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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 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