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Autumn Mowry

Autumn Mowry

Owner and General Manager of Ellsworth Candlepin Alley in Ellsworth, Maine, who took over the bowling alley at age 18 to save it from demolition

Aug 9, 2026

speaker_2SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
8:02
She remembers one day in the bowling alley, she noticed a situation she could tell wasn't quite right.
8:08
There was a couple sitting over at that furthest booth, and she wouldn't leave the guy's side.
8:13
And I thought I definitely was, like, catching onto some red flags.
8:17
When I brought out their food, I brought them out napkins, and I handed her the napkins, and I had wrote on there to do a thumbs up or a thumbs down if she was okay, and she put a thumbs down.
speaker_2SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
11:07
... do in fact matter.
11:10
For so long I've been searching of who I am, a- and I feel like that the place really did save me and helped me find that.
11:19
I feel like it really just brought out who Autumn really is, if that makes any sense.
11:26
[laughs] And it just feels good.

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