alex Keyzers (S) 1:01.90, Derek Ca-
hoon (S) 1:02.03, Thompson (O) 1:02.68.
500 free - Connell (R) 5:34.24, Dunn (R)
6:03.72, Dustin Harkness (S) 6:14.07, KIshn
(R) 6:22.02, Evan Gesche (S) 6:31.08, Ma-
guire (O) 6:43.24, Halvorson (O) 7:15.54,
Bonds (O) 7:25.18, Greg Bennett (S)
8:21.84.
200 free relay - Rogers A (Lee, Williams,
Hahn and Connell) 1:42.5, Olympia A
(Christensen, Van Quaethem, Mitchell and
Arrington) 1:44.08, Shelton A (Derek Ca-
hoon, Jon Williams, Jon Cochran and Dusttn
Harkness) 1:45.23, Rogers B (Collier,
Boone, Sanchee and Kiehn) 1:46.5, Rogers
C (Atklnson, Wiles, Harris and Dunn)
1:49.23, Shelton B (Matt Bolender, Jesse
Scdmsher, Rory Harper and Ben Carlson)
1:52.9, Olympia B (Drasow, Bonds, LaBamn
and Paulson) 2:00.06, Olympia C
(Halvorson, Mackay, Locke and Madsen)
2:12.74, Shalton C (Greg Bennett, Joe Mor.
gan, Ben Harvey and Andrew Caturia)
2:26.39.
100 back - Kenan Butler (S) 1:03.18,
BoRon (O) 1:05.4, Bowman (R) 1:11.96, Ha-
gan (O) 1:12.66, Boxberger (R) 1:19.49,
Grace (R) 1:21.55, Alex Keyzere (S)
1:22.70, Jesse Sedmsher (S) 1:23.53, Ms-
gulre (O) 1:28.14.
100 breast - Arrington (O) 1:10.74, Wee
Bourgault (S) 1:15.12, Nolan (R) 1:15.95,
Travls Bennett (S) 1:17.6, Lee (R) 1:18.05,
Tyree (R) 1:19.02, Drasow (O) 1:19.91, Matt
Bolender (S) 1:20.84, Halvorson (O)
1:29.72.
400 free relay - Olympia A (Rubado,
Van Quaethem, Christensen and Bolton)
3:46.84, Shelton A (Jon Cochran et al.)
3:48.84, Rogers A (McGrane, Atkinson,
Hahn and Connell) 3:49.46, Rogers B
(Wiley, Dunn, Wells and Williams) 3:57.90,
Rogers C (Harris, Klehn, Boone and Collier)
4:13.74, Shelton B (Derek Cahoon et al.)
4:14.15, Olympia B (Thompson, Doollttle,
Maguire and Paulson) 4:37.29, Olympia C
(no names given) 4:42.40, Shelton C (Ben
Carlson st al.) 5:43.47.
Scores: Shelton lost 83-103 to Rogers
and 92-94 to Olympia.
SWW INVITE & LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP
(Climber results)
200 medley relay - Shelton A fifth,
2:02.32; Shelton B tenth, 2:11.77.
200 free - Kenan Butler seventh,
2:07.11; Dustin Harkness 14th place,
2:14.96; Jon Cochran 16th place, 2:24.76.
(Winner: Kyle McKown, Capital, 1:49.73.)
200 individual medley - Wee Bourgault
tenth, 2:35.44; Jon Williams 11th place,
2:36.51. (Winner: Nate Bailey, Mark Morris,
2:02.92.)
50 free - Derek Cahoon 13th place,
27.41; Joe Morgan 27th place, 33.00; Ben
Harvey 28th place, 36.41; Greg Bennett
29th place, 37.77. (Winner: Nate Bailey,
Mark Morris, 23.15.)
Diving - Chds Kingery first, 323.75; Rob-
ert Bawell second, 318.15; Andrew Caturla
eighth, 236.1. (Third place: B. Murders,
Mark Mords, 287.9.)
I00 fly - Jon Cochran sixth, 1:10.29; Jon
Williams 12th place, 1:14.68; Matt Bolender
13th place, 1:20.59; Travls Bennett 15th
place, 1:27.77 (but later disqualified).
(Winner: Josh Evans, Mark Morris, 57.18.)
100 free - Derek Cahoon 1 lth place,
1:02.00; Alex Kayzere 12th place, 1:03.14;
Ben Harvey 22nd place, 1:35.54. (Winner:
R. Kostarow, Mark Morris, 49.23.)
500 free - Dusttn Harkness ninth,
6:11.83. (Winner: Kyle McKown, Capital,
4:49.34.)
200 free relay - Shelton A fifth, 1:49.74;
Shalton B disqualified. (Winner: Mark MoP
de, 1:33.34.)
100 back - Ksnan Butler third, 1:03.57;
Alex Keyzers 13th place, 1:23.22; Joe MoP
gan 14th place, 1:29.26. (Winner: R. Koster-
ow, Mark Mords, 55.18.)
100 breast - Matt Bolender eighth,
1:16.55; Travls Bennett ninth, 1:17,26; Was
Bourgault 15th place, 1:19.53; Greg Bennett
21st place, 1:55.60. (Winner: D. Baumgartal,
Capital, 1:04.12.)
400 free relay - Shelton A third, 3:52.41;
Shelton B ninth, 5:06.88. (Winner: Mark
Mords, 3:26.89.)
Rivers League team totals - Mark Morris
1,118, Capital 505, Olympia 493, Shelton
328, R.A. Long 129, Tumwater 36.
Southwest Washington District team
totals - Mark Morfls 868, Grays Harbor 718,
Capital 381, Olympia 312,AG West/Black
Hills 238, Shelton 236, Hudson Bay 111,
Skyvlew 76, R.A. Long 67, Fort Vancouver
20, Tumwater 16.
IDLENESS
Weariness has no pain equal to
being all rested up with nothing
to do.
Anonymous (Henry S. Haskins)
Out in the Open
Miclael Diz
THERE ARE A LOT of things to think about during
the two-and-a-half-hour drive to Portland, Oregon. And
as the road wound its way through rain-drenched fields
surrounding lonely farmhouses and then skirted the win-
ter marshes lining the Columbia River, I contemplated
what was waiting for me at my destination.
Going for a job interview was not something I did on a
regular basis. In fact, other than snacking on Oreo cook-
ies, there is very little I ever do on a regular basis. But
this was not just any job interview. This was an inter-
view to become a flight attendant for Alaska Airlines.
This was my second attempt to get on with an airline.
The first effort ended in disaster as I froze in the middle
of the interview with United Airlines. I totally forgot
what I was going to say. This time I was committed not
to repeat the same mistake.
AS I DROVE SOUTH I was feeling much more re-
laxed. I figured if Alaska didn't hire me then I wouldn't
have a job, and as that was the situation I was already in
I had nothing to lose. Over the years hundreds of compa-
nies have turned me down in my search for a career, so
why get stressed over one more?
Nevertheless, as I pulled into Portland I was pumped.
Sooner or later, I reasoned, if I applied with enough air
carriers, someone, somewhere, would take me. And, as
all the airlines were hiring now, I had as good a chance
with Alaska as with any other.
After finding a place to park, I walked into the Gover-
nor Hotel, checked the schedule board and caught the
elevator to the third floor. Having the United interview
only the month before, I had an idea of what to expect.
But as the elevator door opened I didn't expect this.
MY UNITED INTERVIEW was a semi-intimate af-
fair, with only 30 other candidates. I now stood facing a
crowd of hundreds of men and women, sharply dressed,
holding briefcases and file folders, milling about like cat-
tle.
I thought I heard someone moo.
Some had a look of terror in their eyes, as if their lives
depended on getting this job. Others had the blank look
of innocence. They were just here and now. Still others
looked determined. They were going to be first in the
room, first to sit down and first to be selected.
I looked for the nearest exit.
I have never been to the running of the bulls in Pam-
plona. But I can now say I have been to the opening of
the interview room doors at Alaska Airlines. Swept up
with the stampede, I was pushed from the hall into the
room.
I QUICKLY FOUND a seat and took a head count.
Two hundred and fifty people, maybe more, sat eagerly
forward in their chairs as the Alaska representative
made her introductions. She told us about the competi-
tive salary, comprehensive benefit packages, travel privi-
leges and pleasant, nicotine-free environment Alaska
was offering.
I overheard someone nearby whisper to a neighbor, "I
heard they didn't pick a single soul from the last open
house they had. And they had twice this many people
show up."
"Yeah, the neighbor replied. "You know they hire
right off the floor. If you don't make it, they don't call
your name. It can be very humiliating."
• I-panicked. I remembered a tip I had read about group
interviews: Always do something to make yourself stand
out in the crowd so the interviewer would remember you.
I TRIED COUGHING. It did no good. Then I tried
hacking up a fur ball. Still no good. I briefly thought
about jumping up and yelling "Fire!" but thought better
of it. Just about the time I was ready to launch a paper
airplane made from my folded resume, the speaker said
we would be broken up into groups of 15 to begin the in-
terview process.
I smoothed out my resume, looked around and pre-
tended everything was okay.
t ,t
E-mail at
diaz@budsters.coln
My group was marched back down the hall and was
ushered into a small room. We were asked to sit in fold-
ing chairs arranged in a semi-circle. A group of three in-
terviewers sat at the head of the room.
As an ice breaker we were given little slips of plastic
with phrases written on them. Our task was to find
another person in the room who had a phrase that would
complete the one we had. We then had to read the phrase
out loud.
Mine said, Alaska flies to .... cities on the west
coast.
AS WE MINGLED, trying to find our missing links,
everyone matched up but me and one other guy. His slip
of plastic simply said "Orangutang."
Neither of us had any idea what Orangutang and
Alaska Airlines had in common, but as we were the only
ones left we didn't have much choice.
So much for getting noticed.
Next, one of the interviewers asked each of us a differ-
ent question. After each response we all politely clapped
to give each other support and to show what nice people
we were.
He asked a Barbie-doll-perfect woman of 21, "Why do
you want to be a flight attendant?"
"Because I love people and I love to fly."
We clapped.
He asked a gentleman in his mid thirties and right out
of GQ Magazine, "How would you resolve a conflict be-
tween coworkers?"
"I would determine what the issue was, find a common
ground and urge each to compromise, all the while keep-
ing it out of view of the customer."
We clapped again.
I WAS ENCOURAGED. These were iluff questions. I
knew exactly what to say and how to say it. I knew there
was nothing this interviewer could ask me that would
stump me.
Come on, I said to myself. Give me your best shot.
The interviewer looked at me and said, "If you were a
weather pattern, what would you be?
I looked at him. He was still looking at me. The room
was deathly silent. I was deathly silent. I didn't know
what to say.
Weather pattern? I thought to myself. What weather
pattern ?
Rain would be too negative, as would tornadoes, hurri-
canes, cyclones or ice storms. Fog would be appropriate
but probably not what they wanted to hear. Sunny and
bright sounded good, but I didn't want to lie. High-pres-
sure area might make me undesirable to work with, yet
low-pressure area sounded too unambitious. Snow felt
like a con job, and partly cloudy could be someone in need
of therapy.
I CLOSED MY EYES, aware of the seconds ticking
by. I envisioned the weather map I saw every night on
TV and said the first thing that came to my mind.
"An occluded front," I heard myself say.
The room remained deathly silent.
The interviewers looked at each other and after a mo-
ment moved on to the next candidate. After a few mor
questions they retired to another room.
We'd waited for what seemed like an eternity when
staffer came back in and read off the names of the suc-
cessful candidates. The Barbie doll got called, as did Mr.
GQ.
The rest of us were thanked for coming and told that it
we wanted we could reapply in six months.
There are a lot of things to think about during the
two-and-a-half-hour drive from Portland, Oregon, to my
home. Weather patterns are not among them.
Next week: American Airlines.
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Willie Owens 640; Agate 1, Gladys Kemp
475; Harstlne 3, Fay Brewer 552; Skoko-
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Thursday, January 28, 1999 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 21
lilt
(i( !if:
i:i •
What? Me worry?
NO, AND THERE was nothing for Climber cheerlead- a repeat performance wasn't in the works here Mon-
Bernadette Griffin to get, er, Mad about, either, day. Shelton's girls stormed back to take the lead af-
a recent Climber girls' varsity hoop outing in ter trailing by 11 in the fourth quarter against 10-2
Minidome. Joining in at left as the hosts blew out Centralia - only to get burned by a three-pointer with
Long 61-35 is SHS freshman Ian Sanderson. Alas, ten seconds to go and lose 69-70.
Wet Set gearin_g for district
hns dives to SWW thron00
Kingery came through in
fashion as ex-
Saturday as the chlorine
took fourth place in the
al Southwest Washington
and Rivers League
Championship at Mark
High School in Longview.
mdy a veteran of the all-
affair, having placed
tn last winter's finale, Chris
this year's state-meet guest
way of his 323.75-point
in Saturday's 11-
close to his best point-
Performance ever, advises
coach Rob Phelan, add-
Chris is clearly on target
great state finish.
SAY top-six is a definite
says Coach, adding
Kingery is quite simp-
of the best all-around
en.
he's very focused," too, he
thus brings the Climb-
ualifier head count to
teammate Robert Ba-
Just a sophomore, having
earlier this month. Ba-
Was second in Saturday's
tossing 318.15 points.
Shelton standout off
board, senior state
Rory Harper, is expected
a return trip as well, adds
now that he's recovered
cold that had sidelined
a week.
FOR Kingery's triumphant
there in Longview, it
by several top-
state veteran Kenan
led the way with a sev-
swim in the 200 free
performance in
to go along with his
the Climbers' third-place
the 400 free relay.
Jon Cochran, anoth-
vet, was sixth in the 100
he too swam a leg of the
ace relay.
Wes Bourgault, a state-
r mate of Messrs. Butler
last year, augment-
role in that four-by-100
by placing tenth
and 15th in the 100
JUNIOR Jon Wil-
llth in the IM and
the fly; sophomore Derek
11th in the 100 free an
d
in the 50 free; junior Matt
State returnee Chris Kingery
Bolender eighth in the 100 breast
and 13th in the 100 fly; classmate
Alex Keyzers 12th and 13th, re-
spectively, in the 100 free and
back; classmate Dustin Harkness
ninth in the 500 free and 14th in
the 200 free, and junior Travis
Bennett ninth in the 100 breast.
A week and a day before their
league showdown the Climbers
took on Olympia and nonleague
Rogers High Schools in a double
dual meet at Shelton High. They
wound up losing big to Rogers but
by only two points to the Bears.
SHELTON vs. OLYMPIA & ROGERS
200 medley relay - Shelton A (Kenan
Butler, Wee Bourgault, Jon Cochran and
Dustin Harkness) 1:55.32, Olympia A
(Hagan, Ardngton, Van Quasthem and Ru-
bade) 1:56.3, Rogers A (Bowman, Nolan,
McGrane and Williams) 2:04.16, Rogers B
(Grace, Tyree, Kiehn and Wiley) 2:08.40,
Olympia B (Thompson, Drasow, Doollttle
and Mitchell) 2:09.4, Rogers C (Boxberger,
Lee, Collier and Haron) 2:10.6, Olympia C
(Maguire, Halvorson, Mackay and Halvor-
son) 2:24.7, Shelton B (Alex Keyzere, Matt
Bolender, Travls Bennett and Jesse
Scrlmsher) disqualified.
200 free - Connell (R) 1:59.97, Jon
Cochran (S) 2:07.4, Arrlngton (O) 2:09.8,
Bolton (O) 2:10.7, Wells (R) 2:11.18, Hahn
(R) 2:16.14, Derek Cahoon (S) 2:21.4,
Thompson (O) 2:32.4, Jesse Scdmsher (S)
2:33.42.
200 Individual medley - Kenan Butler (S)
2:21.97, Van Quaethem (O) 2:25.4, Doollttle
(O) 2:32.6, Dunn (R) 2:34.96, Atklnson (R)
2:35.16, Dresow (O) 2:36.4, Jon Williams
(S) 2:37.27, Makl (R) 2:38.55, Evan Gesche
(S) 2:47.2.
50 free - Rubado (O) 24.79, Was Bour-
gault (S) 25.11, Williams (R) 26.36, Hagan
(O) 25.40, Dustln Harknass (S) 26.53, Mc-
Grane (R) 26.59, Lee (R) 26.74, Christen-
sen (O) 26.81, Ben Carlson (S) 30.99.
Diving - Chris Kingery (S) 210.15, Gor-
don (R) 178.7, Lebana (O) 178.0, Rory
Harper (S) 163.75, Robert Bawell (S) 160.9,
Mitchell (O) 160.6, Walk (R) 158.3, Paterson
(R) 96.75.
100 fly - Van Quaethem (O) 1:07.46,
Jon Cochran (S) 1:07.6, Bowman (R)
1:09.65, Wells (R) 1:10.95, McGrane (R)
1:11.58, Doollttle (O) 1:12.61, Matt Bolender
(S) 1:25.4, Travis Bennett (S) 1:25.5, Mack-
ay (O) 1:41.32.
100 free - Rubedo (O) 54.58, Atklnson
(R) 56.96, Chdstensen (O) 57.32, Wiley (R)
58.85, Jon Williams (S) 59.24, Hahn (R)
1:01.7, Alex Keyzers (S) 1:01.90, Derek Ca-
hoon (S) 1:02.03, Thompson (O) 1:02.68.
500 free - Connell (R) 5:34.24, Dunn (R)
6:03.72, Dustin Harkness (S) 6:14.07, KIshn
(R) 6:22.02, Evan Gesche (S) 6:31.08, Ma-
guire (O) 6:43.24, Halvorson (O) 7:15.54,
Bonds (O) 7:25.18, Greg Bennett (S)
8:21.84.
200 free relay - Rogers A (Lee, Williams,
Hahn and Connell) 1:42.5, Olympia A
(Christensen, Van Quaethem, Mitchell and
Arrington) 1:44.08, Shelton A (Derek Ca-
hoon, Jon Williams, Jon Cochran and Dusttn
Harkness) 1:45.23, Rogers B (Collier,
Boone, Sanchee and Kiehn) 1:46.5, Rogers
C (Atklnson, Wiles, Harris and Dunn)
1:49.23, Shelton B (Matt Bolender, Jesse
Scdmsher, Rory Harper and Ben Carlson)
1:52.9, Olympia B (Drasow, Bonds, LaBamn
and Paulson) 2:00.06, Olympia C
(Halvorson, Mackay, Locke and Madsen)
2:12.74, Shalton C (Greg Bennett, Joe Mor.
gan, Ben Harvey and Andrew Caturia)
2:26.39.
100 back - Kenan Butler (S) 1:03.18,
BoRon (O) 1:05.4, Bowman (R) 1:11.96, Ha-
gan (O) 1:12.66, Boxberger (R) 1:19.49,
Grace (R) 1:21.55, Alex Keyzere (S)
1:22.70, Jesse Sedmsher (S) 1:23.53, Ms-
gulre (O) 1:28.14.
100 breast - Arrington (O) 1:10.74, Wee
Bourgault (S) 1:15.12, Nolan (R) 1:15.95,
Travls Bennett (S) 1:17.6, Lee (R) 1:18.05,
Tyree (R) 1:19.02, Drasow (O) 1:19.91, Matt
Bolender (S) 1:20.84, Halvorson (O)
1:29.72.
400 free relay - Olympia A (Rubado,
Van Quaethem, Christensen and Bolton)
3:46.84, Shelton A (Jon Cochran et al.)
3:48.84, Rogers A (McGrane, Atkinson,
Hahn and Connell) 3:49.46, Rogers B
(Wiley, Dunn, Wells and Williams) 3:57.90,
Rogers C (Harris, Klehn, Boone and Collier)
4:13.74, Shelton B (Derek Cahoon et al.)
4:14.15, Olympia B (Thompson, Doollttle,
Maguire and Paulson) 4:37.29, Olympia C
(no names given) 4:42.40, Shelton C (Ben
Carlson st al.) 5:43.47.
Scores: Shelton lost 83-103 to Rogers
and 92-94 to Olympia.
SWW INVITE & LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP
(Climber results)
200 medley relay - Shelton A fifth,
2:02.32; Shelton B tenth, 2:11.77.
200 free - Kenan Butler seventh,
2:07.11; Dustin Harkness 14th place,
2:14.96; Jon Cochran 16th place, 2:24.76.
(Winner: Kyle McKown, Capital, 1:49.73.)
200 individual medley - Wee Bourgault
tenth, 2:35.44; Jon Williams 11th place,
2:36.51. (Winner: Nate Bailey, Mark Morris,
2:02.92.)
50 free - Derek Cahoon 13th place,
27.41; Joe Morgan 27th place, 33.00; Ben
Harvey 28th place, 36.41; Greg Bennett
29th place, 37.77. (Winner: Nate Bailey,
Mark Morris, 23.15.)
Diving - Chds Kingery first, 323.75; Rob-
ert Bawell second, 318.15; Andrew Caturla
eighth, 236.1. (Third place: B. Murders,
Mark Mords, 287.9.)
I00 fly - Jon Cochran sixth, 1:10.29; Jon
Williams 12th place, 1:14.68; Matt Bolender
13th place, 1:20.59; Travls Bennett 15th
place, 1:27.77 (but later disqualified).
(Winner: Josh Evans, Mark Morris, 57.18.)
100 free - Derek Cahoon 1 lth place,
1:02.00; Alex Kayzere 12th place, 1:03.14;
Ben Harvey 22nd place, 1:35.54. (Winner:
R. Kostarow, Mark Morris, 49.23.)
500 free - Dusttn Harkness ninth,
6:11.83. (Winner: Kyle McKown, Capital,
4:49.34.)
200 free relay - Shelton A fifth, 1:49.74;
Shalton B disqualified. (Winner: Mark MoP
de, 1:33.34.)
100 back - Ksnan Butler third, 1:03.57;
Alex Keyzers 13th place, 1:23.22; Joe MoP
gan 14th place, 1:29.26. (Winner: R. Koster-
ow, Mark Mords, 55.18.)
100 breast - Matt Bolender eighth,
1:16.55; Travls Bennett ninth, 1:17,26; Was
Bourgault 15th place, 1:19.53; Greg Bennett
21st place, 1:55.60. (Winner: D. Baumgartal,
Capital, 1:04.12.)
400 free relay - Shelton A third, 3:52.41;
Shelton B ninth, 5:06.88. (Winner: Mark
Mords, 3:26.89.)
Rivers League team totals - Mark Morris
1,118, Capital 505, Olympia 493, Shelton
328, R.A. Long 129, Tumwater 36.
Southwest Washington District team
totals - Mark Morfls 868, Grays Harbor 718,
Capital 381, Olympia 312,AG West/Black
Hills 238, Shelton 236, Hudson Bay 111,
Skyvlew 76, R.A. Long 67, Fort Vancouver
20, Tumwater 16.
IDLENESS
Weariness has no pain equal to
being all rested up with nothing
to do.
Anonymous (Henry S. Haskins)
Out in the Open
Miclael Diz
THERE ARE A LOT of things to think about during
the two-and-a-half-hour drive to Portland, Oregon. And
as the road wound its way through rain-drenched fields
surrounding lonely farmhouses and then skirted the win-
ter marshes lining the Columbia River, I contemplated
what was waiting for me at my destination.
Going for a job interview was not something I did on a
regular basis. In fact, other than snacking on Oreo cook-
ies, there is very little I ever do on a regular basis. But
this was not just any job interview. This was an inter-
view to become a flight attendant for Alaska Airlines.
This was my second attempt to get on with an airline.
The first effort ended in disaster as I froze in the middle
of the interview with United Airlines. I totally forgot
what I was going to say. This time I was committed not
to repeat the same mistake.
AS I DROVE SOUTH I was feeling much more re-
laxed. I figured if Alaska didn't hire me then I wouldn't
have a job, and as that was the situation I was already in
I had nothing to lose. Over the years hundreds of compa-
nies have turned me down in my search for a career, so
why get stressed over one more?
Nevertheless, as I pulled into Portland I was pumped.
Sooner or later, I reasoned, if I applied with enough air
carriers, someone, somewhere, would take me. And, as
all the airlines were hiring now, I had as good a chance
with Alaska as with any other.
After finding a place to park, I walked into the Gover-
nor Hotel, checked the schedule board and caught the
elevator to the third floor. Having the United interview
only the month before, I had an idea of what to expect.
But as the elevator door opened I didn't expect this.
MY UNITED INTERVIEW was a semi-intimate af-
fair, with only 30 other candidates. I now stood facing a
crowd of hundreds of men and women, sharply dressed,
holding briefcases and file folders, milling about like cat-
tle.
I thought I heard someone moo.
Some had a look of terror in their eyes, as if their lives
depended on getting this job. Others had the blank look
of innocence. They were just here and now. Still others
looked determined. They were going to be first in the
room, first to sit down and first to be selected.
I looked for the nearest exit.
I have never been to the running of the bulls in Pam-
plona. But I can now say I have been to the opening of
the interview room doors at Alaska Airlines. Swept up
with the stampede, I was pushed from the hall into the
room.
I QUICKLY FOUND a seat and took a head count.
Two hundred and fifty people, maybe more, sat eagerly
forward in their chairs as the Alaska representative
made her introductions. She told us about the competi-
tive salary, comprehensive benefit packages, travel privi-
leges and pleasant, nicotine-free environment Alaska
was offering.
I overheard someone nearby whisper to a neighbor, "I
heard they didn't pick a single soul from the last open
house they had. And they had twice this many people
show up."
"Yeah, the neighbor replied. "You know they hire
right off the floor. If you don't make it, they don't call
your name. It can be very humiliating."
• I-panicked. I remembered a tip I had read about group
interviews: Always do something to make yourself stand
out in the crowd so the interviewer would remember you.
I TRIED COUGHING. It did no good. Then I tried
hacking up a fur ball. Still no good. I briefly thought
about jumping up and yelling "Fire!" but thought better
of it. Just about the time I was ready to launch a paper
airplane made from my folded resume, the speaker said
we would be broken up into groups of 15 to begin the in-
terview process.
I smoothed out my resume, looked around and pre-
tended everything was okay.
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E-mail at
diaz@budsters.coln
My group was marched back down the hall and was
ushered into a small room. We were asked to sit in fold-
ing chairs arranged in a semi-circle. A group of three in-
terviewers sat at the head of the room.
As an ice breaker we were given little slips of plastic
with phrases written on them. Our task was to find
another person in the room who had a phrase that would
complete the one we had. We then had to read the phrase
out loud.
Mine said, Alaska flies to .... cities on the west
coast.
AS WE MINGLED, trying to find our missing links,
everyone matched up but me and one other guy. His slip
of plastic simply said "Orangutang."
Neither of us had any idea what Orangutang and
Alaska Airlines had in common, but as we were the only
ones left we didn't have much choice.
So much for getting noticed.
Next, one of the interviewers asked each of us a differ-
ent question. After each response we all politely clapped
to give each other support and to show what nice people
we were.
He asked a Barbie-doll-perfect woman of 21, "Why do
you want to be a flight attendant?"
"Because I love people and I love to fly."
We clapped.
He asked a gentleman in his mid thirties and right out
of GQ Magazine, "How would you resolve a conflict be-
tween coworkers?"
"I would determine what the issue was, find a common
ground and urge each to compromise, all the while keep-
ing it out of view of the customer."
We clapped again.
I WAS ENCOURAGED. These were iluff questions. I
knew exactly what to say and how to say it. I knew there
was nothing this interviewer could ask me that would
stump me.
Come on, I said to myself. Give me your best shot.
The interviewer looked at me and said, "If you were a
weather pattern, what would you be?
I looked at him. He was still looking at me. The room
was deathly silent. I was deathly silent. I didn't know
what to say.
Weather pattern? I thought to myself. What weather
pattern ?
Rain would be too negative, as would tornadoes, hurri-
canes, cyclones or ice storms. Fog would be appropriate
but probably not what they wanted to hear. Sunny and
bright sounded good, but I didn't want to lie. High-pres-
sure area might make me undesirable to work with, yet
low-pressure area sounded too unambitious. Snow felt
like a con job, and partly cloudy could be someone in need
of therapy.
I CLOSED MY EYES, aware of the seconds ticking
by. I envisioned the weather map I saw every night on
TV and said the first thing that came to my mind.
"An occluded front," I heard myself say.
The room remained deathly silent.
The interviewers looked at each other and after a mo-
ment moved on to the next candidate. After a few mor
questions they retired to another room.
We'd waited for what seemed like an eternity when
staffer came back in and read off the names of the suc-
cessful candidates. The Barbie doll got called, as did Mr.
GQ.
The rest of us were thanked for coming and told that it
we wanted we could reapply in six months.
There are a lot of things to think about during the
two-and-a-half-hour drive from Portland, Oregon, to my
home. Weather patterns are not among them.
Next week: American Airlines.
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Women's Hi Game and Series: Jan Owens,
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Agate 5-7, Matlock 3.5-8.5, Skokomlsh 2-10.
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Willie Owens 640; Agate 1, Gladys Kemp
475; Harstlne 3, Fay Brewer 552; Skoko-
mlsh 1, Lloyd Viney 480; Grange 3, Bob
Bratton 515; Lock 1, Dick Rex 486; Matlock
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