Bowling

Interim City Manager John W.D. Bowling stepped down from the position Tuesday, saying he feared for his safety after a threat was made on his life, but an attorney who said he represents the man accused of making the threat claims his client is innocent. A stunned audience at city hall listened as Mayor Bernie Hunstad read Bowling's letter of resignation following an executive session for personnel matters that lasted less than an hour. In the letter, Bowling said he had concerns for his safety “resulting from a specific threat against my life, that prevents me from being able to serve further as interim city manager.” Bowling, who won three terms as Danville mayor and also served in the state legislature, was hired as interim city manager June 1. Hunstad declined to comment on the nature of the threat, only saying he became aware of it late last week and noting that people who make such threats can be charged with a felony.

Former Danville Mayor and current Interim City Manager John W.D. Bowling stepped down from the position Tuesday saying he feared for his safety after a threat was made on his life. A stunned audience at city hall listened as Mayor Bernie Hunstad read Bowling's letter of resignation following an executive session for personnel action that lasted just under an hour. Hunstad said the threat was made early last week, but declined to comment further. Bowling said he would not comment beyond the statement in his letter to the commission.

The Danville Women's Bowling Association will hold its fall meeting at 7 p.m. Aug. 8 at Bowlarama Lanes. A Kentucky Colonel League meeting will follow the association meeting. For more information, call Agnes Bartleson at 859-236-2947.

The West Jessamine girls' bowling team and West's Dustin Stapleton competed at the 2012 state bowling championships last week in Louisville. The girls' team championships took place last Thursday. West Jessamine's 954 in the qualifying round gave the Lady Colts a No. 9 seed out of 16 schools. In the first round, West faced No. 8 seed Graves County. After winning the first game 154-132, the Lady Colts dropped the next three - 162-137, 176-139, 183-146 - to fall to the Lady Eagles.

Poncer's Tax Rebel High games - Scott Bivins 261, Mark Mahan 258, Zach Cooley 258, Jim Shelton 247. High series - Mahan 716, Bivins 694, Gary Abney 689, Cooley 676. Preps & Bantams Boys high games - Cameron Hill 155, Cameron Walker 130, Addison Coffey 105, Noah Hall 103. Boys high series - Hill 420, Walker 351, Josh Messer 272, Hall 268, William Taylor 268, Ethan Conger 268. ...

In between greeting dozens of well-wishers Friday, outgoing Danville Mayor John W.D. Bowling got a little Greek going. "This is the Omega. The Alpha was back in 1982," Bowling said before offering the translation. "The beginning and the end. " The send-off reception was at the Community Arts Center, one of many jewels in Danville's crown that was added during Bowling's long tenure as king, er mayor, of the city. Bowling gladly recalled his role in turning the former federal building into a home for Danville's arts scene.

Two residents from Nicholasville were inducted in the Lexington Area Bowling Assocation Hall of Fame Saturday. Frank Fitch has been bowling since the early 1970s. Fitch is capable of bowling both left and right-handed. He was the first person in the city and among the first in the nation to have rolled a 300 game and 800 series with each hand. He has four 800 series and 15 300 games using his left hand and four 800 series and three 300 games using his right hand. He holds a 220 average in a league in Danville and 215 in leagues in Lexington and Nicholasville.

Danville Mayor John W.D. Bowling "might" want to pay up now for the shutters on the city's new fire station. After all, he said he "might" do that at a city commission meeting in July 2004 when the commission approved a $629,280 fire station design. Bowling's payment "might" be even more appropriate today since the station didn't cost $630,000 but $836,901, nearly twice what it was originally budgeted to cost. The station was Bowling's baby from the beginning. Looking back at discussions by the city commission over the past couple of years, it's clear that Bowling dragged the commission kicking and screaming into selecting the current site and constructing the brick building that looks more like a house than a fire station.

Louisville assistant coaches Tommy Restivo and Sherrone Moore came to Danville Saturday to speak at the Kentucky High School Coaches Association Clinic. Restivo coaches defensive backs and had three players earn All-BIG EAST Conference honors - cornerback Adrian Bushell and safeties Calvin Pryor and Hakeem Smith - last season. Prior to joining the Cardinals, Restivo was the defensive graduate assistant at Florida for Louisville coach Charlie Strong, who was the defensive coordinator.

Sandrice Lashae Parker, 24, of Bowling Green, formerly of Winchester, died Monday, April 29, in a motorcycle accident. The funeral is at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 4, at Zion Grove Baptist Church in Ekron, Ky., with the Rev. Glen Gordon officiating. Visitation is from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday and continues at 10 a.m. Saturday at Hager Funeral Home in Brandenburg.

Rather than feel miffed over not getting an immediate scholarship offer from Kentucky, Bowling Green receiver Nacarius Fant is more than willing to come to UK's camp on June 8 and show what he can do. Kentucky offensive coordinator Neal Brown recently watched Fant practice and told him he liked his “footwork” and other things. “He wants me to come to camp June 8 and compete against SEC type cornerbacks in the 2014 (recruiting) class,” said Fant. “Once he sees that - and he has to make sure I am the type receiver he's looking for - and I prove I can play one on one versus elite players, then the offer will come.

Forest Park Bowling Lanes will be closing its doors tonight after its last evening of family fun, date nights and friendly outings. Richard Heine, the owner, said he is closing the bowling alley, which opened in 1963, for the summer in hopes that someone will purchase it. Heine leased the building with his father in the early 1980s and purchased it in 2000. He said his family has owned bowling alleys in Corbin and Bardstown and as far away as Wyoming. “It's a buyable business.

A bowling alley can be a noisy place on a league night, but Joe Byrd couldn't help but notice how quiet it was. Byrd was having the night of his life, and just about everyone else in Danville Bowlarama had taken notice. So every time he stepped up for his approach, bowlers on adjacent lanes were putting their conversations on hold and waiting to take their turns. They wanted to watch as Byrd constructed the best series ever bowled at the local lanes, and they certainly didn't want to be a distraction for someone who was in the kind of zone he found himself in on that February night.

The West Jessamine girls' bowling team made the state tournament for the second year in a row but came up short in the first round last week. West was seeded sixth out of the 16 teams who made it to the Executive Strike & Spare in Louisville on Friday, Feb. 8, and was matched up against 11th-seeded Boone County. In the best-of-five match, the West girls lost the first game 156-142 and took the second one handily 195-155. After dropping the third game 192-185 and tying the fourth 161-161, West came through to win game five 171-158 and force a sixth and deciding game, which Boone County took 193-157.

Chester Hukle of East Jessamine High School placed 21st in the boys' state bowling individual championships in Louisville Thursday afternoon, throwing games of 213, 168 and 213 for a total of 594. West Jessamine's Robyn Cheek had games of 141, 145 and 158, a total of 444 that earned her 30th place in the state on the girls' side. The team championships are tomorrow; the West Jessamine girls' team will be competing in that event at the Executive Strike & Spare in Louisville.

Roy Kidd had his share of wins against Jack Harbaugh. The retired Eastern Kentucky University football coach notched seven victories in 14 tries against Harbaugh, the former longtime coach of the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers. On the field and the recruiting trial, Kidd and Harbaugh were competitors. Off the field they were friends. “I respected him as a coach,” Kidd said Friday. “His teams were ready to play, fundamentally sound, and he was a good football coach, no doubt about that.

For the second time in as many years, the West Jessamine girls' bowling team is headed to the state championships in Louisville. The Lady Colts will be joined by East Jessamine senior Chester Hukle. West's Robyn Cheek will also compete at state as an individual. The Region 8 team tournament was held  Saturday in Corbin. The Lady Colts were seeded No. 2 out of 12 schools and received a first-round bye, which set up an opening match against George Rogers Clark. West won in three games (153-114, 214-78, 125-124)