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GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE January 1, 2010
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Michigan students help at center
by Melissa Castillo
Cleveland-Twelve students from Central Michigan University spent part of their winter break volunteering at the Cleveland LGBT Center as part of the school's "Alternative Breaks" program.
The students arrived December 14 to spend a week working with center staff and volunteers on various projects including mailings, cleaning, painting and a "Make the Center Sparkle" project on December 17.
The university's Alternative Breaks are part of a nationwide college volunteer organization called the Breakaway Program. Many colleges and universities participate, as Central Michigan has for the past ten years.
Students sign up voluntarily for various sites, chosen by the program's executive board with a focus on organizations that work for social justice. Looking for an experience with LGBT diversity, two adult "site leaders" accompanied the students.
This is the first Alternative Break experience for some of the students volunteering at the center. Other have participated for several years. Students and site leaders stayed at Pilgrim Congregational Church in Tremont.
Melissa Castillo is the volunteer coordinator for the Cleveland LGBT Center.
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keeping score
Shooters pool standings
Cleveland-These are the standings for the Shooters Pool League at the end of the season's first half in December.
The second half matches begin January 11.
This is the seventh season of an annual pool league which shoots on Monday nights from October through April. Although it is a semi-competitive league, all skill levels may compete as matches are based on individual handicaps. A team is made up of 4 to 7 players. Play begins at 7:30 pm at the home team's bar, where four matches are played each week consisting of as many games as necessary for one player to win as many games as their handicap.
For more information, contact the league by calling Dave at 440-871-4699 or buteohawk1@att.net.
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Matches
Games
Place, Team
Won Lost
Won Lost Win Pct.
1. Tool Shed
25
8
130
63
67%
2. Cocktails
23
10
123
57
68%
3. Club Cleveland
19
14
101
83
55%
4. Lincoln Park Pub
18
15
84
77
52%
5. Twist I
18
15
75
79
49%
6. Twist II
17
16
60
75
44%
7. Daddy Wu's
15
18
89
85
51%
8. Leather Stallion
15
18
72
83
46%
9. Union Station
14
19
78
94
45%
10. Bottoms Up
13
20
77
92
46%
11. Daddy's
13
20
58
96
38%
12. Muggs
8
25
40
101
28%
Upcoming matches
Monday, January 11
Cocktails at Twist II
Twist I at Daddy Wu's
Monday, January 18
Alley Katz tops Friday bowling's first half
Cleveland-Alley Katz has taken first place in the North Coast Bowling Association's Friday night bowling for the season's first half, which ended December 18.
Below are the final standings for the half. The second half begins on January 8.
The Friday night league is a fun social league with plenty of openings. Both fulltime bowlers as well as alternates are needed. No experience is necessary. Bowling begins at 7 pm Fridays at Ambassador Superior Lanes, 1500 Superior Ave. in downtown Cleveland, and finishes by 9:30 pm.
For more information, contact the league at 216-228-6966 or 216-481-4417, or see www.ncbafriday.org.
Team
Union Station at Bottoms Up
Club Cleveland at Lincoln Park Pub Daddy's at Tool Shed Muggs at Stallion
Twist II at Union Station Stallion at Daddy's Bottoms Up at Cocktails. Daddy Wu's at Muggs
Sunday bowling standings
Cleveland-These are the standings of the North Coast Bowling Association's Sunday league after the first games of the season's second half on December 20.
The Sunday league is northeast Ohio's original gay bowling league, now in its 30th season. They bowl at Freeway Lanes of Parma, 12859 Brookpark Rd. near West 130th St., at 1 pm. Practice starts at 12:45 pm. See the website at www.ncba-sunday.com or contact Greg McPherson at 216-536-6999 for more information.
11. B.I.L.F.
Won
Lost
1. Alley Katz
60
31
Lincoln Park Pub at Twist I
2. Tied Up & Twisted
58
33
3. Hang'en on the Edge
57
34
4. Stallions
55
36
5. Triple XXX Turkeys
54 37
6. Strike It Up
53
58
Tool Shed at Club Cleveland
7. 3 Black Men & a Bitch 52
59
8. Beyond a Mess
48
43
9. Lightning Strikes
47
44
10. B.F.T.S. II
47
44
47
44
12. Dead Wood
46
45
13. Golden Boyz
45
46
14. Queens of Nines
44
47
15. Gutter Girls
44
47
16. Rimmers
44
47
17--Ball Busters
41
50
18. Mines in the Gutter
41
50
19. Cheap 'n' Easy
39
52
Won Lost
20. Wicked Twistas
38
53
0 Riding the Edge
5
2
21. Superstars
37
54
4
3
22. Bye
4
87
3
4
2
5
Division 2 Team
Division 1
Team
Won
Lost
Deadwood
7
Cocktails
4
3
Dianna's Deli
LGBT Center Buns O' Fun
3
4
Kitsch City
Flame Throwers
7 Hush
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