Archive for February 19th, 2008

Bowling balls - Smoking ban makes quiet debut in Metro East

Smoking ban makes quiet debut in Metro East
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Like many bowling alley owners, he said, he worries about damage to bowling shoes from smokers leaving the lanes for a puff. But the law was followed pretty smoothly when the appointed hour came at Camelot on Monday night. Workers picked up the

Greenpoint’s New Bowling Alley: Time-Warp Look and Prices to Match
Village Voice - It’s uncertain whether the Gutter best evokes the ’80s or the ’60s, Staten Island or Kansas City, but it’s wherever a dusty traveler first encountered bowling shoes, orange plastic chairs, and a rowdy bar that allowed outside pizza delivery. The

REMEMBERANCE - Remembering Merlyn Plumlee
Cycle News - A now famous story was how he left his sorry shoes in a bowling alley and proceeded to wear the rented bowling shoes to college. His standards in motorcycling far exceeded his standards in footwear. To my knowledge that is as close as Merlyn got to

Frogs and Lilies, Trucks and Tea Cups
Surf Santa Monica - Another, traumatized by something related to her red-and-white paneled bowling shoes, is sobbing in the arms of another counselor. The Greens fight for the next piece

Wii love our bowling
Colorado Springs Gazette - Nor did she put her feet into a pair of bowling shoes. In fact, she never left Winslow Court, the senior center she calls home, because there, bowling comes courtesy of a Nintendo Wii gaming console that has the whole place buzzing. A senior center

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Bowling balls - Growth was factor in 1953

Growth was factor in 1953
Daily Star - It was a game of Italian origin, “resembling shuffleboard with bowling balls on a horseshoe court.” According to The Star on Aug. 8, nobody knew how exactly it was spelled, but it was also called “botch.” “Who cares,” yelled Bernardino Colone. “Just

Nintendo Wii May Top Grandparents’ Lists, Too
NBC 30 - gifts this holiday season and now you may want to add it to Grandma and Grandpa s list as well. Videogames are no longer just for teenagers, as companies are now marketing to families and even seniors. Seniors are now ditching their bowling balls and

Young Roseburg bowler is on a remarkable roll
KVAL - He said from the moment he bought Bubba his first of five bowling balls, the Oklahoma native quickly learned to compete with the big boys. “By the time he was five years old he was hooking the ball,” said Hardage. Bubba said when you’re learning how to

Bales and Anderson team up to take title
Richmond Register - Bowling balls have changed drastically over the past 100 years. Bowling balls were made of hardwood until the first hard rubber balls were produced about 1905. Hard rubber balls were the standard until the 1960s when plastic balls were developed

He’s Already Paid
Morning News - His biggest claim to fame is being the inventor of a ramp for launching bowling balls. He said he invented it in 1970 while working and volunteering with his wife at the Riverfront School in Visalia, Calf. The school taught severely handicapped kids

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