Linda Gartman

Linda Gartman LINDA WAS APPOINTED TO THE PASADENA WOMEN’S BOWLING ASSOCIATION BOARD IN 1977 AND A YEAR AND A HALF LATER WAS APPOINTED FIRST VICE PRESIDENT. SHE HAS SERVED AS PRESIDENT, TREASURER, DIRECTOR, IS A LIFE MEMBER, AND HAS SERVED ON ALL COMMITTEES EXCEPT HALL OF FAME. SHE HAS BEEN A PWBA DELEGATE TO STATE AND NATIONAL CONVENTIONS MANY TIMES.

LINDA WAS ALSO VERY ACTIVE WITH THE YOUTH BOWLERS, BEING ONE OF THE ORGANIZERS OF THE PASADENA YABA, SERVED AS PRESIDENT, VICE-PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR FOR MANY YEARS. SHE REPRESENTED OUR YOUTH BOWLERS AS DELEGATE TO THE TEXAS YABA MANY TIMES, IS A CERTIFIED COACH INSTRUCTOR, YABA COACH INSTRUCTOR AND REGISTERED COACH INSTRUCTOR.

SHE WAS ALSO AMONG THE GROUP OF PARENTS THAT FORMED THE PASADENA BOOSTER CLUB IN AN EFFORT TO BRING THE YOUTH BOWLERS OF PASADENA’S THREE CENTERS CLOSER TOGETHER AND SERVED AS TREASURER OF THAT CLUB. SHE WAS IN ATTENDANCE AT THE FIRST MEETING OF THE PASADENA 600 CLUB, WAS APPOINTED THE FIRST PUBLICITY CHAIR, AND CURRENTLY SERVES AS FIRST VICE PRESIDENT.

IN 1985 SHE SERVED ON THE ORIGINAL BOARD OF THE PASADENA BOWLING COUNCIL. LINDA WAS THE FIRST FEMALE IN PASADENA TO BE A CERTIFIED LANE INSPECTOR AND WAS APPOINTED TO REPRESENT PWBA TO ORGANIZE THE PASADENA JOINT LANE INSPECTION COMMITTEE. SHE BOWLS IN SEVERAL LEAGUES AND HAS SERVED AS PRESIDENT, VICE-PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY. LINDA AND HER HUSBAND, VERNON, HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS AND THREE GRANDCHILDREN. LINDA HAS ALWAYS HELD A FULL TIME JOB AND IS STILL TRYING TO FINISH COLLEGE.