South County Profile: Debbie Holloman

DEBBIE HOLLOWMAN

Debbie Holloman was born in Pittsburg California. Shortly after, she moved with her parents to Bonita Springs, Fla, where the family lived for many years.

While in high school, Holloman's family moved to South Lake Tahoe where she attended South Lake Tahoe High School.

In 1976, Holloman moved to Shasta County with her mother and stepfather to be together as a family. She began working at Anderson Bowl in Anderson in 1993 and has been there for the past 16 years. Holloman is the night manager and works 40 hours a week doing many different tasks.

Some of the things Holloman does include taking care of the different bowling leagues when they come in at night, working at the counter, cooking, birthday parties, minor mechanical work in the back and daily paper work.

Holloman's favorite part of the job is being able to work with the people that come in. She plans on working at Anderson Bowl as long as she can. Holloman can't even imagine being away from a job that she loves.

On her shift there are two other employees that do different jobs around the bowling alley, including her sister Diana.

Anderson Bowl has bowling leagues every night besides Saturday, and Youth Leagues that bowl on Saturday mornings. Holloman bowls on in the "Only the Shadow Knows," league one night a week and has been doing this for the past 10 years.

"The sport of bowling has come a long way. I can remember when we had to bowl on wooden lanes in the 1980s. We are now bowling on synthetic lanes. Scoring was also done by hand, and is now kept by electronics," said Holloman.

Holloman enjoys living in Anderson because of the rural community, being able to know her neighbors and being able to get to know people in the community.

Name: Deborah Holloman.

Born where and when: Pittsburg, Calif., 1950.

Occupation: Night Manager at Anderson Bowl.

Marital Status: Single and loving it.

Family: My mother and two daughters that live in Nevada and my sister Diana who lives here in Anderson.

Pets: Two dogs, Miko and Tinker.

My worst job: Working on an assembly line. My hands and brain do not work well together.

My first job: Working at Taco Hut in South Lake Tahoe as a car hop.

In my spare time I: Play on my computer and spend time landscaping my property.

My favorite book: Call of the Wild.

My favorite movie: The Blob.

My favorite recording artist: My sister told me to say George Jones.

My dream car: 55 Chevy.

My friends like me because: What they see is what they get.

If stranded on a deserted island, I would want: My two dogs, puter and Internet access.

The best advice my parents gave me: Don't walk barefoot in the sand spurs.

My most irrational act: Walking bare foot in the sand spurs.

The one thing in life I've learned is: NEVER walk barefoot in sandspurs.

My most embarrassing moment: Walking in to the men's room.

My most valued material possession: My home.

What I like best about the North State: Spring.

My hero is: The person who puts the country on an even keel.

My pet peeve is: Unsupervised children.

My fantasy is: To win the Lottery and never have to work again.

If I could change one thing about myself I would: Love to do house work.

The one thing Shasta County needs most is: Caring people in the city government who think more of what they can do for the people. Not what the position can do for them.

The most enjoyable thing about life is: My family, friends and job.