Dyess Bowling Program recognized as ACC's best of the year

by Senior Airman Kia Atkins
7th Bomb Wing Public Affairs

1/13/2014 - DYESS AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- On Dec. 5, the 7th Force Support Squadron's Bowling Program was announced as the best in Air Combat Command and will go on to compete at Air Force Level.

"The award validates that we are providing a good service to our customers," said Stephen Bush, 7th FSS bowling program manager. "It also validates all my employees' hard work to make Dyess Lanes a customer-oriented facility for Team Dyess, so we feel great about it."

One of the reasons Bush attributes Dyess Lanes winning the best bowling program of the year is due to its financial management.

"We try to give our customers what they want and by doing that we have made money ten months in a row," Bush said. "When we make money here at the bowling alley, the money goes back into the overall fund for the base, which goes back to the Airman and Family Readiness Center."

Special events are held at the bowling alley at least once or twice a month and specials on food are presented daily.

"We offer single Airmen bowling, both for enlisted and officers, where they can come in from 9 p.m. until midnight on Friday and bowl for free," Bush said.

For single Airmen living in the dorms, the location of the bowling alley gives them a place to go where they can have an enjoyable time with friends.

"I think Dyess Lanes is great because they offer free bowling on a regular basis," said Airman 1st Class Raphael Gibbs, 317th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aerospace propulsion apprentice. "The food is good and reasonably priced. Besides the fact that it's close, I choose to bowl so I can hang out with my friends and co-workers."

Dyess Lanes is open Monday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday from 11 a.m. until 10 p.m. and Saturday from 4 p.m. until midnight. A variety of bowling programs are offered at the bowling alley to include: birthday parties, squadron events, Saturday Thunder Alley, bowling leagues, specialty tournaments and many other programs.