Money Honeys
a hit with Oregon's
biggest bowling
league
by Renee Cherry
Portland C om m unity Bow ling Association
started its sixth year, Sunday, January 8, not
only as a no n-p rofit organization but with the
prestige o f being the largest bow ling league
in the state. C onsidering the num ber o f
bow lers here in O regon this is quite an honor
(and feat). PCBA went from 32 team s last
year to a w hopping 54 team s this year. Since
there are so m any people eager to bowl and
on ly 36 lanes at Pro 300 Lanes, the present
location, the league was broken down into
tim e periods: the 11:00 o 'clo ck
league and the 2:00 o ’clock
league. In all, 264 bowlers showed up at Pro
30 0 in quest o f bowling excellence. And I
m ust say that not all o f us found it
M argaret Strachan, City C ouncil m em ber
o f Portland, was on hand to roll ou t the first
ball o f the season. Even though she used the
"fa m o u s” rose ball, she only m anaged to
knock down one pin. All o f us are hoping that
eye opener
hangover
Ahh, Hawaii!!
by David Breaker
All in all, Hawaii is a w onderful vacation
spot, ju st five and one half hours from Port
land. And if you play the 1/2 way point game
on board U nited Airlines, the correct tim e was
. . . 4:21 m in u te s . . . I know. I won tw o bottles
o f cham pagne. Just lucky, I guess. We
dow ned one with the crew and other passen
gers. The other was just put away fo r a rainy
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this was not a prelude to com ing attractions
fo r the year.
Tom Geil, organizer o f the league, wel
com ed all new bowlers and explained some
o f the basics o f league bow ling, such as
m onte carlo tickets. For those w ho d o n ’t
know, m onte carlo is played tw o different
ways: one way to earn m oney is to purchase
tickets from a M oney Honey (5 fo r a dollar)
and hope your num ber is called. The other
way to earn little tidbits is if a colored pin is set
in the head position and you happen to bowl
a strike, you win 50C. If the colored pins show
up in the head position and the second o r the
th ird you w ould receive 75C. And if the co l
ored pins show up in all three positions you
win $ 1.50!
Halfway through a bow ling line they stop
the action, and the race fo r the jackpot is on. If
your num ber is called (this is where your
tickets com e in) and you bowl a strike you will
win whatever am ount is in the ja c k p o t If by
chance the m oney is not won in three tries all
the bucks w ill be held over fo r the final jack
pot w hich occurs halfway through the third
and final bow ling line.
Som e readers m ight be w ondering: W hat
is a M oney Honey? Well, the m ore appropri
ate question w ould be w ho are the Money
Honeys? M oney Honeys are the unsung
heroines o f the bow ling alleys. They flutter
ab out not only dispensing money, but giving
c o m fo rt where needed, trading beauty tips.
and b ringing joy to all. I noticed this year they
have new shirts w hich they, o f course, wear
over the w onderful outfits. These sparkling
people w ho grace ou r Sunday m ornings are:
Lisa Day and M onica Rey.
There are plenty o f high rollers with Cherry
H artm an hitting a 207, Robert Huffm an with
205, B ill Gerald 204, M ic D uggan 202, Reese
House, Hank C upper and Louie Litow inski all
ro llin g a 201 and Rob Brown w ith a 200 even.
A ll o f these bowlers w ill now enter the 2 0 0
C lub.
H igh individual averages and to p team
scores w ill be listed next issue. W ith the large
tu rn o u t o f bowlers the scores were not co m
puted by press tim e.
A ll bow lers w ill be classified into five d iffe
rent groups according to their averages.
These averages include a handicap o f five
points per open fram e. The to p bowlers in
each class will receive a certificate and a
tro p h y at the end o f the year. Teams w ill also
be grouped into five classes, so even if a team
does no t have a high average bowler, they
can still be com petitive as a team.
Because o f the large tu rn o u t o f bowlers the
m onte carlo jackpot am ounts were quite
high. In all, $248.00 was won at the first ses-
sion and by sheer coincidence the second
session gave out the same a m o u n t C huck C.
fro m the JR ’s Transvestites team walked o ff
w ith the largest jackpot o f $148.00.
A pair o f bow ling shoes donated by the Pro
3 0 0 Lanes were won by Denny fro m the
Tooze F lorist team.
If by chance anyone else out there is not
bow ling, and w ould like to, ju st show up at the
alley one half hour before one o f the sessions
starts and you could bowl as an alternate fo r a
team that is shy a m em ber.
The follow ing are the league bow ling
dates: Jan. 22 & 29, Feb. 5,1 9 , M arch 4 ,1 8 &
25, A pril 1,7 & 29, May 13. May 20th is the
cham pionship day; May 23 is the awards
ba n q u e t
O n A pril 15 the league holds a special
session, The Ham Bowl. In this event if you
ro ll a strike in the 3rd, 6th, & 9th fram es o f
one gam e you w ould win a ham, ju st in tim e
fo r Easter!
June 1st through 3rd is a tim e to definitely
m ark on you r calendar, as that is the date fo r
P ortland’s 2nd Rose Bowl Classic. Last year’s
Classic was a huge success with team s from
Seattle, San Francisco, Sacram ento and
oth er exciting places rolling in fo r some
to u g h com petition.
So if you want to bowl or keep score or ju st
have fun rooting on bowlers, stop by on one
o f the above dates and tim es to jo in in. We
have a party after at one o f the local
pubs to hear the day’s scores and spend the
ja ckp o t w inners’ prize money.
day. Speaking o f w hich, there was an average
tem perature o f 78 for the m ajor part o f the
stay. However, on C hristm as Eve and C hrist
m as Day it looked as if we had a m onsoon, all
w ith w inds that m oved the sculpture at the
Hyatt Regency HNL at least 4 feet in either
direction, and rains o f 7 inches on Maui. It
really was a great trip and I recom m end that if
you plan to go fo r either o f the holidays in
1984 or sooner, please book early as som e
people are having problem s fin din g reason
able hotels and condos due to high season
rates. P.S. — I never have seen m ore gay
w om en in H onolulu fo r the holidays. Q uite
im pressive. We shan't say anything at this
p o in t about the European m en; and the
Canucks.
O K, Let’s talk 1984. In 1984 lots o f changes
are g o ing to take place. Schedule changes
are fixed fo r the end o f January and the 1 st o f
February. Be aware that w rong tim es result in
m issed flights and connections. Price
increases w ill take place as o f March 1, and
m ost im portantly, travel on the west coast will
go up, and up, and up due to the O lym pics in
Los Angeles. Denver is going up by alm ost
$ 100 fo r excursion tickets as o f March 1. O f
course, changes are likely at any m o m e n t
and in the travel industry, change seems to be
the rule. So if you are planning to see your
parents, friends, or even take that well de
served vacation this sum m er, book it now,
pay fo r i t and the price w ill be locked in.
way o f gett in g out o f the lines and crowds. If
your travel agent doesn't autom atically do it
fo r you, ask fo r it, as it saves tim e and Ictsa
fru stration when you find that you and your
friend cannot sit together on that flig h t to
Pocatello to see the Princess Theatre (really
doesn’t exist — I looked).
B oarding passes are a new and im proved
always
Let’s get som e people together and go to
Bend fo r a ski-trip. I haven’t been once this
year and I am ready, so give a call (225-0064)
and let's coordinate a trip.
Again, if you have any destinations that you
feel w ould be o f interest, let me know and I
w ill investigate what I can and report back to
you.
Just Out January 20-Februarv 3