Bank employee plans bike trek for charity

Pam Schouweiler-Blagg, an employee at Frontier Bank in Lake City, will be making a 135 mile bike trip to raise money for the American Lung Association. The three-day trek will take place between Sept. 16-18. Starting in Seattle, Schouweiler's journey will take her through Port Townsend, Orcas Island, and end in Victoria, B.C. Donations can be given to Schouweiler-Blagg by stopping in at the Lake City Frontier Bank, located at 2825 NE 125th St.

Disc Golf Park to get facelift

Neighbors of the North Seattle "Disc Golf" Park are invited to attend a public workshop on Wednesday, July 26, to learn about the park's upcoming facelift. Local residents are encouraged to participate in designing a decorative garden for the park. The workshop will begin at 7 p.m. and will be held at North Seattle Community College, in the Rose Room, which is located in the College Center Building. For more information, call Edie Whitsett at 206-522-1726.

NSCC hosts Globetrotter Camp

Some of the most exciting basketball players in the world will be at North Seattle Community College from July 17-21 for the Harlem Globetrotters Youth Summer Basketball Camp. The camp is for boys and girls between 6 and 16 years of age. All skill levels are welcome.

At least three Harlem Globetrotter players will be present during every hour of the camp as they work with campers on basketball and life skills. Campers will be divided into groups based on age as they practice basketball fundamentals. Each day will end with basketball games. Awards will be given daily for hustle, citizenship, and most free throws made.

Development of individual and team skills will culminate on the last day of camp as campers will have a chance to scrimmage against the Globetrotters. Participants will receive a camp T-Shirt, camp photo, a mini basketball, and an autographed picture of the Globetrotters.

The camp will take place in the NSCC gym at 9600 College Way North. Registration is $175 and the deadline is July 7 at 5 p.m. Space is limited, so early registration is encouraged.

A check or money order made out to Harlem Globetrotters can be mailed to Mark Mitsui, athletic director, North Seattle Community College, 9600 College Way N., Seattle, WA 98103. To receive a registration form, or for more information, contact Mark Mitsui at 528-4591 or the Harlem Globetrotters at 1-800-641-4667.

Green Lake crew teams capture titles

With 500 meters to go in the men's eight race at the Junior Nationals Regatta in Cincinnati last month, Green Lake Crew found themselves in third place. That is when they made their move, surging past St. Joseph's Prep and edging Cincinnati Junior Rowing Club by less than a foot at the finish line.

Green Lake's winning time was 5:49.20 while Cincinnati, the defending champion, came in at 5:49.44. "It was the most exciting race that I have ever seen," said Lenny Kong, a member of the Green Lake Crew Rowing Advisory Council.

The Green Lake men's eight is composed of rowers from six area high schools: coxswain Shaina Kennedy of Northwest School; Casey Clingan, Avery Dahl, and Evan Gibson of Roosevelt; Rob Curran and Warren Caldwell of University Prep; Matt Kopicky of Ballard; Ben Christiancy of Blanchet; and Ryan Becker of Edmonds-Woodway.

Also winning titles in Cincinnati were the Green Lake women's lightweight eight and Cooper Lange in the men's singles. The women's lightweight eight (rowers must weigh less than 130 pounds) won their event by nearly five seconds.

Lange, who just completed his sophomore year at Blanchet High School, was invited to Cincinnati only after another rower dropped out. He came on to have the race of his life, defeating the second place finisher by almost three seconds.