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Great-Grandmothers Take State

ORG XMIT: MIGRA101 Emma Dausman, 86, left, and Judy Conner, 69, pose at Clique Bowling Lanes in Grand Rapids, Mich. June 11, 2009. The two great-grandmothers won the Division 2 Women's Doubles state bowling championship in May at a tournament in the Bay City area.  (AP Photo/The Grand Rapids Press, Lance Wynn) (Lance Wynn / The Spokesman-Review)
ORG XMIT: MIGRA101 Emma Dausman, 86, left, and Judy Conner, 69, pose at Clique Bowling Lanes in Grand Rapids, Mich. June 11, 2009. The two great-grandmothers won the Division 2 Women's Doubles state bowling championship in May at a tournament in the Bay City area. (AP Photo/The Grand Rapids Press, Lance Wynn) (Lance Wynn / The Spokesman-Review)

Emma Dausman, 86, left, and Judy Conner, 69, pose at Clique Bowling Lanes in Grand Rapids, Mich. The two great-grandmothers won the Division 2 Women's Doubles state bowling championship in May at a tournament in the Bay City area. (AP Photo/The Grand Rapids Press, Lance Wynn)

Question: I quit bowling several years ago when I averaged 159 for the second year in a row. I figured I wasn't getting any better. So why keep trying. How about you? Do you bowl well enough to beat a great-grandmother?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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