BCSC Newsletter - Bowling Centers of Southern California

BCSC Newsletter
VOLUME 18, ISSUE 9
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
BPAA Membership
1
BCSC Partners
2-3
President’s Perspective
4
Executive Director’s
Report
5
Calendar
Paintball Growing
6
Mischel and Company
7
32nd Annual
Golf Tournament
8-9
2014 Annual Meeting
10
BCSC Board of Directors 11
WPBI
12
BCSC Classifieds
Needed:
Your attendance at
this year’s Annual
Meeting.
See Page 10
Call Brandon
(818) 789-0900
S E P T E M B E R
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BCSC PARTNERS
GOLD LEVEL PARTNERS
All-Pro Business Solutions
Seth Rodriguez
1803 W 7th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90057
(760) 579-1920
Allpro.sethrod@gmail.com
Guardian Eagle Security Inc.
Freddy Galal
4311 Wilshire Blvd Ste. 419
Los Angeles, CA 90010
888-990-0002
info@ges.net
Valet-It Parking Services
Abby Rasouli
15053 Ventura Blvd Ste 208
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
855-825-3848
info@valet-it.com
———————————————————————————American Consulting Group
Eric Martin
27758 Santa Margarita, Suite #312
Mission Viejo, CA 92691
949-452-1840 telephone
949-206-0972 fax
Atlantis Casino Resort & Spa
Toni Koster, Director of Sales
3800 S. Virginia Street
Reno NV 89502
775-824-4400
tkoster@atlantiscasino.com
www.atlantiscasino.com
Bowling Buddies
Sharon Settles
703 Brass Lantern Dr.
Brentwood, TN 37027
615-424-8165
slsettles@aol.com
Www.bowlingbuddiesshoecovers.com
Bowling Music Network
Adam Melrose
787 Adelaide St North, Suite 2
London, Ontario, CN N5Y 2L8
866-684-8324 x226
adam@bowlingmusic.com
CleanSource Inc.
Larry Zill
5635 Union Pacific Ave
Commerce, CA 90022
818-634-6268
larryzill@yahoo.com
Dippin’ Dots
John & Cheryl Hiller
27530 Newhall Ranch Rd.
Valencia,. CA 91390
661-510-8348 • 661-857-3274
Ebonite International
Dave Wodka
975 Seven Hills Dr #3321
Henderson, NV 89052
dwodka@ebibowling.com
(702) 271-2656
Eldorado Hotel & Casino
Samantha Eigenman
345 North Virginia St.
Reno, NV 89501
775-348-3124
eigenmans@eldoradoreno.com
eldoradoreno.com
Family Amusement Corporation
Stephen or Robert Peck
876 N. Vermont Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90029
323-660-8180
info@familyamusement.com
www.familyamusement.com
HPSI Hospitality
Spencer Gonzalez
1 Ada, Suite 150
Irvine, CA 92618
949-250-4774
spencerg@hpsionline.com
Herzog Insurance Agency
Bob Herzog
235 Main Street
Pleasanton, CA 94566
800-300-1303
info@herzogins.com
Intercard Inc.
Jason Mitchell
1884 Lackland Hill Pkwy #1
St Louis, MO 63146
314-275-8066
jmitchell@intercardinc.com
BCSC PARTNERS
Kids Bowl Free
Bruce Davis
239-389-9583
brucetalks@aol.com
www.KidsBowlFree.com
Reliable Office Copiers
Danny Dicker
6011 Country Oak Rd
Woodland Hills, CA 91367
818-723-4492
ddicker@reliableofficecopiers.com
Mischel & Company
Bowling & Entertainment Centers
Full-Service Brokers, Appraisers and
Financial Advisors
Ken Mischel
37 Tunapuna Lane
Coronado, CA 92118
619-423-2001 or mischelco@msn.com
Sierra Products
Shelly Berry
4938 Encinita Ave
Temple City, CA 91780
800-900-7695
shelly@noveltybowlingstuff.com
www.noveltybowlingstuff.com
Murrey International, Inc.
Bill Snoberger
14150 S. Figueroa St.
Los Angeles, CA 90061
310-532-6091
www.murreyintl.com
sales@murreyintl.com
National Planning Corporation
Vayle Floria
1835 W Orangewood Ave, Suite #102
Orange, CA 92868
714-750-3090 ext. 110
Fax: 714-750-3091
vayle.floria@natplan.com
NLFX Pro
Kat Carlson
1319 Naylor Dr.
Bemidji, MN 56601
888-660-6696
kat@nlfxpro.com
Pepsi
Roger Perezchica
27717 Aliso Creek Road
Aliso Viejo, CA 92656
949-643-5764 - Office
949-279-8106 - Cell
Roger.Perezchica@pepsico.com
QubicaAMF
Joe Roussin
190 S. Summertree Road
Anaheim Hills, CA 92807
714-974-9436
jroussin@qubicaamf.us
www.qubicaamf.com
Spot-On Target Marketing
Steve Dobbins
516 W. 35th Street
Davenport, IA 52806
309-737-2913 (cell)
sjd@spot-ontargetmarketing.com
Team Cobra Products
Division of Ace Mitchell
Brenda Shaffer
800-336-7784
Brenda.Shaffer@cobraproducts.com
US Bowling Corporation
Dave Frewing
5480 Schaefer Avenue
Chino, CA 91710
909-548-0644
Fax: 909-548-0556
david@usbowling.com
VISTAR
Dan Reeves
3790 E. Jurupa Street
Ontario, CA 91761
909.673.8361
dreeves@pfgc.com
www.vistar.com
Western Bowling Proprietors’ Insurance
Larry Linder
1535 E. Shaw Street, Suite 100
Fresno, CA 93710
800-200-9998
Fax 559-227-4461
Larry.Linder@att.net
Western Pacific Bowling Supply
Chuck Sager / Lee Haxton
1216 W. Grove Avenue
Orange, CA 92865
714-974-1733
chuck@wpbowling.com
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President’s Perspective September 2014
Happy September!
Summer is coming to a close, and the start of another fall bowling season is
upon us. Is it me or does this time of year seem to come sooner and sooner?
Perhaps it’s because flooring leagues for many of us is a year round business.
However, maybe it’s because I’m getting older and time seems to be getting
shorter.
Every month or two, we are potentially starting new leagues. It’s interesting
to think of the evolution of the league business. Since the early 1990s, my
first years in the biz, sanction league bowling ran between 60-80% of the total
bowling revenue.
Today it represents less than 10%, a number I will work on growing. You
have to ask yourself some hard questions, the first being how much in human
and financial resources do we put towards this part of the business? Another
question would be what type of leagues do customers want today? These
questions really just start to scratch the surface of the larger question, what is
the future of league bowling?
If you are interested in finding out the answers to these and many other
industry questions, you have to join us for the BCSC Annual Meeting on
Tuesday, October 7th, 2014. It is the best opportunity to network with your
fellow managers and proprietors. Until then, I want to wish everyone a great
start to the new bowling season!
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Executive Director Report
Bye-Bye Summer!
Dear BCSC member,
Oh, what a difference a day makes!
Yesterday, we were all busy with camps, kids and families. Today, with
everyone back in school, not so much.
We have some good news to report from Sacramento for a change. Our Governor, Jerry Brown,
promised to approve legislation that almost triples the film and TV tax credit subsidies to a tune of
$330-million dollars. The goal is to stem the flight of TV and film productions to states like New
York, Texas and Georgia and keep that business here.
Keep an eye open for AB1839 and thanks to all those proprietors who sent in their letters to your
state legislators and to Governor Brown.
The BCSC is constantly monitoring and watching out for our members’ best interests in Sacramento
and in Southern CA too.
One item we’re watching closely is LA Mayor Eric Garcetti’s plan to increase minimum wage in LA
to $13.25/ hour. Where LA goes, so goes the rest of Southern CA. I encourage everyone reading
this to join the BCSC’s 2014 Annual Meeting this coming October 7th. It’s a three-hour event with a
special keynote speaker, lunch and a chance to strategize how to survive and thrive in today’s
business environment. See registration form on page 10 of this newsletter and register today. It’s free
for all BCSC member centers.
In addition to some very important BCSC business like some bylaw changes, we’ll welcome former
LAPD Officer John Caprarelli as our keynote speaker. Officer Caprarelli was awarded LAPD’s
highest honor, the Medal of Valor and earned a National Top Cops Award for his selfless and heroic
actions during the infamous Bank of America robbery in North Hollywood in 1997.
Outgunned and out armored on that February 28th, eleven LAPD Officers and two civilians were
wounded as two bank robbers wearing full body armor and using fully automatic assault rifles
terrorized the city. One of the first officers on the scene, Officer Caprarelli came face to face with
evil and in the process he changed the way the LAPD and other police forces across this great nation
protect their citizens.
Come and listen to his remarkable story and take home a complimentary copy of his book titled
“Uniform Decisions,” sponsored by International Bowling Industry magazine. By Caprarelli sharing
how this monumental event changed his life forever, you will be touched and moved by his honesty.
After reading his compelling memoir, your life too might be changed for good.
See you soon!
Scott
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BCSC Calendar of Events
October 7th, BCSC Annual Meeting
Parker’s Lighthouse, Long Beach
Contact BCSC Office (818) 789-0900
October 19th, Day-at-the-Races
Santa Anita Park
Contact BCSC Office (818) 789-0900
PAINTBALL AMONG OTHER RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES
TO CONTINUE GROWING IN THE PAST 20 YEARS
NEW YORK, NY: Sometime in the late 1970s, a Wall Street stock trader named Hayes Noel got into an argument with
his friend Charles Gaines, a writer, fly fisherman and bodybuilder best known for his books “Stay Hungry” and
“Pumping Iron.” The question the two men debated was this: Who had the better instinct for survival, the savvy urban
capitalist or the canny outdoorsman? The argument might never have been settled had not a friend of Gaines’s come
across an agricultural magazine advertising something called the Nel-Spot 007. Sold by the Nelson Paint Company, the
gun used gelatin balls filled with oil-based paint as ammunition. It was used by foresters for marking timber and by
ranchers to mark cows.
To test the gun’s suitability for marking humans, Noel and Gaines held a duel at 20 paces. (Gaines won.) Then they set
about designing a survival competition with the help of their friend Bob Gurnsey, a ski-shop owner. On June 27, 1981,
the three gathered in a 100-acre wood in Henniker, N.H., with nine other men, each dressed in camouflage and shop
goggles and armed with a Nel-Spot 007. The goal of the game was to be the first man to gather a flag from each of four
widely dispersed stations without being shot.
The winner was Ritchie White, a forester so stealthy he never had to fire his gun. Duly settled in favor of the rural
survivalist, the game might have run its course, but that fall, Sports Illustrated published an account of the New
Hampshire competition written by one of the participants. Gaines, Noel and Gurnsey were bombarded with inquiries
from readers who wanted to play. The three founded a company called National Survival Game and acquired a license
from the Nelson Paint Company for all nonagricultural uses of the Nel-Spot 007.
Over the next 15 years, Gurnsey helped develop the game we know today, with specially designed guns, water-based
paint, safety equipment, dedicated playing fields and liability insurance. “Insurance didn’t really exist for shooting
projectiles at people,” says Debra Dion Krischke, who started working for the company in 1983. “That was one of the
challenges.”
Critics derided the pastime as “morally obscene.” “They’re learning to get a rush out of going through the motions of
killing another human being,” one psychiatrist said. Supporters countered that the game was no more antisocial than tag,
hide-and-seek or capture the flag. One player told a reporter in 1982: “War is gross. But this isn’t war. It’s fun and
games.”
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32ND ANNUAL BCSC GOLF
TOURNAMENT PHOTO ESSAY
CURRENT AND PAST BCSC SECRETARIES, GARY FORMAN
AND CRAIG GOODMAN, ENJOY SOME TIME IN THE SHADE.
WHILE HANDING OUT THE CROWD FAVORITE, DIPPIN DOTS.
RON PLANDER, BCSC DIRECTOR,
HITTING A CLUTCH CHIP SHOT.
FORMER BCSC PRESIDENT AND PROPRIETOR,
DON DROOKER, HITTING A PERFECT 7 IRON
DRIVE ON HOLE 15.
DAN, GINA, DINA, AND SARGON POSING
AT HOLE 10 WHERE $25,000 WAS ON
THE LINE IF SOMEONE ACED IT.
BLACK GOLD GOLF COURSE
JULY 30TH 2014
OUR GREAT PEPSI REPRSENTATIVES WAITING TO
HIT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SPONOSRSHIP AND
BEING A BCSC PARTNER. THEY PROVIDED OUR
GIFT BAGS, DRINKS ON THE COURSE, AND SOME
WONDERFUL RAFFLE PRIZES.
THIS IS ONLY ABOUT HALF OF THE RAFFLE PRIZES
THAT WERE GIVEN AWAY. EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE
WALKED AWAY WITH AT LEAST ONE PRIZE.
BCSC DIRECTORS AND PARTNERS WELCOMING
OUR NEWEST PARTNERS, GUARDIAN EAGLE
SECURITY AND VALET-IT, TO THE FAMILY.
AND FOR ANOTHER YEAR IN A ROW, VAYLE’S
TEAM WON THE WHOLE THING!
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BCSC BOARD OF DIRECTORS
JASON ALTMAN
President
Gage Bowl
3477 E Gage Ave.
Huntington Park, CA 90255
P: 323-587-3211
gagebowl@sbcglobal.net
TONY SANDS
Vice President
Jewel City Bowl
135 S. Glendale Ave.
Glendale, CA 91205
P: 818-243-1188
tony@jewelcitybowl.com
GARY FORMAN
Secretary / Treasurer
Fountain Bowl
17110 Brookhurst St.
Fountain Valley, CA 92708
P: 714-963-7888
gcf@fountainbowl.com
DINA FINK
Buena Lanes
1788 S. Mesa Verde
Ventura, CA 93003
P: 805-656-0666
buenabowler@aol.com
STEVE DAVIS
Zodo's - Bowling &
Beyond
5925 Calle Real
Goleta, CA 93117
P: 805-967-0128
steved@zodos.com
RON PLANDER
Harley’s Simi Bowl &
Camarillo Bowl
480 E. Los Angeles Ave.
Simi Valley, CA 93065
P: 805-526-4212
simibowl@earthlink.net
SCOTT PODDIG
Bowlium
4666 Holt Blvd
Montclair, CA 91763
P: 909-626-3528
scott@bowlium.com
CRAIG GOODMAN
Santa Clarita Lanes
21615 W. Soledad
Canyon Rd.
Santa Clarita, CA 91350
P: 661-254-0540
craig@santaclaritalanes.com
Bowling Centers of Southern CA
12655 Ventura Blvd.
Studio City, CA 91604
Scott Frager, Executive Director
Phone: 818-789-0900
Fax: 818-783-2874
E-mail: ScottF@socalbowling.com
www.socalbowling.com
WILL MOSSONTTE
Empire Bowl
940 W. Colton Ave.
Redlands, CA 92374
P: 909-793-2525
empirebowl44@gmail.com
RON BRISENO
Vista Entertainment Center
435 W. Vista Way
Vista, CA 92083
P: 760-941-1032
ron@vistaentertainment.com
DENNIS MATTHEWS
Red Rock Lanes
11011 W Charleston Blvd
Las Vegas, NV 89135
P: (702) 797-7467
dennis.mathews@stationcasinos.com
CHARLIE KINSTLER
Del Rio Lanes
7502 Florence Ave
Downey, CA 90240
P: (562) 505-5435
cvkljk@aol.com