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WEEKLY PLANNER l l l By DEAN SIEMON The path from Belfair's North Mason High School to the Seattle Mariners' open- ing day game back on April 8 at Safeco Field just "fell into place" for Jason Koenig. Koenig, a 2002 North Ma- son graduate, directed the music video for "My Oh My," a single from Seattle based hip-hop artist Ben Hagger- ty, better known as Mackl- emore. The video was a tribute to not only Mariner baseball, but the passing of legendary broadcaster Dave Niehaus, who died in November 2010. Koenig had grown up loving the sport of baseball during his childhood in the North Mason area. His parents had season tickets to the Seattle Mari- ners and every weekend was spent in section 309 at the Kingdome during the 1990's, in the upper deck be- hind home plate. "They were the best cheap seats in the house," Koenig said. He would continue to at- tend games with his brother, Jeremey, and other North Mason School District stu- dents Jacob Bogue and Jeff Summitt. This group would also begin collecting autographs every game they went to, including any of the visitors, beginning in September 22, 1993, when Nolan Ryan, then a member of the Texas Rangers, pitched his final game. ~[Ivan] ~udge' Rodriguez gave me Ryan's warm-up ball," Koenig said. "And I got Mackey Sasser's auto- graph." Summers were spent ei- ther playing baseball, going to Mariner games and even to see the Tacoma Rainiers, the triple-A minor league af- filiate for the Mariners asso- ciation. "When I stopped getting "Your Key to Any Automotive Service" .OIL *FILTER Plus - Quality Care Multi- Point Inspection All Fluids, Belts and Hoses Checked Includes complimentary car wash "Some gas cars slightly higher; diesel vehicles not included. 2nd Shelton exit off Hwy 101 Macklemore music II li IS mmm open." ferent projects. One of those projects was a music video for the song "Otherside," which was a Photo courtesy of Roosevelt (Seattle) High Schoog work in progress when the Jason Koenig news announced on Nov. 10, 2010 that Niehaus had autographs when I was 16, passed away. we tallied it up and had Haggerty began to write about 85 percent of all of a tribute song that included M dor League Baseball," what was one of the best mo- Koenig said. ments in Mariner history - An injury suffered during October 8, 1995 during the his senior season led to him Americal League Division placing a gap between him- Series against the New York self and baseball, with all Yankees. of his autographs and other An Edgar Martinez memorabilia packed intodouble in the bottom of the boxes to sit in his parents' 11th inning brought in Ken garage. Griffey, Jr., who .beat the "When I got injured, I throw at home for the 6-5 didn't enjoy baseball quite win, which was a highlight so much," he said. for the franchise that came But he would develop a from nowhere to be basebll's second passion in photegra- Cinderalla that year. phy, taking the high school's The moment capped a photography class with season that Keenig remem- Frank Greer, who has since bered. But his favorite too- then retired, ment was when the Mari- ners won a playoff game "The photo program was quite good and a numberfor the AL West against the of kids went on to continue California Angels on Octo- photography," Koenig said. ber 2 at the Kingdome, es- "I would definty not be doing pecially since his family and photography if it were not friends skipped school and for the photorgahy program work on that Wednesday af- with North Mason. ternoon and joined the mob that invaded the field after After high school gradu- ation, Koenig took a seines- the 9-1 win. ter at Olympic College in "That was basicaly the Bremerton, but kept going story of the '95 Mariners," back to photography. Koenig said. "They were He began to work a about 10 or 15 games back freelancer to make extra with a month left in the sea- money artd was a..cc epted to son." attend Brooks Institute of Word of Niehaus' death Photography in Santa Bar- came to the attention of bera, Calif. Haggerty, Lewis and Koenig "I figured if I could make on the set of=Otherside." that much money doing pho- "We filmed half of it and tography for tultJon, then in the middle of filming the maybe I didn't need to go, second time through, Nie- Koenig said. haus died and [Haggerty] At age 18, he bought a wrote the song literally on business license and began an iPhone, Koenig said. taking portraits and worked The video was filmed within a 36-hour poried at his way up. He crossed paths with local little league fields in Ryan Lewis six years ago, downtown Seattle with Mar- who was the music produc- iner highlights spliced in. er with Haggerty and was But Haggerty felt some- hired to work on several dif- thing was missing - some baseball memorablia. We will be Closed for Memorial Day Weekend. Saturday May 28 through Monday May 30. We will reopen Tuesday By Russ Oenney May 31st at 6:30 a.m. CLEANERS & TAILORS Monday-Friday 6:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Saturday 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Serving She~ton and 215 South Second Mason County for 84 years 426-3371 knew I was a base- ball guy without knowing my childhood," Keenig said. "I spent two hours digging all the memorbflia out of my parent's garage." The footage of the King- dome imploading consisted of photographs taken by Summitt, one of Koenig's childhood friends that went with him to Mariner games during high school. The music video was post- ed on YouTube in January and the proceeds for the vid- eo were given to the Rainier Vista Boys and Girls Club. "Once we put it out, it had 100,000 views," Keenig said. After a few months, the video gained popularity amongst fans and national media before hearing from the Mariners organization. "Then we got a message from the Niehaus family that they absolutely loved the video," Koenig said. Message also came from fathers who said that they connected with their sons when watching the tribute video and from players like Griffey who said they were emotional when watching the video. All of this led to the video being shown before the Mar- iners home opener against the Cleveland Indians, where Koenig got to stand at Safeco Field with Niehaus' family. , ..... "It:::felt liR'e:;:tliis! ddeo, , wanted ~o be made,~'h~ said. "All the doors wanted to be open.n Koenig still runs his wed- ding photography business in 8eattl0 and acts as an assistant junior varsity baseball coach at Roosevelt High School. He said the best thing to come out of the VIy Oh Mr' video was the number of youths discovering a passion for the Mariners, who were not even around when the double called by Niehans was heard around the world. "It's been cool how much this song has increased the number of kids wearing Mariners' hats and old jer- seys," he said. Friday, May 27 BASEBALL Shelton Timbers 17U at Legion Field Tournament in Bremerton, TBD SOFTBALL North Mason High School at 2A WIAA Softball Championships (at Carlon Park in Selah), Noon TRACK AND FIELD Shelton High School at 4A WIAA Track and Field Championships (at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma), 10 a.m.; North Mason High School at 2A WIAA Track and Field Championships (at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma) Saturday, May 28 BASEBALL Shelton Timbers 17U at Legion Field Tournament in Bremerton, TBD SOFTBALL North Mason High School at 2A IAA Softball Championships (at Carlon Park in Selah), TBA TRACK AND FIELD Shelton High School at 4A WIAA Track and Field Championships (at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma), 10 a.m.; North Mason High School at 2A WIAA Track and Field Championships (at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma); Mary M. Knight High School at 1B WIAA Track and Field Championships (at Eastern Washington University in Cheney), TBA Sunday, May 29 BASEBALL Shelton Timbers 17U Tournament in Bremerton, TBD at Legion Field Monday, May 30 BASEBALL Shelten Timbers 17U Tournament in Bremerton, TBD at Legion Field Tuesday, May 31 BASEBALL North Thurston 17U at Shelton Timbers 17U (at Shelton High School), 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 1 BASEBALL Shelton Timbers 17U at North Thurston 17U (at North Thurston High School in Lacey), 6 p.m. Coming up South Mason Youth Soccer Club is now taking regis- tration forms for players ages 3 to 17 for leagues begin- ning on June 27. Forms are available at the soccer park, Shelton Civic Center or online at smysc.org. Cost is $40 per player, $65 for two, $90 for three and $125 for four. Deadline for registration is May 31. Shelton Parks and Recreation has scheduled the Her- shey Track and Field Meet for June 2 at Shelton High School for boys and girls, ages 9-14 as of Dec. 31, 2011. Registration starts at 5 p.m. with the meet starting at 5:30 p.m. Participants will need to bring a copy of a birth certificate. For more information, contact Shelton Parks and Recreation at 432-5194 or at mziegler@ci.shelton. wa.us. Tour De Mason Lake, a 32-mile bicycle ride during the Mason County Forest Festival, is scheduled for i0 a.m. on June 5. Check in begins at 10 a.m.in the parking area in front of Anytime Fitness in Shelton. Cost is $25 and includes a commemorative -sl rt and water bottle. Por more information, call 426-2600. Shelton Kings youth football sign-ups are scheduled to be held at the Shelton Wal-Mart on Saturday, June 18. Cost per player is $100 for senior varsity, $85 for mi- nor, junior varsity and varsity and $35 for flag. For more informaiton, contact Todd McPhee at 239-0282 or Denny Temple at 426-7023. All recreational and youth sports results and news must be sent to the Shelton-Mason County Journal by 5 p.m. on Tuesday if they are to be printed in the upcom- ing issue of the Sports section. No exceptions will be made. For more information, e-mail dean@masoncoun- ty.com or call 426-4412. *MP3 s .Gameboy Advance l Every Saturday at 11:00 a.m. FREE with membership . Sauna/Steam Room • Personal Training Weight Training. Swimming. Aerobics Classes . Racquetball. Tanning • Cardio • Massage t Now in progress-- See schedule at www.sheltonathleticclub.com Just South of Downtown Sheiton on Highway 3 Stop in today at 707 South First Street Call 426-1388 or email us; sacOhctc.com Check us out on the web at sheltonathleticclukcom Hours: Mon-Fri 4:30am-gpm, Sat & Sun 7am-3pm Page C-2 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, May 26, 2011