WHERE IT'S AT Root, root, root for local softball Take a trip into Hells Canyon on a jet ••• heroes and the boys of summer. boat and discover the thrill of 3 10•••riding the rapids. Put that Biggest Big Bertha driver Gear, gear and more gear. 4.•• to work with a round on a local golf course. You need it and the ORC can 12... rent it to you at a reasonable cost.. Get splattered on Looking for a fishing hole? ••• a paintball adventure 5 13•••This guy knows where one is. Take a hike along one of the many trail systems. Looking for summer fun? Check out our 7... 16••• calendar of events on the Palouse. See the beauty the parks of the From the Editor. .. 8.•. Even though we didn't get to everything elcome to this special edition of Palouse can offer. we hoped for, we certainly tried to do as ~~.,;;: :~""~ ~ ~O~ :~./~t;f':':::o.: ->/_,dt" The Summer Evergreen. This guide ""'~~~_ o~ f!JJif!ffi'i«,_ &l~~ much as we could. ~-""" - ~ ~::;:<::>>> to the outdoors of the Palouse is the m,.". ~~~ W second annual issue is completely done by the Ihope you enjoy our efforts. students and staff of WSU Student Publications. Sean Lamphere, Editor of The Summer Evergreen About the cover The Stall nthe newspaper world, nothing is EDITOR Sean Lamphere 335-2488 Idone alone. [email protected] Sean Lamphere conceptualized MANAGINGEDITOR Erik Young 335-2292 the cover for the Palouse Summer '98 guide while lost in thought trying to figure out what said this is the NEWS EoITOR Marcus Michelson 335-1140 Palouse in the summer. [email protected] After talking to some long-time OPINIONSEDITOR Sean G. Shea 335-1140 Palouse residents who said the biggest happenings here had to do Eric Blankenship 335-2465 SPORTSEDITOR with softball, Lamphere had an epiphany to combine softball with a BORDERUNE EDITOR Kevin O'Connor 335-3194 "Field of Dreams" effect. The photos for the cover were PHOTO EDITOR Chuck Allen 335-2377 shot by Chuck Allen using a Canon ADvERTISINGMANAGER Michelle Hampton 335-1572 A2 camera and 28 X 105 lens and PRODuCllON STAFF Brett Thomson 335-4576 Fuji 400 color film. Allen found Mike Larsen, a mem- GRAPHICS MANAGER Christian Hammer 335-4179 335-4573 ber of the Canyon River Blues soft- CLASSIFIEDADvERTISING Just as every ship requires a shakedown cruise, the Cyl>erCade Wl\IS in ball team, getting ready to play a NEWSROOM E-MAIL, FfI:!( [email protected] 335-7401 need of testing. Cactus employees and some friends volunteered to put game at the Pullman City Playfield. It through Its paces. From 5:00 5aturday night until 5:00 5unday morning The hills of the Palouse were they played Quake 2, 5tarc;raft and other network games. (It'e a tough photographed in the early moming job, I>ut eomel>ody has to do it.) somewhere near the Pullman- The Summer Evergreen is overseen by the Board of Student Publications Moscow Regional Airport. at WSU. Bob Hilliard is the general manager. The editorial board is Christian Hammer, using an The Cactus Computer Arcade is open for buelneae. Apple Macintosh computer, a Nikon responsible for all news policies. Postmaster: Send address changes to scanner, Quar1k 4.0, Freehand 7.0 For computer gamers (and conventional arcade garners who The Summer Evergreen at P.O. Box 642510, Pullman, WA 99164-2510. wouldn't mind being lured into computer gaming) the Computer Mail subscriptions are mailed first class. For one semester daily, the cost and Photoshop 4.0 merged and manipulated the text and pictures Arcade has some treats. Starcraft, Unreal. Total Annihilation is $90; weekly is $60. For one year daily, the cost is $160; weekly is and eight other games allowyou to play your friends one-on one, $100. USPS 142-860. or many-on-many. The CyberArcade has twelve networked Pentium 2 computers. large screens, and the fastest Internet connection on the Palouse. Laugh as you destroy your friends' characters. Taunt as you target their vehicles. Brag as you tote up your score. It'£;fun! For·more seriOUS!Ursuits. each computer has word-processing. spreadsheet an other software. Surf the Internet to find information. Send e-mail to your family across the world. (An e-mail account is inexpensive or free. and we'll help if you're unfamiliar with the procedure.) Do your homework on a fast computer with MS Word.including spelling and grammar checking. I The Arcade may be reserved in the morning and early afternoon as a high-tech. 12-seat classroom. It has a super-contrast color screen projector for presentations and "show-me and do" teaching. We offer courses on Windows '95, Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access, Quickbooks Pro and FrontPage 98. Cactus Computer staff teach courses in Internet for business and personal use. Other classes willbe offered based on demand and availability of a teacher. Interested teachers and students are invited to contact Cactus Computer Co.to inquire or sign up for classes. Check the Website: http://www.TurboNet.com/Arcade for announcements and class schedules. The Arcade is located in the rear of the Cactus Computer building, 211S. Main St. in Moscow. Plenty of parking just outside the door. Hours are from 9:00 a.m. to at least 11:00 p.m. Monday through Friday,10:00 a.m. to about 2:00 a.m. Saturday and 3:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Sunday. rJ:\ Cactus Computers W 211S. Main St. Moscow e Softball: The sport of choice BY ERIC BLANKENSHIP "We lost our first twogames of The Summer Evergreen the tourney last summer. That gave us all winter to think about it and If you're still not convinced summer is here, visit the ballpark and watch your doubts sail over the left- get in even worse physical condition for field fence. this year." Adult softball is in full swing on the Palouse and A PULLMAN SOFTBALL PLAYER'S THOUGHTS there is no doubt the game carries all the necessary ON THEIR TEAMS CHANCES ingredients of summer: Barbecues, laughter, freshly-cut £N THE TOURNAMENT THIS YEAR. grass and the unmistakable sights and sounds of the game. an athlete to play. It has been dubbed the only game in town and, "Just look at us," said one player from his stool at -- whether or not it is true, it'sdefinitely worth checking Pete's Bar and Grill, while aiming a beer glass at his out. teammates. ''There's not a single athlete in this group Come to the city play fields (behind Nendel's off of thirty-some things. We're a bunch of John Kruks." main) between 2 and 8:30 p.m, on a Sunday and you The team raised their cheers and beers for a post-vic- can cheer the women's and co-ed softball teams. tory toast. Or be there Monday through Thursday evenings "When you get to be our age and still living in from 6 to 9:45 p.m. to watch the men do battle. Pullman," said another player over the loud celebration, Either way, it's a great way to relax and kill a few of "these games become the highlight of your week." those lazy summer hours. And only a few weeks away is the highlight of the There are 22 men's and women's teams in Pullman entire softball season, the Playoffs. and II co-ed teams. They are proving grounds for 80 area softball teams. Add these to the 22 men's and women's teams in In the end, only one team from each division' will be Moscow and you end up with a whole lot of softball. crowned champion of the Palouse. "The competition is good," Pullman League "We lost our first two games of the tourney last Director Al Vorderbrueggen said. "But more than any- summer," one player said. ''That gave us all winter to thing it's fun. Whether or not you're there to win, think about it and get in even worse physical condition everyone has a great time." for this year." Each league is sectioned into three separate divi- The post-season tournament begins July 15 and a sions, A, B, and C, based on skill level and competi- list of times and places will be available a week before tiveness, although each team has the luxury to choose it begins through the Pullman Parks and Recreation its division. (334-4555) or Moscow Parks and Recreation (883- ALE PHOTO BY CHUCK AllEN This means you don't have to be an all-star or even 7085). Megan 8eyerline practices her catchlnqskills outside a residence hall. Taking in a baseball tourney or two July I and continuing through ages 9-12, Pony League (13-14), safari pearl More than just Sunday, July 5. The schedule a junior (15-16) and senior (17-18) begins on Thursday, July 2, at 8 legion program, and Whitman a pastime, the a.m. at both Bailey Field and County also has a junior legion Clearwater Park in Lewiston, program, Palouse takes its Idaho. Five games will be played Moscow plays host to a 10- • New Comics and Back Issues at the Idaho site with the finale at team Babe Ruth baseball program, hardball seriously 6 p.m. The remaining three days which includes teams from • Anime and Manga of baseball will be played at Kendrick, Genessee and Potlatch, FROM STAFF REPORTS WSU. and plays nightly at Bear Field in • Magic and other games Those games begin at 7 a.m.