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Thursday, July 27, 2023 — Shelton-Mason County Journal — Page 17 Golfing for charity A man hits a bunker shot on Hole 16 at Alderbrook Golf & Yacht Club in Union during the Love INC charity golf tournament and golf ball drop Monday. See more photos on page 18. Journal photo Matt Baide Hawks embrace nostalgia with throwback-uniforms lot of people look back fondly on their youth and remember the “good ol’ days” when they had no responsibilities, likely in school, and for me, what their sports teams were doing when they had the ability to sit down and watch most games. The Seattle Seahawks, af- ter years of promises, finally delivered by dropping the gray uniforms and for at least one home game, will adopt the retro throwback uniforms from the ‘90s. I was born in 1989, and while my memories of the ‘90s are generally of the late ‘90s, I do remember some things. I remember when gas in Rich- land was less than a dollar, I remember the Nintendo 64 and playing countless hours of Goldeneye, Perfect Dark and NFL Blitz, and I remember the Seahawks’ old uniforms. The light blue, forest—green trimmed uniforms with the old mean—mugging Seahawks logo on the side of the silver helmets are a classic. The Seahawks will wear those uniforms in the Oct. home game against the Cleveland Browns. The last year the Seahawks MATT’S MUSINGS were these as their primary uniforms was in 2001, which was the year the Seahawks played all their home games at Husky Stadium while Lu- men Field (Seahawks Stadi— um when it debuted in 2002). was being built. I remember the first season for running back Shaun Alexander was the final year of the throw- back uniforms. The way the throwback uniforms were unveiled to the world was through a video on social media. It had several references to ‘90s culture that will bring back nostalgia to anyone who remembers the Kingdomc, Nirvana or the Se— attle Supersonics (bring them back, please). DK Metcalf wearing the Seahawks’ throwback uni- forms. Courtesy photo from Seattle Seahawks In the Video, Jaxon Smith- Njigba, 21, wakes up and looks down at the throwback uniform he has on and gets out of bed and heads over to a dresser and puts on Walkman headphones. For those who don’t know, Smith-Njigba was the Seahawks first-round pick this year, born in 2002, had never seen a Walkman before shooting the video. Do you feel old yet? Smith-Njigba then walks into a clearly ‘90s kitchen dé~ co ' and grabs what appears to be an Eggo waffle, which I still like to eat today with a light layer of peanut butter, before walking into the next room where there is a grunge band practicing before put— ting on the silver helmet and walking out into What looks like the Kingdome. In today’s world, it feels like a lot of us are searching for some nostalgia, some re- minder of a time that seems simpler. My life is great right now, in this time, at this mo- ment, but even I enjoy having something remind me of grow- ing up in Eastern Washington and sharing a bunk bed with my brother or going to the Columbia River in the sum— mer and hanging out at Leslie Groves Park. I moved recently and have been going through some of my old stuff, including a Mar- iners—themed locker I used when I was in middle school and many photos from when I was younger. Before the Kingdome was blown up, they gave away seats from inside, and my par- ents got two Kingdome seats that have been sitting in their garage for as long as I can re— member. I often wonder who sat in these seats for differ- ent events, who were in these seats when Ken Griffey Jr. slid across home plate in 1995 or in 1987 when Bo Jackson ran all over the Seahawks with the Oakland Raiders. I hope those people with those memories are still around and still look back and remember that day. Re- gardless of how old you are, I hope that you have years of memories that you are able to look back on and just reflect and smile. I’m in my 303 and I know I’m still considered young, but there are times where I feel like I haven’t grown up, but I’m OK with it, because those who forget r about who they were 10, 20, 30 years ago, have lost a part of them at some point, and I don’t ever intend on letting ' those things go. So, thank you Seahawks for a little remind- er of what once was. I Matt Baidc is a. reporter for the Shelton—Mason County Journal. He can. be reached at 360-426-4412 or mattfil‘nmson- countyx'om