MERCER COUNTY —
The Mercer County Bowling Hall of Fame will celebrate its 25th anniversary at its annual induction banquet, set Feb. 25 at the Park Inn by Radisson.
The Hall will induct 4 of the sports’ greats:
ä Almeda James
ä Gene “Pie” Rossi
ä Gabe D’Angelo
ä Paul Clayton
This year’s youth honorees are Michael Rodemoyer and LaVica Dunkerley.
The theme for this year’s event is “Mercer County Hall of Fame Lights Up Its 25th Anniversary.” There will be special lighting, centerpieces and lights given away.
Tickets are available from any board member, with a deadline of Wednesday, Feb. 15. Program ads are also available to honor inductees.
The Hall of Fame was organized in the fall of 1986 through the efforts of the Mercer County Bowling Assocation, the Shenango Valley Women’s Bowling Association and spearheaded by Pam (Manes) Dorfi. There were 9 charter members.
The first induction was held in 1988 and since its inception there have been 96 (29 women, 67 men) installed.
In 1999, the Hall began honoring one boy and one girl from each of the youth associations — Greater Keystone YABA and Mercer YABA. With the merger of the two into the Greater Mercer County USBC Youth Association in 2005, there will continue to be a pair of honorees each year.
The current Hall board of directors consists of 3 charter members, all inductees, plus 13 other inductees and two reps from the Mercer County Bowling Association, Shenango Valley Women’s Bowling Assocation and Grove City Women’s Bowling Association.
Heading the board is president David Van Ord, vice president Lisa Brajkovich, secretary Karen Quillen and treasurer Ralph Fisher. Fisher, Dom Amato and Fred Tonty are charter members who are still on the board.
According to Dorfi and Hall President David Van Ord, the organization remains strong because of the cooperation of the 8 area bowling establishments — Celebrity Lanes, Greenville; Greenville Bowling Center; Grove City Bowl-O-Drome; Mercer Bowl; Reynolds Lanes; Sharpsville Bowling Center; Sunset Lanes, Farrell; Thornton Hall Lanes (Sharon).
Biographies of the inductees and youth honorees will be published in The Herald the week before the banquet.
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