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The clash of bowling pins could be heard from the parking lot, but the smell of fried food and lane wax, key in the identification of a bowling alley, wasn’t obvious until you enter the doors of AMF Town and Country Lanes. The building was also alive with the cheering of grandparent or parent/child teams.
Sandy Ferguson of Fulton, 56, and Aaron Harris of Tuscumbia, 12, a grandmother and grandson team, called themselves the Pin Heads.
- Runners of all ages get a good start on Sunday at Show-Me State Games Race Walk. The runners and walkers ran a 5k around downtown and ended at Faurot Field.
- A participant in the Show-Me State Games race walk clutches his winning medal on Sunday at Faurot Field.
- Gail Menke celebrates a good bowl at the Show-Me State Games doubles bowling event on Sunday.
- Gail Menke, left, and Kathy Goeggel, team members for Show-Me State Games doubles bowling, give each other encouragement between frames. The two have been bowling together for more than 10 years as part of the City Diners team in St. Louis.
- Gail Menke, left, and Kathy Goeggel, team members for Show-Me State Games doubles bowling, give each other encouragement between frames. The two have been bowling together for more than 10 years as part of the City Diners team in St. Louis.
“This is the first time Aaron has done anything like this,” Cindy Harris said of her son. “He’s only been practicing for six months with her.”
If her grandson was new to the sport, for Ferguson it’s an old friend. She can’t quite remember how long she’s bowled, but she thinks its been about 35 years.
“I used to go to the Fulton bowling alley with her,” Cindy Harris said. “I stayed in their day care until I was old enough to sit and watch.”
The team toyed with names during the months of practice. One day, her grandson came up with Pin Heads, and though he claimed later that it had been a joke, it’s what they stuck with. So, when he got up this morning, her grandson had a surprise, Ferguson spent last night designing and making T-shirts for their first game as a team. Falling bowling pins livened-up the front, while the team name waves across the back, each letter loving ironed on by Grandma.
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