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NORTHWEST SKI LEGENDS MUSEUM FINDS HOME IN LEAVENWORTH Four new inductees to be introduced at October Bienniel Banquet - Vote now! In 1987 at the third Ancient Skiers’ banquet, the first of the Northwest Legends of Skiing were honored. They all had been previously inducted in the National Ski Hall of Fame. In 1990 all the remaining Northwesterners in the National Ski Hall of Fame were inducted along with four others. Inductions take place at each Ancient Skiers biennial banquet. In February 2014 The Northwest Ski Museum and Hall of Fame opened the Northwest Ski Hall of Fame exhibit in Leavenworth in the Enzian Inn. If your travels take you through Leavenworth be sure to stop at the Enzian Inn on the north side of Highway 2 in the middle of town. Below is our list of current Northwest Ski Hall of Fame Inductees. Look for their photos and bios displayed there. 1987 1994 Robert “Bob” Eugene Mickelson Donald “Don” W. Fraser Clarence F. “Buster” Campbell Robert “Bob” St. Louis Gretchen (Kunigk) Fraser Wolf G. Bauer 2006 Hjalmer Hvam Shirley (McDonald) Fopp Tom & Barbara Jo (Paxton) Allen Otto Lang Michael Joseph “Jim” Lucas Ivar W. Birkeland, Sr. Grace (Carter) Lindley Elizabeth “Betsy” M. Withington Walter “Walt” B. Little 1990 1996 Shirley Delight (Scott) Mahalko Graham S. Anderson Donald “Don” H. Amick 2008 David “Dave” S. Faires William “Bill” J. McNabb Hermod Bakke Sebastian “Buzz” L. & Julie Fiorini Otto Ross Magnus Bakke Hazel Edward “Ed” Link Ress & Eloise (Mulhauser) Stevenson Christina “Kiki” Cutter 1998 2010 Walter “Walt” A. Hampton J. Stanley DeBruler John Martin Hansen John C. Jay Hans Otto Giese Ross Perry Williams William “Bill” Johnson William “Bill” A. Healy, Jr. 2012 Elvin Robert “Bob” Johnson Irving “Irv” H. Pratt Kjell Magnus Bakke Jannette (Burr) (Bray) Johnson John B. Woodward Yoshiteda “Yosh” Nakagawa Richard “Dick” Kohnstamm 2000 Walter R. Taulbee Earle B. Little Arthur “Art” J. Audett Franz X. Gabl SEE YOU IN SUN VALLEY Bruce Kehr IN JANUARY 2015 Fred H. McNeil Jack E. Nagel Don’t forget, our 32nd annual Sun Gustav Raaum 2002 Valley Reunion will be Jan. 15-24, Lyle St. Louis Ivor John “Buss” Allsop 2015. The Sun Valley room reserva- Dr. Merritt Stiles Donald “Don” Christianson tion form was sent with the Spring Olav Ulland Leif Clarence Odmark Newsletter, and we have only a lim- 1992 Hank & Elsie (Nelson) Seidelhuber ited number of rooms, so don’t for- Nelson A. Bennett 2004 get to make your reservation if you Joy (Piles) Lucas Robert “Bob” W. Cram plan to stay in Sun Valley Company Webb Moffett Randall “Randy” W. Garretson accommodations. Karl Stingl Page 2 SAVE THE DATE: OCTOBER 12, 2014 FOR THE ANCIENT SKIERS BIENNIAL BANQUET And remember to vote now for Northwest Ski Hall of Fame inductees . . . Our biennial Ancient Skiers banquet will be held at the Nile Shrine Golf and Country Club in Mountlake Ter- race, WA on Sunday evening, October 12, 2014. Members of the Northwest ski community will be inducted into the Northwest Ski Hall of Fame. In this newsletter are the biographies of six nominees approved by the Ancient Skiers Selection Committee. A pre-stamped postcard enclosed with this newsletter serves as the ballot for casting your vote for four of the six nominees. Please review the biographies listed below (and on pages 3 and 4), mark your household’s four choices and mail as soon as possible, but not later than August 15, 2014. The criteria for selection were noted in the Spring 2014 newsletter. Susie Corrock Luby Joe & Doris Harlacher Susie is a member of the U.S. Ski Hall of Fame and Joe Harlacher first started skiing at Snoqualmie an Olympic bronze medal winner at the 1972 Winter Summit in 1938. He graduated from Roosevelt High Games in , . She was the sixth American School in 1942 and began working at Boeing where woman alpine ski racer to win an Olympic medal. Susie he met Doris who was working the swing shift. Doris grew up in a skiing family, with siblings Ken and Anne was also born in but did not ski until she met also being accomplished ski racers. As a young girl, she Joe. From that point on skiing became their second life started skiing at Snoqualmie Pass, and, when Crystal after work and family. After the War, Joe began teach- Mountain opened in 1962, it became the Corrock fam- ing for Ken Syverson in the Seattle Times Free Ski ily ski grounds. Susie was a sophomore in high school School at the Milwaukee Ski Bowl. The next year Do- when named to the U.S. National Ski Team in 1968. As ris started teaching under Ken’s supervision and both a junior racer, she won the Western States Junior Cham- became certified instructions in 1954. pionship and the U.S. Junior National Championships Ski instructors often came and went but Doris and in slalom, , and the combined. Joe were dependable year after year and became ac- Upon transitioning to adult racing, she won the U.S. tive in organizing the business of ski instruction. In the National Championship in giant slalom in 1970, and, early 1950s, they would help arrange instructor clin- between 1970 and 1973, she had 16 top-ten finishes ics at Chinook Pass. In 1955-56, Joe was appointed in World Cup competition. In the Sapporo Olympic Games, she tied for ninth in the slalom and took third in Assistant Chief Instructor to Ken Syverson. When the the downhill. Just two weeks after winning the Olympic Seattle Times Free Ski School discontinued operations bronze, she placed fifth in an FIS World Cup downhill after winter of 1956, the Harlachers started the Bellev- at Crystal Mountain and was the top American skier at ue Ski School at Snoqualmie Summit, later expanding that race. operations to Stevens Pass for high schoolers. In 1973, Susie culminated her amateur racing career In 1957 Joe became the PNSA Certification Chair- by winning the giant slalom and combined events at man. In 1958, Joe was instrumental in organizing the the U.S. National Championships. From 1974 through branch of Ski Instructors of Ameri- 1976, she competed professionally and won a World ca (PNSIA, later PSIA–NW) becoming its first presi- Freestyle Championship in mogul skiing. In the 1974 dent and serving for 26 years on its Board of Directors. Women’s Pro Skiing event at Hunter Mountain, she Doris started the first special education classes for the won the slalom and giant slalom. Bellevue Ski School, pioneering ski instruction for de- Susie lived and worked in Vail through the 1980s velopmentally disabled children. For over 30 years she and relocated to Spokane in 1990 with husband, Bob was a leader in helping with Special Olympics. Doris Luby, and their two children. After retirement from the also trained to be a judge and race official becoming a professional circuit, she became involved in the Ski Ex- Certified U.S. Ski Association timer, referee, and chief presses, a fundraising program supporting the Jimmie of course official in local events. Heuga Center, a nonprofit scientific research organiza- Joe and Doris were featured in numerous Seattle tion dedicated to reanimating the physically challenged, Times articles on skiing and the February 1954 issue particularly those with multiple sclerosis. of SKI magazine featured a photograph of Joe teach- After moving to Spokane, Susie started the Jimmie ing a class of skiers in the article: “Newspaper-Built Heuga Express races at Schweitzer Mountain, an annual Skiers.” Joe and Doris retired in Carnation and now event that is now a major fundraiser called the Vertical live in a retirement community in Redmond. Express for Can Do MS. Page 3 Ian & Joan Brown Wini Jones As promoters, publishers, writers, and avid ski- It was at Mt. Norquay in Banff, Alberta, where ers, Ian and Joan Brown helped bring inspiration and Wini first put on skis at the age of three. As she grew, fundamental skiing information to Pacific Northwest she took part in racing camps and became a competi- skiers for over 35 years. tive skier, but, at age 16, she decided she wanted to Born in Vancouver, B.C., they both discovered design skiwear. snow skiing when young and met on the ski trails at Wini attended the University of , where Hollyburn. They married in 1954 and honeymooned she earned degrees in textile science and French. By skiing in . her senior year, she knew she needed a specialized The Browns’ interest in skiing grew as their chil- design school, so she attended Modeschule Hetzen- dren started skiing. Ian saw a need to help connect the dorf in Vienna, . To make money, she taught average skier with ski retailers, ski areas, and other skiing at St. Johann in Tirol and, later, in Zermatt and industry providers. With this in mind, they started a . local magazine, Ski Trails, which later became After graduating, Wini interviewed with skiwear Western Skier. While working for companies and joined Roffe in Seattle in 1967. She BC Telephone, Ian got the idea of using the newer wanted to get the nation’s retailers to look to Roffe for tape-recorded playback capabilities of telephones for their skiwear needs beyond stretch pants that Roffe skiers, in the form of a daily ski report. had a reputation for. For the SIA trade show in 1971, Ian and Joan went full-time into the ski marketing she produced a very elaborate large-format product business by starting their own firm, Ski Pro Associ- catalog that helped expand Roffe’s business. Sales ates, in Vancouver. Joan recorded the first ski reports grew and the factory had to move to a six-story build- in 1958. They soon expanded and, by 1963, were ing in Seattle. providing comprehensive reports to radio stations Production for many years was approximately in Vancouver. In 1964, Ian and Joan purchased the 10,000 garments a month made by 240 sewing ma- Seattle-based Northwest Skier magazine from chine operators and shipped to approximately 1000 Bill Tanler and, shortly after, moved their family to retailers across the country. Retailers loved the com- Seattle, where they started Western Ski Promotions bination of Roffe jackets, Demetre sweaters, and Smi- and initiated Seattle’s first telephone ski reports. ley hats, all with the same designs and colors. Under the Western Ski Promotions’ banner, the Wini developed the first woven two-way stretch Browns grew Northwest Skier circulation and fabric, using a mill in Massachusetts that made girdle content while serving Pacific Northwest media out- fabric. This was combined with a stretch insulation lets with ski-related press releases. Ian pioneered the product they could put behind it, which she developed Seattle ski show starting in 1965 and ran the Seattle with the 3M Corporation - called Stretch Thinsulate. Center fall ski show for 30 consecutive years. Over the years, she won multiple industry design By 1979, Ian and Joan were employing 20 ski re- awards, was inducted into the Council of Fashion De- port staffers and six supervisors in their University signers of America (CFDA), and was chosen as Ski District offices, with many of the staff being commu- Magazine Woman of the Year. nication majors from the University of . Roffe was sold in 1996, and, after retiring, Wini The Browns promoted regular ski trips to Europe and ran the judging of a worldwide design contest for maintained the daily ski report service that became Malden Mills, maker of Polartec fabrics. the predominant method skiers used to find out about Wini has been on the board of many Bainbridge current ski conditions at ski areas throughout the Island nonprofit organizations and was chosen Citizen Northwest. of the Year in 2007. She is currently on the board of Ian passed away in 2010, and Joan now lives in the International Skiing History Association (ISHA). Seattle at The Northgate Plaza retirement home. WHAT ABOUT A SCARY MOMENT ON SKIS? new-member info available Each of us has had memorable scary moments on E-mail, mailing addresses and telephone numbers skis, and we want to start sharing those. If you have of new members may be obtained from Member- a scary-moment story, please submit it by email to: ship Chair Leland Rosenlund, 25-890-5090, or at his [email protected] email:[email protected] Page 4 Shannon Bloedel Jim Martinson Shannon is a member of the National Disabled Jim was inducted into the National Disabled Ski Ski Hall of Fame. She won a silver medal in the 1992 Hall of Fame in 2003. He won a gold medal in down- Winter Paralympic Games on a mono-ski in Tignes, hill on the mono-ski at the 1992 Winter Paralympic . She was a member of the U.S. National Dis- Games in Tignes, France, and he has won multiple abled Ski Team from 1985 to 1994. During that time, U.S. and Canadian gold and silver medals in the Na- she was the top-ranked U.S. woman mono-skier and tional Disabled Ski Championships in all disciplines won 11 medals in competition against the world’s on the mono-ski. best. She won a total of four gold, five silver, and two Jim’s invention of the mono-ski shock absorber bronze medals in slalom, giant slalom, super giant sla- made it possible for mono-skiers to get on and off lom and downhill races. Shannon also has won several chairlifts independently and allowed mono-skiers to U.S. and Canadian National Championships and, in ski without stopping chairlifts for loading and unload- 1992, won an overall silver medal at the World Cham- ing. This was a great advancement which allowed pionships. these skiers to become totally independent. She learned to ski with SKIFORALL and became His company, “Magic in Motion,” built mono- a ski instructor for that organization after she retired skis and other adaptive equipment for people with from the National Team. She has passed on her skiing disabilities. Jim and his company were great support- skills to many SKIFORALL athletes and has helped ers of SKIFORALL in its early days, providing SKI- in many fundraising activities for that organization. FORALL athletes with adaptive equipment on loan or Before she started skiing, Shannon was a rehabilita- reduced rates. tion counselor at the University of Washington Medi- Jim also was a member of the board of directors of cal Center. She has said that her personal experiences the SKIFORALL Foundation. His passion for skiing were invaluable in working with rehabilitation patients and assistance to SKIFORALL athletes has helped at the center. many people with disabilities imagine no limits. Shannon also has been a spokesperson for the lo- Jim has travelled around the U.S. and Japan to as- cal MS Society (she was diagnosed with MS several sist ski area managers, ski instructors and ski patrols years ago) and has been asked to speak to a variety of in their work with people with disabilities and adap- organizations about her athletic accomplishments and tive equipment. His contributions to skiing for people experiences. with disabilities are immeasurable. In 1999, Shannon was selected by Oprah Winfrey as the “Mother of the Year” and was asked to appear DON’T FORGET!!!!!!! on the Oprah Winfrey show. Ancient Skiers Banquet - October 12th 2015 Sun Valley Reunion - January 15-24 yOU mAY qUALIFY aS aN aNCIENT sKIER iF . . . • You once rode the barge to cross the Columbia River at Patterson on your Ancient Skiers Board of Directors way to Sun Valley.” Bill Price President • You recall that if a skier’s hair hung out below their ski hat they were girls. Mary Lynne Evans Secretary Tex Steere Treasurer • You fell down three times in a downhill race and still had the winning time. Judy Sweeney Director-at-large • You skied when girls knitting “fast hats” were almost a cottage industry. Kirby Gilbert B.O.D. member • You once wore your socks outside your pants. Leland Rosenlund Membership Chr. • You know who “Susie Chapstick” is. Newsletter Tina Rieman, Newsletter Design • You own a genuine Penquin Ski Club sweater with your name knitted [email protected] on the sleeve. Mike Dederer, Editing Writers: • You know that Jean Claude Killy invented avalement and you couldn’t do John Hansen • Kirby Gilbert it even if you were wearing “jet stix.” Membership Applications • You came to realize that falling down is only a sincere attempt to slow down. & Roster Chair • You once had a chance to buy a condo at Sun Valley for $14,000 and didn’t Leland Rosenlund do it. 19675 S.E. 24th Way Sammamish, WA 98075 • You own a Norwegian ski sweater that belonged to your grandfather and it [email protected] still isn’t worn out. cell 425-890-5090 ~ Bob Cram (of course)