Stars to Show Their Strikes for Charity

A drug dealer, a killer, a Watergate burglar and vicious alien will be bowling in Westchester on Sunday--and they hope you will pay $25 to join them.

Actually, it’s not such a rough group: These characters were all portrayed by some of the actors and actresses who are taking part in a bowling tournament to raise money for the nonprofit Educational Center for the Deaf/Independent Living Center in Southwest Los Angeles.

The tournament runs from 1 to 5 p.m. at El Dorado Center, 8731 Lincoln Ave., Westchester. For $25, you can bowl with the likes of Hal Williams, who stars as Lester Jenkins in NBC’s “227”; Pat Colbert, the sultry proprietress of the Oil Barons Club on “Dallas,” and Ted Lange, who played bartender Isaac Washington on “The Love Boat.”

Several movie actors, soap-opera stars and younger talents will also take part, including Nathan Pardee of “The Young and the Restless,” Randall England of “General Hospital,” Lauri Hendler of “Gimme a Break” and Kim Fields of “The Facts of Life.”

All told, 32 stars and starlets will bowl in the tournament, and they are looking for 128 public participants willing to pay $25 to round out their teams. All bowlers get to lunch with the stars from noon to 1 p.m.

If you’d rather watch than roll, show up at 1 and get a general admission ticket for $5.

Each participant will play three games. The stars change teams at the end of each game, so you get to bowl with at least three different actors and actresses--and right beside several more.

Trophies for Winners

Trophies will be awarded to the top three scorers in five categories: Male and female celebrity bowler, male and female patron, and children younger than 13.

Although everyone at the tournament will be out to have a good time, the fund-raiser is being held for a serious reason.

The Education Center for the Deaf/Independent Living Center provides an array of services for deaf and other disabled people. The agency counsels them, helps them find housing to suit their special needs and provides referrals for in-home care.

The agency also ran a job-placement program for the deaf for three years. But the program ended last fall, when the center failed to come up with enough private donations to qualify for matching funds from the state Department of Rehabilitation.

“We placed 94 people in all types of jobs,” said Trenton Boyd, the agency’s executive director. “We helped them get off the welfare rolls and get back their self-respect.

“If we can raise enough money, we can restart the job-placement program. But if we can’t raise the funds, the program will stay closed.”

Boyd hopes the tournament will raise $10,000 through entry fees, raffles and corporate donations--enough to get the job-placement program rolling again.

“That’s a cheap price to pay for economic independence,” Boyd said.