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STATE ASSOCIATION

Historic Bossier City to Host

a 3-State Management School

istory bu s love to learn about the conference, providing
H the names of cities, especially breaks for the brain and
those that have evolved over time. networking opportunities
Take Bossier City, Louisiana, as an for attendees. Proprietors
example. Located just a few miles may register and pay online
southeast of Shreveport along the at texasbowlingcenters.org/
Red River, Bossier City originally school. For further informa-
was known as Cane’s Landing, a tion, contact Marc Pater at
nod to its cotton, corn and sweet paterm@bellsouth.net.
potato shipping. It brie y was
referred to as Alexander’s Precinct ARIZONA
and then Caneville. e “Bossier” Save the date for the Ari-
name rst was incorporated as a zona BPA’s Annual Mem-
village, then as a town and nally as bership Meeting, which will COLORADO
a city. be held on Tuesday and The Colorado State BPA held its
Come Aug. 6-8, bowling propri- Wednesday, Oct. 15-16, at spring meeting at Coors Field in Den-
etors from Louisiana, Texas and Let It Roll Bowl in Phoe- ver on April 8, in conjunction with a
Arkansas will converge on the nix. e meeting will start Colorado Rockies game. There were
Hilton Garden Inn in Bossier City with a networking event 32 attendees, as well as special guests,
for a Custom Content Manage- on Tuesday, and then on and the setting provided an ideal op-
ment School presented by BPAA’s Wednesday there will be portunity for networking.
Bowling University. ere, the focus a presentation by keynote
won’t be on history, but rather on speaker Daniel Mowry on
business. digital marketing, followed by a bowlers in the NorCal Youth Bowl-
e rst day’s schedule will complimentary lunch and the mem- ing Association will be recognized
include two educational sessions, bership meeting. Stay tuned for and almost $10,000 in scholarships
one dealing with strategic market- more information and don’t miss will be awarded.
ing and the other on a topic with this one… e Arizona State BPA
which virtually every proprietor has would love to hear from members SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
struggled since the pandemic: talent interested in becoming a part of e 41st annual Bowling Centers
acquisition, training and retention. the board of directors. Get involved of Southern California Golf Tourna-
On day two, three topics will be ex- and work to move the association ment at the Bella Collina Golf Club
plored: digital marketing (with a fo- into the future. If you are interested in San Clemente, bene ting youth
cus on using arti cial intelligence), in serving on the board, contact bowling scholarships, was a swing-
customer service, and navigating Executive Director John Karabatsos ing success. e event featured
and reducing customer complaints. at jk@bpaa.com or 817-385-8343, or a memorable day of networking
e conference will wrap up on day President Stacy Anderson. and fun, and when all the scores
three with leadership development were tallied, the winning team
tips for rst-time leaders and a look NORTHERN CALIFORNIA was Charlie Kinstler, Kevin Sabo,
at ve choices proprietors can make Preparations are under way for Mike Stanitsas and Collin Ashton.
for extraordinary productivity. the NorCal Bowling Centers’ annual Special thanks to the event’s gener-
Lunch will be served each day of All-Star event on Aug. 3. Seventy ous sponsors and the golfers for

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