With the long, bone chilling winter behind us it is time to focus on spring, the bright sunshine, the warm weather and the beautiful colors once again emerging. Unfortunately, that is not all that spring brings -- the dreaded, but very much needed spring cleaning is upon us.

 It is time to inspect your bingo hall and games. How are your bingo balls holding up? As your bingo balls get old they lose their spunk. Are they staying at the bottom of your blower for too long? If so, maybe they have acquired a few cracks or other wounds. It is always nice to have something new, so why not spring for a new set of Samson® Bingo Balls. Replace those old ones and circulate newer sets more frequently! Samson Balls come in five vivid colors - blue, green, red, white, and yellow. You may also order the multi-color assortment to aid in ball calling. The bold colors and large numbers on the balls will produce vivid TV/monitor reproduction at your game!

  Speaking of equipment, is it time to update yours? Upgrade your black and white monitors to color. This makes for a more exciting game and helps to hold players' attention. It may be time to add a camera and a verifier - don't lose players because they will only play in halls that verify winners. Keep your players happy and they will return again and again.

 The new Arrowstar PC-2000 is a nice change. This state-of-the-art console offers unique features including:

• Verification of Capitol's UniMax series, 1-54,000 Series and 1-18,000 Dab-All Series
• Bingo paper serial number tracking
• Two hall monitor video outputs
• Optional voice calling system
• Hall advertising capabilities

If your equipment does not need updating, maybe it's time for your machine's six month check-up. Many distributors offer general maintenance of equipment performed by trained service technicians.

 With all of this revising and revamping it is finally time to throw away those old germ-infested hard cards. Paper is cleaner and more efficient. Arrow offers a wide variety of bingo paper including the new revolutionary single serial number UniMax. Available in four lower number series, UniMax holds your players' attention, keeps them dabbing and sets more of them up for a bingo.

All these great updates will bring a little spring into your game!