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bowlacrossamerica

Bowling Across America

Last summer, I stumbled across a book that immediately caught my attention. The cover was adorned with a close-up of a pair of rental bowling shoes with the backdrop of a wood lane surface. Obviously, I couldn’t just walk by ...
by Andy Diercks
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Rising sun above the beautiful camomiles

The State of Bowling, The Bright Side

“Always look on the bright side of life.” ~ Monty Python In this installment of Living Lanes, I will focus on the many positive things I see in bowling, specifically youth bowling. This is timed somewhat well in light of Ga...
by Andy Diercks
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Bowling Through Tragedy

On Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011 the Linn-Mar High School varsity bowling team was at the Cedar Rapids Bowling Center practicing for the upcoming regional championships, which would determine the teams that would go to the state champ...
by Andy Diercks
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Meet Melissa Sobolik

Meet Melissa Sobolik Born: August 16, 1990 Throws: Right College: Wichita State University Area of Study: Majors- business administration/journalism; minors- marketing, management and personal selling High Game: 300 in practice...
by Andy Diercks
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Century Lanes

My bowling career began when I was 4 or 5. I lived in a very small town in northwest Iowa called Alta. There was an old bar on Main Street officially called Century Lanes, but everyone in town called it Clemy’s. Why? Clem Led...
by Andy Diercks
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