OK Solberg: 00:00

Wanna again welcome you to The 4:05 Coffee Break, guys. Tuesday, beautiful day. Get you a cup of coffee, glass iced tea, or bottle of water. Let's see what's happening.

OK Solberg: 00:09

Spring wheat, not moving much. Maybe a penny up. $5.16 a bushel. But holy smokes, a 550 pound steer calf last week. I thought it was high at $4.41. You'll never believe it. $4.79 a pound. Is Orvin gonna eat crow on Halloween? I will. I was wrong. You were right. I'm not that good that good looking. You're very attractive. A butcher hog in Iowa will bring you 68¢ a pound and a 100 pound fat lamb in Billings at $2.02 a pound. But guys, there's more, much more.

OK Solberg: 00:50

In Philippians 3 in verse 14, it says, I press on towards the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Oh, yeah. In the Christian walk, we keep our focus on the right thing, pressing on towards the goal.

OK Solberg: 01:10

But did you know that's true for bowling too? Bowlers press on to hit that head pin just right. Goal, objective, purpose. I haven't talked about bowling on this program for a very long while. Are you a bowler? Were you a bowler? Did you frequent Mustang Lanes when they were in operation? Guys, do you remember when the high school students hauled the lanes from what is now the Stretch's pizza building to the new bowling alley?

OK Solberg: 01:47

I bowled every year from 1966 all the way up till the fire at Mustang Lanes in 1999. Now I wasn't a great bowler, but I had fun. Bowling for me was seeing the people. It was fun to have fun with people who were having fun. In 1966, while I was in 4th grade in Mrs. Raymond's class, my good friend Jimmy Taylor invited me to his birthday party.

OK Solberg: 02:19

Remember the Taylors lived up in Hillcrest before there was a lot of houses. Anyway, we had the party start at his house up there, and then we went bowling. There was about seven of us boys bowling at the bowling alley, all bowling at Jimmy Taylor's birthday party, and I got the highest score of anyone. Now the bible says not to be a braggart, and I'll try not to do that. See, my score was a 91.

OK Solberg: 02:54

Wow. The highest there, a new bowler was born. Now the reason I decided to talk about bowling today is because I was down at the library again doing my favorite thing, looking at old Phillips County newspapers, and I came across bowling scoreboard sponsored by Mustang Lanes dated 01/06/1993, and it lists some scores from the previous month. I see in Wednesday night men's league high team series went to Valley Motors with a 2375 and Humbert Construction with a 2369. Men's high individual series went to Dan Perry with a 577.

OK Solberg: 03:51

And 2nd place went to Dave Broadbrooks with a 559. Men's high individual game went to Willie Hammer with a 212 and Dave Broadbrooks with a 211. The following week, I see high individual game went to Vincent Schmoechel and Wesley Olsen, each with a 233. Are you kidding? Mark Booth wasn't far behind. He had a 223. and Malcolm Clouse had a 220.

OK Solberg: 04:25

Malcolm Clouse. Guys, do you remember Malcolm's hook? He'd send it to the absolute outside board on the right hand side, and it would appear like it's gonna drop in the gutter and suddenly and magically, it would get its footing and come crashing into the pocket. It was a sight to see when old Malcolm was warmed up.

OK Solberg: 04:51

I see on Monday morning ladies that Debbie Ciltz had a 226, and Corky French scored a 194. Monday night men's shows Pete Dalby with a high series of 596 and Pat Murray with a 571. On Tuesday night, Powderpuff, I see Kari Carnahan pull down a 202. Lookit here. Wednesday night from 12/30/1992, we have Floyd Peacher with a 231.

OK Solberg: 05:31

Oh, wait. Guys, do you remember Floyd's perfect game of 300? Do you? I didn't see it, but it still echoes through the hills and trees in North Phillips County. Now another story that never dies out is a story about Barney Majusiak.

OK Solberg: 05:52

Barney was a bowler and I didn't get to see him bowl, but his story lives on. The guys were visiting about bowling and their best game ever and well they asked old Barney. So Barney, did you ever bowl a perfect 300 game? Barney, he didn't even hesitate and he said, no. But I bowled a two ninety nine and a half.

OK Solberg: 06:19

The fellow said, Barney, how in the world could you do that? Without a smile on his face and as stern as a judge, Barney said, I strung 11 strikes in a row. I needed just one more for the perfect game. I guess the adrenaline was pumping so strong. I threw that twelfth one with such power that when it hit the headpin, it shattered it in half and the bottom half went into the pit, but the top of the headpin stood fast on the lane.

OK Solberg: 06:48

Two ninety nine and a half. Bowling, I miss it. I miss the people. But, guys, what fun memories. So until next time, as you go out there, remember now, don't be bitter.