Desert Open Wraps Up Summer Swing This Weekend- Be there!!! The last of our bigger-money events that highlight the summer season takes place this weekend, with the 37th annual Desert Open, presented by BowlersDream.com. This is a handicap and scratch event, so handicap bowlers, this is a great chance to get more involved in the big summer action. Handicap bowlers will roll 8 games on Saturday, while scratch bowlers, you have a marathon 14-game test on a tough condition Saturday. $1,000 and the famous Glass Cactus goes to the winner of each division. Spots are still available, so don't miss this great and historic event! Deer Valley Lanes, the Desert Open host center, has just been beautifully remodeled, and GM Peggy Cianciola is a huge supporter of youth bowling, so you'll feel very welcome. From 9-5 on Friday, practice is available at the league bowler rate on either of the two conditions we'll use. Ball storage will be available as well. Additionally, BowlersDream.com is offering even bigger discounts on their usual great deals- please check out their website for all the details.

Las Vegas Open Crowns BJ Baker Champ- Come Celebrate His "Retirement"! BJ Baker continued his hot summer run by winning the east-coast JBT's Las Vegas Open's $2,600 top scholarship prize last weekend. Check the east coast's website,www.jbtbowling,com, for the final results. The Desert Open will mark his last event as a junior, and our all-time earnings leader and #2 title winner and his family is generously opening their house for a "retirement" party Friday evening. For more info and directions, please contact the Bakers at bjbaker2@asu.edu.

Season #13 Just 2 1/2 Weeks Away!!! The Desert Open is the 97th and final event of the 2007-08 JBT season, and the new season is right around the corner, beginning August 23-24 at Kearny Mesa in San Diego. Also, don't forget to get your rooms for the Cliff Castle event August 30-September 1, as rooms tend to go quickly for this always popular event. We'll talk more about all the excitement of the new season in next week's email.

Pictures!!! Hallelujah, We Have Pictures!! If you heard a scream of joy coming from central Phoenix, it's because I finally found the piece of HTML code that Vista is screwing up that made new pictures not publish on the website!!! All pictures are now up, and the next task is to get the videos up as well. Yaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyy!

See you soon! We'll see you this weekend for the Desert Open! Contact me anytime with questions, and keep up to date with everything going on in our wonderful world at www.bowljbt.com!!!