Palo Alto Weekly 09.23.2011 - Section 1

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Cover Story

Wilfredo Gonzalez sprays disinfectant into returned pairs of bowling shoes at Palo Alto Bowl.

dren here — three girls, two boys — starting in the 1960s. Her memories of the alley range from a high-profile shooting out front in the late ‘60s to a personal high score of 255, achieved while pregnant with one of her daughters. Although her average score has dropped from a 170 to a 95 over the years, Siesbuttel is undeterred. She plans to transfer to Homestead Lanes to continue bowling. “So long as the people I bowl with don’t mind, I don’t care,� she said smiling, her dangling bowling-pin earrings framing her face. For Alli Kinnear, child care center director

for Google, the league connected her to her team of fellow Google employees as well as other community members. “There’s people of all different walks of life here who just like bowling,� Kinnear said. “It’s an unusual little cross-section of our community.� Additionally, “There are days when the best thing possible is to throw a heavy object at other heavy objects and knock ‘em down,� she said, laughing. “We’ll say, ‘The pins have faces today.’� Nearby bowler Georgia Williams described

Rental shoes, sorted by size, fill the cubby holes behind the register at Palo Alto Bowl.

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There’s people of all different walks of life here who just like bowling.

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— Alli Kinnear, child care center director for Google, who played with fellow Google employees

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