Morrow's Musings
- By Jeff Morrow
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Herald still seeks nominations for Mid-Columbia's top stories of century
Things to think about as we try to figure out the Herald's new computer system this week:
- For weeks now, we've been talking about the Tri-City Herald's Top 100 Mid-Columbia Sports Stories of the Century project.
It's been going well, with more than 200 story ideas in the can and still piling up.
But right now, the Tri-Cities Sports Council is looking for candidates for the first induction class of the Central Washington Hall of Fame.
Last summer, the council announced the formation of the hall.
And it's accepting nominations for the inaugural class, one that will be inducted into the hall at the second annual Hall of Fame Banquet, scheduled for Aug. 14 at the Pasco Doubletree Hotel.
Candidates can include athletes, coaches, volunteers, referees, and media members.
Players, coaches and referees must have been retired from their sport at least for five years to be eligible for nomination, and must come from the Tri-Cities, Yakima, Kittitas and Wenatchee valleys, the Columbia Basin, Blue Mountain and other regions of Central Washington.
The plan is that those inducted into the hall will have a plaque displayed in their honor at the Tri-Cities Coliseum.
Olympic silver medalist skier Steve Mahre will be the banquet's keynote speaker.
Nomination forms can be picked up at Tri-City area parks and recreation departments, area athletic facilities, and the Tri-Cities Visitor and Convention Bureau.
Nominations are due June 15, and members of the inaugural class will be notified by July 15.
For more information, call the TCVCB at 735-9708.
- A group of Tri-City women returned from Palm Springs, Calif., last weekend with a world title in team tennis.
Lee Hawkins, Judy Baston, Terry Bock, Leslie Jensen, Tanya Barnard, Dodie Akridge, Joyce Monopoli, and team captain Audrey Simmelink powered to the Senior Women's 3.5 Pheonex Challenge/Love 50 tournament title with a 3-0 sweep of an Australian team called the Gum Trees.
- The Tri-City team won matches 6-4, 6-4; 6-3, 6-4, and 6-1, 6-1.
Kennewick's Sara Senske finished 12th out of 31 drivers last Saturday in the Star Mazda Series West Division Championship race at Buttonwillow Raceway Park in the San Joaquin Valley in California.
Senske, whose busy schedule includes racing in both the Star Mazda series and the inaugural Women's Global GT Series this year, was knocked out of the top 10 and penalized two positions when she was flagged for passing on the yellow flag.
Meanwhile, Tri-City Raceway plays host to the NSSRA Super Modifieds and the Northwest Super Fours this Saturday.
This will be the Northwest Super Fours opener.
Time trials begin at 5 p.m., with racing at 6.
Also going on will be the Frank's Chevrolet 125, the third race in the Raybestos Brakes Northwest Series, at Yakima Speedway on Saturday.
- Speaking of racing, there will be plenty of it on both land and water this weekend.
The Tri-City Horse Racing Association completes its spring meet at Sun Downs in Kennewick this weekend with racing Saturday and Sunday. Besides betting on the local ponies, fans can also wager on the Kentucky Derby field Saturday.
The top race of the 10-day spring meet will be Sunday's Evergreen Derby.
Meanwhile, the Columbia Basin Sailing Club holds it 23rd annual Desert Regatta at Charbonneau Park on the Snake River.
The CBSC expects 45 vessels to compete in various classes with Tri-Citian Al Hopp, the Flying Scott Pacific Coast champion, expecting to compete.
Racing runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday.
- Last month, Glenn Barling came up with the shot of his life when he sank a hole-in-one at the 368-yard, par-4 No. 16 hole at Columbia Point in Richland.
Playing in the Saturday morning gangsome, Barling powdered the tee shot into the wind, said Columbia Point pro Joe Creager.
Barling thought he might reach the green, but when he didn't see the ball, he started searching the surrounding hills along the fairway.
It wasn't until playing partner Bill Elam pulled the flag out that the ball was found.
Nice shot.
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