BOWLING: Rollers get recognized

At the upcoming Modesto USBC Installation and Awards Dinner, Jeff Chin will be installed as vice president along with board members Jim Cole, Bonnie Garber, Pam Marquez, Stephany Walton, Robert Nix, Debbie Chin and Gloria Chin.

The newest Modesto Hall of Fame member, Dave Bolles, will be inducted into the category of Superior Performance. Ellen Burton will receive the Pioneer Award for her many years of support of local bowling. Carol Serpa and Freddy Irvin will receive awards as Modesto's 2012 Scratch Champions.

The 2012 Bowler of the Year team of Brad Beckner, Tamara Wilcox, Linda David, Leonard Dos Santos, Kevin Wix Jr. and Lorena Valdez will be recognized for their achievement. Scholarship recipient Melissa Karle will be presented with her scholarship award.

The event will be held on Oct. 27 at the Elks Club on Charity Way in Modesto and will kick off with a social hour at 5:30 p.m. Dinner will be served at 6:30, and the program will follow. Tickets are $25 per person and are available at the bowling centers. ...

In league bowling, Derek Veenstra recorded his first career 300 game while he was bowling in the Black Oak Classic.

You might recall Veenstra earned the Modesto USBC Scholarship last season. ...

For only three cans of food you can bowl one free game of bowling including shoe rental at McHenry for their Strike-Out-Hunger program. The special runs through World Food Day on Oct. 16 and is good anytime during the day or evening. All food collected will be donated to the Interfaith Ministries food programs. ...

This Friday, the Ladies Luncheon No-Tap runs at Yosemite starting at 10 a.m. with a potluck lunch to follow. ...

The Anyone's Guess No-Tap Tournament at McHenry competes this Friday starting at 1 p.m. The format for the three games is a secret until after the practice session. The potluck is at noon; check-in starts at 12:30 p.m. ...

This Saturday, the 3rd Annual Top Dog Tournament is at McHenry. Check-in is at 11:30 a.m. and competition starts at noon. There will be 3 games of qualifying, and then the field is cut to the top twenty. After one more game, the field is cut to the top ten. The top four scorers from that round will then bowl the stepladder finals to decide the Top Dog. The event is reserved for scratch bowlers age 55 and older. Call Terry at (209) 571-2695 for more information.

Modesto USBC will be holding their monthly instructional clinic this Sunday at Yosemite starting at 10:30 a.m. Bowling and instruction is only $5 per person on a first-come/first-served basis. ...

For the teachers, support staff, friends and families, the School Daze league is getting ready to start at McHenry. The league runs on Thursdays at 4 p.m. starting Oct. 18. Teams are trios and a perfect league for bowlers just starting out. Call Theresa at (209) 571-2695 for more. ...

There are some changes for the 2013 Open Championships scheduled for March 1-June 29 at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno. The tournament will apply fresh oil after every squad. Doubles and Singles squad times are now 7a.m.-11a.m. and 10:30 p.m. and will have three doubles pairs per lane instead of two. Team squads are now 3 p.m. and 7. Registration is online and team captains can choose their own squad times instead of being assigned times.

Captains can also make changes in line-up, members, team names and information themselves through the interactive entry form. Go to Bowl.com then click the link 'Open Championships' for more.