Chip Timmons - Let me first apologize to those who attended Saturday's Indianapolis event for my tardiness in posting this entry.  Everyone kept asking why I was taking pictures and I informed them the photos would find their way into a place of honor in Scarlet Banter.  

After returning from Saturday's event, I discovered that both my wife and 3-year old son were suffering from some type of 24 hour bug which they passed to me as well. Now that I'm fully recovered, I can deliver on that promise.

Between New Year's Day and the start of classes in Indiana, our office hosted three vacation socials with the goal of bringing prospective students, their parents, wabash students, and alumni together to have some fun and get to know one another in a more relaxed setting.  I attended Saturday's Duckpin Bowling outing in Indianapolis, but we also hosted events in Merrillville and Evansville.  

For those who don't know, duckpin bowling is very similar to "regular" bowling with a few exceptions.  The pins and balls are much smaller and lanes are narrower.  The balls are roughly the same size as a softball, but no finger holes. You just palm and wing it. Score is kept the same way except you get three balls in each frame.  Most importantly, this version of bowling is much more challenging, so a score of 100 is outstanding. See our guests in action and a few photos from the event.   

We had a great turnout on Saturday with just over 40 guests in attendance. A special thank you to the alumni and current student who attended: Aaron Cook '06, Joe Fistrovich '81, Brad Johnson '71, David Lewis '81, Jacob Pactor '04, Jon Pactor '71, Derrin Slack '10, and Evan Wagoner '06.

The large turnout is even more impressive when you consider this event began at 4:00 PM on Saturday, 30 minutes prior to kickoff of the Colts/Chiefs playoff game.  The game was on t.v. in the bowling alley and despite the fact that Action Bowl's location in Fountain Square would normally lend itself to heavy traffic, traffic was extremely light coming to and leaving the event.