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For Sells, Fox, D__unn."
jackpot in Reno
Three Highclimber track ath-
letes flew to Reno last weekend to
compete in a major indoor track
meet.
The Holiday Inn Classic, as it's
called, saw senior and two-time
defending state shotput champion
Doug Sells and junior teammates
Dale Fox and Andy Dunn go up
against some of the best high-
school talent in the nation - and
come away with notable distinc-
tion, to say the least.
Sells, now a senior and already
inked to compete in the Pac-10
under scholarship next fall at the
University of Oregon, topped all
high-schoolers in both his events.
He won the shot on his last
throw, topping out at 56-211, des-
pite having cut the event out of
his training regimen altogether
since he donned his second state
crown last spring and upped his
school record shortly thereafter to
62-9/2, or more than three feet
further than Climber history's
number-two throw - way back in
1975 by then age-group national
leader Jeff Pill.
THE REASON DOUG moved
his shotput cause celebre to the
figurative back burner? Well, it
too was pretty obvious Saturday.
Down to a lean 190 pounds - or
some 15 fewer than he carried
on his 6-2 frame last spring, when
he roared to yet another all-time
SHS record en route to third
in the state high-hurdles finale,
Doug beat an excellent field in
the Classic's 55-meter event.
Doughs time wasn't recorded, as
it happens - scuttled by a foul-up
in the electronic system during
the race. But over the 50-meter
distance in a similar open track
meet a couple weeks ago the
Climber star won with a time of
7.04 seconds - fastest time by a
prepster in the entire nation this
year.
FOX, MEANWHILE, wound
up placing in both of his Classic
events. He was second in the
3200 meters and seventh in the
1600.
Though initially disappointing
to him, by the way, his respective
times of 10:08.9 and 4:52.0 proved
in retrospect quite brisk indeed -
when you factor in the blood-
thinning effects of Reno's 4,500-
foot altitude. Those effects could
account for as much as 30 seconds
over the metric two-mile distance,
experience suggests.
Dale has a 3200-meter best of
9:38.6 - third fastest all-time at
Shelton High. The lone stars
ahead of him are Mat and Aaron
Taylor, at 9:20.74 and 9:22.0.
Dale's 4:29.6 personal record in
the 1600 ranks him 45th on the
all-time SHS list, but coaches pre-
dict he'll move way up and in a
big hurry this spring after mak-
ing it all the way to age-group
nationals this past cross-country
season.
AS FOR ANDY, like Dale just
an llth-grader, his big break-
through in last weekend's Classic
came in the pole vault, where
he joined the Climbers' so-called
13-Foot Club with a PR 13-0
clearance good for third place
among high-schoolers.
The effort vaulted him from
27th to 18th place on the all-time
SHS list.
Andy also went a personal-best
20-21/2 in the long jump, leaving
him just shy of placement but
moving him to 27th place all-time
on the Climber list.
DOUG, DALE & ANDY are
not finished with their indoor
season, by the way. Next week
they'll fly to Pocatello, Idaho, to
take part in the Simplot Games,
the largest and most competitive
high-school indoor track meet in
the country.
There, to give you some idea of
the world-class talent assembled,
Doug and his 14.68 PR in the
110-meter high hurdles will en-
counter a couple kids who've run
in the mid 13s.
Young Sells reportedly is much
faster now than he was when he
set his school-record PR last
spring, by the say. But he's still
expected to get his first real less-
on in running from behind.
Men's basketball:
Rec pecs flex at the fore
By CHUCK ROBERTSON
The front-runners in Shelton
Parks & Rec men's basketball
flexed their muscles last week
with but a week to go in regular-
season play, slated to end tonight.
Mason County Garbage, leader
of the "B" division, ran its record
to 7-1 with a 93-46 win over the
Potlatch Pirates, while runner-up
Olympic Herb stayed one game
back in the loss column with a
90-69 win over Olympic Motors/
Reller Logging.
In "A" division play, Skoko-
mish (6-3) topped Soundview
Chiropractic/Lix Construction 88-
70, and Sea West Mortgage/Colo's
Corner bested Little Creek Casi-
no 90-52.
This week's slate of make-up
games concluding tonight (results
unavailable at press time) will de-
termine pairings for next week's
playoff §chedule, which will have
the league's overall championship
game contested at 7:30 next
Thursday.
MC GARBAGE used a well
rounded offense to pull away from
Potlatch. Eric Bee tossed in 18
and Mike Bogh 16 - all in the sec-
end half- to head up a sextet of
double-figure scorers. Ran John-
son led the Pirates with 17.
SW/Colo's clung to a dicey four-
point lead after one period of play
before exploding for 56 second-
half points to outdistance Little
Creek.
Mark Eichhorn zeroed in on six
treys (one off his league-leading
season high) and scored 28 to lead
the way, while Ty Davidson broke
loose for his season-high 23. An-
thony Brown scored 20 for Little
Creek.
MARTY PETERSON scored
21 of his game-high 30 before
intermission to lead Skokomish
past Soundview/Lix. Rob Breh-
meyer chipped in 17, with 14
coming in the third quarter when
Skok stretched its lead to 28. Tra-
cy Johnson and Kevin Tinsley led
Soundview/Lix with 19 and 18.
Olympic Herb went on a 35-
point rampage in the fourth quar-
ter to pull away from OM/R. The
winners' Jim Buck led all scorers
with 29, and John Glenewinkel
added 21. OM/R got 14 each from
Brandon Felix and Will Powell.
Mason County Garbage 20 34 64 93
Potlatch Pirates 12 21 32 46
Mason County Garbage - Eric Boo 18,
Mike Bogh 16, Ahmed Gains 14, Chris GIr-
alcles 12, Pat Rhodes 10, Matt Bogh 10, Lea
Smith 8, Jason Hitsman 3, Josh Johnson 2.
FG -39; F-I'- 12-17 (71%).
Potlatch Pirates - Ran Johnson 17, Jere-
miah Johns 10, Mark Snyder 8, Xavier
Brown 8, Jamle Marley 3.
FG - 17; FT - 8-13 (62%).
Sea Weat/Colo'o 21 34 64 90
Llttle Creek Caslno 17 23 38 52
Sea West/CoWs - Mark Eichhorn 28, Ty
Davidson 23, Scott Eichhorn 13, Dan Ra-
dius 12, Scott River 4, Mark Zieglor 4, Grog
Harvey 4, Bracl Lev 2.
FG - 36; FT - 5-8 (63%).
Little Creek Casino - Anthony Brown 20,
Eric Burflend 11, Adam Visser 6, Boar Lewis
5, Kovin Sutterlick 4, Ran Matheny 4, De-
mus Cordova 2, Tom Graver.
FG - 21 ; FT - 7-8 (88%).
Skokomlah 23 44 70 98
Soundvlew/LIx 19 25 42 70
Skokomish -Marty Paterson 30, Rob
Brahmeyer 17, Clinton Coley 12, Phtllip Pa-
terson 12, Billy Allen 8, Victor Andrews 6,
Trevor Paterson 3, Darryl LeClair.
FG -34; FT- 14-19 (74%).
Soundview/Lix - Tracy Johnson 19, Ke-
vin Tinsley 18, Larry Shoedy 11, Scott Hub-
hie 10, James Lix 6, Rich Bowman 6.
FG - 30; FT" - 7-8 (88%).
Olympic Herb Farm 12 34 55 90
Olymplc Motors/Railer 11 25 48 69
Olympic Herb Farm - Jim buck 29, John
Glenewinkel 21, Wayne Farr 17, Paul Fee-
nan 15, Scott Peek 6, John Hill 2, Marcus
Graves.
FG - 35; FT - 7-26 (67%).
Olympic Motors/Relier Logging - Will
Powell 14, Brandon Felix 14, Kevln Clark
12, Kent Boldridge 12, Mike Hammonds 10,
LaShon Powell 5, Dave Clark 2, Adam
Krise, Mike Rowley.
FG - 28; F'I" - 5-6 (83%).
SCORING LEADERS
Jim Buck (ely Herb Farm) 25.8
Anthony Brown (Little Creek) 22.4
Marty Peterson (Skokomish) 21.7
Mark Eichhom (SW/Colo's) 20.5
Matt Bogh (MC Garbage) 17.3
THREE-POINT LEADERS
Mark Eichhorn (SW/Colo's) 25
Anthony Brown (Little Creek) 22
Marty Peterson (Skokomlsh) 19
Paul Feenan (Olympic Herb) 18
Eric Burfiend (Little Creek) 17
FREE-THROW LEADERS
Larry Sheedy (Soundview/LIx) 20-22 (.909)
Mike Bogh (MC Garbage) 26-31 (.839)
Mark Eichhorn (SWtColo's) 21-27 (.778)
Jim Buck (Olympic Herb) 42-56 (.750)
Mark Ziegler (SW/Colo's) 12-16 (.750)
STANDINGS
"A" Dlvlalon
Skokomish 6-3
Sea West]CoWs Corner 5-3
Soundview/Lix 4-4
Little Creek Casino 3-6
"B" Division
Mason County Garbage 7-1
Olympic Herb Farm 7-2
Olympic Motors/Re,or Const. 1-7
Potlatch Pirates 1-8
A. 12-year first:
GETTING A RISE, literally, out of his Climbers' huge
Win over Olympia Friday night as the home crowd roars
is Shelton's Aaron Brown (10). That's backcourt mate
Bri an Bradley in the foreground.
Owls make it
The Mary M. Knight girls' bas-
ketball team rode a backs-to-the-
wall win last week to their first
district appearance in 12 years.
Alas, though Round One in
that postseason donnybrook went
to the Owls' opponents, it neither
eliminated them nor diminished
the high of the Matlockians'
berth-clinching win last Thursday
over visiting Lake Quinault.
Tied with their rangy guests at
44 with a minute to go after giv-
ing up a lead they'd nursed most
of the way, the Owls turned up
their defensive intensity a notch
and blanked the Elks the rest of
the way while getting five points
from Jenny Scott and four from
Dorie Camus.
They followed up that 53-44
regular-season finale by settling
their district butterflies in a 37-
69 blowout at the hands of Pe Ell.
They'll get another second shot
in the double-elimination fray,
though - this evening at Roches-
ter against a yet-to-be-determin-
ed opponent.
Pe Ell's Kelsey Cox had 23
points to fuel the Owls' first-
round demise. Scott led Knight
with nine points despite playing
on a bad ankle, and teammate
Cinda Compton, just a sopho-
more, hauled down a dozen re-
bounds and blocked two shots.
Incidentally, a special attrac-
tion in last Thursday's regular-
season finale was the guest ap-
pearance of several Shelton High
School band members, who
played throughout the Quinault
game after being assembled by lo-
cal harmonica guru Vern Morgus
and Choice High School teacher
Brock Lethbridge.
The visiting performers includ-
ed drum major Jacki Cox, Matt
Heinrich on drums, Beth Sartori
on piccolo, Chris Giddings on
trombone, Joe Walbaum on trum-
pet, Dan Marler on baritone sax,
Amy Barber on flute and Court-
ney Reygers, Stephanie Lindberg
and Samantha Anderson on clari-
net.
Out in the Open
"SO WHY ARE YOU flying to Minneapolis to
interview to be a flight attendant with North-
west Airlines?" a friend asked me. "You were
turned down by United and Alaska but you got
an offer from American. Why keep looking?"
"It's the corporate culture," I said. "I'm not
sure I'm an American guy. They seem pretty
uptight and conformity-conscious. I'm not ready
to be a Stepford wife.
"And now that Northwest knows I've been
offered a job with American they keep calling for
an interview. Besides, Northwest sounds like a
more relaxed company, more human, more real,
more me."
In reality I had no idea how relaxed they
were.
The American people I had met were very pro-
fessional. From the cut of their uniforms to their
snappy attitudes they were so darn nice and po-
lite. Customer service was their credo.
By comparison, Northwest didn't have a clue.
While courteous and apologetic on the phone, the
recruiters lost my application twice. The ticket
counter person was surly, sent me to the wrong
gate and made me miss my flight. The flight at-
tendants, instead of greeting passengers as we
boarded, drank coffee, chatted among themselves
and read the newspaper.
AFTER WE WERE ALOFT I thought I saw
one duck into a restroom to cop a smoke.
During the flight I shared my observation of
the two companies with one of the attendants.
"You're interviewing for a job with North-
west?" she asked when I told her what I was
doing. "Why?"
"Because I wanted to see what it would be
like," I told her.
"If you got an offer from American I'd take it,"
she informed me. Another attendant came up
and seconded the first's opinion.
"We have been without a contract for over two
years," she said. "We've got the worst working
conditions in the industry, and right now em-
ployee morale is in the dumpster.
"If you don't want the American job, I'll take
it," she said.
I interviewed a few of the passengers on
board.
"I'll never fly Northwest again," a gentleman
of about 60 told me. "They booked my flight
wrong, they changed my connection without tell-
ing me and nobody has any idea where my lug-
gage is."
This sounded like an airline where I'd fit right
in.
THE ACTUAL INTERVIEW in Minneapolis
was the most casual I'd been to. There were 40 of
us. We began by watching a video tape of Aretha
Franklin singing the praises of Northwest fol-
lowed by a short presentation by a recruiter who
told us how wonderful it was to work there and
how happy all the employees were.
We then completed a form with basic informa-
tion about ourselves including how many traffic
tickets we had received in the last ten years.
The recruiters then called us one by one, went
over the form to make sure we had spelled our
name right and then sent us on our way.
Except for me.
ROBERT, THE RECRUITER guy who had
given us the sales pitch, pulled me aside and had
me follow him to another room.
"I understand you have an offer ibr employ-
ment at American," he said.
"Yeah," I said.
E-mail at
diaz@budsters.com
"So why do you want to fly for Northwest?" he
asked.
"That's the same question I was going to ask
you," I said.
"What?" he asked.
"No, why," I said.
Seeing the puzzled look on his face, I told him
about the differences I had observed between the
two companies and what the attendants said
about morale, contracts and other things that
only consenting adults could share.
He assured me things would improve. He said
a new contract was just around the corner and
life would be much better here than in Dallas.
"Plus," he said, looking at my face, "here you
can keep your beard. American will make you
shave."
I PAUSED FOR A minute. I had already
compromised one of my principles by agreeing to
take a drug test. Now, faced with having to
shave, I felt this might not be the profession for
me after all.
Then he said, "It sounds like we might be able
to make you an offer. But first I have to ask you
a few questions."
He leafed through the information sheets he
had on me and said, "It looks like you've been
self-employed for the last ten years."
"That's right," I answered.
"We normally contact your last employer, so
as your last employer how would you say your
job performance was?"
I wondered if he thought this was as strange
as I did.
I could have told him the truth and said, "I'm
constantly yelling at me to get back to work." Or
I could have said, "I'm the last person I would
hire." Or I could have said, "The only reason I
have me work for me is because nobody else
will." But I didn't say any of those things.
"I do my job well and competently," I said.
He nodded and actually wrote that down on
his evaluation sheet.
"HOW MANY TIMES have you been late for
work in the last ten years?" he asked.
This was too weird.
"Well, it's only about 40 feet from my bedroom
to my office," I said. "Unless I get hung up with
the dog wanting to go outside, I normally make it
with time to spare."
I have no idea what he wrote on his sheet, but
he scribbled something.
"If we were to contact you, would you be will-
ing to say you would hire you again?, ...............
I was beginning to understand what it was
like living on the other side of the looking glass.
"Not on a bet," I said. "I would be glad to get
rid of me."
I'm not sure he got the joke. I'm not sure I got
it either.
"Okay," he said as he rose to shake my hand.
"Expect to get a letter in the mail shortly and
then you can decide which airline you want to fly
for."
THE FLIGHT HOME that night was un-
eventful. The attendants tossed us our evening
snack and then disappeared for the rest of the
trip.
As I settled back in my seat, closed me eyes
and stroked my beard, I realized for the first
time in this entire process that I now had a deci-
sion to make. And it wasn't going to be easy.
Next Week: The decision
ii: ¸ ;'-: :: -:i:/: ....
WEDNESDAY AFTERSCHOOL
KIDS 1/20/99
Men's HI Game and Series: John Schuffen-
hauer, 183 and 302.
Women's HI Game and Series: Karen Pur-
sey, 142 and 238.
Standings: #5 31-14, Showboats 28.17,
K&K 26-19, #2 26-19, Psychedelic 14-31, #1
0-45.
Showboats 2, Ryan Scolss 352; K&K 1,
Tim Clark 196; #2 3, Stephenle Bluehorse
230; Psychedelic 0, Adam Fosbie 227; #5 3,
Karmen Mueller 256.
JUNIORS 1/23/99
Men's Hi Game and Series: Curtis Snydor,
254 and 576.
Women's Hi Game and Series: Kristi
Scales, 146 and 418.
Standings: Wolf 39-17, Eagles 36.20,
SRA #1 32.5-23.5, MCDSA 29-27, Cush-
man 23.5-32.5, SRA #5 22-34, Hunter 22-
34, NAPA 19-37.
Napa 1, Harley Howe 541; Eagles 3,
Richard Bacon 472; Hunter 3, Bryce Mid-
daugh 362; SRA #1 1, Brad Squyers 409;
Cushman 0, Curtis Snydor 576; MCDSA 4,
Kristl Scales 418; SRA #5 1, Chad Tilton
378; Wolf 3, Trent Dorwart 522.
YOUTH BOWLING 1/23199
Men's Hi Game and Series: Justin Whitloy,
140 and 325.
Women's Hi Game: Ashley Stevens, 132.
Women's Hi Series: MIchelle Robinson, 323.
Standings: Eagles #3 11-5, Elks 11-5,
SRA 10-6, Does 7-9, Eagles #3 7-9, Paws
6-10, Kids 5-11, Moose 3-13.
Does 1, Jennifer Cross 283; Paws 3,
Michelle Robinson 323; Elks 3, Casey
Chambertln 262; SRA 1, Marshall Holllngs-
worth 227; Kids 2, Ashley Stevens 322; Ea-
gles #3 2, Dalton Emerson 307; #2 3, Justin
Whltley 325; Moose 1, Brooks Wuolle 263.
WEDNESDAY AFTERSCHOOL
KIDS 2/3/99
Men's HI Game: Adam Feeble 141, Ryan
Scales 180.
Women's HI Game: Krysten Thompson 141,
Karmen Mueller 160.
Standings: Pepper 34-17, #2 32-19, K&K
29-22, Showboats 28-23, Psychedelic 20-
31, #1 0-51.
#2 3, Stephenle Bluehorse 228; Psyche-
delic 3, Jessica Lewis 271; Showboats 0,
Ryan Scales 323; K&K 0, Kelly Clark 167;
Popper 3, Karmen Mueller 294.
GRANGE 1/25/99
Men's Hi Game and Series: Willie Owens,
214 an 578.
Women's Hi Game: Edie Willis, 190.
Women's Hi Series: Jan Owens, 487.
Standings: Grange 16.5-7.5, Agate 14-
10, Harsttne 14-10, Lock 13.5-10.5, Pioneer
12-12, Ye 10.5-13.5, Skokomish 9-15, Mat-
lock 6.5-17.5.
Matlock 1, Nonie Howard 415; Agate 3,
Tunney Ludwig 507; Ye 3, Willie Owens
578; Skokomish 1, Vernice White 487; Lock
2, Edie Willis 483; Harstine 2, Fay Brewer
539; Pioneer 2, Joe Ingham 411; Grange 2,
Lester White 491.
SENIORS 1/27/99
Men's Hi Game: Chuck Leslie, 209.
Men's Hi Series: Dennis Ross, 571.
Women's Hi Game: Edle Willis, 201.
Women's Hi Series: Dorothy Moore, 542.
Standings: Northcliff 23-5, Cushman 20-
8, Lumbermens 17-11, This 16-12, Mafia
14-14, Bombers 14-14, Lea 13.5-14.5, Nitas
13-15, Hi 13-15, Athletic 12-16, Timber 11-
17, Gateway 10.5-17.5, VFW 10-18, Lock 9-
19.
Lock 4, Fay Brewer 550; Gateway 0,
Dick Rex 474; Athletic 0, Mary Brammer
456; Bombers 4, Bob Bratton 475; VFW 2,
Mode Snyder 424; Lumbermens 2, Roger
Rigettno 478; Mafia 1, Dennis Ross 571; Ni-
tas 3, Lestar White 557; Northcliff 3, George
Lombardy 512; Lea 1, Betty Gray 514;
Cushman 4, Lloyd Murr 507; Hi 0, Lloyd Vl-
nay 443; This 2, Joyce Bortoluzi 432; Tim-
ber 2, Betty Shemel 458.
WEDNEDAY AFTERSCHOOL
KIDS 1127199
Men's Hi Game: John Schuffenhauer, 154.
Men's Hi Series: Adam Fosbie, 286.
Women's Hi Game and Series: Alicia Bar-
iekman, 142 and 272.
Standings: #5 31-17, K&K 29-19, #2 29-
19, Showboats 28-20, Psychedelic 17-31,
#1 0-48.
#5 0, Karen Pursey 201; Psychedelic 3,
Adam Fosbte 286; K&K 3, Kelly Clerk 181
#2 3, Alicia Bariekman 272; Showboats 0,
John Schuffenhauer 281.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT DOUBLES 1/27/99
Men's Hi Game: Mike Seelig, 186.
Men's Hi Series: Rich Myer, 495.
Women's Hi Game and Sedss: Deb Bilyeu,
158 and 442.
Standings: #2 9-3, #5 8-4, #4 7.5, #1 6-
6, #3 6-6, #6 0-12.
#3 3, Rich Myer 495; #1 1, Mike Seelig
472; #2 3, Deb Bllyeu 442; #5 1, Josh
Heldeman 341; #4 4, Dave Franzen 444.
THURSDAY LADLES TRIO 1/28/99
Women's HI Game and Series: Jan Paul-
son, 191 and 518.
Standings: Hunter 11-9, Holiday 11-9,
Spare 11-9, Mikes 10-10, Toziers 9-11, Jan
8-12.
Tozlars 4, Joyce Bortoluzi 440; Jan 0,
Core Simpson 425; Hunter 3, Jan Paulson
518; Mikes t, Bsv Cross 504; Spare 3, Anne
Snyder 443; Holiday 1, Nelda Flint 428.
RUG RATS 1/30/99
Men's HI Game and Series: Cody Sturgell,
86 and 162.
Standings: Rallies 26.17, Little 21-24.
Rallies Kids 3, Cody Sturgsll 162.
YOUTH LEAGUE 1/30/99
Men's Hi Game and Series: Nick Sallas, 139
and 343.
Women's Hi Game and Series: Jennifer
Cross, 126 and 359.
Standings: #2 14-6, #7 13.7, #5 11-9,
Elks 11-9, Paws 10-10, #4 8-12, Eagles 8-
14, Moose 3-17.
Eagles 1, Ashley Stevens 285; #2 3,
Nick Sallas 343; Moose 0, Brook Wuolle
201; #5 4, Trenton Landsaw 295; Elks 0,
Casey Chamberlln 250; Paws 4, Carrie
Anne Allegrl 280; #4 1, Jennifer Cross 359;
#7 3, Bailey Bilyeu 313.
GREATNESS
We all go to our graves un-
known, worlds of unsuspected
greatness. Frederick W. Fhfr
Thursday, February 18, 1999 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 23
For Sells, Fox, D__unn."
jackpot in Reno
Three Highclimber track ath-
letes flew to Reno last weekend to
compete in a major indoor track
meet.
The Holiday Inn Classic, as it's
called, saw senior and two-time
defending state shotput champion
Doug Sells and junior teammates
Dale Fox and Andy Dunn go up
against some of the best high-
school talent in the nation - and
come away with notable distinc-
tion, to say the least.
Sells, now a senior and already
inked to compete in the Pac-10
under scholarship next fall at the
University of Oregon, topped all
high-schoolers in both his events.
He won the shot on his last
throw, topping out at 56-211, des-
pite having cut the event out of
his training regimen altogether
since he donned his second state
crown last spring and upped his
school record shortly thereafter to
62-9/2, or more than three feet
further than Climber history's
number-two throw - way back in
1975 by then age-group national
leader Jeff Pill.
THE REASON DOUG moved
his shotput cause celebre to the
figurative back burner? Well, it
too was pretty obvious Saturday.
Down to a lean 190 pounds - or
some 15 fewer than he carried
on his 6-2 frame last spring, when
he roared to yet another all-time
SHS record en route to third
in the state high-hurdles finale,
Doug beat an excellent field in
the Classic's 55-meter event.
Doughs time wasn't recorded, as
it happens - scuttled by a foul-up
in the electronic system during
the race. But over the 50-meter
distance in a similar open track
meet a couple weeks ago the
Climber star won with a time of
7.04 seconds - fastest time by a
prepster in the entire nation this
year.
FOX, MEANWHILE, wound
up placing in both of his Classic
events. He was second in the
3200 meters and seventh in the
1600.
Though initially disappointing
to him, by the way, his respective
times of 10:08.9 and 4:52.0 proved
in retrospect quite brisk indeed -
when you factor in the blood-
thinning effects of Reno's 4,500-
foot altitude. Those effects could
account for as much as 30 seconds
over the metric two-mile distance,
experience suggests.
Dale has a 3200-meter best of
9:38.6 - third fastest all-time at
Shelton High. The lone stars
ahead of him are Mat and Aaron
Taylor, at 9:20.74 and 9:22.0.
Dale's 4:29.6 personal record in
the 1600 ranks him 45th on the
all-time SHS list, but coaches pre-
dict he'll move way up and in a
big hurry this spring after mak-
ing it all the way to age-group
nationals this past cross-country
season.
AS FOR ANDY, like Dale just
an llth-grader, his big break-
through in last weekend's Classic
came in the pole vault, where
he joined the Climbers' so-called
13-Foot Club with a PR 13-0
clearance good for third place
among high-schoolers.
The effort vaulted him from
27th to 18th place on the all-time
SHS list.
Andy also went a personal-best
20-21/2 in the long jump, leaving
him just shy of placement but
moving him to 27th place all-time
on the Climber list.
DOUG, DALE & ANDY are
not finished with their indoor
season, by the way. Next week
they'll fly to Pocatello, Idaho, to
take part in the Simplot Games,
the largest and most competitive
high-school indoor track meet in
the country.
There, to give you some idea of
the world-class talent assembled,
Doug and his 14.68 PR in the
110-meter high hurdles will en-
counter a couple kids who've run
in the mid 13s.
Young Sells reportedly is much
faster now than he was when he
set his school-record PR last
spring, by the say. But he's still
expected to get his first real less-
on in running from behind.
Men's basketball:
Rec pecs flex at the fore
By CHUCK ROBERTSON
The front-runners in Shelton
Parks & Rec men's basketball
flexed their muscles last week
with but a week to go in regular-
season play, slated to end tonight.
Mason County Garbage, leader
of the "B" division, ran its record
to 7-1 with a 93-46 win over the
Potlatch Pirates, while runner-up
Olympic Herb stayed one game
back in the loss column with a
90-69 win over Olympic Motors/
Reller Logging.
In "A" division play, Skoko-
mish (6-3) topped Soundview
Chiropractic/Lix Construction 88-
70, and Sea West Mortgage/Colo's
Corner bested Little Creek Casi-
no 90-52.
This week's slate of make-up
games concluding tonight (results
unavailable at press time) will de-
termine pairings for next week's
playoff §chedule, which will have
the league's overall championship
game contested at 7:30 next
Thursday.
MC GARBAGE used a well
rounded offense to pull away from
Potlatch. Eric Bee tossed in 18
and Mike Bogh 16 - all in the sec-
end half- to head up a sextet of
double-figure scorers. Ran John-
son led the Pirates with 17.
SW/Colo's clung to a dicey four-
point lead after one period of play
before exploding for 56 second-
half points to outdistance Little
Creek.
Mark Eichhorn zeroed in on six
treys (one off his league-leading
season high) and scored 28 to lead
the way, while Ty Davidson broke
loose for his season-high 23. An-
thony Brown scored 20 for Little
Creek.
MARTY PETERSON scored
21 of his game-high 30 before
intermission to lead Skokomish
past Soundview/Lix. Rob Breh-
meyer chipped in 17, with 14
coming in the third quarter when
Skok stretched its lead to 28. Tra-
cy Johnson and Kevin Tinsley led
Soundview/Lix with 19 and 18.
Olympic Herb went on a 35-
point rampage in the fourth quar-
ter to pull away from OM/R. The
winners' Jim Buck led all scorers
with 29, and John Glenewinkel
added 21. OM/R got 14 each from
Brandon Felix and Will Powell.
Mason County Garbage 20 34 64 93
Potlatch Pirates 12 21 32 46
Mason County Garbage - Eric Boo 18,
Mike Bogh 16, Ahmed Gains 14, Chris GIr-
alcles 12, Pat Rhodes 10, Matt Bogh 10, Lea
Smith 8, Jason Hitsman 3, Josh Johnson 2.
FG -39; F-I'- 12-17 (71%).
Potlatch Pirates - Ran Johnson 17, Jere-
miah Johns 10, Mark Snyder 8, Xavier
Brown 8, Jamle Marley 3.
FG - 17; FT - 8-13 (62%).
Sea Weat/Colo'o 21 34 64 90
Llttle Creek Caslno 17 23 38 52
Sea West/CoWs - Mark Eichhorn 28, Ty
Davidson 23, Scott Eichhorn 13, Dan Ra-
dius 12, Scott River 4, Mark Zieglor 4, Grog
Harvey 4, Bracl Lev 2.
FG - 36; FT - 5-8 (63%).
Little Creek Casino - Anthony Brown 20,
Eric Burflend 11, Adam Visser 6, Boar Lewis
5, Kovin Sutterlick 4, Ran Matheny 4, De-
mus Cordova 2, Tom Graver.
FG - 21 ; FT - 7-8 (88%).
Skokomlah 23 44 70 98
Soundvlew/LIx 19 25 42 70
Skokomish - Marty Paterson 30, Rob
Brahmeyer 17, Clinton Coley 12, Phtllip Pa-
terson 12, Billy Allen 8, Victor Andrews 6,
Trevor Paterson 3, Darryl LeClair.
FG -34; FT- 14-19 (74%).
Soundview/Lix - Tracy Johnson 19, Ke-
vin Tinsley 18, Larry Shoedy 11, Scott Hub-
hie 10, James Lix 6, Rich Bowman 6.
FG - 30; FT" - 7-8 (88%).
Olympic Herb Farm 12 34 55 90
Olymplc Motors/Railer 11 25 48 69
Olympic Herb Farm - Jim buck 29, John
Glenewinkel 21, Wayne Farr 17, Paul Fee-
nan 15, Scott Peek 6, John Hill 2, Marcus
Graves.
FG - 35; FT - 7-26 (67%).
Olympic Motors/Relier Logging - Will
Powell 14, Brandon Felix 14, Kevln Clark
12, Kent Boldridge 12, Mike Hammonds 10,
LaShon Powell 5, Dave Clark 2, Adam
Krise, Mike Rowley.
FG - 28; F'I" - 5-6 (83%).
SCORING LEADERS
Jim Buck (ely Herb Farm) 25.8
Anthony Brown (Little Creek) 22.4
Marty Peterson (Skokomish) 21.7
Mark Eichhom (SW/Colo's) 20.5
Matt Bogh (MC Garbage) 17.3
THREE-POINT LEADERS
Mark Eichhorn (SW/Colo's) 25
Anthony Brown (Little Creek) 22
Marty Peterson (Skokomlsh) 19
Paul Feenan (Olympic Herb) 18
Eric Burfiend (Little Creek) 17
FREE-THROW LEADERS
Larry Sheedy (Soundview/LIx) 20-22 (.909)
Mike Bogh (MC Garbage) 26-31 (.839)
Mark Eichhorn (SWtColo's) 21-27 (.778)
Jim Buck (Olympic Herb) 42-56 (.750)
Mark Ziegler (SW/Colo's) 12-16 (.750)
STANDINGS
"A" Dlvlalon
Skokomish 6-3
Sea West]CoWs Corner 5-3
Soundview/Lix 4-4
Little Creek Casino 3-6
"B" Division
Mason County Garbage 7-1
Olympic Herb Farm 7-2
Olympic Motors/Re,or Const. 1-7
Potlatch Pirates 1-8
A. 12-year first:
GETTING A RISE, literally, out of his Climbers' huge
Win over Olympia Friday night as the home crowd roars
is Shelton's Aaron Brown (10). That's backcourt mate
Bri an Bradley in the foreground.
Owls make it
The Mary M. Knight girls' bas-
ketball team rode a backs-to-the-
wall win last week to their first
district appearance in 12 years.
Alas, though Round One in
that postseason donnybrook went
to the Owls' opponents, it neither
eliminated them nor diminished
the high of the Matlockians'
berth-clinching win last Thursday
over visiting Lake Quinault.
Tied with their rangy guests at
44 with a minute to go after giv-
ing up a lead they'd nursed most
of the way, the Owls turned up
their defensive intensity a notch
and blanked the Elks the rest of
the way while getting five points
from Jenny Scott and four from
Dorie Camus.
They followed up that 53-44
regular-season finale by settling
their district butterflies in a 37-
69 blowout at the hands of Pe Ell.
They'll get another second shot
in the double-elimination fray,
though - this evening at Roches-
ter against a yet-to-be-determin-
ed opponent.
Pe Ell's Kelsey Cox had 23
points to fuel the Owls' first-
round demise. Scott led Knight
with nine points despite playing
on a bad ankle, and teammate
Cinda Compton, just a sopho-
more, hauled down a dozen re-
bounds and blocked two shots.
Incidentally, a special attrac-
tion in last Thursday's regular-
season finale was the guest ap-
pearance of several Shelton High
School band members, who
played throughout the Quinault
game after being assembled by lo-
cal harmonica guru Vern Morgus
and Choice High School teacher
Brock Lethbridge.
The visiting performers includ-
ed drum major Jacki Cox, Matt
Heinrich on drums, Beth Sartori
on piccolo, Chris Giddings on
trombone, Joe Walbaum on trum-
pet, Dan Marler on baritone sax,
Amy Barber on flute and Court-
ney Reygers, Stephanie Lindberg
and Samantha Anderson on clari-
net.
Out in the Open
"SO WHY ARE YOU flying to Minneapolis to
interview to be a flight attendant with North-
west Airlines?" a friend asked me. "You were
turned down by United and Alaska but you got
an offer from American. Why keep looking?"
"It's the corporate culture," I said. "I'm not
sure I'm an American guy. They seem pretty
uptight and conformity-conscious. I'm not ready
to be a Stepford wife.
"And now that Northwest knows I've been
offered a job with American they keep calling for
an interview. Besides, Northwest sounds like a
more relaxed company, more human, more real,
more me."
In reality I had no idea how relaxed they
were.
The American people I had met were very pro-
fessional. From the cut of their uniforms to their
snappy attitudes they were so darn nice and po-
lite. Customer service was their credo.
By comparison, Northwest didn't have a clue.
While courteous and apologetic on the phone, the
recruiters lost my application twice. The ticket
counter person was surly, sent me to the wrong
gate and made me miss my flight. The flight at-
tendants, instead of greeting passengers as we
boarded, drank coffee, chatted among themselves
and read the newspaper.
AFTER WE WERE ALOFT I thought I saw
one duck into a restroom to cop a smoke.
During the flight I shared my observation of
the two companies with one of the attendants.
"You're interviewing for a job with North-
west?" she asked when I told her what I was
doing. "Why?"
"Because I wanted to see what it would be
like," I told her.
"If you got an offer from American I'd take it,"
she informed me. Another attendant came up
and seconded the first's opinion.
"We have been without a contract for over two
years," she said. "We've got the worst working
conditions in the industry, and right now em-
ployee morale is in the dumpster.
"If you don't want the American job, I'll take
it," she said.
I interviewed a few of the passengers on
board.
"I'll never fly Northwest again," a gentleman
of about 60 told me. "They booked my flight
wrong, they changed my connection without tell-
ing me and nobody has any idea where my lug-
gage is."
This sounded like an airline where I'd fit right
in.
THE ACTUAL INTERVIEW in Minneapolis
was the most casual I'd been to. There were 40 of
us. We began by watching a video tape of Aretha
Franklin singing the praises of Northwest fol-
lowed by a short presentation by a recruiter who
told us how wonderful it was to work there and
how happy all the employees were.
We then completed a form with basic informa-
tion about ourselves including how many traffic
tickets we had received in the last ten years.
The recruiters then called us one by one, went
over the form to make sure we had spelled our
name right and then sent us on our way.
Except for me.
ROBERT, THE RECRUITER guy who had
given us the sales pitch, pulled me aside and had
me follow him to another room.
"I understand you have an offer ibr employ-
ment at American," he said.
"Yeah," I said.
E-mail at
diaz@budsters.com
"So why do you want to fly for Northwest?" he
asked.
"That's the same question I was going to ask
you," I said.
"What?" he asked.
"No, why," I said.
Seeing the puzzled look on his face, I told him
about the differences I had observed between the
two companies and what the attendants said
about morale, contracts and other things that
only consenting adults could share.
He assured me things would improve. He said
a new contract was just around the corner and
life would be much better here than in Dallas.
"Plus," he said, looking at my face, "here you
can keep your beard. American will make you
shave."
I PAUSED FOR A minute. I had already
compromised one of my principles by agreeing to
take a drug test. Now, faced with having to
shave, I felt this might not be the profession for
me after all.
Then he said, "It sounds like we might be able
to make you an offer. But first I have to ask you
a few questions."
He leafed through the information sheets he
had on me and said, "It looks like you've been
self-employed for the last ten years."
"That's right," I answered.
"We normally contact your last employer, so
as your last employer how would you say your
job performance was?"
I wondered if he thought this was as strange
as I did.
I could have told him the truth and said, "I'm
constantly yelling at me to get back to work." Or
I could have said, "I'm the last person I would
hire." Or I could have said, "The only reason I
have me work for me is because nobody else
will." But I didn't say any of those things.
"I do my job well and competently," I said.
He nodded and actually wrote that down on
his evaluation sheet.
"HOW MANY TIMES have you been late for
work in the last ten years?" he asked.
This was too weird.
"Well, it's only about 40 feet from my bedroom
to my office," I said. "Unless I get hung up with
the dog wanting to go outside, I normally make it
with time to spare."
I have no idea what he wrote on his sheet, but
he scribbled something.
"If we were to contact you, would you be will-
ing to say you would hire you again?, ...............
I was beginning to understand what it was
like living on the other side of the looking glass.
"Not on a bet," I said. "I would be glad to get
rid of me."
I'm not sure he got the joke. I'm not sure I got
it either.
"Okay," he said as he rose to shake my hand.
"Expect to get a letter in the mail shortly and
then you can decide which airline you want to fly
for."
THE FLIGHT HOME that night was un-
eventful. The attendants tossed us our evening
snack and then disappeared for the rest of the
trip.
As I settled back in my seat, closed me eyes
and stroked my beard, I realized for the first
time in this entire process that I now had a deci-
sion to make. And it wasn't going to be easy.
Next Week: The decision
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WEDNESDAY AFTERSCHOOL
KIDS 1/20/99
Men's HI Game and Series: John Schuffen-
hauer, 183 and 302.
Women's HI Game and Series: Karen Pur-
sey, 142 and 238.
Standings: #5 31-14, Showboats 28.17,
K&K 26-19, #2 26-19, Psychedelic 14-31, #1
0-45.
Showboats 2, Ryan Scolss 352; K&K 1,
Tim Clark 196; #2 3, Stephenle Bluehorse
230; Psychedelic 0, Adam Fosbie 227; #5 3,
Karmen Mueller 256.
JUNIORS 1/23/99
Men's Hi Game and Series: Curtis Snydor,
254 and 576.
Women's Hi Game and Series: Kristi
Scales, 146 and 418.
Standings: Wolf 39-17, Eagles 36.20,
SRA #1 32.5-23.5, MCDSA 29-27, Cush-
man 23.5-32.5, SRA #5 22-34, Hunter 22-
34, NAPA 19-37.
Napa 1, Harley Howe 541; Eagles 3,
Richard Bacon 472; Hunter 3, Bryce Mid-
daugh 362; SRA #1 1, Brad Squyers 409;
Cushman 0, Curtis Snydor 576; MCDSA 4,
Kristl Scales 418; SRA #5 1, Chad Tilton
378; Wolf 3, Trent Dorwart 522.
YOUTH BOWLING 1/23199
Men's Hi Game and Series: Justin Whitloy,
140 and 325.
Women's Hi Game: Ashley Stevens, 132.
Women's Hi Series: MIchelle Robinson, 323.
Standings: Eagles #3 11-5, Elks 11-5,
SRA 10-6, Does 7-9, Eagles #3 7-9, Paws
6-10, Kids 5-11, Moose 3-13.
Does 1, Jennifer Cross 283; Paws 3,
Michelle Robinson 323; Elks 3, Casey
Chambertln 262; SRA 1, Marshall Holllngs-
worth 227; Kids 2, Ashley Stevens 322; Ea-
gles #3 2, Dalton Emerson 307; #2 3, Justin
Whltley 325; Moose 1, Brooks Wuolle 263.
WEDNESDAY AFTERSCHOOL
KIDS 2/3/99
Men's HI Game: Adam Feeble 141, Ryan
Scales 180.
Women's HI Game: Krysten Thompson 141,
Karmen Mueller 160.
Standings: Pepper 34-17, #2 32-19, K&K
29-22, Showboats 28-23, Psychedelic 20-
31, #1 0-51.
#2 3, Stephenle Bluehorse 228; Psyche-
delic 3, Jessica Lewis 271; Showboats 0,
Ryan Scales 323; K&K 0, Kelly Clark 167;
Popper 3, Karmen Mueller 294.
GRANGE 1/25/99
Men's Hi Game and Series: Willie Owens,
214 an 578.
Women's Hi Game: Edie Willis, 190.
Women's Hi Series: Jan Owens, 487.
Standings: Grange 16.5-7.5, Agate 14-
10, Harsttne 14-10, Lock 13.5-10.5, Pioneer
12-12, Ye 10.5-13.5, Skokomish 9-15, Mat-
lock 6.5-17.5.
Matlock 1, Nonie Howard 415; Agate 3,
Tunney Ludwig 507; Ye 3, Willie Owens
578; Skokomish 1, Vernice White 487; Lock
2, Edie Willis 483; Harstine 2, Fay Brewer
539; Pioneer 2, Joe Ingham 411; Grange 2,
Lester White 491.
SENIORS 1/27/99
Men's Hi Game: Chuck Leslie, 209.
Men's Hi Series: Dennis Ross, 571.
Women's Hi Game: Edle Willis, 201.
Women's Hi Series: Dorothy Moore, 542.
Standings: Northcliff 23-5, Cushman 20-
8, Lumbermens 17-11, This 16-12, Mafia
14-14, Bombers 14-14, Lea 13.5-14.5, Nitas
13-15, Hi 13-15, Athletic 12-16, Timber 11-
17, Gateway 10.5-17.5, VFW 10-18, Lock 9-
19.
Lock 4, Fay Brewer 550; Gateway 0,
Dick Rex 474; Athletic 0, Mary Brammer
456; Bombers 4, Bob Bratton 475; VFW 2,
Mode Snyder 424; Lumbermens 2, Roger
Rigettno 478; Mafia 1, Dennis Ross 571; Ni-
tas 3, Lestar White 557; Northcliff 3, George
Lombardy 512; Lea 1, Betty Gray 514;
Cushman 4, Lloyd Murr 507; Hi 0, Lloyd Vl-
nay 443; This 2, Joyce Bortoluzi 432; Tim-
ber 2, Betty Shemel 458.
WEDNEDAY AFTERSCHOOL
KIDS 1127199
Men's Hi Game: John Schuffenhauer, 154.
Men's Hi Series: Adam Fosbie, 286.
Women's Hi Game and Series: Alicia Bar-
iekman, 142 and 272.
Standings: #5 31-17, K&K 29-19, #2 29-
19, Showboats 28-20, Psychedelic 17-31,
#1 0-48.
#5 0, Karen Pursey 201; Psychedelic 3,
Adam Fosbte 286; K&K 3, Kelly Clerk 181
#2 3, Alicia Bariekman 272; Showboats 0,
John Schuffenhauer 281.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT DOUBLES 1/27/99
Men's Hi Game: Mike Seelig, 186.
Men's Hi Series: Rich Myer, 495.
Women's Hi Game and Sedss: Deb Bilyeu,
158 and 442.
Standings: #2 9-3, #5 8-4, #4 7.5, #1 6-
6, #3 6-6, #6 0-12.
#3 3, Rich Myer 495; #1 1, Mike Seelig
472; #2 3, Deb Bllyeu 442; #5 1, Josh
Heldeman 341; #4 4, Dave Franzen 444.
THURSDAY LADLES TRIO 1/28/99
Women's HI Game and Series: Jan Paul-
son, 191 and 518.
Standings: Hunter 11-9, Holiday 11-9,
Spare 11-9, Mikes 10-10, Toziers 9-11, Jan
8-12.
Tozlars 4, Joyce Bortoluzi 440; Jan 0,
Core Simpson 425; Hunter 3, Jan Paulson
518; Mikes t, Bsv Cross 504; Spare 3, Anne
Snyder 443; Holiday 1, Nelda Flint 428.
RUG RATS 1/30/99
Men's HI Game and Series: Cody Sturgell,
86 and 162.
Standings: Rallies 26.17, Little 21-24.
Rallies Kids 3, Cody Sturgsll 162.
YOUTH LEAGUE 1/30/99
Men's Hi Game and Series: Nick Sallas, 139
and 343.
Women's Hi Game and Series: Jennifer
Cross, 126 and 359.
Standings: #2 14-6, #7 13.7, #5 11-9,
Elks 11-9, Paws 10-10, #4 8-12, Eagles 8-
14, Moose 3-17.
Eagles 1, Ashley Stevens 285; #2 3,
Nick Sallas 343; Moose 0, Brook Wuolle
201; #5 4, Trenton Landsaw 295; Elks 0,
Casey Chamberlln 250; Paws 4, Carrie
Anne Allegrl 280; #4 1, Jennifer Cross 359;
#7 3, Bailey Bilyeu 313.
GREATNESS
We all go to our graves un-
known, worlds of unsuspected
greatness. Frederick W. Fhfr
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