8 I The Lovell Chronicle November 8, 2012
Verdettos open Rose City Lanes
BY DAVID PECK
Mike and Paula Verdet-
to love bowling, so much so,
in fact, that after 10 years
of enjoying friends and the
sport of bowling at Victory
Lanes in Lovell, they decid-
ed to buy the bowling alley.
In a deal sealed last
Friday, the Verdettos have
purchased Victory Lanes
from Rick and Kim Gra-
ham and are re-naming the
establishment Rose City
Lanes.
"We've been bowling
here probably for 10 years
and got word that Rick
wanted to sell it eventu-
ally," Mike Verdetto said.
"We were concerned that
it remained a bowling al-
ley. We have very active
leagues five nights a week,
from August to May.
"We talked to Rick
a couple of months ago,
and the Bank of Lovell
made it happen, especial-
ly Mike Jones. This has
been a bowling alley since
1962, and over 50 years it
has had only three owners
(now four)" - Tony and Ei-
leen Walsh, Chester Gil-
liam and Flo Lawson, the
Grahams and now the
Verdettos.
"Rick and Chester are
showing me how to run
and maintain everything,"
he said. "We'll keep the
Hot Stuff franchise and the
same menu. We may offer
DAVID PECK
Paula and Mike Verdetto are the new owners and
operators of Rose City Lanes in Lovell. They are
molding a family bowling center atmosphere.
some occasional specials."
"This is so new that
we're trying to get our feet
under everything," Paula
said. "There's a lot to learn.
Rick has been here with us
and is training us through
the end of the year."
Hot Stuff Pizza is open
from 4 to 8 p.m., Monday
through Friday, and Satur-
day from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Bowling is offered from 11
a.m. Monday through Sat-
urday, with leagues bowl-
ing weekday evenings from
6-9 p.m.
"I'm very interested in
starting a daytime league,"
he said, "possibly for senior
citizens. I'm here at 9 a.m.
for deliveries anyway."
Verdetto said he is do-
ing away with the NASCAR
theme in the facility and is
envisioning a family bowl-
ing center.
"On Saturdays we have
Cosmic Bowling geared
more toward the youth in
town - with lights flashing
and music," he said.
As an added appeal,
Verdetto said he has add-
ed streaming live music the
bowling alley can receive
through the Internet fea-
turing a live DJ. Kids can
call a toll-free number on
their cell phones and within
15 minutes the song will be
played on the network.
"The response to that
has been overwhelming,"
he said.
Graham recently in-
stalled new monitors above
each lane, and the Verdet-
tos plan to do some paint-
ing, minor remodeling and
updating.
"We also added free
WiFi here," he said. "A per-
son can come in and have
a sandwich and use a lap-
top. We're also putting in
an ATM.
"We're open to school
functions and charitable
events, churches, birth-
day parties and holiday
parties."
Verdetto said Rose City
Lanes also has a pro shop
and can order anything a
bowler needs.
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COURTESY PHOTO
Lovell resident Shelly Lohof participated in the Susan G. Komen walk in
September in Seattle. Lohof enjoyed the festive atmosphere of the event,
especially the colorful costumes worn by the many volunteers, including the
crossing guard pictured above, who helped with the event.
Lohof and Thompson take steps
toward a cure for cancer
BY PATTI CARPENTER the Wyoming Girls School walked for a
Shelly Lohof and her daughter Cori
Thompson hope the steps they take at the
Susan G. Komen walk in Seattle each year
will help fund research that will eventually
find a cure for cancer.
Lohof, a Lovell resident, is one of many
survivors who walk to raise funds to help
find a cure for the disease. Lohof feels the
small part she and her daughter play in
raising funds to help find a cure will lead to
a breakthrough someday.
A seven-year survivor of breast cancer
herself, Lohof took part in a Susan G. Ko-
men walk for the third year in a row this
fall. Lohof traveled with her daughter Cori
Thompson to Seattle to participate in one
of the many Susan G. Komen fundraising
walks held across the country. This is the
woman they knew who died of breast can-
cer, leaving two small children. Some of
the other women in the group had moth-
ers or grandmothers who had cancer. Af-
ter seeing how much fun the walk was for
her daughter, Lohof decided to give it a try
herself.
Each participant contributes $2,400 to
take part in the event. Lohof raises most of
those funds through a "Pack the Place in
Pink" event, held in February at one of the
basketball games in Lovell. When the fun-
draising falls short, she and her daughter
provide the balance of the expense out of
their own pockets.
"I do this walk for all of the survivors,
for those who are going through the strug-
gle and for those who might face breast
second year they walked in Seattle.. The.. cancer in the future," said Lohof. "I feel like
first year Lohof walked was in Denver.
The walks are typically 60 miles long
over a three-day period. Lohof and Thomp-
son finished 20 miles per day during their
adventure in Seattle.
Lohof said she prefers the cooler weath-
er in Seattle compared to Denver, where
she had to cut her first attempt at the 60-
mile walk short because of the hot weather.
"We could choose to walk in one of the
other cities, but the timing of the Seattle
event and the weather is better for us,"
said Lohof.
The festive affair includes a tour on
foot of three different routes through the
city, sleeping in a tent, dressing up in
crazy costumes and using mess hall type
facilities. She and her daughter take
frequent breaks and enjoy the many sup-
porters who dress in colorful costumes and
greet them along the way. Lohof especial-
ly enjoys meeting the many other survi-
vors who take part in the walk and most
important of all, she feels she is taking an
active part in doing something to prevent
the disease.
"It's overwhelming to see so many sur-
vivors in one place, at one time," said Lo-
hof. "It's a very moving experience for me."
Lohoflearned about the event after her
daughter Cori and fellow employees from
this is my way of being active, of putting
my foot down and saying no to cancer."
Lohof, a librarian at Lovell Middle
School, hopes that someday children will
have to look up the word cancer in the dic-
tionary because they don't know what the
word means.
"Children especially shouldn't have to
face this disease and they shouldn't have
to even hear that word and my goal is that
we can find a cure, so that kids don't have
to worry about it," said Lohof. "I hope that
someday it will be a disease of the past, like
polio, and kids won't even know what it is."
Each Susan G. Komen walk raises sev-
eral million dollars. The contributions are
used not only to fund research but also
to provide preventative testing for wom-
en who cannot afford breast exams and
mammograms. Lohof plans to hold anoth-
er "Pack the Place in Pink" event on Feb.
1 during the Lovell/Greybull home basket-
ball game.
Lohof also participates in other cancer
fundraising events, like the Relay for Life
held in Lovell during the summer. .....
"It's personal for me, obviously, as a
survivor of breast cancer, but the fact is
that if they find a cure for breast cancer, it
opens the door to find a cure for other types
of cancer."
Satu
