July 19, 2007 Shelton Mason County Journal | ![]() |
©
Shelton Mason County Journal. All rights reserved. Upgrade to access Premium Tools
PAGE 21 (21 of 44 available) PREVIOUS NEXT Jumbo Image Save To Scrapbook Set Notifiers PDF JPG
July 19, 2007 |
|
Website © 2025. All content copyrighted. Copyright Information Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Request Content Removal | About / FAQ | Get Acrobat Reader ![]() |
SPORTS JOURNAL
RACERS LINE UP to have a go at Sheltofl's resurrected drag strip last
weekend at the airport. The entry list boasted fully 260 cars - includ-
ing this 1,100-horsepower dragster from Idaho piloted by Katie Nelson,
who's just 19 and has been drag-racing since she was 8. Sleeveless at
near right is Shelton's own Corey Zamzow, who copped runner-up hon-
ors in Saturday's featured event. Corey and Katie's families go way back
in the sport and are good friends, as are many of the sport's regulars,
says Corey's mom, Shelton Drag Strip Association founding member
Peggy Zamzow.
[derbrook Golf
derbrook's ladies yielded the
LoWing the past week:
, 30th annual First Mates Tourney
f net of the fie d - Colleen Ambauen &
=i bert, 57.
V&gross of the field - Robin McCly-
Carol West.
i division - Annette eydel & Annette
I, Gerry Lou Haselwood & Nancy
'tied at 62 with Kristy Whitcher & Re-
'1 anielson, Asue Barnes & Linda Stol-
at 64 with Shirley Muhich & Carol
ux, Shelley O'Connell & Joan Cadhey
) lie Oleole & Pat Vidic 66, Geri Davis
L
Hermanson tied at 67 with Debbie
Doris Pannette and Linda Rudolph
,_ Lombardini, Connie Beyers & Katie
i, Libbie Seale& Suellen Hamm 70,
.on & Barby Simmons 74 and Diane
. (i Julia Morgenstern 76.
Cathy Morrow & Karen Dobson 64,
Watters & Alice Chapman tied at 65
n,rley Fansler & Jan McClure and Dee
& Kay Wise, Ginny Chitwood & Jean
ed at 66 with Renee Youngs & Diane
.'QSon, Glades Hill & Joni Chenaur tied
_ .With Katie Stull & Paula Gallagher and
iUelr;k&e / ; n Srmla eDo::: C;
Son 71 Diane Sowinski & Trish Benda
1 Jan lulqueeny & Linda Williams 77.
third division - Cynthia Tibbetts &Tamera •
1160
_ , Shirley Mitchell & Elaine Close
61 With Lisa Larson & Heidi Calhoun,
. Puetz & Donna Taylor 64, Dusty Blair
MCAvinew 65, Karen Bastion & Sherry
: tied at 67 with Charlotte Ockerman &
:Jrnand and Mary Lou Wicken & Bil-
1;, Olympia Brehm & Carolyn Gill tied
With Pat Rollings & Lana Allen, Lynn
Dr & Judy Graves tied at 70 with LeAnn
| & Jean Scruggs, Ruth Beck & Cheryl
r72, Molly Robbers & Sue Swanson 75
my Kettel & Nancy Schoessler 77.
i nu.58 rth division - Liz Davis & Linda Mc-
, Delores Barrett & Mickey Morgan
L':u;'nne Close & Leslie Robertshaw-
l'tp.60, Leona Klein & Lois Rogers 61,
|USan & Karen Mack tied at 62 with
,1 ICConnell & Shirley Swenson, Linda
nn ' Marilyn Keller 63, Bonnie Peters
. n "larnmack 64 Charleen Wallitner &
I urtis 65, Marge Heagy & Janice Dol-
lar, led at 67 with Karan Logan & Sharon
,, E)ianne Brown & Laverna O'Neil 68
L, " knay & Cathy Bader 69 and Sharon
""1 P & Judi Hobbs 70.
July 12,Two-Lady Best Bell
The 18-holers - Sharon Dufresne & Mary
Genasci tied at 64 with Colleen Ambauen &
Anne Gilbert, Dusty Blair & Renee Youngs
65, Cathy Bader & Pat Johnson 66.
The nine-holers - Jean Kremer & Vi Sibley
tied at 25 with Suzanne Krewson & Jeanne
Nelson, Carol Kelley & Pam Kurpius 26.
Bayshore
Bayshore's ladies yielded the
following the past couple weeks:
July 3, Gross & Net
First division - Coralie Watters low gross
(93) and Alice Chapman low net (72).
Second division - Billie Elms low gross (no
total given) and Deb Rechnitz low net (69).
Nine-holers - Charleen Wallitner low
gross (55) and Lois Poe low net (33.5).
Fewest putts- Charleen Wallitner among the
nine-holers and no one among the 18-holers.
Birdie -Toni Stevens (3rd hole).
Chip-in - Mary Lou Wicken (15th hole).
July 10, Gross
First division - Eeva Kissick 84, Coralie Watters 91.
Second division - Billie Elms and Penny
Greaves tied at 105.
Nine-holers - Pat Oltman 56, Debi Rechnitz 58.
Fewest putts - Eeva Kissick 28 among
the 18-holers and Lois Poe and Kaye Knud-
sen tied with 15 among the nine-holers.
Birdies - Coralie Watters (4th hole) and
Toni Stevens (9th).
Chip-ins - Lois Poe (6th hole) and Eeva
Kissick (18th).
Cushman
Lake Cushman's women waged
medal-play competition July 11.
The results:
First division - Judy Burke tow gross; net:
Cheryl Ulrich first and Jerene Smart second.
Second division - Marsha Woodburn
low gross; net: Diane Foster first and Bobble
Maker second.
Third division - Vickie World low gross;
net: Gloria Carlson first and Bettie Sheep
second.
Chip-ins - Vickie World (6th hole), Jerene
Smart (9th) and Bobble Maker (9th).
Note: The club participated in "Rally for
the Cure" again, reports Mary Kelleigh.
Limerick
Lake Limerick's lady 18-holers
waged low-net competition July
11. The results:
First division - Ann Johnson 67, Rita Lipinski 71.
00Coed softball_______00
][]LTON PARKS & REC
07 SUMMER SOFTBALL
/ar-season standings
ASCADE LEAGUE
Ureshot Trucking Flyers
I &B Shockers
Blackstar
Carnco
°re Meat Serv,ce
°Snsaria
OLYMPIC LEAGUE
CaStle & Coleman
VFW
Wheels for Brad
Iddpuckers
,sy B's
laron's Garden Center
Ood Fellas
.Is.a's Home Daycare
Ohn L. Scott Silver Bullets
WON LOST
8 1
7 2
5 4
4 5
2 7
1 8
7 2
5 2
4 2
5 4
4 4
2 5
2 5
2 5
1 3
Second division - Mary Lou Trautmann
66, Lesley Robertshaw-Mosley 70.
Third division - Barbara Villa 70 and Jean-
nine Jacob and Pat Wass tied at 79.
Low net of the day - Mary Lou Trautmann's 66.
The club's nine-hole ladies,
meanwhile, yielded the following:
July 9,Team Two Beat Balls
First- Mary Lou Trautmann, Barb Dennis,
Marilyn Feist & Judy Hansen.
Second - Sharon Hadsall, Joyce Rey-
nolds & Adele Scott tied with Iris Zieman,
Robbi Alberts& Kerry Torkelson.
Chip-in - Barb Villa.
July 13, Substitute Par for the Worst Hole
First division - Ann Wooten tied at 32 with
Adele Scott, Diane Pollard 33.
Second division - Barb Villa 27, Pad Zulfer
tied at 33 with Clara Robinson and Barb Eb-
erhardt 35.
-Ya,
POSING FOR POSTERITY
last week after registering
career hole-in-one #3 is golf
standout Colleen Ambauen.
The 20-year Alderbrook
member aced the par-three
16th hole as she and her
teammate copped low-net
honors Thursday in the
club's 30th annual First
Mates Tournament. The 140-
yard shot with her 5-wood
won her a trip to Hawaii for
two courtesy of hole-in-one
sponsor Drew MacEwen of
Falcon Financial Inc.
Cheerleading
tryouts set
Age-group cheerleadins non-
profit Shelton All Star Cheer or-
ganization has announced it will
have open tryouts all summer.
Eligible are all kids ages 4-18.
Tumbling classes are available
as well.
The young cheerleaders' meet-
ing place is at 2921 Northview
Circle, behind Shelton's Oil Can
Henry's.
Parents need to be at the meet-
ing to sign release waivers at the
beginning of each class, remind
organizers.
If you have questions or would
like to volunteer your services, call
Dee Dee Hannah, 360-239-7251.
Race veterans & Port give thumbs up
D n-g Sequel
passes the test
By STEVE PATCH
The second weekend of the sec-
ond season of the second life of
Shelton's resurrected drag strip
passed muster with bragging room
to spare last weekend.
A year after its unprecedented
return from a 40-year hiatus, the
Sanderson Field quarter mile
drew 260 race cars, down signifi-
cantly from the prior weekend's
less competitive affair there but
boastworthy all the same.
"Yeah, that's quite a few,"
says Shelton's Peggy Zamzow, a
founding member of the Shelton
Drag Strip Association and part
of a long-time family affair in the
sport.
"We didn't have quite as many
entries, but it worked out well be-
cause that way we weren't over-
whelmed and were able to pull off
a really good event."
THE RACERS seemed to con-
cur.
"This is a great track," enthused
veteran driver Andrea Pennington
- otherwise known to sports fans
'If you're scared
you really have
no business
being there:
hereabouts as former Highclimber
Andrea Drebis.
Seconding that sentiment were
several other regulars on the
Northwest scene, including Peg-
gy's son Corey Zamzow, Shelton's
former Bremerton Raceway high-
school champion, who piloted his
'66 Chevelle Malibu station wagon
to a 13.4-second pass Saturday to
cop second place in the "Hot Rod
Olsen Cash Bash" event honoring
the late Rod Olsen of Shelten.
Corey wasn't the only local fa-
vorite to make an appearance, by
the way. Fellow Bremerton cham-
pion Leeland King, for instance,
brought the 170-mph Kawasaki
aboard which he's been dominat-
ing the motorcycle division for
years, and he did the same Satur-
day, taking first place in the Cash
Bash.
UNDOUBTEDLY THE big-
gest draw of the entire weekend,
though, was the perennial nation-
al championship contender out of
the stable of Shelton's own John-
son boys, owner Mike and driver
Brandon..
Their top-fuel monster got every-
one's attention on its three exhibi-
tion passes Saturday. And little
wonder: It boasts eight thousand
horsepower and routinely hits 270
mph in roughly five seconds.
Brandon shut down early on
two of the passes and had a little
tire-spin trouble on the third, but
he still managed a 5.875-second
pass at 226.58 mph, far and away
the briskest of the weekend and
second only on the track's record-
board to a near-270-mph pass of a
year ago.
SCARY.FAST?
"It's one thing to have respect
for the danger," says Shelton's own
Ross Gallagher, the county com-
missioner who built and raced a
dragster for years in an earlier in-
carnation. He grins. "But if you're
scared you really have no business
being there."
And would he jump at the
chance, despite his long retire-
ment from the sport, if someone
with a four-'second, 330-mph mon-
ster were to offer him a try at the
wheel?
The commissioner grins anew.
"I don't think so," he admits,
sounding halfway rueful. "With
those, your reaction time has to be
so fast..." He shrugs - and a hint
of the high-octane excitement of
old appears in his eyes. "Maybe if
I had seven or eight practice runs
first..."
IN ANY EVENT, gate re-
ceipts and outstanding bills won't
be squared with each other for a
(Please turn to page 22.)
IDAHO SPEED QUEEN Katie
Nelson, 19, dons her helmet Sat-
urday for another 170-mph run.
LEELAND KING, Shelton's
own drag-bike royalty, ac-
commodates the paparazzi.
COOLIN' IT before his second-
place run in Saturday's Cash
Bash is Shelton's Corey Zamzow.
BETRAYING NO NERVES
before another run in her VW
Bug Saturday is exClimber
Andrea (Drebis) Pennington.
MOTHER-&-SON STAFFERS
Jiselle DuChene and Chad Sad-
lier reflect the mood that pre-
vailed during the busy weekend.
Thursday, July 19, 2007 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 21
SPORTS JOURNAL
RACERS LINE UP to have a go at Sheltofl's resurrected drag strip last
weekend at the airport. The entry list boasted fully 260 cars - includ-
ing this 1,100-horsepower dragster from Idaho piloted by Katie Nelson,
who's just 19 and has been drag-racing since she was 8. Sleeveless at
near right is Shelton's own Corey Zamzow, who copped runner-up hon-
ors in Saturday's featured event. Corey and Katie's families go way back
in the sport and are good friends, as are many of the sport's regulars,
says Corey's mom, Shelton Drag Strip Association founding member
Peggy Zamzow.
[derbrook Golf
derbrook's ladies yielded the
LoWing the past week:
, 30th annual First Mates Tourney
f net of the fie d - Colleen Ambauen &
=i bert, 57.
V&gross of the field - Robin McCly-
Carol West.
i division - Annette eydel & Annette
I, Gerry Lou Haselwood & Nancy
'tied at 62 with Kristy Whitcher & Re-
'1 anielson, Asue Barnes & Linda Stol-
at 64 with Shirley Muhich & Carol
ux, Shelley O'Connell & Joan Cadhey
) lie Oleole & Pat Vidic 66, Geri Davis
L
Hermanson tied at 67 with Debbie
Doris Pannette and Linda Rudolph
,_ Lombardini, Connie Beyers & Katie
i, Libbie Seale& Suellen Hamm 70,
.on & Barby Simmons 74 and Diane
. (i Julia Morgenstern 76.
Cathy Morrow & Karen Dobson 64,
Watters & Alice Chapman tied at 65
n,rley Fansler & Jan McClure and Dee
& Kay Wise, Ginny Chitwood & Jean
ed at 66 with Renee Youngs & Diane
.'QSon, Glades Hill & Joni Chenaur tied
_ .With Katie Stull & Paula Gallagher and
iUelr;k&e / ; n Srmla eDo::: C;
Son 71 Diane Sowinski & Trish Benda
1 Jan lulqueeny & Linda Williams 77.
third division - Cynthia Tibbetts & Tamera•
1160
_ , Shirley Mitchell & Elaine Close
61 With Lisa Larson & Heidi Calhoun,
. Puetz & Donna Taylor 64, Dusty Blair
MCAvinew 65, Karen Bastion & Sherry
: tied at 67 with Charlotte Ockerman &
:Jrnand and Mary Lou Wicken & Bil-
1;, Olympia Brehm & Carolyn Gill tied
With Pat Rollings & Lana Allen, Lynn
Dr & Judy Graves tied at 70 with LeAnn
| & Jean Scruggs, Ruth Beck & Cheryl
r72, Molly Robbers & Sue Swanson 75
my Kettel & Nancy Schoessler 77.
i nu.58 rth division - Liz Davis & Linda Mc-
, Delores Barrett & Mickey Morgan
L':u;'nne Close & Leslie Robertshaw-
l'tp.60, Leona Klein & Lois Rogers 61,
|USan & Karen Mack tied at 62 with
,1 ICConnell & Shirley Swenson, Linda
nn ' Marilyn Keller 63, Bonnie Peters
. n "larnmack 64 Charleen Wallitner &
I urtis 65, Marge Heagy & Janice Dol-
lar, led at 67 with Karan Logan & Sharon
,, E)ianne Brown & Laverna O'Neil 68
L, " knay & Cathy Bader 69 and Sharon
""1 P & Judi Hobbs 70.
July 12,Two-Lady Best Bell
The 18-holers - Sharon Dufresne & Mary
Genasci tied at 64 with Colleen Ambauen &
Anne Gilbert, Dusty Blair & Renee Youngs
65, Cathy Bader & Pat Johnson 66.
The nine-holers - Jean Kremer & Vi Sibley
tied at 25 with Suzanne Krewson & Jeanne
Nelson, Carol Kelley & Pam Kurpius 26.
Bayshore
Bayshore's ladies yielded the
following the past couple weeks:
July 3, Gross & Net
First division - Coralie Watters low gross
(93) and Alice Chapman low net (72).
Second division - Billie Elms low gross (no
total given) and Deb Rechnitz low net (69).
Nine-holers - Charleen Wallitner low
gross (55) and Lois Poe low net (33.5).
Fewest putts- Charleen Wallitner among the
nine-holers and no one among the 18-holers.
Birdie -Toni Stevens (3rd hole).
Chip-in - Mary Lou Wicken (15th hole).
July 10, Gross
First division - Eeva Kissick 84, Coralie Watters 91.
Second division - Billie Elms and Penny
Greaves tied at 105.
Nine-holers - Pat Oltman 56, Debi Rechnitz 58.
Fewest putts - Eeva Kissick 28 among
the 18-holers and Lois Poe and Kaye Knud-
sen tied with 15 among the nine-holers.
Birdies - Coralie Watters (4th hole) and
Toni Stevens (9th).
Chip-ins - Lois Poe (6th hole) and Eeva
Kissick (18th).
Cushman
Lake Cushman's women waged
medal-play competition July 11.
The results:
First division - Judy Burke tow gross; net:
Cheryl Ulrich first and Jerene Smart second.
Second division - Marsha Woodburn
low gross; net: Diane Foster first and Bobble
Maker second.
Third division - Vickie World low gross;
net: Gloria Carlson first and Bettie Sheep
second.
Chip-ins - Vickie World (6th hole), Jerene
Smart (9th) and Bobble Maker (9th).
Note: The club participated in "Rally for
the Cure" again, reports Mary Kelleigh.
Limerick
Lake Limerick's lady 18-holers
waged low-net competition July
11. The results:
First division - Ann Johnson 67, Rita Lipinski 71.
00Coed softball_______00
][]LTON PARKS & REC
07 SUMMER SOFTBALL
/ar-season standings
ASCADE LEAGUE
Ureshot Trucking Flyers
I &B Shockers
Blackstar
Carnco
°re Meat Serv,ce
°Snsaria
OLYMPIC LEAGUE
CaStle & Coleman
VFW
Wheels for Brad
Iddpuckers
,sy B's
laron's Garden Center
Ood Fellas
.Is.a's Home Daycare
Ohn L. Scott Silver Bullets
WON LOST
8 1
7 2
5 4
4 5
2 7
1 8
7 2
5 2
4 2
5 4
4 4
2 5
2 5
2 5
1 3
Second division - Mary Lou Trautmann
66, Lesley Robertshaw-Mosley 70.
Third division - Barbara Villa 70 and Jean-
nine Jacob and Pat Wass tied at 79.
Low net of the day - Mary Lou Trautmann's 66.
The club's nine-hole ladies,
meanwhile, yielded the following:
July 9,Team Two Beat Balls
First- Mary Lou Trautmann, Barb Dennis,
Marilyn Feist & Judy Hansen.
Second - Sharon Hadsall, Joyce Rey-
nolds & Adele Scott tied with Iris Zieman,
Robbi Alberts& Kerry Torkelson.
Chip-in - Barb Villa.
July 13, Substitute Par for the Worst Hole
First division - Ann Wooten tied at 32 with
Adele Scott, Diane Pollard 33.
Second division - Barb Villa 27, Pad Zulfer
tied at 33 with Clara Robinson and Barb Eb-
erhardt 35.
-Ya,
POSING FOR POSTERITY
last week after registering
career hole-in-one #3 is golf
standout Colleen Ambauen.
The 20-year Alderbrook
member aced the par-three
16th hole as she and her
teammate copped low-net
honors Thursday in the
club's 30th annual First
Mates Tournament. The 140-
yard shot with her 5-wood
won her a trip to Hawaii for
two courtesy of hole-in-one
sponsor Drew MacEwen of
Falcon Financial Inc.
Cheerleading
tryouts set
Age-group cheerleadins non-
profit Shelton All Star Cheer or-
ganization has announced it will
have open tryouts all summer.
Eligible are all kids ages 4-18.
Tumbling classes are available
as well.
The young cheerleaders' meet-
ing place is at 2921 Northview
Circle, behind Shelton's Oil Can
Henry's.
Parents need to be at the meet-
ing to sign release waivers at the
beginning of each class, remind
organizers.
If you have questions or would
like to volunteer your services, call
Dee Dee Hannah, 360-239-7251.
Race veterans & Port give thumbs up
D n-g Sequel
passes the test
By STEVE PATCH
The second weekend of the sec-
ond season of the second life of
Shelton's resurrected drag strip
passed muster with bragging room
to spare last weekend.
A year after its unprecedented
return from a 40-year hiatus, the
Sanderson Field quarter mile
drew 260 race cars, down signifi-
cantly from the prior weekend's
less competitive affair there but
boastworthy all the same.
"Yeah, that's quite a few,"
says Shelton's Peggy Zamzow, a
founding member of the Shelton
Drag Strip Association and part
of a long-time family affair in the
sport.
"We didn't have quite as many
entries, but it worked out well be-
cause that way we weren't over-
whelmed and were able to pull off
a really good event."
THE RACERS seemed to con-
cur.
"This is a great track," enthused
veteran driver Andrea Pennington
- otherwise known to sports fans
'If you're scared
you really have
no business
being there:
hereabouts as former Highclimber
Andrea Drebis.
Seconding that sentiment were
several other regulars on the
Northwest scene, including Peg-
gy's son Corey Zamzow, Shelton's
former Bremerton Raceway high-
school champion, who piloted his
'66 Chevelle Malibu station wagon
to a 13.4-second pass Saturday to
cop second place in the "Hot Rod
Olsen Cash Bash" event honoring
the late Rod Olsen of Shelten.
Corey wasn't the only local fa-
vorite to make an appearance, by
the way. Fellow Bremerton cham-
pion Leeland King, for instance,
brought the 170-mph Kawasaki
aboard which he's been dominat-
ing the motorcycle division for
years, and he did the same Satur-
day, taking first place in the Cash
Bash.
UNDOUBTEDLY THE big-
gest draw of the entire weekend,
though, was the perennial nation-
al championship contender out of
the stable of Shelton's own John-
son boys, owner Mike and driver
Brandon..
Their top-fuel monster got every-
one's attention on its three exhibi-
tion passes Saturday. And little
wonder: It boasts eight thousand
horsepower and routinely hits 270
mph in roughly five seconds.
Brandon shut down early on
two of the passes and had a little
tire-spin trouble on the third, but
he still managed a 5.875-second
pass at 226.58 mph, far and away
the briskest of the weekend and
second only on the track's record-
board to a near-270-mph pass of a
year ago.
SCARY.FAST?
"It's one thing to have respect
for the danger," says Shelton's own
Ross Gallagher, the county com-
missioner who built and raced a
dragster for years in an earlier in-
carnation. He grins. "But if you're
scared you really have no business
being there."
And would he jump at the
chance, despite his long retire-
ment from the sport, if someone
with a four-'second, 330-mph mon-
ster were to offer him a try at the
wheel?
The commissioner grins anew.
"I don't think so," he admits,
sounding halfway rueful. "With
those, your reaction time has to be
so fast..." He shrugs - and a hint
of the high-octane excitement of
old appears in his eyes. "Maybe if
I had seven or eight practice runs
first..."
IN ANY EVENT, gate re-
ceipts and outstanding bills won't
be squared with each other for a
(Please turn to page 22.)
IDAHO SPEED QUEEN Katie
Nelson, 19, dons her helmet Sat-
urday for another 170-mph run.
LEELAND KING, Shelton's
own drag-bike royalty, ac-
commodates the paparazzi.
COOLIN' IT before his second-
place run in Saturday's Cash
Bash is Shelton's Corey Zamzow.
BETRAYING NO NERVES
before another run in her VW
Bug Saturday is exClimber
Andrea (Drebis) Pennington.
MOTHER-&-SON STAFFERS
Jiselle DuChene and Chad Sad-
lier reflect the mood that pre-
vailed during the busy weekend.
Thursday, July 19, 2007 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 21