The Illinois State Bowling Proprietors’ Association and Chicagoland BPA’s veteran tournament coordinator, Joy LaCour, is retiring — effective today — and former ISBPA President and center owner Tom Sims is stepping into the position. LaCour kicked off her industry career at three Chicago-area bowling centers: Jack Nietzel’s Irving Park Lanes, Turner Bowl (where she organized the center’s first youth league) and Habetler Bowl. […]

For the second consecutive year, Bowling Center Management swept the awards in the Business category of the International Bowling Media Association Writing competition. In her first story for the magazine, Michelle Johnson captured the first-place prize for her feature on an alert bowling center employee who prevented a toddler from wandering into the center’s pinsetting […]

After battling cancer for many years, industry veteran Bill Supper passed away on June 20. He was 77. Supper was best known for the years he spent at Ebonite International, where he was hired as the company’s East Coast sales representative. He spent 16 years with the Hopkinsville, Ky.-based company. Following a four-year stint at […]

Bob Thomas, an industry “lifer” who most recently served as executive director of the Northern California Bowling Centers, is retiring on June 30. Prior to joining the NCBC, Thomas enjoyed a long stint as director of operations for the National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nev. A retirement luncheon was held June 14 in Roseville, Calif.