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Winter Carnival set for Feb. 1-10
'Shoshone Warrior' won
BY TOM GROTE
The Star -News
Get your slush buckets out and
your cameras loaded, because the
1991 McCall Winter Carnival is
getting closer.
Members of the McCall Area
Chamber of Commerce are hard at
work arranging the details of the
27th annual carnival, which this
year will be staged from Feb. 1
through Feb. 10.
Many of the activities that have
made the carnival Idaho's best winter
event will be showcased again, but
some new and exciting features are
promised. Of course, the centerpiece
of the carnival will again be the
dozens of ice sculptures erected by
local residents.
This year's carnival theme is
"Nostalgia in Ice," and sculpture
builders are being urged to dip into
the past and relive history in their
works.
"We want people to go back to
the old yearnings," sculpture contest
chairman Tom Haynes said. "It
could be a sculpture like they've
done in the past, or it could be
something to do with a historical
theme."
The best sculptors will win a
$500 grand prize, but there are a va-
riety of other categories that also
carry prizes. Entry forms are avail-
able at the McCall Area Chamber.
The chamber hopes to broaden
the carnival into other communities
this year, said general co-chairman
Grand Prize at 1990 McCall Winter Carnival.
Ralph McKenzie, district manager
for Contel.
"We hope the carnival will not
only make money for the McCall
chamber and local organizations, but
also for merchants of all of Valley
County," McKenzie said.
Groups in Cascade, Donnelly and
as far away as Council have told the
chamber that they plan to build ice
sculptures in order to capture some
of the traffic heading to McCall.
McKenzie said that a commit-
ment has been made to improve the
quality of events during the 10-day
carnival. To that end, the chamber
plans to spend four times the usual
amount of money for fireworks to
be set off during opening cere-
monies on Feb. 1.
Also, a six -man aerial ski act
called Outrageous Air has been hired
to performed during the second
weekend of the carnival.
Members of Outrageous Air,
from Spokane and Coeur d'Alene,
perform stunts and comedy routines
from a 35-foot-tall ski -jump tower,
landing safely in air bags. A total of
10 shows will be staged at a site to
be announced on Feb. 8, 9 and 10.
But it is the sculptures that the
people come to see, and the building
of the sculptures provides a special
feeling, said Sonny LaSalle, super-
visor of the Payette National Forest
and carnival co-chairman with
McKenzie.
"I like the camaraderie that comes
from the ice sculpture," LaSalle
said. "I've had more fun with a
group donating their time in the
evenings, coming to work at 10 be-
low, and we can see progress at the
end of every evening."
This year, employees of the
Payette forest will again combine
forces to build the central city sculp-
ture at Art Roberts Park. The design
of the sculpture has not been final-
ized, but LaSalle said it will center
around the national celebration this
year of the centennial of the national
forest system.
"McCall is a special place to be-
gin with, but when you take an
event like this and combine it with
the beauty of the area, it's no won-
der we get recognized nationally as a
top event," LaSalle said.
Here is a schedule of events for the
1991 McCall Winter Camival as released
by the McCall Area Chamber of Commerce:
Friday, Feb. 1
8 a.m.-6 p.m.: Judging of ice
sculptures.
6:15 p.m.: Torchlight Parade and
bonfire starts downtown at the McCall Fire
Department.
6:30 p.m.: Sculpture Awards Ceremony,
announcement of winning ice sculptures,
Art Roberts Park.
7 p.m.: Fireworks display.
Saturday, Feb. 2
10 p.m.- 7 p.m.: Heartland Art Show.
Sponsor: Heartlme Gallery.
Noon: Grand Parade, marching bands,
clowns, llamas, antique sleighs and
wagons, floats.
7 p.m.: Music Festival, featuring
children's special, jazz, pop, bluegrass,
vocal harmonies. Sponsor: McCall
Folklore Society.
Sunday, Feb. 3
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Art show continues.
Snowmobile Snow -Cross, behind
Payette Lakes Lumber across from airport.
Monday, Feb. 4
Ice sculpture viewing.
Tuesday, Feb. 5
1 p.m.: Idaho State Snow Sculpting
Competition begins.
1:30 p.m.: Miniature Golf Toumament,
between Bryan's Burger Den and Sprouse.
6 p.m.: Beard contest, all the chili you
can eat, dancing, and judging. The Yacht
Club.
Wednesday, Feb. 6
9 a.m.-5 p.m.: Official Seniors Day,
McCall Senior Center, cinnamon rolls, hot
chocolate, chili, stew, pies, sleigh rides.
9 a.m.-5 p.m.: Idaho State Snow
Sculpting Competition continues.
1:30 p.m.: Bingo at the McCall Senior
Center.
7:30 p.m.: Grand Bingo Night at the
Shore Lodge.
Thursday, Feb. 7
9 a.m.- 5 p.m.: Idaho State Snow
Sculpting Competition continues.
6 p.m.: Cross -Country Skiing Poker
Run and Pasta Feed at Kimberland Meadows
Resort in New Meadows.
Friday, Feb. 8
10 a.m., 2 p.m., 5 p.m., 8 p.m.:
Outrageous Air Ski Show, aerial ski
acrobatics and gymnasts ski through the
air.
11 a.m.: Idaho State Snow Sculpting
Competition final judging.
7:30 p.m.: Grand Casino Night at the
Shore Lodge.
Saturday, Feb. 9
9 a.m.- 4 p.m.: Snowmobile Poker Run
is at Idaho Power Co., behind Lardo's - $10
per person.
10 a.m., 2 p.m., 5 p.m., 8 p.m.:
Outrageous Air Ski Show continues. _
10 a.m.: Children's Snowman Building
Contest. In front of Payette Lakes Lumber.
Judging at 2:30 p.m.
2 p.m.: Grand Opening of Centennial
Lift at Brundage Mountain. Free lift rides.
6:30 p.m.: Snowflake Ball and dinner
dance at the Shore Lodge. Call the Chamber
for tickets at 634-7631.
Sunday, Feb. 10
11 a.m.: ATV Grand Prix, downtown.
Sculptors sought for
carnival competition
The Idaho Snow Sculpting
Championship will hold its Fifth
Annual snow sculpting contest in
McCall Feb 5-8 during the McCall
Winter Carnival.
Artists and sculptors from
throughout Idaho are invited to form
three -person teams to compete.
Lodging and meals are provided for
the competitors by local McCall
businesses throughout the competi-
tion. The ISSC is officially sanc-
tioned by the United States Snow
Sculpting Competition headquar-
tered in Milwaukee.
Sculpting begins Feb. 5, with
judging on Friday, Feb. 8. A total
of $1,000 in cash prizes will be di-
vided among the top three teams.
Additionally, the first and second
place teams will be eligible to com-
pete in the National Competition.
The Idaho championship is held
during McCall's nationally ac-
claimed Winter Carnival and offers
artists and sculptors an opportunity
to create on a grand scale in a differ-
ent medium as well as to learn from
other accomplished artists. Their
work is showcased for the thousands
of Winter Carnival visitors - many
of whom come especially to observe
the snow sculpting in progress.
The rules are simple: Three -per-
son teams will be provided blocks
of snow 5-feet-by-5-feet-by-9-feet
high, and will have three days to
transform these blocks into sculp-
tures. Tools such as ladders, buckets
and water are provided. Competitors
should bring whatever other tools
and warm clothing they need to
complete the project. Power tools
and torches are not permitted.
The contest is limited to 20
teams, and drawings of proposed
sculptures should be submitted with
the applications. Deadline for enter-
ing is Friday, Jan. 25. For more in-
formation or to request an applica-
tion, call Hal Sager or Jane Volk at
634-2728.
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1991 festival to celebrate 'Nostalgia In Ice'
As sure as there is snow in the
winter, visitors will be flocking
by the thousands this weekend to
McCall for the 27th edition of the
McCall Winter Carnival, the
Northwest's best winter event.
Clear, cold weather has aided
the makers of the famous ice
sculptures this year, and a fine
collection of snow art is once
again expected to be on display.
The theme of the 1991 Carnival is
"Nostalgia in Ice."
The sponsoring McCall Area
Chamber of Commerce moved the
carnival back a week this year so
not to conflict with the Super
Bowl, a move chamber officials
hope will score a touchdown with
carnival fans. Besides the famous
sculptures, there will be the usual
variety of events to entertain visi-
tors and residents at the carnival,
which starts Friday and runs
through Feb. 10.
Opening
Ceremonies
The warm glow of torchlights
will stand out among the cold
sculptures Friday night when the
Torchlight Parade formally kicks
off opening ceremonies.
Members of local Brownie and
Girl Scout troops, among others,
will join the parade and carry
torches to a bonfire in front of Art
Roberts Park.
Attention will then shift to the
giant figure of Smokey the Bear
in the park, built by Payette Na-
tional Forest employees to mark
the centennial of the national for-
est system. There, opening cere-
monies will begin under the direc-
tion of master of ceremonies Dean
Hagerman, general manager of
KMCL-FM radio.
Among the introductions to be
made will be the Grand Marshals
of the Grand Parade, which this
year are Shore Lodge General
Manager John Edwards and his
wife, Ann.
Formal crowning of Winter
Carnival Queen Tiffany Hakes and
Princess Stephanie Hanshew will
take place, an announcement will
be made of the winner of the Lord
and Lady of the Lake contest
sponsored by the McCall Senior
Citizen Center.
The expectations of the crowd
will then be realized with the an-
nouncement of the winners of the
ice sculpture contest from the re-
sults of judging held earlier in the
day.
The ceremonies will end with a
spectacular fireworks show over
Payette Lake detonated by mem-
bers of the Donnelly Volunteer
Fire Department.
A total of $4,600 worth of
fireworks will be blasted off, the
most ever spent on a chamber
event, including the Fourth of
July. The show will feature 10-
inch shells that will soar 1,000
feet into the air before bursting.
Sculpture
Sponsors
Here are the prizes and spon-
sors of the 1991 McCall Winter
Carnival Ice Sculpture Contest:
• Grand Prize: $500, Contel.
• First Prize: $400, Idaho
Power Co.
• Second Prize: $300, Shaver's.
• Third Prize: $250, Hayden
Beverage Co.
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1. Nostalgia on Snow Mountain, McCall
Mall
2. Charlie of the Lake, K&UBrundage
Office Supply
3. The Tin Man, May Hardware
4. The Secret is Out, Payette Forest
5. Frosty, Krahn's/Mountain Regatta
6. Caught in the Act, Shaver's
7. Gray Wolf &Cubs, McCall Drug
8. Long Valley Logger, West One
9. Garfield, Treasure Valley Bank
10. Channel 2 Symbol, KBCl/Library
11. The First McCallite, F-Stop
12. Victorian Valentine, McCall Floral &
Gift
13. On Top of the World, Contel
14. Untitled, The Star -News
15. Maui Molar, Dr. Brian Charles, DMD
16. Turtle Freestyle, Toll Station
17. The Prospector, Medley Sports
18. Hi -School Rodeo Heritage, TJ's Tack
& Western Wear/Maverick
19. Child's Dream, Dorothy Gray
20. Packer John's Cabin, Ponderosa
State Park
21. McCall 1924, Mountain Monkey
Business
22. White Mane, Crystal Vision/The
Huckleberry
23. Clowning Around, Calico Gifts
24. The Lyda, Paul's Market
25. Moses, Payette Lakes Christian
Center
26. Cat Scanning, McCall Memorial
Hospital
27. In Memory...Ducks, Ken's Lakeview
Market
28. Winter Mischief, HomeTown Sports
29. Angel & Child, Shore Lodge
30. Bart Simpson, Lardo's
31. Lola Bell, The Terrazas Family
32. The Fever, The Castillo Family
33. True Friendship & Love, Village Inn
Motel
34. Bart Simpson, The Burke Family
35. Frozen Plumbing, State Liquor
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38. His Master's Voice, The Pitcher Bar
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40. He Lives, McCall Baptist Church
41. Ralf, The Mill/Beside the Mill
42. Desert Storm, Maria's
43. Once Upon a Time in the West,
Pancake House
44. Go Ape for Skiing, McCall Auto
Exchange/A-1 Storage
45. Stinker Skunk, Bill's Grocery
46. Went up the Hill & Ate to Much,
McCall Cleaners
47. Swan Dance, Dreams Alive
48. Honky Tonk Man, Village Square
49. Turnabout, Visions in Art Gallery
50. Cawabunga, Si Bueno
51. We're Bullish about Donnelly,
Donnelly Merchants Association
52. Freedom, Cascade Chamber of
Commerce
53. Three Cent Stamp, The Advocate
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Princess Stephanie Hanshew, Queen Tiffany Hakes, Amy Burgess.
Hakes named queen
Tiffany Hakes of McCall will geous individuals who worked race on either skis or snowshoes.
Photo by Tom Grote
Princess Stephanie Hanshew, Queen Tiffany Hakes, Amy Burgess.
Hakes named queen
Tiffany Hakes of McCall will
reign at the 1991 McCall Winter
Carnival Queen.
Hakes, a junior at McCall -
Donnelly High School, was
elected on Monday by about 50
people attending a luncheon meet-
ing of the McCall Area Chamber
of Commerce at Si Bueno Mexi-
can Restaurant.
Hakes, the daughter of Vet and
Lydia Hakes, was selected from
among three girls who presented
essays to the members on the car-
nival's theme: "Nostalgia in Ice."
Elected as princess was
Stephanie Hanshew, daughter of
Randy and Sharon Hanshew of
McCall. Runner-up was Amy
Burgess, daughter of Kaye and
Clyde Powell of McCall.
The queen and her princess will
be officially crowned on Friday
night during opening ceremonies
of the Winter Carnival.
Here is the essay that Hakes
read to the chamber membership:
McCall - Then and Now
"In 1924, McCall was a town
of approximately 300 people who
lived here primarily because of
timber, mining and ranching.
They were undoubtedly coura-
geous individuals who worked
hard and played hard. I imagine the
carnival originated in order to
break the monotony of the long
winter.
Indications are that people used
the carnival to gather together for
a few days of great fun. I don't
think bringing in income was a
major factor then. Now, however,
our town has come to depend
upon revenue gained during that
time to help us survive the win-
ter.
"The first Annual Winter
Sports Camival" was advertised in
1924 as "an event that would be-
come nationally renown because
of the wonderful natural facilities
of McCall." Sixty-seven years,
later it has indeed become a major
yearly happening in the North-
west.
"By reading old local newspa-
pers, I found that the original
sporting events included various
types of races such as dog -sled-
ding, skiing, snow -shoveling,
snow -shoeing, Model T racing,
and my personal favorite, the 'fat
women's race.' To qualify, the
ladies had to meet certain weight
requirements and then proceed to
Skiers to combat disease
Skiers age 12 and under can
help raise funds to combat multi-
ple sclerosis on Saturday during
the Jimmie Huega Center SKI -
wee -Mazda Make A Difference
Challenge.
The youths will be seeking do-
nations for the day, which will be
held at the Little Ski Hill and will
take the form of a mini -marathon.
Participants will be eligible to
win prizes.
The contributions raised in the
challenge will benefit the Jimmie
Huega Center. Huega was one of
the U.S. Ski Team's top racers for
10 years before he was diagnosed
in 1970 with MS.
The center's program nutures
an increased sense of self-esteem
and control over one's life with
the constraints of MS. So far, the
center has helped more than 600
people with MS get their lives
back on track.
For information on taking part
in the challenge, call Cindy Rawl-
ings or Mary Naylor at 634-4151,
or Lola Elliot at 634-7901.
race on either skis or snowshoes.
It is obvious that everyone had a
healthy sense of humor in those
days.
"In order to travel to this event,
one had to either come by horse-
back, cutter sled or ride the train.
That first year approximately 250
guests arrived on a 'ski train' that
originated in Pocatello several
days ahead of time. From the in-
formation given, it sounded like a
wild, three-day party with some of
the guests unable to even get off
the train after it reached McCall.
"The sculptures really weren't a
part of those first carnivals and
didn't appear until around 1938,
when Warren and Jayne Brown
saw some at the Sun Valley
Lodge and recommended them to
McCall. Now the ice sculptures
have taken over the sporting side
of the festivities, probably due to
the greater cost of insurance risk
to the city.
"I would like to suggest the ad-
dition of a 'teen day' or 'teen
weekend' for the purpose of in-
cluding the youth in some of that
'old-fashioned fun.' This event
could possibly be held at the Lit-
tle Ski Hill or Brundage Mountain
where supervised 'old-time events'
might be scheduled, such as sled
races, snowshoe obstacle courses,
ski races, etc. It would be fun to
have a taste of the tradition and
heritage that has made McCall
what it is today.
"I would be extremely proud to
represent McCall as the Winter
Carnival Queen in 1991, and be-
come a spokesperson for the
youth in our area. The growth and
popularity of McCall is inevitable
and I would consider it a privilege
to be able to help promote the fu-
ture, along with preserving the
best of the old traditions."
PAGE 7 THE STAR NEWS - THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1991
Here is the schedule of events
for the 1991 McCall Winter Carnival
as released by the sponsoring
McCall Area Chamber of Com-
merce:
Friday, Feb. 1
• Torchlight Parade and Bonfire
begins downtown at 6:15 p.m.
• Opening ceremonies follow-
ing Torchlight Parade at Art Rob-
erts Park, downtown.
• Crowning of the 1991 Winter
Carnival Queen and Princess.
• Honoring of the 1991 Grand
Marshals.
• Announcement of the 1991
Lord and Lady of the Lake.
• 1991 Ice Sculpture Contest
winners announced with awards and
prizes prese
• Firewo
finale over
Payette
Lake.
• Teen
Dance, 8
p.m.,
McCall- Donnelly Elementary
School Multipurpose Room.
Saturday, Feb. 2
• Heartland Art Show, 10 a.m. to
7 p.m., former Century 21 building
across from The Huckleberry.
• Grand Parade,
noon, downtown
i16 McCall.
• Centennial Lift
Grand Opening,
free skiing on new
lift, 2 p.m. to 5
p.m., Brundage
Mountain Ski
Area.
• Winter Carnival Music Festi-
val, 7 p.m., McCall- Donnelly High
School gymnasium.
Tuesday, Feb. 5
• Idaho State Snow Sculpting
Championship begins, Lenora
Street, downtown.
• Miniature Golf Tournament,
1:30 p.m.,
between
Sprouse!
and Bryan's
Burger Den.
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Friday, Feb. 8
• Outrageous Air Ski Show, 10
a.m., 2p.m., 5 p.m., 8 p.m., between
Hotel McCall and The Huckleberry.
• Winners named in Idaho State
Snow Sculpting Championships.
• Grand Casino Night, 7:30 p.m.,
Shore Lodge.
• Teen Dance, 8 p.m., McCall -
Donnelly Elementary School Mul-
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Ice sculptors
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at 10 -day event
A fragile hummingbird
hovers over white morning
glories. Aladdin calls forth an
icy genie from his lamp. And
whimsical snow bears greet
visitors to the magic kingdom
of McCall's 22nd Annual
Winter Carnival.
The ice sculptures, all
created by townspeople, are
the best -known feature of the
carnival. But McCall's
celebration of winter, which
opens tonight and runs
through Feb. 9, has a list of
events that might surprise
Aladdin's magic genie.
The carnival will begin
officially at 6:30 tonight, with
opening ceremonies, a
torchlight parade, fireworks
and a cabaret concert. About
65 sculptures, ranging in
height from 4 to 22 feet, will
be judged, with the grand
prize - winner going to a
national competition next
January.
The festivities continue on
Saturday, with a carnival
parade at 2 p.m. through
downtown McCall, a
snowman - building contest for
kids, cross - country ski races
at 10:30 a.m. and snowmobile
races at 11 a.m., a square -
dance and chili cook -off in the
evening.
Visitors can win a new
Statesman file photo
Snoopy and friend take siesta at past carnival.
snowmobile on a poker run take in a variety show in the
through high mountain McCall High School gym or
country in central Idaho, eat chorizos while viewing
the ice sculptures from a
horse -drawn sleigh or hay
wagon.
Downhill skiing is open
everyday at nearby
Brundage Mountain. And
Zim's, north of New
Meadows, offers a natural
hot springs pool for an
outdoor winter swim.
For those who prefer their
winter recreation indoors,
the carnival offers arts and
crafts shows, a casino night,
a beard contest, bingo, a
fashion show and the Feb. 8
Snowflake Ball in the Shore
Lodge.
Northwest Passage, filmed
in McCall in 1938 with
Spencer Tracy and Robert
Young, will be shown
Monday through Friday in
the Exhibition Room of Shore
Lodge. And an art exhibit
runs the full 10 days in
downtown McCall and is free.
The carnival will end its
ode to winter Feb. 9 with an
ATV Grand Prix race and
second snowmobile race
through downtown McCall, a
crafts show and sale in the
McCall School multipurpose
room and a brunch served
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at
Kimberland Meadows.
A free shuttle bus system
coordinated with free
parking lots is open to all
visitors.
For information on
weather and road conditions
in McCall, see Page 2C in the
Valley section of The
Statesman.
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McCall
McCall memories:
By Karen Bossick
The Idaho Statesman
McCALL — The face of the Eskimo
behind the dog -sled team is featureless.
But it could have easily been Whooping
Thula. Or any other McCall musher of the
1920s, for that matter.
Evoking nostalgia is the idea behind the
"McCall 1924" ice sculpture of a musher
behind a pair of sled dogs. The sculpture is
one of about 50 in this year's McCall
Winter Carnival, which has been titled
"Nostalgia in Ice."
Shirley Allen and Dixie Rooth fashioned
the sculpture outside Mountain Monkey
Business out of about 17 garbage cans full
of slush.
"Back in the 1920s they used to race on
the lake during Winter Carnival," Rooth
says. "Shirley found a picture of a couple
dogs that she couldn't resist in an adver-
tisement. And here you have it."
Dog -sled racing made its debut at one of
McCall's first winter carnivals after
youngsters hired to take care of bird dogs
during the winter decided to exercise them
by harnessing them and riding behind
them, says Lynn Schultz, owner of Mcuaii
Floral and Gift.
Longtime McCall resident Warren
Brown got together a dog -sled team and,
before long, dog -sled racing had become a
World Cup event in the tiny mountain
town of McCall.
"Before the Depression dog sledders
would travel around to places like Truck-
ee, Nev., vying for $25,000 in prize money,"
Schultz says. "It was the Depression that
killed the racing."
Although dog sledding was killed, the
sport didn't die without spawning a legacy
of colorful characters. Among them,
Whooping Thula.
Whooping Thula earned her nickname
for her habit of singing to her dogs and
whooping at them, rather than yelling
"Mush."
"You have to sing to bird dogs to get
them excited," Schultz says. "They're like
little kids. if you edge them along and
tease them a little bit, they get more excit-
ed and go faster.
"I know. I used to run freight from
Burgdorf to Warren with my Irish setters,
See McCall /5D
Sculpture recalls dog -sled days
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and that's how I'd get them
excited."
Dog -sled racing made a
brief comeback during
McCall's Winter Carnival
about 10 years ago. But it
again became a memory as
the area's dog -sled owners
moved elsewhere.
Today, those attending
the annual carnival in
McCall can enjoy dog sled-
ding through the nostalgia
of Allen and Rooth's
sculpture.
"Unfortunately, we didn't
learn about Whooping
Thula until we'd already
named the sculpture,"
Rooth says. "Too bad.
Wouldn't it have been great
to have named it Whooping
Thula?"
Kevin Cla►kThe Idaho Statesman
Dixie Rooth, pictured, and friend Shirley Allen took five days to complete this snow
sculpture in front of Mountain Monkey Business in McCall.
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Cascade and Donnelly got into the act along with McCall by building Ice sculptures for the McCall Winter Carnival.
Top - Cascade Chamber of Commerce's entry entitled Freedom; center, Donnelly Merchants' entry - Bullish,
winner of Nostalgia award; bottom West One Bank's entry, first place winner - Long Valley Logger. Other
winners were: grand prize - Bear -able Winters, Bryan's Burger Den /Sprouse (see picture -page 4); second
place - McCall 1924, Mountain Monkey Business; third place - Cat Scanning, McCall Memorial Hospital;
Action - White Mane, Crystal Visions /Huckleberry; Child appeal - Frosty, Krahn's /Mtn. Regatta; Family
involvement - The Fever, The Castillo Family; Height - He Lives, McCall Baptist Church; Humor - Winter
Mischief, Hometown Sports; Wildlife /Nature - The Secret is Out, Forest Service; Precise detail - Ralf, The
Mill /Beside The Mill; and First Time - Packer John's Cabin, Ponderosa State Park.
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Lord and Lady
Irene Heikkila and Art
acknowledge the app lause of the
crowd Friday night as they were
recognized as Lord and Lady of
the Lake during opening cer-
emonies for the McCall Winter
Carnival. The couple were elected
by popular vote to represent the
McCall Senior Citizen Center
throughout the year. A banquet
to formally honor the couple
be held at 5:30 p.m. tonight at the
senior center, followed by a dance,
with music by The Pinetopp e
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Sculpture garden rated best of soggy 1991 Winter Carnival
Neither snow, nor rain nor heat
will deter ice sculptors of the
1991 McCall Winter Carnival
from rebuilding their famous
works, at least that's what offi-
cials of the McCall Area Chamber
of Commerce are hoping.
The chamber put out an urgent
plea this week to sculptors to get
their slush buckets out in time for
the second big weekend of the
1991 carnival. Before the rains
came, large crowds of visitors to
the first weekend's events were
treated to the usual crop of enter-
taining and imaginative sculp-
tures.
The 1991 Grand Prize was
awarded to the gang at Sprouse!
and Bryan's Burger Den for
"Bearable Winters," a multifaceted
work that included a snow slide, a
nine -hole miniature golf course
and several massive ice bears frol-
icking in various poses.
The sculpture was a remake of
the group's original effort in
1986, which won Second Prize
that year. This year's work is the
third Grand Prize earned by the
Sprouse! /Bryan's crew. Other top
prizes were awarded for "Sesame
Street Park" in 1988 and "Land
Before Time" in 1989.
Judges for this year's contest
were McCall sculptor and knife -
maker Barr Quarton, McCall
sculptor and jewelry -maker Glade
Davis, Jean Maness of McCall
and former McCall resident and
weaver Martha Kopke.
The final sculpture prize,
"Viewer's Choice," will be an-
nounced at Saturday's Snowflake
Ball based on balloting by mem-
bers of the public in jars left at
local businesses.
Sculpture
Winners
Here are the winners of the
1991 McCall Winter Carnival Ice
Sculpture Contest. A photo al-
bum of the winners can be found
inside this issue of The Star -
News.
• Grand Prize - "Bearable Win-
ters, Sprouse! /Bryan s Burger
Den.
• First Prize - "Long Valley
Logger," West One Bank.
• Second Prize - "McCall
1924," Mountain Monkey Busi-
ness.
• Third Prize - "Cat Scanning,"
McCall Memorial Hospital.
• First Time - "Packer John's
Cabin," Ponderosa State Park.
• Wildlife/Nature - "The Secret
Is Out," Payette National Forest.
• Precise Detail - "Ralf," The
Mill/Beside The Mill.
• Nostalgia - "We're Bullish
(See "Events;' Page 5)
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