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Sunrise tries to recover from fireBy PHIL GULICK
© St. Petersburg Times, The phone rang late one night last month at Rusty Genevie's residence. "Rusty, your pro shop's on fire!" shouted a friend. Genevie arrived at Sunrise Lanes shortly after the firefighters to discover that $17,000 in inventory had gone up in smoke, part of the concourse facia was scorched and numerous electrical wires were charred. "They (firefighters) think it got started in the ball spinner," Genevie recalled, "but I'm not sure about that. It was an electrical fire." The shop's interior and part of the adjacent pet store were damaged. "The firefighters were here in less than five minutes, and if they'd been five minutes later, the whole center would have gone up," said Jerry Krauss, owner of Sunrise Lanes. Desk person John Frisco broke his left hand trying to force open the pro shop door. Bowlers can smell the smoke despite floor fans that ran continuously for weeks. "I didn't have insurance," Genevie said. "My partner let it lapse without telling me. I definitely will take a beating on this, but we plan to be reopened in a month or so." Fire is a liability hanging over every center, but it hasn't posed the danger it did in the past. During the days of lacquered lanes, fires were a common occurrence because of its flammability. "We were lucky, but it'll take thousands (of dollars) to repair," Krauss said. PATRIOTS MOVE UP: The Pinellas Park boys team moved into third place in the scratch competition of the Pinellas County High School League, dropping Clearwater to sixth. Dixie Hollins heads the division, and Largo is second. Pinellas Park's Patriots are led by Justin Foraker (197 average). East Lake maintained its girls scratch lead, with Northeast second. Courtney Yeakley's 174 average paces East Lake. NABI: Marketta Davis, St. Petersburg, won her second title and $380 by defeating St. Petersburg's James Mackie 224-211 at AMF Clearwater Lanes on Oct. 28. Phil Petes, Palm Harbor, captured the Platinum Division championship and $168. St. Petersburg's Sandy Wakeley ousted Tampa's Emily Javier 255-212 to win her third crown and $285 recently at Sunshine Bowl. Marty Goodale, St. Petersburg, won the Platinum title and $200. PEAK WINS: Largo's Rick Peak stopped St. Petersburg's David Suggs 219-204, winning the Florida Bowlers Club Tournament at Sunshine Bowl. In the opening matches, Tampa's Tom Daugherty -- the top qualifier and a PBA pro -- defeated St. Petersburg's Joe Minarik 220-199. Then Daugherty eliminated St. Petersburg's Keith Glasgow 237-196. Suggs defeated Daugherty 233-181 in a semifinal before losing to Peak. Minarik rolled a 300 game in the qualifying round. AROUND THE LANES: Doug Rutledge fired a 300 game and Adrian LaMarre rolled a 297-760 at Ten Pin Lanes. ... Tony Perdi recorded a 299-694 at Twedt's. ... Jeff Priselac managed a 297-702, John Parapon logged a 290-650 and Bob Little shot a 290-707 at Seminole. ... Dan Lambo posted a 299 at AMF Kenneth City. ... Clyde Severance rolled a 299-675 and Roy Ryan carded a 290-745 at Sunshine. ... Andy Brooks recorded a 290-723 at Tarpon Lanes. ... Brian Korcak fired a 299-725 at Rainbow Lanes.
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