Nabi

On September 30, 2005 NAOMITEXANNA NABI survived by daughter Maria Thompson; sister Josephine Rivers; three grandchildren Keith William, Tommy and Maliyah Thompson and a host of other family members. Family will receive friends on Saturday 9:30 a.m. Funeral 10 a.m. at St. Bernadines Catholic Church, 3812 Edmondson Avenue. Interment following. Inquiries at www.wyliefuneralhome.com or 410-655-9200.

Nabi Biopharmaceuticals of Rockville announced yesterday that it is exploring strategic alternatives that include selling or merging the company, and it named a new president and chief executive officer. Raafat Fahim is the new CEO for Nabi, which has been reshaped during the past two months. Fahim joined Nabi in 2003 and has held several executive positions, most recently chief operating officer and general manager of the biologics unit. That unit was sold in December to Biotest Pharmaceuticals Corp.

Nabi Biopharmaceuticals officially moved its headquarters yesterday to Rockville, where it has maintained a research facility, after selling its previous location in Florida, along with its largest division. Nabi will now focus on new products in development, including NicVAX, a vaccine for smoking cessation. The reshaped Nabi has about 50 employees, who will remain in Rockville. It will add 15 people to perform functions, such as accounting and human resources, that had been done in Florida, according to Greg Fries, manager of investor relations and corporate communications.

Nabi Biopharmaceuticals officially moved its headquarters yesterday to Rockville, where it has maintained a research facility, after selling its previous location in Florida, along with its largest division. Nabi will now focus on new products in development, including NicVAX, a vaccine for smoking cessation. The reshaped Nabi has about 50 employees, who will remain in Rockville. It will add 15 people to perform functions, such as accounting and human resources, that had been done in Florida, according to Greg Fries, manager of investor relations and corporate communications.

The National Amateur Bowlers Inc. stopped at Brunswick Columbia on June 12-13 when 209 entries competed for $5,402 in prize money.When the last pin had fallen, Nick Caprinolo of Columbia had captured the $1,000 first prize. Mike Burch was second, Pat Henry third, Shai Nyi fourth, and Tim Prevatt fifth."I started bowling duckpins when I was 8 years old," Caprinolo said. "Then I started bowling tenpins and I've been doing that, off and on, ever since."Bowling in two leagues, the Monday Katz N Jammers and the Wednesday Men's at Columbia, he carries a 190 average.

"If at first you're not successful, keep on trying."That's the advice Brian Blood of Libertytown had for amateurs trying to win a National Amateur Bowlers Inc. (NABI) tournament."I've been trying for three years, and Sunday it was worth $3,000 to me," Blood said.Blood, a vice president for Scorpion Systems, used his 16-pound Pearl Hammer bowling ball to defeat 622 entries at the NABI Inner Circle Club Tournament last weekend at Crofton Bowling Centre.Twenty-one entries drove up from North Carolina; 73 bowlers came from the Tidewater area of Virginia; 35 came from the New Jersey and South Philly clubs and 33 were from Delaware.

The National Amateur Bowlers, Inc. tournament at Annapolis Bowl last weekend drew 218 entries vying for a prize fund worth more than $5,000.Paul Moore of Delaware picked up the $1,000 first prize.Joe Gonzales of Waldorf took second place and $500. Betty Meade of Alexandria won $250 for her third-place finish, and Robert Butler of District Heights placed fourth and won $150.Donny Scales of Takoma Park was the fifth finalist and won $120."The management here at Annapolis Bowl did a fantastic job," said Joe Doctor, director of NABI.

Bob Quental of Hunt Valley celebrated his birthday by outlasting 166 bowlers to win the $1,000 first prize at the National Amateur Bowlers Inc. Tournament at Fair Lanes Ritchie over the Halloween weekend."

Nobody laughs at Roger Varga's four-hole bowling now.Roger Varga, a Bowie resident, won the National Amateur Bowlers Inc. tournament last Sunday at Brunswick Normandy lanes in Ellicott City, beating a field of 152 amateur bowlers and capturing the first prize of $1,000."

It's a long way to Forest Hill Lanes in Harford County from Annapolis, but Regina and Gary Carrick didn't give the mileage a second thought when they had the chance to bowl in the NABI Judy Soutar Open the first weekend in October."

On September 30, 2005 NAOMITEXANNA NABI survived by daughter Maria Thompson; sister Josephine Rivers; three grandchildren Keith William, Tommy and Maliyah Thompson and a host of other family members. Family will receive friends on Saturday 9:30 a.m. Funeral 10 a.m. at St. Bernadines Catholic Church, 3812 Edmondson Avenue. Interment following. Inquiries at www.wyliefuneralhome.com or 410-655-9200.

The National Amateur Bowlers, Inc. tour rolled into Brunswick Perry Hall on Aug. 13-14 with 191 tenpin bowlers competing for $3,800 in prize money.Chris Machis of Baltimore picked up the first-place check for $1,000.Tim Prevatt, a Dundalk native now living in West Baltimore and a relative newcomer to tenpin action, captured second place and $500."I just started bowling in 1992," Prevatt said, "I averaged in the 160s for the first year."Now that average is 189. Hard work and dedication to the game paid off."

Las Vegas. A little luck. $40,000.No, this is not a story about gambling. It's a story about Larry Deacon and Kathi Livingston and the National Amateur Bowling Association. And, one of the lucky tenpin bowlers who compete in the weekly tournaments.Deacon and Livingston live in Millersville, and each weekend they conduct a bowling tournament, often in an Anne Arundel County center.Steve Trimble, bowling since he was 5 years old, bowls in the NABI tournament "just about every weekend."A civilian employee of the Army, Trimble carries an average that's at the top of the NABI limit of 199. He has a career-high game of 290 and high set of 764.That's why it wasn't much of a shock when Deacon called from Las Vegas and shouted: "One of our guys won the National!"

Last month National Amateur Bowlers Inc. drew 216 entries and paid a prize fund of $4,320 at its weekend tournament at Annapolis Bowl."I try to bowl in every NABI tournament," said Dawn Petr of Annapolis. "I think I've only missed one since I joined the club."And it has paid off. Petr fired a 640 series to qualify for the stepladder finals and, while defeated by Jacqueline Hartman, Petr took home a check for $110 for fifth place.Petr, an ex-duckpin bowler, has been throwing the big ball for "about 20 years."

Bob Quental of Hunt Valley celebrated his birthday by outlasting 166 bowlers to win the $1,000 first prize at the National Amateur Bowlers Inc. Tournament at Fair Lanes Ritchie over the Halloween weekend."

The National Amateur Bowlers, Inc. tournament at Annapolis Bowl last weekend drew 218 entries vying for a prize fund worth more than $5,000.Paul Moore of Delaware picked up the $1,000 first prize.Joe Gonzales of Waldorf took second place and $500. Betty Meade of Alexandria won $250 for her third-place finish, and Robert Butler of District Heights placed fourth and won $150.Donny Scales of Takoma Park was the fifth finalist and won $120."The management here at Annapolis Bowl did a fantastic job," said Joe Doctor, director of NABI.

The National Amateur Bowlers Inc. tournament rolled into Fair Lanes Ritchie over the weekend of Aug. 14-15. One hundred and sixty tenpin bowlers drawn from the mid-Atlantic region competed for a prize fund of more than $4,000.Steve Grossnickle of Frederick won the $1,000 first prize.Mike Clifton, a Navy enlisted man, originally from Baltimore, now stationed at the naval base in Philadelphia, picked up the second-place check for $500.Tim Prevatt, a local bowler, was third and earned $250. Glenda Jacoby of Glen Burnie finished fourth and received $125.

Over the July 4th weekend, 746 amateur bowlers competed in the National Amateur Bowlers Inc. Firecracker Open at Crofton Bowling Centre . That's right, 746 people spent their midsummer holiday bowling.For four days they fought on the tenpin lanes for a total prize of $25,651, including a $3,000 first-place prize. Even 30th place was worth $150.Hector Romero of Annadale, Va., captured the big money. Ray Hill of Severn took second and $1,500.Jimmy Sellers of Capitol Heights and Danny Mitchell of Forestville tied for third: each received $1,000.

The Inner Circle Club Tournament presented by National Amateur Bowlers Inc. at Crofton Bowling Centre drew 487 entries last weekend.To be eligible for the tournament, each competitor had to have bowled 21 games in the NABI 1993 tour.In addition to cash prizes, the top five bowlers received an all-expenses-paid trip to the 1994 NABI Nationals in Las Vegas. That $900 package includes round-trip airfare, a hotel room for eight nights at the Showboat Hotel, Casino and Bowling Center and entry into the 1994 NABI Nationals.

The National Amateur Bowlers Inc. tournament rolled into Fair Lanes Ritchie over the weekend of Aug. 14-15. One hundred and sixty tenpin bowlers drawn from the mid-Atlantic region competed for a prize fund of more than $4,000.Steve Grossnickle of Frederick won the $1,000 first prize.Mike Clifton, a Navy enlisted man, originally from Baltimore, now stationed at the naval base in Philadelphia, picked up the second-place check for $500.Tim Prevatt, a local bowler, was third and earned $250. Glenda Jacoby of Glen Burnie finished fourth and received $125.