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11/13/2009 3:14 PM

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By Scott Beveridge, Staff writer sbeveridge@observer-reporter.com

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Nancy Carter dreamed to continue bowling until she turned 80 until she needed to undergo four back surgeries.

Now age 67, Carter’s physician told her she must forever put down her beloved bowling ball.

“It was like they cut my right arm off,” said Carter of Washington, who has bowled for 40 years and holds a high game of 268.

Then she ended up recuperating at Presbyterian SeniorCare in Washington this month from the latest surgery, thinking she would miss out on a highlight of her bowling career.

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She was notified in October that the United States Bowling Congress had approved her nomination to the Washington Bowling Hall of Fame for meritorious service.

As it would turn out, her physician had her discharged Nov. 7 just hours before the awards presentation in Washington.

“My daughter said, ‘Mom you’re going’” Carter said. “I love my bowling.”

Carter, whose husband, Ronald, died eight months ago is the mother of Kelley Johsnon of Claysville and Eddie Carter of Virginia Beach. She is retired from Presbyterian SeniorCare, where she worked for 23 years as a certified nursing assistant.

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