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BOWLING CAN COME DOWN TO THE OIL ON THE LANE
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Bowling is a complicated sport. Sure, anyone can do it. But to do
it well, that's a different story.
Across the New River and Roanoke valleys, hundreds of bowlers are
scoring 220 and higher -- a perfect game is 300 -- and some think
that's OK. Average, they say.
But if you change lane conditions and bowling balls, your score
will likely fluctuate by 20 points or more. And that's when the
confusion begins.
"In my opinion, people's averages are a whole lot higher than
thei...
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BOWLING CAN COME DOWN TO THE OIL ON THE LANE
Roanoke Times & World News
; Bowling is a complicated sport. Sure, anyone can do it. But to do it well, that's a different story. Across the New River and Roanoke valleys, hundreds of bowlers are scoring 220 and higher -- a perfect game is 300 -- and some think that's OK. Average, they say. But if you change lane conditions
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REACTION MIXED TO SMOKE-FREE BOWLING HOURS
Roanoke Times & World News
; ... kids in here. And I think it would be good if it were nonsmoking across the board." A revised smoking procedure isn't the only news to recently spring out of NRV SuperBowl. For the first time since 2000, the bowling alley has been selected to host the Virginia ...
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 "Roanoke Times (Roanoke, VA)")
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Reaction mixed to smoke-free bowling hours: A decline in weekend customers in part drove NRV SuperBowl to adopt smoke-free hours.
Roanoke Times (Roanoke, VA)
; ... kids in here. And I think it would be good if it were nonsmoking across the board. A revised smoking procedure isn't the only news to recently spring out of NRV SuperBowl. For the first time since 2000, the bowling alley has been selected to host the Virginia ...
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MUCH MORE THAN SPARES AND STRIKES
Roanoke Times & World News
; Grant Robinson has two bad knees and a bum back. Leonard Howery has bones that have aged 88 years. On Monday afternoons, their aches and pains don't keep them down. For Robinson, Howery and 40 other senior citizens, it's time to bowl. Long-dubbed The Golden Years, the 50-and-older bowling league in
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PRO HITS THE LANES IN CHRISTIANSBURG NRV SUPERBOWL 4 TO 10 P.M. TODAY
Roanoke Times & World News
; The best bowler in America is coming to Christiansburg, and he's bringing his ball. Walter Ray Williams Jr. will visit NRV Superbowl from 4 to 10 p.m. today and a crowd of hundreds is expected to greet him. Twenty-one random fans will get to bowl alongside the sport's all-time leading money winner
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FOR THE RECORD
Roanoke Times & World News
; Correction The Web site to register for the American Association of University Women's Sister to Sister Summit is http members.cox.net/aauwva/sisreg08.pdf. The Web site was incorrect in the Community Events calendar in the Neighbors sections during the month of February. Clarification A story in
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ROLLING TO A HIGH RANKING
Roanoke Times & World News
; Jim Overfelt and Gene Broadus weren't expecting to bring home any trophies or medals. They didn't even crave a pat on the back. About all the bowling partners expected to take from what is billed as the world's largest participatory sporting event in Baton Rouge, La., were a few pleasurable
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CELEBRATIONS - BARTON-HUNGATE ENGAGEMENT
Roanoke Times & World News
; Anita Gail Barton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne D. Barton of Hardy, and Nelson David Hungate, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Michael Shaw of Dublin, and Mrs. Peggy Hungate of Shawsville and the late Nelson Hungate, are pleased to announce their engagement. Anita is the granddaughter of Mrs. Nellie
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BOWLER HITS A PERFECT GAME AT SUPERBOWL
Roanoke Times & World News
; Alan Benson bowled a perfect game at the NRV Superbowl on Nov. 19. It's been done before. But not by someone so young this year. He's 14. What was Benson thinking when he hit 12 strikes in a row? "After I had four strikes in a row, I looked up and thought: 'All I need to do is throw the next shot
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A FIELD GUIDE TO ... SUPERBOWL: NOT A BARGAIN, BUT LOADS OF FUN
Roanoke Times & World News
; The NRV Superbowl has now lasted long enough to no longer be the "other bowling alley" or even the "new bowling alley." Now that it's been open for a few years and Triangle Lanes is long gone, it is "THE bowling alley," and it seems to be a pretty good one, passing most, but not all, of the bowling
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