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Ryan Gerber, right, and Darwin Forquer work together to strip a component of a ball returning machine Tuesday night at Thunder Rolls Bowling Center. The center recently acquired used machines to strip and use as spare parts for the current system.

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Ryan Gerber climbs over to free a pin stuck in the gutter Wednesday night at Thunder Rolls Bowling Center. Gerber, a senior at Moffat County High School, has assisted Forquer with maintaining the bowling alley’s inner workings for more than four years.

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Brooke Forquer, 11, helps Ryan Gerber dismantle the bottom component to a shaker Wednesday night at Thunder Rolls Bowling Center. Forquer is Darwin’s youngest daughter and enjoys helping out with work around the center.

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Ryan Gerber spray paints a rake arm Wednesday night at Thunder Rolls Bowling Center. The maintenance crew paints parts of the machines to keep track of what they have worked on as well as to add a little color to the back of the bowling alley.

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Darwin Forquer, head of maintenance at Thunder Rolls Bowling Center, stands beside the end of the bowling lane Tuesday night in the back room. Forquer is in charge of making sure all the pin settings and ball-returning mechanisms are operable. He has held the responsibilities for the business since it opened in 2005.

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A ball thrown by Ty Wilson clears the pins for a strike Wednesday night at Thunder Rolls Bowling Center.

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A bowling ball makes its way through the return machine Tuesday night at Thunder Rolls Bowling Center.

Photo by Shawn McHugh