Bumming around town with Bill Bumerton

Bumerton is a retired Navy fighter pilot who had been missing in action for several years while he traversed the globe looking for greener grass. He discovered the grass is only greener here (it’s blue in Kentucky), so he returned to again take charge of his 1954 green Hudson Hornet that has been in storage, refilled his pipe, and is ready to continue his smokin’ ways. Here is what he recently told us at the Sports Paper.

 

Today is the day for commercials, Big Dawg. The first one is the Viking Crush Golf Tournament that will be held Sept. 21 at White Horse Golf Club. North Kitsap High School Baseball and football coach Jeff Weible has put it together to raise funds for his two programs to offset costs associated with camps, equipment and uniform replacement, field improvement, and other costs. None of the money raised will go toward coaches’ salaries. This is the first annual Viking Crush. Weible had talked about doing this for some time, and now it’s here. It’s a four-person scramble and it costs $100 per player or $400 for a foursome. The cost includes a golf chart, range balls and an all-you-can-eat barbecue dinner after the tournament. There will be a silent auction during the day, along with “other fun activates”, says Weible. For more information contact Weible at jweible@nkschools.org. Deadline for registration is Sept. 10. Weible is also looking for sponsors, so if you have the time and money, Big Dawg, email Weible and tell him you are all in. … 

 

Next is Bill Hoke, local marketing consultant who also writes for this rag once in a while. He has published a book – River Voices on the Duckabush – that includes poems, haiku and sketches from his hiking and mountaineering. What the heck is haiku? Hoke, who lives in the Manette area of Bremerton, has hiked nearly 3,000 miles in the Olympic National Park and climbed most of the major peaks in Washington State. The book is available at Amazon.com and other on-line booksellers. … K-Mac has taped interviews going on from Sunday through Friday at his online position at ISPNSports.com. He was at the recent Boeing Classic and interviewed various golfers, including last year’s Boeing winner Jay Don Blake. …

 

Also, Big Dawg, Lane C Dowell passed on a picture of the remodel of the Bremerton gym floor that now has “Ken Wills” name in bigger letters and in a more prominent spot. The court is named after the legendary coach. … I heard Big Dawg some community bigwigs were thinking of naming of a spot in the road in Gorst after you. Unfortunately, none of the bigwigs involved could remember your name.