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We welcome you to our annual tournament. So join us for fun filled bowling and the joy of crashing pins.

 Dear League Secretaries.             I hope you all had a good summer. The Midwest Blind Bowling Association and American Blind Bowling Associations would like to invite all of its leagues back again for the 2009-2010 season.  We look forward to some great bowling, tournaments and awards this season. 
          Membership to the Midwest includes the Midwestern states, Ontario, Canada, Pittsburgh, PA. and invited guest.  It is required that you be a member of ABBA if you are joining MBBA.  Dues this year have changed $5.00 for MBBA and $15.00 for ABBA for a total of $20.00.  As you may know dues for ABBA were increased at the May Convention.  ABBA requires all Leagues paying membership dues to MBBA must have them sent to the association secretary/treasurer.  CHECKS MUST BE MADE PAYABLE TO MBBA Not ABBA, Mail checks to:

   To All Football Fans!  The Minnesota Vikings have given the Minneapolis Blind Bowlers an official NFL picture of Adrian Peterson #28 (our running back, soon to be in the NFL hall of fame) with Brett Favre #4 (our new quarterback) in the background.  We are having a raffle for this framed picture for all of you football fans.  It would also make a great gift for someone you know.  The money raised will go towards the 2011 ABBA national tournament in Minneapolis.  The tickets are $5.00 each and the drawing will be held  Saturday February 6th, 2010 the day before the Super Bowl.  To enter, send your name, phone number, and $5.00 (check or money order) to : 

From the tournament director

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MAIL-O-GRAPHIC_FORMS-2009(Excel file)

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National tournament

JUST A REMINDER From the Desk of the Secretary Treasurer Items of interest: • To all members, if there is a company, person, group, or organization in your community that you feel would be willing to financially donate to ABBA, please inform President James Benton & Past President Wilbert Turner.
• Please continue to inform the Secretary-Treasurer of any members who have: lost a loved one, ill to the point of being confined to a hospital, or celebrated a wedding or their birthday ( 80 and up).
• Our Webmasters (robert Doc Wright) new phone #( 720-213-4871)
Leagues Secretaries, “Important” once again the IRS is asking that a review be done for all of our subordinates. I will be making all necessary changes in regards to: new secretaries, address changes, etc. . Anyone desiring to become a Subordinate cannot be added to our GIN (group exemption number) without an EIN. To obtain an EIN number you must request a Form SS-4, Application for Employer Identification Number. I will be reviewing the following leagues which the IRS has listed as subordinates: 1)Lighthouse Metro, NY – 2)Buffalo , Kenmore – 3)Salt City, Syracuse –4) Rochester, Rochester –5) Harrisburg, Harrisburg –6)Erie Independent, Erie –7) Greater Cleveland, Cleveland –8) Canton, Canton – 9)Chicago Braille, Chicago –10)Flint, Flint –11) Rock County, Janesville – 12)Pin Splitters, Belleville – 13)Milwaukee, Milwaukee – 14)Maryland , Montgomery Village – 15)D C , Landover – 16)Peninsula, Norfolk – 17)Forsyth, Winston Salem – 18)Modesto, Modesto – 19 )Mile High , denver If your league name does not appear, you are not under the Group Exemption for ABBA. If you have sent an EIN # to me and you are not listed, I need to know, or as in the case of 2 leagues, letters were recently sent, requesting that they be added. Please do not become confused by this, it simply means, if you have an EIN # and you want to be under our Group, I need your number before May 1st ,along with: Complete Name, Address, Chapter Name , filing code (1) = gross receipts over $25,00, or (2) = gross receipts $25,000 or less.