The Butler County Bowling Association will hold its induction dinner Saturday at Tanglewood Senior Center. The event will begin with a social hour at 6 p.m., followed by dinner at 7 p.m. PBA member Bob Learn Jr. will be the guest speaker.

Tickets are available by contacting any BCBA member or by calling 724-285-3323.

Here is a brief bio of each inductee:

• Larry Parenti is being inducted in the meritorious service category. The current BCBA president, Parenti has served on the board of directors for 14 years.

Parenti has been an officer for many years in numerous leagues and has been an at-large director for the Pennsylvania State Bowling Association for four years.

He is the organization's photographer.

• Rick Reeder is being inducted for meritorious service. Reeder is currently the junior league coordinator at Family Bowlaway, a position he has held since 1988.

Reeder has the junior bowers involved in two big tournaments: the Pennsylvania State Team Tournament and the Pepsi-Cola Scholarship Tournament. He is the current president of the Butler County USBC Junior Board of Directors.

Reeder also served as an officer in adult leagues over the past 23 years.

• Ray Greenert is being inducted into the bowling ability wing of the hall. Greenert won three handicap titles in the 1960 annual BCBA tournament while he was a senior at Butler High.

Greenert has numerous tournament titles to his credit, including the prestigious Brannon Bowl singles tournament in McKees Rocks in 1962, the Bailey Bowl singles tournament and the local radio bowling tournament in 1969.

Greenert averaged near or above the 200 mark during the 1960s to the late' '70s, a time when scoring conditions were very tough.

• Ivan Dandois is being inducted into the bowling ability category. Dandois was at the peak of his career during the 1960s, when he won at least five annual BCBA Championships.

During the 1959-1960 season, Dandois rolled a 700 series, becoming just the 14th bowler to achieve that mark at the time. Dandois worked at the Butler Eagle. He died in 1994 at the age of 65.

To find out more about these men and their accomplishments, see sports editor John Enrietto's story in Wednesday's Eagle.

In the 1985-86 season, Mollie Marler of North Kansas City, Mo., rolled a 202 game. What is special about this feat? Answer at the end of the column.

Keep two things in mind when you are starting your approach: take a short first step and push your ball out toward your target.The short first step will help you stay slow to the foul line and help you maintain your balance through the push-away.Pushing your ball toward the target will help your arm swing get into the proper alignment and will help square your shoulders toward the target.

Linda Smith led all bowlers with a 204 game and 552 series in the Coins Bowling League last week. The Pennies team leads the league and garnered top team game (544) and series (1468) honors.

At 101, Marler is the oldest female to roll a 200 game.