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[email protected] N • Office:EWS (562) 807-3600 Fax: (562) 807-2288 Professional Bowlers “Carry On” Despite Coronavirus Fears On March 12, 2020, most of the sports world came to a grinding halt when both the National Basketball Association (NBA) and Major League Baseball (MLB) announced cancellation of their games “until further notice.” Then on March 15, 2020, the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) not only elected to move forward with the televised finals of the PBA World Champion- ship from Las Vegas, but they added a cool $100,000 to the televised finals purse, making the first place prize $150,000! by Dave Williams LAS VEGAS – Jason Colie Edison, CEO of Belmonte, the bowling the PBA, has since placed phenom from Australia, all tournament activities on was the victor over fellow hiatus until early April, fol- two-handed kegler An- lowing a plea by President thony Simonsen of Little Trump and many state and Elm, Texas, by the final local municipalities, in an score of 213-190. Simon- effort to avoid the spread of sen received $70,000 for COVID-19 (COrona VIrus his second-place finish. In Disease - 2019). However, the battle for the best of the in the process of going for- “regular” one handed bowl- ward with the World Cham- ers, E.J. Tackett of Bluffton, pionship last weekend, the Ind., placed third for a gen- question of a bowling fa- erous prize of $40,000, fol- cility as a venue for future lowed by Francois Lavoie television events has once of Canada ($30,000) and again surfaced.