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Is it me or is anyone else<br />
tired of the discount savings<br />
cards that you have to get at<br />
every grocery store or merchant<br />
these days?<br />
I don’t mind them for<br />
rewards points and things like<br />
that, but having to use one in<br />
order to get the lower prices<br />
simply drives me mad! We all<br />
know when I get to the counter<br />
and say I don’t have my card<br />
they are probably going to scan<br />
one behind the counter anyway<br />
so why play the game?<br />
I can assure you that if<br />
I don’t get the advertised<br />
discounted price with the card<br />
they are going to have to put<br />
all my stuff back because I will<br />
leave it at the checkout. <strong>The</strong><br />
truth is that I have a drawer<br />
full of these cards, but I never<br />
carry them with me which in<br />
my opinion defeats the purpose<br />
of having them.<br />
Fortunately most places<br />
can also look it up by your<br />
phone number which is good<br />
for me since I’ve had the same<br />
number for over ten years, but<br />
for those that change numbers<br />
every time a new cell phone<br />
comes out then you better have<br />
a George Constanza size wallet<br />
for all those cards!<br />
<strong>The</strong>re has been some excitement<br />
around my house this<br />
week as my wife Nikki started<br />
a new job.<br />
She has been in a call center<br />
environment as a supervisor<br />
nearly her entire adult life<br />
despite having a Bachelor’s<br />
degree in HR. She has wanted<br />
to get into HR for a long time<br />
now, but every position she<br />
applied for wanted previous<br />
experience in HR and this<br />
included the entry level ones.<br />
It seemed that they all thought<br />
she was over qualified because<br />
she has a Master’s degree<br />
and had previously been a<br />
supervisor.<br />
Finally she got her break<br />
and started as an HR Administrative<br />
Assistant for a big<br />
natural gas company. I find<br />
it funny because some of the<br />
It’s always<br />
the right time<br />
to sign up for<br />
a League<br />
Call your local center<br />
now to sign up<br />
things she came home bragging<br />
about getting to do are<br />
things that I’ve been doing for<br />
many years and have taken<br />
for granted. She was excited<br />
that they took her to lunch and<br />
actually bought!<br />
I laughed and explained that<br />
big companies often do that.<br />
She was also excited about<br />
the free mini-cooler they gave<br />
her with the company’s logo<br />
on it. She was also excited<br />
because they shut down early<br />
a few times a year and take the<br />
employees to the State Fair or<br />
other fun things. She couldn’t<br />
believe she would still get paid<br />
for it.<br />
Most importantly to her is<br />
that she is no longer on call. I<br />
thought I threw a fit when I got<br />
a call from work after hours,<br />
but she turned into the Tazmanian<br />
Devil when she got a call.<br />
As a matter of fact the only<br />
thing worse than her getting<br />
an afterhours call would be<br />
me booking a hotel that didn’t<br />
have a hair dryer in the room.<br />
This week’s what’s in<br />
FRISCO – Joe Rener won the<br />
high-set race again last week at<br />
Strikz by hammering out hefty<br />
245-248-237 = 730 marks in<br />
Monday Mixerz league action.<br />
Cathy Eberly paced the ladies<br />
scoring contest again with a<br />
laudatory 161-182-192 = 535<br />
Morning Glories series.<br />
HONOR ROLL<br />
Ron Shive 222-616, Pat Sniderwin<br />
181-500, Joesph Jimenez 213-608,<br />
Debbie Colby 168-490, Bob Davis<br />
203-606, Candy Torrey 191-479, Tommy<br />
Davis 248-670, Jennifer Blythe 169-473.<br />
Rick Brewer 246-638, Clayton<br />
Anthony Lavery-Spahr and<br />
Susan Lee have a hold on the<br />
top spot on the honor roll again<br />
this week and they don’t want to<br />
relinquish it.<br />
Anthony Lavery-Spahr<br />
compiled a top flight 232-244-268<br />
= 744 Sunday Mixers league<br />
set to gain the top spot on the<br />
honor roll last week at Rowlett<br />
Bowl-a-Rama.<br />
Susan Lee paced the ladies<br />
with a classy 268-185-228 = 681<br />
Thursday Funfours set.<br />
HONOR ROLL<br />
Daceman’s DVR is a new show<br />
on ABC on Wednesday nights<br />
called “Nashville” starring Friday<br />
Night Light’s own, Connie<br />
Britton, and former child star<br />
Hayden Panettiere (she was so<br />
cute as an eleven-year-old in<br />
Remember the Titans).<br />
Hayden is all grown up now<br />
and playing the role of a more<br />
adult version of Taylor Swift<br />
who has chosen her nemesis to<br />
be the legendary Rayna James<br />
played by Britton.<br />
<strong>The</strong> casting was well done,<br />
but I’m having a hard time<br />
with the believability of the<br />
singing in the show. It just<br />
doesn’t seem real, but it’s easy<br />
to tolerate that because the<br />
story lines are still juicy and<br />
entertaining. I hope everyone<br />
will watch it because there is<br />
nothing worse than getting<br />
involved in a show and then<br />
they cancel it. So everyone<br />
tune in please!<br />
Finally, although I didn’t<br />
know him as well as many of<br />
you I wanted to pass along my<br />
condolences to the family and<br />
friends of Danny Westbrook<br />
who passed away last week<br />
as a result of injuries suffered<br />
from being hit by a drunk<br />
driver while helping a stranded<br />
motorist. <strong>The</strong> fact that Danny<br />
was helping someone in need<br />
tells you all you need to know<br />
about how great of a guy he<br />
was and how badly he will be<br />
missed.<br />
At Strikz<br />
Rener hammers 730<br />
Colby 225-653, Donna Appel 169-377,<br />
Chris Williams 165-450, Mike Matusik<br />
245-644, Mary Matusik 135-395, Mark<br />
Donnell 221-631, Penny Anderson<br />
139-400.<br />
Belinda Bathie 152-400, Mary Kay<br />
Stone 179-497, Joe Jeanjacques 224-<br />
609, Cathy Eberly 188-518, Jim Reynen<br />
236-657, Blanche Bowles 169-429, Paul<br />
Luetje 247-618, Tommy Davis 216-603.<br />
Chris Marino 259-705, Brett Paul<br />
257-691, Rick Irvine 224-625, Teresa<br />
Johnson 142-395, Dewayne Smith 235-<br />
650, Bob Held 245-603, Mike Robinson<br />
246-692, Scott Orofino 213-623.<br />
At Rowlett Bowl-a-Rama<br />
Lavery-Spahr drills<br />
744, Lee sees 681<br />
Linda Sires 175-485, Ryall Jones<br />
259-687, Caroline Richards 190-489,<br />
George Sims 243-656, Amanda Nelms<br />
187-464, Andrea Calloway 257-640,<br />
Anthony Lavery-Spahr 279-724, Susan<br />
Lee 195-591.<br />
Mike Brenner 279-708, Art Rossbach<br />
(2 games) 204-388, Bev Jones (2 games)<br />
168-327.<br />
SENIORS<br />
Mark Marshall (2 games) 168-321,<br />
Joann White (2 games) 151-297, Leo<br />
Weber 201-526, Jan Ritzenthaler<br />
204-538, Jim Ritchie (no tap) 266-730,<br />
Karen Dyer (no tap) 188-557.<br />
THE BOWLING NEWS | Thursday, November 1, 2012 | Page 9<br />
P.O. Box 1642, Colleyville, TX 76034<br />
Phone 817-267-8686<br />
Fax 817-267-1813<br />
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$2 draft starting at 9 PM<br />
Late Night Thursday<br />
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plus free nacho bar<br />
NFL Sunday Ticket Madness<br />
Sunday from noon - 5 PM<br />
$12.95 all you can bowl (includes shoes)<br />
$2 drafts (22 oz.)<br />
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