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		<title>Enough with the Boring Birthdays!</title>
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		<title>&#8220;Gobble&#8221; this up!</title>
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		<title>Spare Times &#8211; Winona Bowl Newsletter</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Fall 2009 publication of Spare Times is available now! Check it out here: WBNewsletterFinal2<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=usweekly47.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9491201&amp;post=57&amp;subd=usweekly47&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Winona Bowl Brochure and Flyer</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:30:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a look at everything Winona Bowl has to offer check out the brand new brochure and complementary flyer!     WBBrochure     WBFlyer<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=usweekly47.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9491201&amp;post=49&amp;subd=usweekly47&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Stories from the Alley, from the Man behind the Lanes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 06:44:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s 2:00 on a quiet Friday afternoon in Winona. No more than three cars grace the parking lot at Winona Bowl, one of them being my own. The lone sound as I walk into the bowling alley is the soft hum of a drill. In a matter of hours, people walking through those same doors will be hit with sensory overload. Black lights, the unmistakable sound of bowling balls making contact with pins, the smell of greasy food wafting from the kitchen, laughter and loud conversation. These are the sights, sounds, and smells that Brian Fakler has become accustomed to after 21 years at Winona Bowl.

I wait patiently at the front desk for the drilling to stop. When it does, Fakler walks out of the pro shop, joking with a customer. He greets me, and then finishes his sale. “See you tonight!” he calls after the customer. The customer reciprocates with the wave of a hand.

The ball began rolling (pun intended) on May 4, 1988. Fakler, along with four other partners bought Winona Bowl. From that original crew, Fakler and one other remain. Before buying Winona Bowl, Fakler worked full-time for an oil company while part-timing at Winona Bowl and Westgate Bowl. “I had a background in maintenance. I knew how to fix things,” he tells me. “It just seemed like the bowling alley would be a good fit.”

For Fakler, bowling was a family tradition. His dad was one of the best bowlers around. The apple didn’t fall far from the tree. Fakler bowled the first of his 38 perfect games in 1990. “I was lined up for my final throw and a guy two lanes over was shouting about needing a ball!” he tells me. He got the strike anyways. If 38 perfect games doesn’t convince you this guy is good, his average should. He has been in the Winona-area top 10 for the past 20 years. Last year, he held the top spot. “I’m the best bowler in the city of Winona. I know that may sound arrogant, but it’s the truth!” His co-worker laughs, but quickly nods in agreement. 
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		<title>Just Another Day&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:36:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I woke up this morning with a buzz rollin round in my brain, I haven&#8217;t been drinking but it feels pretty good just the same, it must be contagious, looks like it&#8217;s going around, it&#8217;s cool once you catch it, can&#8217;t keep your feet on the ground!&#8221; ~ Shania Twain Never in my life have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=usweekly47.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9491201&amp;post=35&amp;subd=usweekly47&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bowling Tournament Returns After 15-Year Hiatus</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:49:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a 15-year absence, Winona Bowl will revive the Tournament of Champions bowling tournament, complete with a new format and an estimated $800 purse. Over the span of two days, participants will bowl 10 games in hopes of qualifying for the HBC-aired finals and the estimated $800 purse. The tournament, co-hosted with other local bowling [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=usweekly47.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9491201&amp;post=31&amp;subd=usweekly47&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Little Less Conversation, Little More Action&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:49:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently, my semester has officially started as I am finally being bombarded with the workload I have become accustomed to! My PR Writing class is in full swing, which means that the class work I was promising in my first post is on its way! It isn&#8217;t nearly as exciting as my epiphanies, but it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=usweekly47.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9491201&amp;post=29&amp;subd=usweekly47&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Boys Don&#8217;t Always Have To Be Boys!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The other day a guy from my apartment building held the door open from me! *Gasp* I know, who knew chivalry still existed!?!? Now, before anyone gets the idea that this post is about bashing the opposite sex, let me assure you it is not! It is merely an insight into the female mind! Recently [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=usweekly47.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9491201&amp;post=25&amp;subd=usweekly47&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An Ear for an Ear!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:32:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, my last post should have fulfilled your fruit fix, but my parents always told me to eat my vegetables, so for this post we will visit the veggie portion of the food pyramid! More specifically, I&#8217;m going to talk about corn. Yup, corn! If you&#8217;ve ever looked at corn while it&#8217;s still on the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=usweekly47.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9491201&amp;post=22&amp;subd=usweekly47&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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