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Local bowler more than perfect BY BRAD MOSHER bmosher@countrymedia.net
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or Chad Welch, it was a perfect night. At least when he went on a streak most bowlers only dream about. Playing with his Crook Creek #1 teammates, the man with a 15 handicap found perfection on an alley in the Elusive Pocket. The bowling alley got its name from a description of that “pocket” which strikes all of the pins down, according to owner Ardis Kraulik. But for Welch, it was no longer that elusive. For more than a game in his Mixed Commercial League game in Bowman Jan. 29, he pounded out strike after strike after strike by hitting the “elusive pocket” repeatedly. According to Welch, there wasn’t any warning of his hot streak when he was warming up before the game. “It was coming off my hand really nice … but that has happened plenty of times. You just never think that it is going to be ‘the’ night, I guess.” The man with a 183 average wasn’t too surprised when he got off to a good start. He said that he has bowled six strikes in a row before. “When I got to the ninth (frame), I thought ...’Man I am getting close,’” he recalled. “Something is going to screw it up.”
FEBRUARY 7, 2020
Putting real game in the ‘Big Game’ BY BRAD MOSHER bmosher@countrymedia.net
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he big game Sunday in Amidon was more than on the two televisions showing off the battle between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers. It was also home to a wild game feast – a competition and challenge for who could cook up the best wild game dish. The game within the game at Mo’s Bunker Bar brought in more than a dozen people – which is a large crowd for a town of less than 20 people. Starting as a pre-game exercise in the afternoon people brought dishes like venison stir-fry, Antelope stroganoff, venison sausage with sauerkraut, deer sausage with barbecue sauce and venison summer sausage with cheese, according to owner Anna Allard. “We’ve had pot lucks. We have had game feeds. But we have never had them on the same day as the Super Bowl,” she said as the second half was getting ready to start and all the people had just finished watching the halftime show with Jennifer Lopez and Shakira. One of the most popular dishes was a jalapeno popper wrapped in wild boar bacon and filled with cream cheese, she added.
Chad Welch, president of the local bowling association was perfect Jan. 29 in the Elusive Pocket when he rolled a perfect ‘300’ game of nothing but strikes. Submitted photo
It didn’t. “When I got to the tenth frame, you can throw three balls in the tenth frame. The first one wasn’t too bad. After the second on, I was like this is really close,” he recalled. When he got ready for
his final throw in the game and a chance to bowl a ‘300’, Welch said he had one thing on his mind. “All I can do is screw up. So, I just slowed everything way down. I was pretty nervous. “I threw the last one to
the outside and it came back. I didn’t think it was going to, but it rattled them out of there,” he said. He knew he was drawing attention as the streak of strikes grew. “They kept it
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Enjoying the ‘Big Game’ at Mo’s Bunker Bar on Sunday in Amidon. PHOTO/Brad Mosher
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T
he Bowman Lions Club held a Soup and Sandwich benefit for a local child on Super Bowl Sunday and the response was not surprising to Father Paul Eberle. “I have never seen a community like this come together for our own from the mayor on down,” he said Sunday afternoon as the cleanup started in the United Methodist Church. “It is a whole different world here,” he said, noting that the response has been like no other community he has worked in. The benefit Sunday was to raise money for Olivia Frie’s medical expenses. She is the four-year old daughter of Todd and Kristina Frie. According to the Lions chair for the event, Chuck Whitney, about 300 people participated in the Super
Ken Braun (left) and Jason Dodge wait for another customer to serve during the Super Bowl Sunday medical benefit for a local four-year old.
Olivia Frie (holding the stick horse) and her sister Annabelle visit with Kim Oakland’s puppy (and 5/6th Grade Teacher Kim Oakland too!)
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Bowl Soup and Sandwich event and a silent auction – or both. The variety of items up for auction ranged from luggage to jams, jellies and gift baskets.
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According to Whitney, the benefit raised thousands to help defray the medical expenses of the Frie family. There were also about 50 volunteers who helped
to organize and put on the benefit, Whitney added. On the menu at the event were a variety of soups and chili, along with turkey and ham sandwiches.
The Lion also had a full dessert tray set up for the attendees, which included cranberry bars and other baked snacks.
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