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JOHN WATKINS of Shelton displays the eqmpment that he will take to the
National Rifle and Pistol Championships in Camp Perry, Ohio. Watkins will
shoot next week in high power rifle competition.
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John Wa/kms ol 421 I: Street
in Shelhm will leave this week to
attend the National Rifle and
Pistol Championships in ('amp
Perry, Ohio as a member of an
eight-man team representing
Washington's Rifle and Pistol
Association.
Watkins wilt leave Thursday
and begin competing in high
power rifle shooting matches on
Monday. Camp Perry. tile site of
the national championships to~
the past several years, is the Ohio
National Guard's camp, about 50
miles from Toledo.
The matches are sponsored by
the National Rifle Association.
which is celebrating its 100th year
of existence. Watkins' and the
Washington team's trip was made
possible by the Washington Rifle
and Pistol Association's national
championship fund. All local
clubs donate what they can to the
fund that sends a team to the
nationals each year. l'he fund is
largely ~upported hy ind)vidual
donahons. I! costs abou! $l,000
to send an eight-man team on the
1tip kind one of the principal
contributors this year was the
Simpson Timber ('ompany, which
dcmaled $50 to the fund.
Watkins said he was picked to
go on the basis of a series of trial
matches, the results of which he
turned inlo tile state association.
]'lie state club picks eight of the
besl shooters in the state who are
available to go to the nationals.
W:ttkins said, "Just because you
are pwked lor the team does not
illean yO|l :Ire One of the eight
best in the s|al¢. There are several
shooters better than me who
could not make the trip for some
rcasoll. '"
lie has been shooting
competitively fi)r three years and
added that he is relatively
inexperienced. Many have been to
the nalional~ betorc and this is
Watkins" first lime. lie admitted
that it would be a great learning
experience for him.
Occupations of the eight men
making the trip vary considerably,
Watkins pointed out. The top
shooter, he said, was probably
Bob Butcher of Enumclaw, a
retired logger. This year's team
captain is Jim Pearson, a school
teacher from Yakima. Joe Moran
of Seattle is a commercial pilot
for United Air Lines. Miles
Lubinski is with the State
tlighway Department in
Vancouver.
Watkins is with the U. S.
Forest Service. Jim Ollumof
Tacoma is a carpenter. Edmonds
machinest George Gassman and
University of Washington student
Jim Steinruch complete the
sq ua d.
The local shooter will fire a
• 308 caliber bolt action match
rifle which was built by Watkins
and his father. Ilarold Watkins of
Camp (;risdale. In the National
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HELEN SAVAGE was honored at a dinner at Lake Limerick Inn on
Thursday, July 29, by her fellow workers at the Washington Corrections
Center. The gathering commemorated her retirement from State
employment. Here Tom Rolls, Associate Superintendent,
Reception-Diagnostic Center, is presenting her with a gift from the group.
Mrs. Savage, wife of Representative Charles Savage, was employed at the
Corrections Center for seven years. Sometime before then she had worked in
the Parks and Recreation Commissmn. Her employment included working
for the U. S. Bureau of Census in Washington, D.C., while her husband was
serving in the U. S. Congress; for the Secretary of State's Office in Olympia;
and for J. M. Morse and Associates, a Seattle firm which was one of the
contractors for the construction of the Corrections Center.
Service Matches, he will shoot the
service rifle, an M-14.
Shooting in the national high
power matches will be done from
200, 300, 600 and 1000 yards.
Iron sites are used at all ranges
except the lalter. Watkins, the
executive officer of the local
Shelton Rifle and Pistol
Association, estimates his
equipment is worth about $700,
with $300 to $350 of it tied up in
his gun.
He described the national
match course. Twenty shots while
standing will be fired at a 13-inch
bullseye at 200 yards. Twenty
more will be shot at the same size
bullseye m rapid fire, standing to
sitting. At 300 yards, contestants
will fire 20 rounds of rapid fire
while prone, at the same size
bullseye.
At 600 and 1000 yards, there
will be 20 shots of prone slow
fire. A 24-inch bullseye is the
target at 600 yards, a 36-inch
bullseye at 1000 yards.
Born and raised in Shelton,
Watkins graduated from Shelton
High School in 1957 and has
spent 12 years with the Forest
Service.
Several Shelton tennis players
nearly made a clean sweep of the
recent Olympia City Junior
Tennis Tournament. In all,
Sheltonnetters placed first in
seven divisions.
Kevin Ridout and Dean
Skipworth, both of Shelton, made
the finals of the boys' 12 and
under division, with Ridout
taking first by 5-7, 6-2, 7-5 scores.
Shelton players had the top
four spots in the boys' 14 and
under division. Dale Campagna
was the eventual winner over Jeff
McGee, 6-1, 6-2, and the other
two who made the semifinals
were Paul Skipworth and Dave
Hanson.
Jeff Okano, number two
player last season for the Shelton
Highclimbers, won the boys' 16
and under competition with 6-2,
7-5 scores.
All four semifinal spots in the
girls' 14 and under division were
taken by local girls. Kristi Somers
defeated Patti Brewer in the final
6-0, 6-1 to take first place. The
other two girls were Lori Huber
and Jan Turner from Arcata,
California but playing out of
Shelton.
Kristi Somers beat Jan Turner
6-3, 6-4, in the girls' 16 and under
division for her second first place
of the tournament.
Val Sparks, the number one
player for the Shelton
Highclimber girls' team last
season, beat her opponent 6-1,
6-3 in the finals of the girls' 18
and under division to grab first
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Head Football Coach Jack
Stark announced this week that
the first practice for his Shelton
Highclimbers will be held
Wednesday, August 25.
Stark said there will be a team
meeting on Tuesday, August 24 at
10:00 a.m. in the Angle
multi-purpose room, followed by
the issuing of equipment, lie
stressed that all boys who want to
are encouraged to turn out,
whether or not they signed up last
spring.
The coach also said that the
Shelton Gym is open to anyone
on Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays for conditioning. Stark
has been running the conditioning
and weightlifting program this
summer.
Football players are reminded
that they must have a physical
exam before they can play. An
Associated Student Body card
and insurance are also required.
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By CHARLES GAY
There are not many times that
a sports editor gets to write about
something that he did. I hit a
hole-in-one at Bayshore's third
hole last Thursday. Amazing, but
true.
Bayshore's l 15-yard par three
third hole can be a tough one if
you duff it bad, because of the
creek, trees and sand trap, but
most fair golfers can hit the green.
It is the site of numerous birdies
and in the past has been the
easiest hole in the area to ace.
When I walked up to the mat
tee last Thursday evening, I saw
that the .pin was placed behind
the tree on the right. I
commented to my playing
partner, Todd Looney, that it
didn't look like I could get
anywhere near the pin. I decided
to play it to the middle of the
green.
Being the weak hitter 1 am, I
took my seven iron out and hit
the ball. I groaned as the ball
went sky-high. The groan turned
to amazement as the ball went
over the branches of the tree,
kicked off the slight hill in back
of the trap and rolled into the
pin. Only the hole and a few feet
of the pin were visible beneath
the branches.
Unlike other hole-in-one
Boyshore Has
Two Boll
Bayshore Golf Club will hold
a two-ball event on August 19.
Teeoff time is from 5:30 to 6:00
p.m. and a social hour and
potluck will follow.
hitters who say, "It was a perfect
shot right at the pin, it felt great
all the way," I can only admit
that 1 aimed for the middle of the
green, opened the club face
accidentally, skied the ball
something terrible and the ball
went in.
O'Brien Aces
Fifth Hole
Cushman
In a recent Tuesday evening
round of golf at Lake Cushman
Golf Course, vacationing former
Speaker of the House of
Representatives and
Representative of the 33rd
District in Seattle, John O'Brien,
shot a hole-in-one on the fourth
hole.
O'Brien aced the 168-yard par
three with a five iron, reported
Cushman's pro, Ed Erickson. A
member of Rainier Golf and
Country Club in Seattle, O'Brien
was accompanied by his wife
Mary and Mrs. C. J. Kritchmer.
It was the first hole-in-one for
O'Brien and the first for the Lake
Cushman Golf Course.
THAT WHILE there are many
contributing causes of unrest, that
there is one cause which is
fundamental. That is the necessary
conflict - the contrast between
our political liberty and our
individual absolutism.
Louis D. Brandeis
Results of the Shelton City
Junior Tennis Tournament were
released this week by Al Hopp,
supervisor of the city's summer
tenms program.
Dean Skipworth beat Tom
Kamin in the elementary boys'
class for a first place. Elementary
girls" division was taken by
Debbie Smith who defeated
Janice White for the title.
Jack Frost. Jr. was the winner
of the junior and senior high
boys' division. He dumped Dale
Campagna in the finals match. Val
Sparks was the junior and senior
high girls' victor. She defeated
Ann Quimby for first place.
John Bennett
To Get Degree
John W. Bennett is among .... ....
503 Eastern Washington State
College students who are
candidates for degrees to be .....
awarded Friday evening at
commencement exercises.
Bennett is a candidate for a .JACK FROST, JR. is shown
on
his
way
to
the
boys'
junior
master of education degree with a and senior high championship in the Shelton City Junior
major in administration.
Tennis Tournament.
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place.
Sparks teamed with Suzi
Gruver to take second in the girls'
18 and under doubles, losing 7-5,
3-6, 7-5 in the finals.
AI Hopp was second in the
men's singles and he won men's
doubles by
Smith of UPS.
Steve
Shelton High
at WSU, made
men's 21 and
lost, taking
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VAL SPARKS won two city tournament c!
as many weeks. She captured the girls'
of the Olympia city tournament and al
senior high girls' division of the
Tournament.
ANN QUIMBY finished second in the girl
high division of Shelton's Junior Te
week.
"DALE CAMPAGNA won the boys'
Olympia's City Tennis Tournament
second in the boys' junior and senior
Shelton City Tournament this week.