Inspired Invention
SPINAL COLUMN
The Magazine of Shepherd Center
Winter 2007
Dan Sadowsky
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| "We’re on
a mission to get wheelchair users back in
the game of life!" |
Bill Miller and Bruce Howerton
don’t know each other, but they share
a lot in common. Both suffered life-altering
accidents. Both are now quadriplegics. And both
have invented products to help keep them active
in their wheelchairs. In the process, they’ve
helped improve the quality of life for others
with spinal cord injuries. “To me it’s
not about inventing things,” says Miller.
“It’s about overcoming obstacles.”
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Rolling to strikes
Disabled bowler knocks down pins — raises
score and awareness
By Phil Sandoval
Free Press Sports Editor
February 14, 2007
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| Jon Musgrave releases
the ball during a recent practice at GJ
Scores. Musgrave practices five times a
week for three hours daily and competes
in a weekly league. |
Jon Musgrave angers other bowlers.
That’s not his intention when he wheels
his way up the GJ Scores alleys. It’s
just that the wheelchair-bound Musgrave usually
outscores most able-bodied bowlers who happen
be in the next lane. Read
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Article
seen in International Bowling Industry Magazine/June
2006
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| Tournament winner Doug
Sinclair wIth Cindy Shock, regIstered nurse
on staff at Craig. |
Fifty bowlers, caddies and spectators turned
out at Belleview Lanes in Englewood, Colorado
recently for a tournament using IKAN Bowler®,
a ramp-based assistance device designed and
manufactured by MGT Corp. of Brandon, Florida.
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The
Villages Daily Sun
The Villages, Florida
2-6-2006
IKAN
Bowler® allows those suffering from spinal
cord injuries to hit the lanes
By ELISHA PAPPACODA, DAILY SUN
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| Marguerite Sharp, right,
places the bowling ball on the Ikan Bowler®
of Bill Miller's wheelchair as he prepares
to bowl a strike at the Spanish Springs
Lanes in The Villages. George Horsford /
Daily Sun |
THE VILLAGES — Bill
Miller glides down the waxed lanes of Spanish
Springs
Lanes bowling center and carefully
lines up his shot before pausing at the foul
line. He releases the ball, which rolls slowly,
but steadily, toward its 10 targets. As it smashes
the pins, a single one remains standing. Read
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