Bulletin Board
Baker Makes History as USBC President
THE FIRST female president in the history of the USBC officially began her term Aug. 1. Darlene Baker of Mahomet, Ill., served as president-elect on the USBC Board of Directors in 2009-10 before assuming the top spot. She has been working with outgoing presi- dent Jeff Boje on the direction of USBC and expects a seamless transition. “I am looking forward to working closely with the
USBC Board of Directors and the staff at USBC to strengthen our member- ship,” Baker said. “I know we have many loyal mem- bers and we appreciate their continued support. We must continue to find new programs and incen- tives not only for our current members but to entice more bowlers to join USBC.” Baker has been on the
USBC Board of Directors since the organization’s inception and has served as chair of the Strategic Planning Committee. She also has been a director on the Young American Bowling Alliance, Women’s International Bowling Congress and USA Bowling boards. At the 2010 USBC Annual Meeting in May, Mark
Martin of Waterford, Mich., and Deanna Rose of Fairport, N.Y., were elected to the board. Martin is the manager of the Metro Detroit USBC Association, the largest USBC local association in the nation. Rose is an assistant vice president in human resources for M&T Bank. Carolyn Dorin-Ballard of Keller, Texas, and Michael Italia of Warrington, Pa., were re-elected to the board at the Annual Meeting. Also new to the board are Cathy DeSocio of Wichita,
Kan., and Frank Wilkinson of Staten Island, N.Y. DeSocio, vice president of the Bowling Proprietors’ Association of America, is president of the JOMA Company, which operates seven centers in Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. She, along with Jim Sturm, are the two BPAA representatives on the USBC Board. Wilkinson, the owner of Rab’s Country Lanes, is chair of the USBC Youth Committee and will be the youth committee representative on the USBC Board.
10 USBOWLER FALL 2010
Bowler Sets
SOME BOWLERS love the game so much it’s said they eat, drink and sleep bowling. For one 24-year-old bowler from Plano, Texas, the turn of phrase proved literal. Stephen Shanabrook bowled
at the 24-hour Plano Super Bowl for five days and five hours – 125 total hours – before finally calling it quits July 19. He bowled an average of five games per hour and notched scores that fell every- where between a low of 5 and a high of 198. “I’ve always liked bowl-
ing, but you just get into a routine and it gets mundane,” Shanabrook said. “But then you’ve got to think back to why you started this in the first place, and that’s for the chari- ties it is supporting.”
Guinness Record Texas Man Bowls Marathon
Shanabrook’s record run
helped causes such as Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, the SPCA, the Boys & Girls Clubs of America and the Plano City House. To beat the record, the rules
state you must bowl “within the spirit of the game” at all times. He was allowed a five- minute break for every hour he bowled, so he let them accumulate into larger breaks to go to the bathroom, eat, do interviews and occasionally sleep. The previous Guinness
World Record for the longest tenpin bowling marathon was 120 hours by Andy Milne at Classic Bowl in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, set in October 2005.
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