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JIM T. MILLER
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2 The Savvy Senior: Getting a handle on prescription medications
3 Is your own MD best in the hospital?
4 ADRC: Learn about ‘Medicare: Parts A-D’ at upcoming presentations
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Getting a handle on prescription medications Dear Savvy Senior,
I’m concerned that my 80-year-old mother is taking too many medications. She currently takes 10 different drugs prescribed by three different doctors, which I think is causing her some problems. She also struggles to keep up with all the drug costs. Any suggestions? ‘We’re a team for — Concerned Daughter life’: They help organ Dear Concerned, donation patients make There’s no doubt that older Americans are taking it to a new life more prescription medications than ever before. According to the Journal of the American Medical AsPuzzles sociation, around 40 percent of seniors, age 65 and older, take five or more medications. And the more ON THE COVER: drugs a person takes, the higher their risk for mediWisconsin home cation problems, and the more likely they are to take to vintage bowling something they don’t need. centers BROWN-BAG REVIEW To help you get a better handle on the medications Puzzle Answers your mom is taking, gather up all her pill bottles – include all prescription drugs, over-the-counter medications, vitamins, minerals and herbal supplements – and put them in a bag and take them to her primary doctor or pharmacist for a thorough drug checkup. This “brown-bag review” will give you a chance to check for duplicate meds, excessive doses, and dangerous interactions, and for you to ask questions. Medicare Part B covers free yearly medication reviews with a doctor through their annual wellness STAFF Brandon Reid, editor visits, and many Medicare Part D plans cover mediHerald Times Reporter cation reviews with a pharmacist, too. 920-686-2984 breid@manitowoc.gannett.com When you get your mom’s review, go over the basics for each medication or supplement, such as 50 Plus! is published monthly by the what it’s for, how long she should take it, what it Herald Times Reporter Media. It also is distributed to select businesses costs, and any side effects and potential interactions. in Manitowoc County. Also, ask if there are any meds she can stop taking,
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and find out if there are any nondrug options that might be safer, and whether she can switch to a lower dose. To help your mom avoid future medication problems, make sure her primary doctor is aware of all the medications, over-the-counter drugs and supplements she takes. You should also keep an updated list of everything she takes and share it with every doctor she sees. And, be sure your mom fills all her prescriptions at the same pharmacy and informs her pharmacist of any over-the-counter, herbal or mail-order prescriptions she’s taking so there is complete oversight of her medications. HOW TO SAVE To help cut your mom’s medication costs, you can try a number of cost-savings tips. For starters,
find out if there are any generic alternatives to the drugs she currently takes. Switching to generics saves anywhere between 20 and 90 percent. You should also ask your mom’s prescribing doctors if any of the pills she takes could be cut in half. Pill splitting allows you to get two months worth of medicine for the price of one. And for the drugs she takes long-term, ask for a three-month prescription, which is usually cheaper than buying month-to-month. Because drug prices can vary depending on where you buy them, another way to save is by shopping around (GoodRX.com will help you compare drug prices at U.S. pharmacies), and find out if your mom’s drug insurance plan offers cheaper deals through preferred pharmacies or a mailorder service. And finally, if your mom’s income is limited, she can probably get help through drug assistance programs offered through pharmaceutical companies, government agencies and charitable organizations. To find these types of programs, use BenefitsCheckUp.org.
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Is your own MD best in the hospital? Study eyes how best to care for elderly patients
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CHICAGO – The old-fashioned family doctor style of medicine could be lifesaving for elderly hospitalized patients, a big study suggests, showing benefits over a rapidly expanding alternative that has hospital-based doctors overseeing care instead. Medicare patients with common conditions including pneumonia, heart failure and urinary infections who were treated by their own primary care doctors were slightly more likely to survive after being sent home than those cared for instead by hospitalists — internists who provide care only in hospitals. While hospitalist care can shorten stays and reduce costs, the new results suggest that, for at least some patients, getting taken care of in the hospital by a doctor who knows them can have important advantages. Almost 11percent of patients cared for by a hospitalist died within 30 days of leaving the hospital, compared with just under 9percent of primary care patients. While that difference was small, it “was certainly a startling finding,” said Dr. Jennifer Stevens, the study’s lead author at Harvard Medical School. Also, among hospitalist patients, 36percent were sent to a nursing home or other long-term care center, versus about 30percent of primary care patients. Studies show that elderly patients who are discharged to nursing homes are less likely than others ever to return to their homes, Stevens said. Reasons for those advantages are unclear. Stevens noted that primary
care doctors who know their patients’ health and family histories may be more attuned to how well they can manage at home after hospitalization and which potentially risky follow-up tests or medicines they can avoid. Stevens and her colleagues analyzed Medicare claims data on nearly 600,000 hospital admissions in 2013. Their results were published recently in JAMA Internal Medicine. The researchers don’t advocate replacing hospitalists, but Stevens said the study “opens the door” to limiting their use with certain hospital patients, particularly the elderly. Patients in the study were 80 year old on average. The hospitalist specialty has grown since the 1990s amid insurance industry changes, rising demands on primary care doctors’ time, and research showing hospitalists can shorten patients’ stays and reduce costs. In 1995, hospitalists provided 9percent of general medicine services in hospitals, but by 2013 that had grown to nearly 60percent, a journal editorial noted. Hospitalists might bring “new eyes” to patients’ problems, but the study results, if valid, suggest there’s a trade-off, the editorial said. In the study, 60percent of patients got their hospital care from hospitalists versus only 14percent from their primary care doctors. The rest got care from other general physicians including partners of patients’ primary physicians. These were physicians who likely didn’t know the patients or the hospital well, Stevens said.
A study shows that Medicare patients with common illnesses who were treated at hospitals by their own familiar primary care doctors were slightly more likely to survive after being sent home than those treated by hospitalists. (David Goldman/AP)
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Learn about ‘Medicare: Parts A-D’ at upcoming presentations BY CATHY LEY
An upcoming session will be from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Dec. 6 at Manitowoc Public Library.
The ADRC of the Lakeshore is pleased to announce upcoming community presentations titled “Medicare: Parts A-D.” These sessions provide the opportunity to learn about Medicare costs/coverage for: hospital, medical, prescriptions, skilled care, homecare and hospice. They are open to anyone of any age who is new to Medicare or already on Medicare and just interested in more information.
December’s theme is “Cookies & Carols.” Sing along to Christmas songs, crunch your favorite Christmas cookie, sip some cider and celebrate the season with some Christmas trivia.
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The session will be held in Manitowoc from 3 to 5 p.m. Dec. 12 at the Manitowoc County Office Complex, Room 300, 4319 Expo Drive, Manitowoc. The Kewaunee session will be from 3 to 5 p.m. Dec. 12 at Kewaunee County Human Services Building, 810 Lincoln St., Kewaunee. These sessions are a free public service, but REGISTRATION IS REQUESTED. Please register by calling 920-683-41880 or toll-free at 1-877-4167083. LAKESHORE MEMORY CAFÉ Have you heard about the Lakeshore Memory Café? Memory Cafés welcome those experiencing early stage dementia, mild memory loss or cognitive impairment, and family and friends of those affected. It’s a great opportunity for lively discussions, information gathering, refreshments, camaraderie and lots of creative fun! We have a dementia specialist professional on hand to answer questions and an enormous wealth of experience among participants to be shared. We’d be delighted if you would join us.
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Lakeshore Memory Cafés are a program of the Dementia Friendly Community Committee – a partnership of many local organizations that have joined together to make Manitowoc our office to get feedback on how we are doing and how to improve the customer County more dementia friendly. experience. For more about the program, or if you would like to volunteer for the commit- TAI CHI-QIGONG CLASSES tee, call Michelle Acevedo at 877-416- AVAILABLE The following information is provided 7083. by the Manitowoc County Falls PrevenGIFT CERTIFICATES AVAILABLE tion Coalition. AT THE ADRC OF THE LAKESHORE Tai-Chi is a form of Qigong derived Gift certificates are available for a from 4,000-year-old Chinese Taoist meal at any Dining/Meal Site or Home practices. Tai-Chi movement looks like Delivered Meal (only for those currently a martial art performed slowly. Qigong in the program). Price is $4 per meal. is used purely for preventing illness and These are available for purchase at the healing. Yet, the two practices are intiADRC of the Lakeshore office at 1701 mately connected. In the early days of Michigan Ave. in Manitowoc. For more China, individual body postures were details, call 1-877-416-7083. practiced to bring about balance-healing flexibility within the body. ADRC OF THE LAKESHORE SURVEYS Jerry Galas teaches both Tai-Chi and In late November/early December Qigong techniques. He believes it im2017, a company called Analytic In- portant that individuals experience early sights will be mailing paper surveys to successes by starting out with simple randomly selected ADRC of the Lake- movements, which can be built upon. shore customers. These surveys are to Practicing “Moving for Better Balance” measure the level of customer service not only improves balance and prevents received by our customers. falling, but prepares individuals to more If you should receive a survey, we en- easily learn other techniques and forms. courage you to fill out the survey and Class members begin learning correct send it back. It is really beneficial for posture and breathing, and Qigong
warmups to calm the mind and relax the body. You learn to shift weight, move and walk safely – always in balance. Thanks to a grant from United Way, the Manitowoc-Two Rivers YMCA is partnering with agencies in Manitowoc County offering practical solutions to reduce the incidence of fractures from falling among our residents. Their role is to help people regain balance, strength, confidence and independence through Tai-Chi and Qigong. Current students range in age from 10 to 94. Best of all, the grant makes classes free for county residents. All you have to do to register is drop in or call: YMCA Tuesday and Thursday classes, 11-11:45 a.m., 920682-0341; or Felician Village, Monday classes, 11 a.m., contact Barb Fricke at 920-684-7171, ext. 329. HOLIDAY HOURS The Aging and Disability Resource Center of the Lakeshore will be closed for the holidays Dec. 25-26 and Jan. 1-2. On behalf of all our staff, we wish you a safe, healthy and happy holidays. We look forward to continuing to serve you in 2018.
Feed a passion: Give just the right coffee-table book Here are some suggestions LEANNE ITALIE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK – Know a book lover with a coffee table and a passion? Then you’re good to go on a gift. Coffee-table books aren’t usually high on the self-purchase priority list, but they can make great holiday gifts if chosen carefully. Some suggestions: Fashion & style Russell Westbrook, because why not? That’s the catchphrase of the NBA superstar who is one stylish guy and has put together a great book offering a glimpse into his world, celebrating trendsetters he admires along the way. Peep the baby photo of Westbrook in the back, gold chain on point, in “Russell Westbrook: Style Drivers,” Rizzoli New York, $55. Westbrook inspires in images, chunky quotes from the style drivers he has chosen
and some product placement tracing his fashion collaborations. One of the most adorable moments: then-first lady Michelle Obama hugging Westbrook after he and his fellow Team USA members took gold at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. The House of Dior is marking 70 years in fashion and there’s one special book for your Dior lover that covers a lot of ground: “Dior: The House of Dior, Seventy Years of Haute Couture,” National Gallery of Victoria, $65. The companion to an exhibition at the gallery in Melbourne, Australia, includes Christian Dior in his own words, including his passion for flowers carried over from his childhood. The book starts at the beginning, in 1947, and includes an inside look at the atelier. Eras are broken down by creative
directors, including Yves Saint Laurent from 1957 to 1960 and John Galliano, from 1996 to 2011, straight on through to the first woman to head the house, today’s Maria Grazia Chiuri, named last year. Speaking of anniversaries, Harper’s Bazaar is marking 150 years, and the book “Harper’s Bazaar 150 Years: The Greatest Moments” captures some of the stars in modeling, fashion design and photography who helped shape the magazine over the decades. From Abrams, retailing at $65, the book offers some much-needed cultural context, such as editor Glenda Bailey’s letter that ran soon after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. What, she mused, are we to feel for fashion right now? Her answer is the notion that the “exuberance that is fashion has its own role to play — even in
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‘We’re a team for life’: They help organ donation patients make it to a new life NATHAN PHELPS GREEN BAY PRESS-GAZETTE USA TODAY NETWORK WISCONSIN
the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network. On average, about 20 people die each day around the country awaiting a transplant.
MILWAUKEE - Sara Everts and her husband took a yellow Ford Mustang convertible to visit Arizona and Nevada.
At the center of the process for Everts were transplant coordinators Shannon Sova and Kate Kopsi at Froedert & the Medical College of Wisconsin, both of whom worked directly with her. The job is described as the “quarterback” of the transplant team, serving as a resource for patients and physicians alike.
In March, Everts, 50, got a new liver from a deceased donor and vowed to live her life to the fullest in the wake of the operation, necessitated by a rare bile duct cancer. The transplant was her only chance for survival. She told her story recently to an audience of three — a pair of transplant coordinators and her transplant surgeon — as they gathered in an exam room of the Center for Advanced Care at Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin. The three have been with her throughout her unexpected medical journey of almost two years, and, she says, have become part of her life. There are similar stories at transplants centers across the nation. Getting a patient like Everts through a transplant can be a long and involved process. Dozens of people, from nutritionists to pharmacists and people specializing in finance, all play vital, if quiet, roles in getting the patient to the operating room and on with his or her new life. And through the appointments, procedures and followups, patients and some on the team of medical professionals are in such close and frequent contact that they can develop a bond that lasts long after the transplant surgery is complete. Everts is one of 140 patients who has received a new liver in Wisconsin this year. There are about 2,100 people on waiting lists for organs transplants in Wisconsin. Nationwide, more than 116,500 people are in need of a transplant, according to
Everts, a West Allis resident who has been married to her high school sweetheart for 22 years and is a corporate marketing and communications manager for Rite-Hite Holding Corp., waited about a year for a liver. She compares Sova’s and Kopsi’s role to that of a reference desk Sara Everts, a recent liver transplant recipient, talks with members of her transplant team including, librarian, someplace she could turn for from left, transplant surgeon Dr. Johnny Hong; Kate Kopsi, post-liver transplant coordinator; and Shannon Sova, pre-liver transplant coordinator, during her checkup Oct. 25 at the Center for Advanced Care answers before and after the transplant. She recalled the first meeting with the people who would help her. “I remember Shannon saying, ‘We’re here to help you, any questions you have, you can ask; call us at any time,’” she said. Their sense of confidence and openness “stayed with me throughout all the chemotherapy and the treatment.” Everts’ story is part of a multi-week USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin series, in conjunction with Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin and Green Bay Packers wide receiver Randall Cobb, highlighting stories about organ, eye and tissue donation in an effort to increase the number of donors in the state. ‘A TEAM FOR LIFE’ Sova, a pre-liver transplant coordinator, is the first contact people have with transplant team staff and works with patients from the time they are referred until they receive a transplant. Her job manages the care of the patient: ordering
at Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee. (Rick Wood/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
tests or diagnosis imaging; lab work; and assessing their health. “They have this huge team they meet with and they get that team all the way through until they are transplanted,” said Sova, who has worked in the transplant arena for the last 14 years, including four years at Froedtert. “They have oneon-one access to me through the whole transplant process and I think that alleviates their concerns because we’re like family going into it. We become very close to them.” Patient education is a critical part of the job. Most patients come in with no idea of what to expect, the dos and don’ts, or even how to get — and stay — on a waiting list for a transplant. Almost every phone call to a patient involves some form of education, Sova said. Kopsi, a post-liver transplant coordina-
tor who grew up in the upper peninsula of Michigan, said staff enter the lives of patients and their families at a very scary and difficult time. She described it as an “honor” to be part of the team and part of the lives of patients. She and her coworkers in the post-transplant role will follow up with patients for the rest of their lives. “We’re a team for life,” Kopsi said. Sova and Kopsi, both registered nurses, say they ride the highs and lows with the patients. Some transplants can take years to happen, and some never do because the patient dies before an organ is available. Dr. Johnny Hong, director of the Transplant Center at Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin, said coordinators are the “unsung heroes of the program.” They’re also an asset to physi-
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cians. “Their work is never ending,” Hong said. “They have to digest the medical aspect of the disease and then spend a lot of time explaining why we’re doing this or doing that, and what are the options we have.” Sova is on a team of two that has about 150 patients, while Kopsi is part of a four-person team with each managing about 100 patients. The jobs combine clinical knowledge, including diagnosis and medical history and treatment plans, with a bit of cheerleader that can provide encouragement when transplant wait times extend to years or recovery isn’t as fast as expected. “It’s really nice to see them come back three months, six months or even a year down the road and say ‘Wow, you were right, we got to that point,’” Kopsi said about recovery. “Or a couple years down the road where I have patients saying they don’t even remember they had a transplant most days.” HELP FOR THOSE COPING WITH LOSS Organ recipients and transplant staff are acutely aware the death of someone else provides the organs involved in many transplants. The donor and their families are not forgotten in the process. University of Wisconsin Health, one of four transplant centers in Wisconsin, offers the help of Christine Monahan, the donor family services coordinator with the Organ and Tissue Donation
program. She’s there for the family when of someone else. a loved one dies, through the intervenThey can say, ‘My loved one’s life mating months, and again when donor and tered so much so that somebody else is recipients correspond and, sometimes, alive because of them.’” meet. Monahan sees both ends of the transLike Sova and Kopsi, Monahan said plant process. She’s there when a donor it’s humbling and an honor to help fami- and their family start the process, and lies through tough times. She’s been with when those families meet the recipient. UW in this role for the last decade. It’s “These families want me to help them a job that provides both emotional and find their path and see the light at the practical support. end of this horrible tunnel they’ve been “Let’s say somebody dies and they thrown into,” she said. “I like to think I were the breadwinner in the family, do that in some way, every single day.” then I go through problem solving with the family, what’s your most immedi- A NEW CHANCE AT LIFE Everts said the trip to the southwestern ate need? And then connect them with United States was a celebration of life for county services and services for their the couple and made it the couple’s best children,” Monahan said. vacation. Among the details, large and She and others create an atmosphere small, she told her transplant staff about, where families can share stories about were some of the road signs, different their loved love and honor the donor. than those in Wisconsin. The mountain “It gives meaning to these families to lion crossing, or the mountain ram — know that we care and it gives meaning they reminded her she was in a different to them to know their son’s life saved someone else,” Monahan said. “It helps them put together their own grief journey and story going forward.”
place. Everts still sees her medical team on a regular basis, like the recent appointment where she talked about Arizona. “I feel like if something not right, I have someone I can call immediately and they will pay attention to me,” she said. The team behind Everts remains there in her new life, educating her about the medications she’s on, how — or what — she eats and advice on travel and other aspects of her new life. They also tell her to enjoy life. “I feel the responsibility I have to my donor is to carry on and live a good life, and pay it forward,” she said. HOW TO HELP: • Join Wisconsin’s donor registry: www. donorregistry.wisconsin.gov • Learn more about living donations: https://www.donatelife.net/types-ofdonation/living-donation/
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Wisconsin home to vintage bowling centers BARRY ADAMS Wisconsin State Journal IRON RIDGE - Yvonne Bennett hasn’t been trained in the art of cartography, but she’s done a pretty good job of mapping the deep roots of Wisconsin’s bowling heritage. Not surprisingly, her plat finds throwback bowling alleys — with eight, six and even two lanes — concentrated in some of the state’s smallest communities. There’s Stars & Strikes in Princeton and Lambeaul Lanes in Red Granite, with four lanes each. And also Stubby’s Bowl in Waterloo, with six lanes. And Fireball Lanes in Lancaster, which features eight lanes for bowling. The Wisconsin State Journal reported that the path along Highway 29 between Green Bay and Chippewa Falls offers a string of small bowling centers that serve as entertainment hubs in communities like Stanley, Boyd, Thorp, Athens, Gleason, Birnamwood and Tigerton. So when the Green Bay Packers had a bye, Bennett, executive director of the Pewaukeebased Bowling Centers Association of Wisconsin, broke out her map, chartered a bus and
organized a tour of four small, vintage bowling centers in Dodge and Jefferson counties. The 11.5-hour excursion, designed to promote and showcase older facilities, covered about 135 miles for 11 bowling enthusiasts who each paid $119 and combined to bowl 75 games, all scored in pencil. Wisconsin is home to 308 bowling centers, ranking third only behind Pennsylvania’s 318 and New York’s 317, according to Bennett. But Wisconsin is uniquely flush with smaller bowling centers. The state has 84 bowling alleys with between two and six lanes, the most in the country, many of them with wood instead of synthetic lanes, manual scorekeeping and exposed ball returns. The tour visited four of them: Owner Robin Ehrensberger, 53, bought the business in 2005. She greeted the tour as visitors piled into her narrow building, constructed in 1904 on the main drag of Iron Ridge, a community of 937 people southeast of Horicon in northeastern Dodge County. The first lanes in the building were built in the basement but were later moved to the
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PHOTOS TOP TO BOTTOM: Paula Anschutz of Bailey’s Harbor explores the pin setting machines of bowling lanes at Palmyra Bowl in Palmyra. Roger Dalkin of Greenfield, Wis., celebrates after picking up a spare during a visit to the lower level bowling lanes of the Fort Atkinson Club in Fort Atkinson. Michael James of West Allis, throws a ball on one of two bowling lanes in the lower level of the Fort Atkinson Club in Fort Atkinson. The club was one of four stops on a tour of vintage lanes organized by the Bowling Centers Association of Wisconsin. Chance Leisgang, 11, right, and Remy Nelan, 12, behind, set pins, work behind the two lanes of the bowling alley in the lower level of the Fort Atkinson Club in Fort Atkinson. “Speed is key,” Chance said. Added Remy: “If you don’t do it right, they tend to get stuck.” Photos by John Hart, Wisconsin State Journal/AP
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first floor of the building. In 1907, the Mayville News reported the Iron Ridge Bowling Club was holding a five-day tournament. Entry fee: $2. The four lanes here are a step back in time. The ball returns are exposed, the Brunswick hand dryers are chrome, and the pin-setting machines were salvaged decades ago from a bowling alley in West Bend. More than 100 people take part in Ehrensberger’s bowling leagues, which is more than 10 percent of the village’s population. One of her leagues on Thursday doesn’t start until 9 p.m. to accommodate local farmers. Ehrensberger, a former accountant, is only the fourth owner of the building and believes the size gives her an advantage. “It’s a lot easier to fill four lanes than 24 lanes,” Ehrensberger said. Services had just ended at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church when the tour bus arrived in downtown Rome, an unincorporated community of roughly 600 people east of Jefferson. Part of the building that houses the bar, restaurant and six-lane bowling center has stood on this corner since 1844. The site was a dance hall and former meat locker with bowling added in 1956. Larry Leys, 72, who had a career installing security and phone systems, bought the business in 2003. “There’s no through-traffic here,” said Leys. “If somebody comes through
Rome, they either took a wrong turn or commercial kitchen, meeting rooms and they knew where they were headed.” the ballroom. It now hosts poetry readThe bar resembles a wildlife muse- ings, concerts, weddings and other social um with wood-framed glass cases that events. The bowling lanes were restored double as tables, all built by Leys. One earlier this year for about $20,000. holds a badger hit by a car a few miles from his business. Another is filled with three beaver trapped from the nearby Bark River. He also has part of the goal post he and a few buddies took after the Packers beat the Los Angeles Rams at Milwaukee County Stadium on Dec. 2, 1962. It was the last home game of a season that would end a few weeks later with a World Championship. Leys echoes the sentiment of other bowling operators and has shortened his leagues to 24 weeks from 32 weeks in an effort to attract more bowlers.
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But for bowlers, there are challenges. The approaches are shorter and there are no marks on the lanes that are standard at most bowling centers. Bowlers also need to make sure they get a thumbs-up from the pin setters indicating they have cleared the pit that collects the pins and the ball.
“It was too much for people,” Leys said. “There’s so many things going on Chance Leistgang, 11, and Remy in the world now.” Nelan, 12, spent about 90 minutes setThe original club members were men ting pins and sipping cans of Diet Pepsi. who paid $18 a year to use the three- They worked for tips. In most frames, story, 6,000-square-foot building for they could reset a full 10 pins in less drinking brandy, eating, smoking cigars, than 30 seconds. playing billiards and, in the basement, “Speed is key,” Chance said. bowling on its two lanes with pin-setting Added Remy: “If you don’t do it right, boys. The building was used primarily they tend to get stuck.” for storage until it was bought in 2011 by Joan Jones, who created a nonprofit The village of Palmyra was settled in foundation to raise $2.5 million and re- 1842 and has a colorful history that instore the building for public use. cludes a period — the 1870s to 1920s —
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“It’s part of the history of the building. It’s part of the integrity of the architecture,” said Renae Mitchell, director of the club. “We decided that it was better to restore it and have it as something people can do. It’s part of living history, in a sense.”
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in which people from around the world came to visit the natural springs in the area. The four-lane bowling alley is in the basement of a building constructed in 1901. The first two bowling lanes were added in the 1920s and, sometime before 1965, two more were added. Lori Hale purchased the building in 2015 and converted the first floor to the Cornerstone Restaurant. She held a fundraiser for the $5,000 job to restore the lanes, which hadn’t been resurfaced in 20 years or used in 10. Hale’s daughter, Jennifer Gutierrez, who runs the bowling operation while working full time as an office assistant in Waukesha, has returned league play to the facility. One of the challenges for her business is getting people back into bowling after it was gone from the community of 1,781 people for a decade. One strategy paid off big a year ago when the bowling alley’s float in the Christmas parade took first place. “So we get Santa on our float this year,” Gutierrez said. “It took a while for the town to get to know us, but we’ve really made a name for ourselves out here.”
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