The staff at this Astoria landmark, originally built as a car dealership in 1946, would prefer you refrain from smashing your strawberry shake and pizza slice against the window like Chunk did in the first moments of The Goonies.
Since the local YMCA chapter took over Tillamook Lanes in 2023 and absorbed the bowling alley into its Pastega Activity Center, expect a little less Oregon Lottery action (as in none) and a little more wholesome family fun.
Bowling alleys have used automatic scoring systems since the '70s. But for three days last summer, Reedsport bowlers had to do things the old-fashioned way, on paper, until a computer glitch was resolved. 'It was interesting, showing people how to do it again,' a staffer reports. 'Some never have kept score.'
At this community hub, where pictures of Coos Bay-born Steve Prefontaine sit under glass tabletops and drinkers gather for a monthly Redneck Wine Tasting, local bowler Rick Surprise scored a perfect 300 in 1963, the year he graduated from high school. Then he did again in 2005.
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