HomeMy Public PortalAboutWinter Sports: Masters World Cup Nordic Ski Racing 2008, McCallFeb. 28
through
March 7
2008
Ponderosa
State Park
Monday deadline looms for local skiers to enter Masters
For the first time in a decade, cross-
country skiers in the United States have
a chance to compete against the world's
best Nordic athletes in McCall.
But skiers who want to participate in
the Masters World Cup need to register by
Monday for the full week of racing events
for Nordic skiers aged 30 and up.
The event runs March 1-7 at Ponderosa
State Park and is open to everyone from
elite racers to recreational weekend
warriors.
Each year, the Masters World Cup is
held on a different continent. About 1,000
participants from 26 different countries
are expected to attend. The majority of the
racers will come from the United States,
Russia and Canada, Roper said.
The Masters World Cup offers six days
of racing on the wide, groomed cross-coun-
try ski trails in Ponderosa park.
Race distances range from 5 kilometers
to 45km for classic skiers and 5km to 45km
for skate skiers.
One day is devoted to short "sprints" of
5km to 10km, and another day is reserved
for 4x5km relays, with the first two legs
skied in the classic technique and the last
two on skate skis.
Race registration costs $150 for three
events. Skiers must be a member of Ameri-
can Cross -Country Skiers, or the United
States Ski and Snowboard Association.
Masters World Cup T-shirts are now on
sale. Cost is $24.99 plus tax, and the T-shirts
come in red, blue and yellow.
The shirts are on sale in McCall at
Hotel McCall, Home Town Sports, Rudy's
Gym, Mountain Monkey Business, Jug
Mountain Ranch, Gravity Sports and
Ponderosa State Park. The shirts are on
sale in Donnelly at West Mountain Gear
and Grind.
All proceeds from shirt sales go to the
McCall Nordic Ski Team.
To volunteer for the event, go to http: / /
mwc2008.com/volunteer.htm.
Skiers can check out the Masters World
Cup Web site for details at www mwc2008.
com/program.htm.
For more information, contact Execu-
tive Directory Erin Roper at 315-3600 or
2008mwc@gmail.com.
:Nordic Invasion: 1,222 racers
The Event: 23 countries registered
for 10-day Masters World Cup
BY LUCIA V. KNUDSON
The Star -News
The Masters World Cup Nordic skiing competition set to
kick off at Ponderosa State Park Feb. 28 promises to have
one of the largest fields in the event's history, according to
John Downing, national director of American Cross Country
Skiers.
At last count, 1,222 racers were registered, making the
McCall event either the third or fourth largest Masters World
Cup in the event's 28-year history, Downing said.
On average, 1,000 skiers take part. The last Masters World
Cup hosted in the U.S. at Lake Placid, N.Y. in 1998 attracted
1,028 skiers. Downing said.
"So this is quite a bit above average,
The United States contingent with 664 skiers is the single -
largest national group in the event's history, higher than the
previous record of 616 Russians when the event was hosted
by Moscow, the Russian capital.
The three largest Nordic skier contingents coming to the
week-long event hail from the United States, Canada and
Russia.
A total of 156 Canadians and 122 Russians are expected
to be on hand. In all, 23 countries will be represented, most
of them European.
See MWC EVENT, Page A-9
List of counties with Masters
World Cup entrants
Countries and number of team
members broken down by continent:
Americas:
• Canada: 156
• Peru: 1
• United States: 664
Europe:
• Austria: 13
• Belgium: 2
• Czech Republic: 21
• Denmark: 4
• Estonia: 7
• Finland: 3
• France: 28
• Great Britain: 10
• Germany: 55
• Italy: 31
• Lithuania: 1
• Netherlands: 2
• Norway: 45
• Russia: 122
• Spain: 6
• Switzerland: 10
• Slovakia: 9
• Sweden: 19
• Ukraine: 3
Oceania:
• Australia: 10
Total: 1,222
Event Dates: Feb. 28 through March 7, 2008
Event Eecatten. Ponderosa State Park
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Countries with less than 10
participants each are Belgium,
the Netherlands, Ukraine, Fin-
land, Denmark, Spain, Estonia
and Slovakia. One Peruvian and
one Lithuanian have entered.
Expect most of racers to be
between ages 45 and 65, said
Ed Allen, president of the Mc-
Call organizing committee. The
women's age 30 to 35 bracket has
only 10 competitors entered, a
small number compared to the
older skiers, he said.
The reason is most entrants
age 45 to 64 are retired while
racers in the younger brackets
typically still are working and
don't have the luxury of free time
to take in as many competitions
as they might like, he said.
Racers must be at least 30 years
old to qualify for the event. There
are 12 age divisions broken into
five-year increments.
Dan Bulkley of Phoenix, Ore.,
aged 90, is the oldest U.S. com-
petitor. Downing believes Bulkley
may be a first for the U.S. but not
for other nations.
A Canadian man more than
90 years old was expected to at-
tend this year, but he died while
training.
"Not a bad way to go when
you're 90 years old and still ski-
ing," Allen said.
Allen is familiar with the
Masters World Cup race - he's
been to four of them and raced
in a couple too.
Last year, he and other McCall
organizing committee members
went to Rovaniemi, Finland, to
observe the 2007 event and to
promote this year's event.
Allen gave some observations
drawn from his experiences.
There can be a "dynamite"
skier in any age bracket and in
either freestyle -skate skiing -or
classic, or both.
"It's hard to call who will
medal, but we have some good
Americans who could medal,"
Allen said.
Good skiers come from all
countries, but some countries do
tend to make stronger showings.
Russia doesn't usually send slack-
ers, he said.
"Not to say Russia takes ev-
erything, but they do quite well,"
Allen said.
The Russians may find a match
among the Americans and Cana-
dians as well as anybody else.
Champions among the Canadi-
ans include three -time Olympian
Steve Cyr and Mike Dyon who
placed ninth in 45-kilometer
skate at the Masters World Cup,
Lake Placid, and fourth at the
Masters World Cup in Quebec
City in Canada.
Among the U.S. Olympians
expected toarrive in McCall
are Leslie (Thompson) Hall and
Laura McCabe from the Methow
Valley ski area of Washington.
For many who attend year
after year, the race is a big vaca-
tion, Allen said.
When racers aren't training or
racing, locals just may see groups
of them wandering McCall's
streets in search of a place to
shop or dine, he said
Information about the Mas-
ters World Cup, presented by
Blackhawk, is available at www.
mwc2008.com. '
Final MWC
banquet will
serve 1,000,
have Western
theme
BY MICHAEL WELLS
The Star -News
As the Masters World Cup
ends in McCall, the skiers will be
treated to a banquet of western
style barbecue before closing cer-
emonies on Friday, March 7.
As many as 1,000 athletes
are expected to be served at the
banquet, to be held at the race
headquarters at Manchester Ice
& Event Centre.
"It's the culmination of six
days of racing, and we want it
to be a festive celebration," said
Nicki Humphries of Edible Art
Catering in McCall, who is in
charge of making sure the ban-
quet goes off without a hitch.
Humphries has lined up 100
volunteers, and the organizing
committee has hired H&M Meats
of Nampa to cook and serve the
western -style barbecue that will
feature marinated tri-tip beef and
barbecue chicken.
U.S. and international skiers
will be served potato salad, baked
beans and cole slaw to go along
with their entrees.
The organizing committee has
a $35,000 budget for the banquet,
Masters World Cup 2008 Executive
Director Erin Roper said.
There are a limited number of
$25 tickets that will be available
for the banquet for people who did
not race in the event, Roper said.
For more information on tickets,
contact the Masters World Cup
at 315-3600.
After the banquet, the closing
ceremonies will commence.
Lyle Nelson, a four -time Olym-
pian in biathlon, will host the
closing ceremonies, Roper said.
There will be a short ceremony
where the McCall organizing com-
mittee hands the World Masters
Association flag to the 2009 Mas-
ters World Cup site team from
Autrans, France.
After the closing ceremony,
The Pinto Bennett Band will
perform its brand of Americana
Music encompassing country and
western and bluegrass styles.
"Nordic skiers like to kick their
heels up and dance," Humphries
said.
"Pinto Bennett is the Johnny
Cash of Idaho," said Brian Thom-
as of Common Ground Cafe, who
booked Bennett to the event.
More information about the
Masters World Cup, presented by
Blackhawk, is available online at
www.mwc2008.com.
The Logistics: Ice rink to host
race headquarters, ceremonies
BY MICHAEL WELLS
The Star -News
Manchester Ice &Event Centre willbe race headquarters
during the Masters World Cup 2008 event scheduled for Feb.
28 through March 7 in McCall.
The ice will be melted at the center to allow the floor to
be used as the nerve center of the event.
Opening ceremonies will begin on Feb. 29 at 5 p.m. at
the rink with a parade of athletes that begins behind the
McCall City Hall on Park Street.
The athletes will follow horses down Second Street to
the front of the ice rink, Masters World Cup 2008 Executive
Director Erin Roper said.
The ceremony will move inside the center where event
Organizing Committee President Ed Allen will give a
welcoming speech.
Then World Masters Cross -Country Ski Association
President Thomas Heckmann of Germany will also give a
speech to welcome the athletes to the event.
The speeches will be followed by a performance by the
Nez Perce Tribe dancers. The opening ceremony should
conclude at about 6:30 p.m., Roper said.
The center will also house several vendors during the
event. Merchandise and exhibits will be featured in the
center during the event.
See LOGISTICS, Page A-10
Logistics
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The center will be the site
Where the 1,222 registered
U.S. and international Nordic
skiers have to come to pick up
their race packets, race bibs and
credentials on Feb. 28-29.
The center will be open to the
public March 1 through March
7 from 1 to 7 p.m.
Award ceremonies will held
at 6 p.m. at center ice on the
main stage with the lake in
the background after each day
of racing.
The race center will have
about 400 people working in it
every day of the event, Roper
said.
Vendors will be open for
business in the center each day.
The Masters World Cup 2008
merchandising booth will have
T-shirts, hats and Western wear
signifying the event.
"Once it is gone, it's gone,"
Roper said.
Racers will be able to come
to the race headquarters to
purchase photos of their races
each day of the races.
The McCall -Donnelly Edu-
cation Foundation will be
selling its "Images of McCall
- Valley County and Beyond"
book at its booth in the race
headquarters.
Idaho First Bank will have
a booth to provide currency
exchange for the international
skiers and their family and
friends at the event.
Both the Masters World Cup
2009 and 2010 event cities will
also have booths to pass out
information about their events
in the race center.
Next year the event will be
held at Autrans, France, and
in 2010, the event will move to
Falun, Sweden.
The event will also have ven-
dors located at the racing venue
at Ponderosa State Park.
Discovery map named official map of Masters World Cup
Discovery Map, which has
promoted McCall to about 2
million visitors over nearly two
decades, has been selected as the
official map for the 2008 Masters
World Cup.
The more than 1,000 partici-
pants of the event will use the
hand -drawn Discovery Maps to
find their way to the area's top
restaurants, shops, attractions,
and hotels.
"The Discovery Map will play
an integral role in helping our lo-
cal businesses capture a greater
share of the visitor spending that
the Masters World Cup event will
bring to McCall," said Mary Ann
Walker, owner and publisher of
Discovery Map of McCall.
"The artistic quality of this
map depicts McCall in an ideal
way," Walker said. "It conveys
the beauty of this extraordinary
place."
This is the first time the Mas-
ters World Cup has been held in
McCall, and the first time in a
decade it has been staged in the
U.S. A total of 1,222 racers from
23 countries are registered to
compete.
MWC Executive Director Erin
Roper selected Discovery Map as
the map to guide Masters World
Cup visitors to McCall's tourist
hot spots. Roper praised Dis-
covery Map for its user-friendly
qualities and artistic beauty.
"The (Masters World Cup 2008)
Organizing Committee took the
map to the 2007 race in Finland,
and the Discovery Map proved
helpful to us to show participants
how close the venue will be to ser-
vices around town," she said.
"This is a real time and cost
saver for us because we don't have
to produce our own map for this
event," she said.
The map was also endorsed
by Tamara Sandmeyer, executive
director of the McCall Chamber
of Commerce.
"We know that Discovery Map
will be especially helpful for those
Masters World Cup participants
who don't speak English because
they can use this colorful map to
figure out where they want to go,"
Sandmeyer said.
"Discovery Map is the most
popular map picked up by our
tourists," she said. "They not
only direct travelers, they point
to places of interest in a fun and
entertaining manner."
Discovery Map International
was formed in 1999 as a subsidiary
of Starr Map Company of La Con-
ner, Wash. Starr Map Company
was founded in 1987 by Victoria
Starr in Sun Valley.
Discovery Map serves leisure
tourists and business travelers in
49 destinations across the United
States. The company annually
publishes more than six million
hand -drawn, fully illustrated
maps that reach in excess of 13
million travelers worldwide.
Racer housing no problem
BY LUCIA V KNUDSON
The Star -News
Booking 1,300 reservations for the skiers, officials
and guests expected to show up for the 2008 Masters
World Cup has been a manageable scramble, according
to Tamara DeBoer of InIdaho.com.
DeBoer and husband Mike are co -owners of the online
service the Masters World Cup has listed for booking
lodging, air travel, excursions and other travel needs
for event participants and their guests.
The 10-day event is slated to begin Feb. 28 with com-
petition starting March 1 at Ponderosa State Park.
"It's been a lot of work with all the details —but fun,"
Tamara DeBoer said.
The amount of lodging available in McCall has worked
in favor of the athletes because InIdaho did not have to
look outside the local pool when making arrangements,
she said. However, local lodging is nearly sold out for the
duration of the event, DeBoer said.
DeBoer said InIdaho has a list of spaces still avail-
able for those wishing to attend the races as spectators
or who want to come up for alpine skiing.
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Alpine skiers can expect a pleas-
ant experience with uncrowded
slopes during the week of the Nordic
races, she said.
"We have great downhill ski
packages for midweek at that time,"
she said.
In addition to lodging, InIdaho
has booked reservations for race par-
ticipants' air travel, car rentals, and
excursions to sightsee on time off.
Most of the 664 Americans and
156 Canadians racers and their guests
have opted to stay in condominiums
or cabins that list with InIdaho, but
Europeans have opted for hotels for
the most part, DeBoer said.
The Russians at 122 strong
have booked up the entire 22-room
Brundage Inn and all nine Brundage
Bungalows as well as rooms at the
AmericIn.
Sever. of the 11 Brundage Va-
cation Cabins ale booked for the
Masters and 52 of AmericInn's 66
rooms are booked to Russians and
lorwegians registered to race in
he event.
Opening Ceremonies
Feb. 29 to feature
parade, Nez Perce
dancers
Opening ceremonies for
the 2008 Masters World Cup
will begin at 5 p.m. Friday,
Feb. 29, at Manchester Ice &
Event Centre.
The ceremonies will begin
with a parade of athletes that
will start behind McCall City
Hall.
The athletes will follow
horses down Second Street to
the front of the ice rink.
The ceremony will move
inside the center where event
organizing committee Presi-
dent Ed Allen will give a
welcoming speech.
See BRIEFS, PageA-10
Briefs
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Then World Masters Cross -
Country Ski Association President
Thomas Heckmann of Germany
will give a speech to welcome the
athletes to the event.
A performance by the Nez
Perce Tribe dancers will follow the
speeches. Residents are encouraged
to attend.
Ponderosa park Nordic
trails to be closed to public
during World Cup
The Ponderosa State Park Nordic
and snowshoe trails will be closed to
public use beginningnext Thursday,
Feb. 28, for the 2008 Masters World
Cup.
The trails will be open only
to competitors and spectators in
designated locations. No dogs will
be allowed on any trails in the park,
during the event.
The event will draw 1,222 senior
racers over age 30 from around the
world.
Star -News Photo by Michael Wells
Volunteers worked Monday to put up the first two tents at Ponderosa
State Park for the upcoming Masters World Cup Nordic skiing event.
The tents will be used for many different purposes during the event
that begins next week. More tents will be put up this week at the park
for exhibits, vendors, ski fans, event coordinators and ski waxing.
Ponderosa readie
park s for races
BY MICHAEL WELLS
The Star -News
Preparations for the 2008 Masters World
Cup at Ponderosa State Park are speeding up
as the event looms in one week.
The park will be the race venue for 1,222
racers from around the world for the event
that runs from Feb. 28 through March 7.
Tents are beingput up at the park this week.
Fencing and other preparations will begin as
early as this weekend.
The event requires the park to have Nordic
ski courses for race lengths of five, 10,15 and
30 kilometers.
The trail system has been updated in the
past four years to accommodate the event, As-
sistant Park Manager Richard Taplin said.
The park added the Lakeside Trail and nu-
merous connectors to handle the racecourse
demands of the event.
"The Masters World Cup has a list of crite-
ria for trails," Taplin said. "We didn't have to
change the flavor of the park to accommodate
these courses."
The guidelines included distances, maxi-
mum height differences, and a range of total
climb in a course as well as maximum climb
grades for any hill in the course.
The goal was to create an undulating course
for the skiers, he said.
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Park
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It took 90 percent of the park's
trail system to create the different
racecourses.
Each course takes in parts
of other courses. There are two
10 kilometer and 15 kilometer
courses and one 5 kilometer
course to accommodate the older
skiers, Taplin said.
"It's a citizens race for all abili-
ties and skills," Taplin said.
Most of the trails are rated as
moderate recreational trails.
The park will have three trail
groomers on hand to smooth out
the courses overnight.
The courses will be groomed
for three to four hours each
night if the weather is good. If
it snows, the groomers may be
on the course for eight hours,
Taplin said.
The park will try to finish
all grooming two hours before
any race.
The course will not be avail-
able for practice for skiers on
race days, he said.
"On any one day, there are
as many as 60 percent of the
total skiers skiing," Taplin said.
"That doesn't leave any room for
anything else."
Skiers can practice at other
Nordic ski trails in the area, such
as Bear Basin, Jug Mountain
Ranch, Tamarack Resort and The
Activity Barn, Taplin said.
"We want to encourage them
to get a flavor for McCall and its
other ski areas," he said. "So
they can appreciate how much
good Nordic skiing there is in
the valley."
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Map courtesy 2008 Masters World Cup
Map shows layout of one of the 15 kilometer
courses at Ponderosa State Park to be faced by
competitors in the Masters World Cup.
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Star -News Photo by Michael Wells
Steve Rudzinski, 22, of Boise buffs the ski wax on a pair of Nordic skis at the Intermountain
Junior National Qualifier event held over the weekend at Bear Basin. Waxing is considered
the key to a competitive edge for racers at next week's Masters World Cup races.
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BY MICHAEL WELLS
The Star -News
The difference between victory and defeat at the
upcoming 2008 Masters World Cup in McCall may
depend on the wax.
The winning margins at the Masters World Cup's 30
kilometer events can be as little as a tenth of a second,
and a well -waxed ski can make a huge difference to
a racer's success.
Ski wax has always been an important part of suc-
cessful cross-country skiing, but today skiers will pay
more than $100 for a small cake of wax about the size
of the face of a watch in order to gain an advantage.
"The uninitiated would say I would never pay
that much for a wax," Chief of Competition Gregg
Lawley said.
"But after you train and train and get into a race
where somebody beats you and you know you are a
better skier than they are but they beat you because
they got the expensive wax on their skis... the next thing
you know you are plotting and scheming to get your
hands on that more expensive wax," Lawley said.
Ski wax comes in glide waxes and grip waxes.
Glide waxes allow the skier to skate across the snow
with less friction, while grip waxes used by classic
skiers are applied below the foot on the ski base to
give traction.
"It's an art, a science and both types of wax can
get ridiculously complex," Lawley said. "It takes a lot
of years of experience to get all the little nuances to
deal with the stuff. It can get ridiculous with the time
and energy you put into the stuff."
See WAX, Page A-10
Wax
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The 1,222 racers at the upcom-
ing races will apply their own
knowledge for the conditions, but
will also have experts from ski
wax manufacturers on hand to
give daily recommendations as to
what types of wax will work best
under the conditions, he said.
"It's a really valuable service,"
Lawley said. "Those guys are pros
and they can figure out stuff in
a matter of hours that the aver-
age person might take years to
figure out."
The skiers will bring their
own waxes to the event, and each
skier has his or her own winning
combination. Ski wax manufac-
turers will also work with local
merchants to ensure that waxes
are available for purchase, he
said.
Different snow,
different waxes
There are different waxes for
different snow conditions.
In cold, dry snow, the abrasive
snow crystals penetrate into the
plastic of the ski base and cre-
ate drag. A wax with plastic can
harden the base and keep the
snow out.
In wet, sticky snow, the prob-
lem for the skier is suction
between the base of the ski and
the water on the snow.
"It can be devastating. Your
ski won't move, or you gel some
snow sticking to the ski," Lawley
said.
In wet conditions, a hydropho-
bic wax that repels water is used
to eliminate suction that can add
time to a skier's run.
"That's the real expensive
stuff," he said.
The water -repelling wax has
a special chemical compound in
it, but just applying the wax does
not solve the problem.
The structure of the base of
the ski also needs to have varying
degrees of striations in it to break
up the suction. A combination
of the water -repelling wax and
the structure of the ski base will
make the difference in wet snow
conditions, Lawley said.
The plastic base of the skis is
heated so that molecules begin
to bond; this creates pores in the
plastic which the wax fills.
Mack Miller, who was an Olym-
piccross-country skier in 1956and
1960, remembers when the skis
were wooden and the wax cost
25 cents. Miller also remembers
buying the best cross-country skis
at the time for $25. Today new skis
go for $500.
In those days, the skiers ap-
plied pine tar to the bottom of
their skis. They heated the pine
tar and wiped the skis dry and
then applied wax, Miller said.
"It was the same basic stuff as
they have now," Miller said. "It
just wasn't as expensive."
"When you smell pine tar,
you say those were the good of
days," four -time Olympian Lyle
Nelson said.
"It's an art," Miller said. `Actu-
ally, it's easier now than it was in
the old days."
It's so much fun to be racing
and having really good skis,"
Lawley said. "Everybody has a
day when they didn't get the wax,
though."
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Photo courtesy 2008 MWC
Photo shows the medal that
will be given in gold, silver and
bronze versions during the 2008
Masters World Cup
Opening Ceremonies
Friday to feature parade
through downtown McCall
Opening ceremonies for the
2008 Masters World Cup will be-
gin at 5 p.m. Friday in downtown
McCall.
The 1,222 athletes are to as-
semble behind McCall City Hall,
then march to North Third Street
(Idaho 55) through downtown.
They will be led by a police
escort, an American Legion color
guard; horse riders in Western
costume and a horse-drawn car-
riage with dignitaries.
The athletes of each country
will be led by a McCall -Donnelly
High School student carrying the
flag of their home nation.
Spectators are encouraged
to line the parade route, which the park during the event.
is the same as for the McCall The event will draw 1,222
Winter Carnival Mardi Gras senior racers over age 30 from
Parade, and greet the athletes as around the world.
they pass by.
The parade will turn west on
West Lake Street and finish at
Manchester Ice and Event Cen-
tre, the race headquarters.
The parade of athletes will
enter the building from the First
Street service entrance.
The ceremony will move
inside the center, where event
organizing committee President
Ed Allen will give a welcoming
speech.
Then World Masters Cross -
Country Ski Association
President Thomas Heckmann
of Germany will give a speech
to welcome the athletes to the
event.
All comments will be trans-
lated into German and Russian.
A performance by the Nez
Perce Tribe dancers will follow
the speeches.
Ponderosa park Nordic
trails to be closed to
public during World Cup
The Ponderosa State Park
Nordic and snowshoe trails will
be closed to public use begin-
ning today for the 2008 Masters
World Cup.
The trails will be open only
to competitors and spectators
in designated locations. No dogs
will be allowed on any trails in
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ANDERSON POSTER CELEBRATES MWC - A new Scott Anderson limited edition poster, left,
has been created to celebrate the 2008 Masters World Cup. A limited edition of 750 14x18 inch
posters signed and numbered by the artist are on sale for $40 each on high quality fade -resistant
paper. A total of $30 of the $40 purchase price can be deducted as a charitable donation to the
Masters World Cup and the Little Ski Hill west of McCall. The posters are on sale at Home Town
Sports, Razzle Dazzle, local motels and Masters World Cup venues. A limited edition of 25 19x24
inch canvas prints are available for $225 each, and 10 canvas prints sized 28-1/2 by 36 inches are
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F r i d a y , M a r c h 7 .
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a m o n g t h e s k i e r s i n t h e m i d d l e a g e c l a s s e s . L o n g e r
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s k a t i n g t e c h n i q u e .
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m e n t u m , L a w l e y s a i d .
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t h e e v e n t a n d o r g a n i z e r s u r g e
s p e c t a t o r s t o u s e t h e p a r k - a n d -
r i d e b u s s y s t e m w o r k e d o u t f o r
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s e v e r a l v e n d o r s a n d t e n t s f o r s p e c -
t a t o r s w h o w a n t t o e a t o r g e t i n s i d e
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t h e p a r k , L a w l e y s a i d . " W e ' l l h a v e
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p o s t e d o n t h e W e b s i t e . "
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c h o i c e i n f o o d a n d b e v e r a g e s .
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t h e p a r k s t a f f , " L a w l e y s a i d .
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m a k e s t h e w h o l e p r o c e s s m u c h
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b e t t e r e v e n t . "
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e v e n t o n S a t u r d a y . T h e m e n ' s 3 0
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M e n ' s 1 5 k m r a c e s b e g i n a t 1 1 a . m .
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a . m . W o m e n ' s 1 0 k m r a c e s b e g i n a t
1 2 : 1 0 p . m . R a c e s t a r t t i m e s a r e s t a g -
g e r e d a t f i v e m i n u t e i n t e r v a l s .
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a t 9 a . m .
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p e c t t o s e e s h o r t e r 5 k m a n d 1 0 k m ,
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r a c e s b e g i n a t 9 a . m . F r e e s t y l e
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l e g s o f f r e e s t y l e s k i i n g . R a c e s
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McCall Remastered Nordic race
to be held this weekend at Ponderosa
The fifth annual McCall Remastered Nordic ski event will be held on Saturday and Sunday at two
locations.
Saturday's skate races of 15, 30 and 45 kilometers will begin in a mass start at 10 a.m. at Ponderosa
State Park on the same track that hosted the 2008 Masters World Cup.
Packet pickup and same -day registration start at 8:30 a.m. Saturday at the park's Activity Center.
The trails at Ponderosa park will be closed to the public until 1 p.m. Saturday.
The event on Sunday is a way to say thanks to volunteers and participants with a free ski day and
after -party at Jug Mountain Ranch.
Those who either skied or volunteered on Saturday can ski for free on Sunday.
For more information and to register, go to http://mccallremastered.com.
Little Ski Hill to host Hometown Races. ski party
The Little Ski Hill and Bear Basin Nordic Center will be the
site of the second annual Hometown Races and Apres Ski
Party on Saturday, Jan.28.
The event is for all family members who can race in one or
more categories or attend the Apres Party that includes
dinner, games, music and raffle prizes.
The day will begin with at 10 a.m. Jan. 28 with a Nordic
race at Bear Basin, where participants will race for the best
time in 1 km, 3 km, or 5 km distances.
The venue will shift to the Little Ski Hill at 2:30 p.m. with
the Vertical Challenge up -hill race, and also a downhill race.
The Vertical Challenge will see participants race uphill to
see who can claim the most vertical feet gained in one hour.
The downhill will see participants race downhill for the
fastest time through a combination of gates and obstacles.
The mood will turn festive at 3:30 p.m., when the Apres
Party and Dinner begins at the Little Ski Hill lodge. The
awards, prizes and raffle will begin at 5:30 p.m.
Online Registration for one or all event for adults is $25 per
person or $75 for teams. Youth prices are $20 each or $60
for a team. Entrants are encouraged to wear costumes.
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while enjoying a hand-crafted beer during the Beer
and Gear festival held Saturday at Brundage
Mountain Resort near McCall. The festival included
a beer garden featuring local breweries as well as
demo skis and snowboards.
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Star -News Photos by Lucia V. Knudsor
Above, Australian national women's champion Camille Melvey waxes her skis prior to training on Sunday. Inset is a close-up of the
patch worn by the Australian masters cross-country ski team. The team donated "Kangaroo Crossing" signs for a trail at Ponderosa
State Park, the Masters World Cup venue. Below right, Warren Feakes displays one of his country's treasures, its own brand of rum.
BY LUCIA V:KNUDSON
The Star -News
A group of Australians has traveled
half -way around the world to compete in the
2008 Masters World Cup Nordic ski races
in McCall this week.
The trip to the United States was a long
one at 14 hours from Sydney to Los Angeles,
but riot nearly as long as the nearly 30-hour
journey from Australia to Rovaniemi; Fin-
land, site of the 2007 Masters World Cup.
For three of the 10 Australians, getting
to McCall was a short hop instead of a
long haul.
Joel and Chris Vergona and Kerie Ray-
mond came from Bend, Ore., where they live
and work. Joel Vergona is a corporate pilot,
Chris is a' physiotherapist, and Raymond
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Addicted to Skiing
"The reason we've come so
far..:," he said, then was inter-
rupted.
"It's a filthy habit," his wife
chimed in.
"We're addicted to skiing,"
Zac Zaharias said. Everybody
broke into laughter. Camaraderie
was the point Feakes had tried
to make.
"We see people every year that
we only see at that particular
time," he said. "And it's a new
experience no matter where
you go."
Most times the Masters World
Cup is not staged at huge resorts,
but usually at what Feakes called
"unusual places" - small, low-key
towns.
Were it not for the Masters,
he would not have known of and
consequently come to McCall,
Zaharias said.
Warren Feakes met the 2008
organizing committee in McCall
in 2006. He was confident then the
event would prove to be a good
is a naturopathic physician.
Team leader Warren Feakes played down
the tong hours in the air.
"It's only two legs, but you stop in
Bangkok and suck a bit of fuel up," he said
imitating the sipping of a glass or can.
During their stay in McCall, Feakes, 59,
and wife Debbie, 49, of Canberra, will share
a condominium with Australian women's
cross-country skiing champion Camille
Melvey from Bondi and Zac Zaharias, 51,
also of Canberra.
Janet Zaharias, Zac's wife, came along
as a spectator and team booster, but not to
compete.
On Sunday, Warren Feakes attempted to
explain the spirit that drove them to make
the distance.
See HABIT, Page A-5
deal and took word home to his
country.
"The Masters World Cup is
extremely well organized, and
a location like McCall wouldn't
get it unless they put up a really,
really strong proposal," Feakes
said. McCall's organizing .com-
mittee members were highly
regarded, he said.
Breakfasting on steaming
bowls of oatmeal, the group
talked about their training venue
after leaving Los Angeles. They
had already been in the North-
west about three weeks with
stopovers in Bend, Ore., and
Silverstar in British Columbia,
which incidentally is owned by
an Australian.
The group wanted to get in as
much training at altitude as they
could in advance of the races. At
about 5,500 feet, the altitude at
Silverstar is similar to Perisher
Valley in the Australian state
of New South Wales where the
Australians train.
"We're used to the altitude, but
we spend our summers down a bit
lower," Feakes said. "Of course,
we're out of season; its a lot bet-
ter for us to get that two or three
weeks of that altitude training
before we can race. It's very, very
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"We all look up to Camille
when we go out skiing because
you can't stop her. She's difficult
to stop," he said.
For the rest of the group,
skiing is all about meeting goals
rather than reaping medals.
"If we can get our time within
20 percent of the winning time,
then we're doing really well,"
Feakes said.
"For us it's just about improve-
ment. We set a bit of a goal - 20
percent,15 or whatever," said Zac
Zaharias, who has two climbs of
important."
Search for Snow
Since Australia is now in
summer, they also needed snow,
and McCall has provided them
with plenty. The amount of snow
in McCall, six feet deep in some
places, astounded the group. An
average snow season at Perisher
yields snow depths of about four
feet.
Takingtime off from work was
not much of a problem for the five
as their occupations allow for
flexibility of schedules. Melvey,
43, works at business administra-
tion for her father, Carl Melvey of
North Bondi. Zac Zaharias is a
consultant and was workingfrom
the condo on his laptop.
Warren Feakes is a consultant,
also, and Debbie a physiothera-
pist.
Melvey is the group's inspi-
ration. At age 43, the 10-time
national champion still skies
well enough to make the na-
tional squad and she still b2sts
younger skiers. Feakes is awed
by Melvey's abilities which he
describes as "brute strength and
determination beyond belief."
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Mount Everest to his credit.
Zaharias described himself as
the slowest member of the group.
He still gets ribbed for finishing
last in one of his races at his first
Masters.
Reaching personal goals has
kept him coming back, and in
his last masters he finished
about 27th out of 46 entrants in
his age class.
Feakes said he loves skiing at
different spots around the world,
but admits there's no place like
home. The stark pine forests of
the Northwest make him long for
the mountains of home where
he skis among wind -stunted
gum trees.
To a Masters World Cup competitor, heading
`over the hill' describes a race course
Most of the competitors in the Masters World Cup are well past the age that
competitors in other sports are when they call it quits. But behind those wrinkles
is the same competitive fire of a much younger athlete. And when they tell you how
old they are, well...you just don't believe it.
Above: Charley French, 82, from the United States breathes a sigh of relief after
completing Saturday's 10 kilometer race at Ponderosa State Park.
Photo for The Star -News by Matt Moehr
Above Inset: Inger Edlund (817) from Sweden and Grete Bergland (807) from Nor-
way congratulate each other after finishing his 15 kilometer race on Saturday. .
Photo for The Star -News by Matt Moehr
At Right: A member of the Nez Perce tribal dancers of Lapwai performs a ceremo-
nial dance during the opening ceremony of the 2008 Masters World Cup on Friday.
Photo for The Star -News by avalanchephotography.com
Below Right: June Lane, Trina Hosmer and Elizabeth Schluter, all of the United
States, celebrate receiving their medals Sunday night for the 15 kilometer women's
age 60-64 race held earlier in the day. The awards ceremonies were held nightly after
each day of racing at Manchester Ice and Event Centre.
Photo for The Star -News by avalanchephotography.com
Below Left: Hermann Botzow of the United States tucks through a downhill near
the finish of the men's 15 kilometer free race at on Sunday.
Photo for The Star -News by avalanchephotography.com
`Where's my
Luggage?'
MWC committee reports few glitches in
event's opening days
BY LUCIA V KNUDSON
The StarNews
Managing the 1,223 entrants from
23 nations in the 2008 Masters World
Cup was going remarkably well by
midweek, according to organizers.
"We've gotten rave reviews," said
Erin Roper, executive director of the
event's organizing committee. "You
know it's not perfect; there are always
problems."
Nothing "catastrophic" has hap-
pened, in her words. The small hitches
that cropped up were smoothed out
with a little extra effort.
Directors of the World Masters
Cross Country Association, the gov-
erning body for the event, have been
impressed with what they have seen
so far, Roper said.
The tracks are "perfect," and of-
ficials were impressed when they
arrived four days before the start of
the event that everything was ready,
Roper said.
Early Arrivals
Problems stemmed mostly from
unforeseen circumstances outside the
committee's control, she said.
A larger than expected group of
Norwegians arrived two weeks early
before the shuttle bus service started
running.
"That really surprised us," Roper
said. "If we were to look back, we
should have started the shuttle buses
running early. Although it was incred-
ibly expensive for us, that would have
been helpful."
As more athletes began arriving,
Ed Allen, organizing committee presi-
dent, and Tamara DeBoer of InIdaho.
com, which booked accommodations,
were up late several nights helping
people get to their quarters.
See LOGISTICS, PageA-12
INSIDE:
♦ Blindness not an obstacle
for MWC skier - Page A-12
♦ 93-year-old skier is oldest at
MWC - Page A-12
♦ More photos from the Mas-
ters World Cup - Page B-1
♦ Results from the first 3 days
of races - Pages A-5-8
Slovakian
skier
Vladimir
Bartko
dances with
a member of
the Nez Perce
Tribe dance
troupe during
Friday's
opening
ceremonies.
Star -News Photo by
Michael Wells
Sheila
Johnson,
a college
student from
Baudette,
Minn., helps
Toivo Tasa
from the
Baltic nation
of Estonia
set up his cell
phone to call
home.
Star -News Photo by
Lucia V. Knudson
Logistics
(Continued from Page A-1)
"With all this snow, it was very
difficult for the transportation
company in Boise coming in very
late at night to find where these
people were staying," Roper said,
referring to the tall snow berms
lining many McCall streets.
Parking at Ponderosa State Park
proved to be congested with all
parking space taken the first day
of competition on Saturday, but
park staff handled the challenge
well and traffic kept flowing, Park
Manager Dennis Coyle said.
After Saturday, congestion eased
as people started to ride the buses to
the park instead of driving.
Arrangements were made to get
meals to Russian athletes en masse.
The majority of the contingent of
122 Russians are over 50 and do not
speak English, which posed special
challenges.
A local caterer was hired to
bring meals to Russian athletes
staying at the AmericInn. The ones
staying on the west side of toArn at
the Brundage Inn were bused to
the AmericInn where dinner was
served in two shifts.
Travel arrangements went
awry for a number of the Russians
when they arrived at the airport in
Denver, Colo. The desk agent at the
airport called Roper Sunday telling
of people who hadn't made travel
arrangements beyond Denver or
who were trying to get on earlier
flights.
Others had no transportation
arrangements between Boise and
McCall.
Roper called Ed Olson, a retired
Navy veteran with 37 years experi-
ence translating Russian. Olson
lives in Boise and had volunteered
his services to the event.
Roper asked Olson if he would
look after four Russians expected
to fly into Boise. He went to the
airport three times that night, and
found two of them. The other two
took a different flight from Denver
and how they eventually found
their way to McCall is a mystery,
Roper said.
The two Russians Olson helped
had their luggage lost in transit.
Olson picked them up at the air-
port, fed them, and lodged them
overnight at his home. The fol-
lowing morning, Olson called the
airport and learned their baggage
had arrived.
"We went and picked (their
bags) up, I took them to the bus
station and put them on their way,"
Olson said.
Olson also told of a man from
Slovakia whose skis were broken
during travel. Allen lent him skis
for practice while arrangements
were made with the airline to buy
new skis.
Monday night, there were 10
photo finishes which had to be
looked over and Roper did not get
freestyle race results until almost
all the classic awards were handed
out.
The first night 600 copies of race
results were printed.
Duplication of jobs has caused
some problems, but Roper was
unruffled by such matters.
"Two people are doing the same
thing ... is better than something
getting missed," she said.
Closing ceremonies
closed to general public
The final banquet and closing
ceremonies for the 2008 Masters
World Cup on Friday will be limited
to athletes and those who previously
purchased tickets to the banquet.
An estimated 1,300 people are
expected to sit down for dinner at
Manchester Ice and Event Centre,
and there is little room for anyone
else, organizers said.
After dinner, Lyle Nelson, a
four -time Olympian in biathlon,
will host closing ceremonies,
Roper said.
McCall organizing committee
members will hand the World
Masters Association flag to the 2009
Masters World Cup site team from
Autrans, France.
The evening will end with
live entertainment by the Idaho
western band Trio Pinto, led by
well-known singer and songwriter
Pinto Bennett.
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Photo for The Star -News by avalanchephotography.com
Wendy Grater of Canada skates up a hill during the 15 kilometer Free Race on Sunday at Ponderosa State Park.
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Norwegians
arrive early to get
used to altitude
Terje Breivik from
Norway calls him-
self and his buddies
"ski nerds" by rea-
son of their love of
their sport. When not
training or competing,
Breivik works as the
secretary general for
the Liberal Party of
Norway.
He and his team-
mates arrived Feb. 19
to get used to McCall's
high altitude and to
recover from jet lag.
All live at sea level
in Norway. "So none
of us is used this alti-
tude," he said.
Fatigue from the
eight -hour time dif-
ference threw off their
sleep patterns, and it
took up to five days
for the effects of jet lag
to fade away. But that
didn't stop them from
training.
Even the dizziness
experienced while ad-
justing to the thinner
atmosphere was no
impediment. Love of
their sport kept them
going.
"We are more or
less ski nerds. We are
all addicted to skiing,"
Breivik said. "For us,
it's a great goal to
look forward to dur-
ing workouts in late
fall evenings when its
raining and windy and
its great to think about
in March I will go to
McCall."
ForBreivik, coming
to McCall to compete is
his vacation. Cross-
country skiing is his
main hobby that takes
up much of his spare
time. He trains year
round using roller skis
in the summer.
See Norwegians,
Page A-12
Norwegians
(Continued from Page A-1)
The first morning in McCall,
pastor Charlottie Havlicak of the
McCall Community Congrega-
tional Church saw Breivik and
a few friends on the street and
offered them help to run errands.
Havlicak cancelled her plans
for the day, picked them up, and
drove them to their shopping.
"We're very impressed by
the local people," he said. "We
feel so welcome. Everyone is
so kind."
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BY MICHAEL WELLS
The Star -News
Weather conditions Saturday
forced many skiers entered in the
classic Nordic skiing races at the
2008 Masters World Cup to make
last minute decisions about wax,
but the event has progressed through the
week with little controversy.
"Waxing was really hard today," Frank
Feist, a German born resident of Boston
said while waiting for a bus outside Man-
chester Ice & Event Centre Saturday.
Feist, 42, had just finished seventh in
his 30 kilometer classic race held earlier
at Ponderosa State Park. He is skiing for
the German team and plans to race again
today in the 45km classic race.
Saturday morning greeted the skiers
with a snowstorm that made wax strate-
gies challenging.
All bets were off today," said Feist, who
runs the U.S. operation of aGerman-based
genetics analysis company in Boston. "In
inclement weather you just got to find a
way through it. With normal wax, you dial
in for one type of condition."
Three Slovakian skiers who grew up in
the High Tatras near the Slovak Republic
border with Poland said they are used to
the weather changing.'
"We are boys from the mountains, so
we are not surprised by the weather,"
Vladimir Bartko said through local inter-
preterPavla Clouser Sunday. "We showed
yesterday that we are very tough because
we grew up on good quality meals. We are
Wax
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Before the race, Poole and
his Canadian teammates shared
course information and waxed
their skis.
"We're all competitive, but we
know most of the Canadians," he
said. "It is good fun."
Karl Kuffner, a representative
for Hohnenkol, the world's old-
est ski wax company located in
Stuttgart, Germany, was worried
on Saturday. Kuffner feared many
of the 30 skiers who stopped by to
test his products would not return
after the race.
"It was difficult on Saturday,"
he said. Of the 30 skiers who
tried his wax, 28 returned satis-
fied with the performance in the
conditions, he said.
Late snowfall On first day of racing sends
entrlants scrambling
used to the bad conditions from where we
are from, sb it was fine."
The men worked in the timber indus-
try in the forests and came i repared for
anything.
Bartko, 63, even danced at Friday's
opening ceemonies with the .Nez Perce
dancers after he was pushed on stage by
his Slovakian teammates Miroslav Mate-
jka and Bo uslav Valent, both 59.
Bartko liked the Nez Perce dancers for
their "lively and healthy appearance" and
colorful costumes.
This is the third Masters World
Cup in which they have the com-
peted, but it is their first trip to the
United States.
Quick Thinking on Wax
Kim Poole, 50, of Nelson, B.C.,
changed his skis out at the last minute
from wax to no wax.
It was pretty nutty," said Poole, who has
been skiing for 25 years. "You race as much
as you can and do the best you can."
The organizers have done a great
job," he said. "The track was challenging
due to snow conditions, but everything is
going smoothly."
Jean -Marc
Berliat leads the
French team in
a parade during
the opening
ceremonies of
the Masters
World Cup
Friday night
in downtown
McCall.
Photo for The
Star -News by
avalanchephotography.
com
Kuffner, who lives in Moscow,
Russia, likes the fact that McCall
is surrounded by nature.
"I like the Masters World Cup
more than any Olympic games,"
Kuffner said. "It's a nice atmo-
sphere here, and I appreciate it
very much."
Cory Corbet, of McCall, de-
cided to return to competitive
skiing at this week's event. On
Sunday, Corbet finished in fourth
place in the women's 15km race
in her age division.
Corbet who competed in biath-
lon from 1990 to 1998, believed she
had some home field advantage
in that she knew the course, but
her training included ,riding a
snowmobile, sledding with her
children, playing outside, and
skiing at times.
Per hap, tlia biggest impres-
sion made at the event was from
the spectators who came out in
force to the opening ceremonies
and the races over the weekend,
See WAX, Page A-12
event organizing committee
President Ed Allen said.
Sunday's good weather
brought out more fans, Allen
said.
MWC reunites former
coaches, teammates
Former Olympian Tiger De-
mers of Anchorage, Alaska, and
wife Judy met old friends when
they came to McCall for the races.
Among his friends in McCall is
2008 organizing committee Presi-
dent Ed Allen.
He and Allen had their flight
held over a day last year while
returning from the 2007 Masters
World Cup in Rovaniemi, Finland.
They spent the day in Helsinki,
the Finnish capital.
But Demers has other friends
who came to McCall as well.
Sven Wiik, Demers' former
cross-country skiing coach, is
in town. Wiik coached Demers
while he was a student at Western
State College at Gunnison, Colo.
Demers was twice NCAA national
champion in cross-country skiing
in 1963 and 1964. Former Western
State College teammates have also
come to McCall.
"There's a tremendous heri-
tage and legacy that has come
out of this little college that all
of these people are still involved
with the sport and with their
coach from their college days,"
his wife said.
Demers has attended every
World Masters since 1999 when he
came out of retirement to compete
once again. Demers was at the 1960
Squaw Valley Winter Olympics
was at 1964 Winter Olympics in
Innsbruck, Austria.
"You don't see many ex -football
players or ex -wrestlers doing this
thing in this age group," Demers
said of the friendship that still
binds him to his teammates.
Blindness not an obstacle for MWC skier
BY MICHAEL WELLS
The Star -News
Barbara Lewis does not let an
obstacle like being legally blind
prevent her from racing in the
2008 Masters World Cup.
Lewis, 71 of New London,
Conn., had earned two bronze
medals in classic ski events on
Saturday and Monday at the races,
held at Ponderosa State Park.
Lewis is allowed to ski with
a guide who calls out the course
while he skis in front of her.
John Olnes, 69, of Anchorage,
Alaska, was her guide during the
races on Saturday and Monday. He
has guided her at 10 other Masters
World Cups.
The arrangement is the only
one of its kind that is allowed by
the event's sanctioning body.
Lewis has been legally blind
her entire life.
"I have no sense of vision,"
Lewis said. "I have peripheral
vision. On a visual chart I have 20-
400 vision; I can see the big E."
She placed third in both the
women's 10 kilometer classic race
for her age class on Saturday and
the women's 5km classic ski race
on Monday.
She goes for a third medal
today in the women's 15km race.
The race starts at 9:10 a.m.
"I'm more or less synchro-
nized with him," Lewis said of
Olnes. "It is easier for me to follow
him than a new guide. It is like
night and day because I know
him much better."
Olnes believed he was slowing
her down on Saturday.
"I was slow on the first run,
but Monday I had better glide
or maybe she was just giving me
more room," Olnes said. "I may
have lost some of my ability, but
she hasn't lost a bit."
Today, Ron Caple, of Duluth,
Minn., will guide Lewis on the
longer 15km race.
Skiing since 1978
Lewis began skiing in 1978
when she was picked by Ski for
Light, a program of cross-country
skiing benefiting blind, visually
impaired, and mobility -impaired
individuals and their guides.
She joined the U.S. Paralympic
Team in 1982 and competed for
the team until 1990.
She did not get to compete in
the first Masters World Cup that
she attended in Austria in 1988
due to poor weather.
Her first Masters World Cup
she competed in was in the early
1990s. She met Olnes at the event
held in Alaska in 1991.
"It is the best thing to ever
happen to me," Lewis said of the
Masters World Cup and cross-
country skiing. "It is a lot of fun;
that's why I like to do it."
Lewis, aretired schoolteacher
who taught students on a Navy
base in Connecticut, maintains
her fitness level by ice skating,
in -line skating, biking, hiking,
rowing and swimming.
She trained for this year's
event with 17 days of skiing in
Bend, Ore.
Photo for The Star -News by Matt Moehr Photography
John Olnes leads the way for Barbara Lewis (906) who is legally blind,
during Saturday's 10 kilometer race at Ponderosa State Park.
Star -News Photo by Michael Wells
OLDEST SKIER - McCall Mayor Bert Kulesza, right, presents
Georges Girard of Quebec, Canada, with a certificate signifying
Girard as the oldest Nordic skier participating in the Masters World
Cup at a ceremony held outside City Hall last week. Girard, 93,
presented the city with a Quebec flag and other gifts.
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Sights and clowns of the 2008 Masters World Cup
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP:
David Edic, right, of the United States tags Jon Engen during the Masters
World Cug relaylor-men age 50 to 54 held March 5 at Ponderosa State Park.
The US. team won the bronze medal.
Photo for The Star -News by avalanchephotography.com
Kit Pizzey (602) of Canada holds off a pack of racers on the largest climb
of the day during the 30 kilometer freestyle race for women age 55 to 59 on
Friday. Pizzey placed 16th of 23 finishers.
Photo for The Star -News by avalanchephotography.com
Diane Bouchard of Canada takes a fall coming over a sharp crest during the
30 kilometer freestyle race for women age 50 to 54. Bouchard recovered to
finish in ninth place among 37 entrants in the race.
Photo for The Star -News by avalanchephotography.com
Members of the 2009 Masters World Cup organizing committee from Autrans,
France, hold a ceremonial flag that was passed to them during closing
ceremonies Friday night at Manchester Ice and Event Centre.
Photo for The Star -News by avalanchephotography.com
Finishing in last place didn't dampen the spirits of Danish skier Jette Ella
Arendschneider Dorph as she celebrates while crossing the finish line on
Friday after completing the women's 30 kilometer race for women age 40 to
44.
Photo for The Star -News by Matt Moehr Photography
Results from first three days of P / 43
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2008 Masters World Cup races
(Note: Due to space limita-
tions, only the top 15 finishers
in each classs are listed, where
applicable. Last names are in
all caps. See key to country
codes at right,)
Saturday, March 1
Men
Classic 30 km M01 Men (Age 30 -34):
1. Adam SWANK USA, 2. Colin MAHOOD
USA, 3. Mauro SORMANI ITA, 4. Peter
MARCHL AUT, 5. Matt ZAK USA, 6. Adain
ELLIOT CAN, 7. Yan CROSTHWAITE CAN,
8. Nathan UNDERWOOD CAN, 9. Sam
NIEMI CAN
Classic 30 km M02 Men (Age 35-39): 1.
German SCHASTLIVYY RUS, 2. Alexandr
MINDRIN RUS, 3. Alexandr PUSHKAREV
RUS, 4. Innocente SORMANI ITA, 5.
ALEXEY POVIDAYLOV RUS, 6. Veiko HILLE
GER, 7. Wilhelm NORTHROP USA, 8. Clay
MOSELEY USA, 9. David URNESS CAN,
10. Sean 0 SHEA USA, 11. Douglas WADLE
USA, 12. Dennis NEWELL USA, 13. James
CLARK CAN, 14. Phil 0 BRYAN USA
Classic 30 km M03 Men (Age 40-44):
1. Rune HARKESTAD USA, 2. Bernhard
LANGER GER, 3. Michael MYERS USA, 4.
Dale NIGGEMANN USA, 5. Eric JENSEN
USA, 6. Anatoly PLEKHANOV RUS, 7.
Frank FEIST GER, 8. Scott NIELSON USA,
9. Andreas LUCK GER, 10. Victor DAIGLE
CAN, 11. Jukka LYLY-YRJANAINEN FIN, 12.
Stephen SMIGIEL USA, 13. Toivo TASA EST,
14. Allan MAGI CAN, 15. Ketil BERSTAD
NOR.
Classic 30 km M04 Men (Age 45-49):
1. SERGEY IVANOV RUS, 2. Alexander
ROCHEV RUS, 3. Jon Arne ENEVOLDSEN
NOR, 4. Bernhard SCHNEIDER GER, 5.
Paolo MANTINI ITA, 6.Oleg ALESHECHKIN
RUS, 7. Diego MAGNABOSCO ITA, 8. John
GROENEVELD CAN, 9. Scott TUCKER
USA, 10. Ken HAWTHORN CAN, 11. Valizan
MUSIN RUS, 12. Odd Roar JAKOBSEN
NOR, 13. Bob BAKER USA, 14. Stephen
WRIGHT USA, 15. Peter BOVENG USA.
Classic 30 km M05 Men (Age 50-54):1.
Doug GUDWER CAN, 2. Mathias BERGELT
GER, 3. Sepp EGGERSBERGER GER,
4. Vladimir MALTSEV RUS, 5. Sigvald
OYBERG NOR, 6. Gaetan BEAULIEU CAN,
7. David EDIC USA, 8. Vladimir SPIRIN RUS,
9. Kim POOLE CAN, 10. Kalevi PENNA
SWE, 11. Alexandr KUDELIN RUS, 12.
Andre GAUVIN CAN, 13. Sebastian ILLMER
AUT, 14. Herbert DOLD GER, 15. Ivan
EGOROV RUS.
Classic 30 km M06 Men (Age 55-59):
1. Erik JOHANSEN NOR, 2.Oddvar
VEHUSHEIA NOR, 3. Heinz -Juergen
MUELLER GER, 4. Holger HANZLIK GER,
5. Alexey KRASILOV RUS, 6. David FORD
USA, 7. Nikolay KUZMENKOV RUS, 8. Jiri
SYKORA CZE, 9. Otto SCHWARZ GER, 10.
ALEXEY KHVOSTOV RUS, 11.Ove BUNDE
NOR, 12. Lyle WILSON CAN, 13. Petras
MILASHIUS LTU, 14. Doug ARMSTRONG
USA, 15. Alfred PARSONS CAN.
Classic 15 km M07 Men (Age 60 -64):
1.Taddeo Giuseppe SCANDELLA ITA, 2.
Knut KVERNERUD NOR, 3. Klaus WEISS
GER, 4. Ullrich FRIEDEMANN GER, 5.
Nikolay KHARITONOV RUS, 6. Vladimir
BARTKO SVK, 7. Karl KUFFNER GER, 8.
Bob ROSSO USA, 9. Gerry MORRISON
CAN, 10. Joachim KRETSCHMAR GER, 11.
Valery SALOV RUS, 12. Artur FORSBERG
SWE, 13. VASILIY KHARDIN RUS, 14. Rolf
BORGERSEN USA, 15. Kenneth RICE USA.
Classic 15 km M08 Men (Age 65-69): 1.
Ola KVAALE NOR, 2. Walter HIERLMEIER
GER, 3.Olav FLATEN NOR, 4. Gennady
BUYANKIN RUS, 5. Erkki SAKSMAN
SWE, 6. Gerhard GRUNER GER, 7. Alban
FERSTL GER, 8. Karl KAMPHENKEL
GER, 9. Vasyl KRUPSKIY UKR, 10. Svein
KARLSEN NOR, 11.Yury SHCHEPETKIN
RUS, 12. Arne SAETERHAUG NOR, 13. Per
GAARDER CAN, 14. Risto SANTALA CAN,
15. Vladimir SOKOLOV RUS.
Classic 15 km M09 Men (Age 70-74):
1.Oleg STEKLOV RUS, 2. Dan KARIG
USA, 3. Jean -Yves BABIN CAN, 4. Alexey
BYSTRIEVSKIY RUS, 5. Alf BERLAND
NOR, 6. Magne LOEVTANGEN NOR,
7. Siegfried ROLLER GER, 8. Bohumil
ZACHARDA CZE, 9. Boris KIRILLOV RUS,
10. Cestmir KRIZ CZE, 11. Horst WILLEKE
GER, 12. Don LOKKEN USA, 13. Philip
MCKEAN USA, 14. Frank MC NAMARA
CAN, 15. Jiri KAFKA CZE.
Classic 10 km M10 Men (Age 75-79):
1. Gunnar TRONSMOEN NOR, 2. Hans
ESPENES NOR, 3. Allan FISHER CAN, 4.
Envar SADEKOV RUS, 5. Irvin SERVOLD
CAN, 6. Lucio MORBIOLI ITA, 7. Alexander
SKOROKHODOV RUS, 8. Manfred PATT
GER, 9. Reno DEPREY USA, 10. Herbert
ECKENFELS GER, 11. Enzo VAI ITA, 12.
Luis Federico ORTEGA CENARRO SPA
Classic 10 km M11 Men (Age 80-84): 1.
Bjarne ESPAAS NOR, 2. Ladislav BRANDA
CAN, 3. Alois MAIER CAN, 4. Charles
MARTIN USA, 5. Charley FRENCH USA
Classic 10 km M12 Men (Age 85-99): 1.
Lev LITVINOV RUS, 2. Sven WIIK USA, 3.
Rolland MICHAUD CAN, 4. Phil PUCHNER
USA, 5. Lino TADEI ITA
Women
Classic 15 km F01 Women (Age 30.34):
1. Marcia MIGAY CAN, 2. Caroline ANG
CAN, 3. Shelly LAURENCE CAN
Classic 15 km F02 Women (Age 35-39):
1. Mary WELLINGTON USA, 2. Melissa
LEWIS USA, 3. Liubov KLIMASHINA RUS, 4.
Irina SAMIT RUS, 5. Marit HAUGE NOR, 6.
Vania ZANATTA ITA, 7. Monika RIEDL GER,
8. Petra HAERLE GER
Classic 15 km F03 Women (Age 40-
44): 1. Elena MATVEEVA RUS, 2. Ksenia
MURASHKINA RUS, 3. Tina GINI LARTER
USA, 4. Irina MATVEEVA RUS, 5. Cyd
FRASER CAN, 6. Michelle WOLFE CAN,
7. Luigina MENEAN ITA, 8. Sara -Jane COX-
CONKLIN GBR, 9. Kathy BUTLER CAN,
10. Christine MOORS GER, 11. Heather
PATRICK USA, 12. Lynne HATELY CAN, 13.
Kim KITCHING CAN, 14. Colleen HESSEL
USA, 15. Meg CRONIN USA, 16. Sian
MOONEY GBR
Classic 15 km F04 Women (Age 45-49):
1. Nadezda TULINA RUS, 2. Jekke LIBY
NOR, 3. Judith RABINOWITZ USA, 4. Louise
MARTINEAU CAN, 5. Larisa VEDENINA
RUS, 6. Marina ALESHECHKINA RUS, 7.
Synneve MEISAL NOR, 8. Heike LUCK
GER, 9. Maria HAWKINS CAN, 10. Dawn
WILLIAMS CAN, 11. Olga YAKIMOVA RUS,
12. Susan KACZMAREK CAN, 13. Valerie
TONSON CAN, 14. Kim KAWAGUCHI CAN,
15. Martha BELLISLE USA.
Classic 15 km F05 Women (Age 50-54):
1. Kate ELLIS USA, 2. Raufa ZAGIDULINA
RUS, 3. Laura COLNAGHI ITA, 4. Nadejda
PREDEINA RUS, 5. Delia CHRISTIANSON
CAN, 6. Alison BRADLEY USA. 7. Hermine
EGGER AUT, 8. Torill OWEN USA, 9.
Louise POOLE CAN, 10. Hilary GARRETT
USA, 11. Karen MORROW USA, 12. Olga
ZAKHAROVA RUS, 13. Ann PAGE USA,
14. Joanne SCHMITZ USA, 15. Elizabeth
CODY USA.
Classic 15 km F06 Women (Age 55
-59): 1. Nina METELEVA RUS, 2. Vera
KOROLEVA RUS, 3. Judy BUCHANAN-
MAPPIN CAN, 4. Carolyn TIERNAN USA, 5.
Berit HOYVIK NOR, 6. Anny KETELAARS
NED, 7. Linda MCCLATCHY USA, 8. Jane
BANKS USA, 9. Gretchen LINDGREN
USA, 10. Meg HEERDT USA, 11. Deborah
WAGNER USA, 12. Susan FABIUS CAN, 13.
Jean BRISTOW CAN, 14. Rebecca MANLEY
USA, 15. Lori STEINBACH USA.
Classic 15 km F07 Women (Age 60-64):
1. Gabriele ANDERSEN USA, 2. Tone
MOBERG NOR, 3. Duchane RICHARD
CAN, 4. Gun ERIKSSON SWE, 5. Gerd
ERIKSSON SWE, 6. Dagmar ERIKSSON
USA, 7. Valentina VLASOVA RUS, 8. Rima
SUCHKOVA RUS, 9. Margareta KLINGSMO
SWE, 10. Elin NAALSUND NOR, 11. Nancy
BAUER USA, 12. Sharon CRAWFORD USA,
13. Sally HOWE USA, 14. Sherry DIXON
USA, 15. Connie MEEK USA.
Classic 15 km F08 Women (Age
65-69): 1. Inger EDLUND SWE, 2.
Tamara KUZNETSOVA RUS, 3. Tamara
GRIGORIEVA RUS, 4. Sigrid KLINGE GER,
5. Louise WHOLEY USA, 6. Eva GAARDER
CAN, 7. Grete BERGLAND NOR, 8. Joan
HENRY USA, 9.tidia SHEVELEVA RUS, 10.
Abett ICKS USA, 11. Doris BERTILSSON
SWE, 12. Kine TORINUS USA, 13. Diane
LEGNER USA, 14. Karin MADSEN NOR, 15.
Emmanuelle GUNTER CAN.
Classic 10 km F09 Women (Age 70-74):
1. Ruth SVENSSON SWE, 2. Anne GINI
USA, 3. Barbara LEWIS USA, 4. Martha
KRISTENSEN NOR, 5. Patricia KAALD USA,
6. Hannelore MARX GER
Classic 10 km F10 Women Born
1932-1928 (Age 75 -79) 1. Ellinor Daniloff
NORDMO NOR, 2. Coralyn CARL USA, 3.
Sara MARTIN USA
Sunrpay, March 2
Men
Free 30 km M01 Men(Age 30 -34): 1.
Andrey NUTRIKHIN RUS, 2. Brad BAUER
USA, 3. Joseph JENSEN USA, 4. Jason
TEDROW USA, 5. Mirko CECCATO ITA, 6.
Borg ISAKSEN USA, 7. Isaac BABCOCK
USA, 8. Sean KATO USA, 9. Manfred
LANDERDINGER AUT, 10. Chris COLE AUS
Free 30 km M02 Men (Age 35-39):1.
Alfio DI GREGORIO ITA, 2. Yury KOZLOV
RUS, 3. MichaeI BROTHERS USA, 4.
Antonio Attilio B'AU ITA, 5. Jason TRAVIS
USA, 6. Matthew GROVER USA, 7. Ilya
BELOZEROV RUS, 8. Jimmy BRYAN
USA, 9. Andrey KUKRUS RUS, 10. Eric
MESSENGER USA, 11. Todd HAGEMAN
USA, 12. Whit ALBRIGHT USA, 13. Jim
KOBAK USA, 14. Joe HERRICK USA, 15.
Roberto CARCELEN PER.
Free 30 km M03 Men (Age 40 -44): 1.
Dmitry VEDENEEV RUS, 2. Steve CYR
CAN, 3. Paul TOLOMICZENKO CAN, 4.
Terje BREIVIK NOR, 5. Leonid GOLUBKOV
RUS, 6. Valery NOSENKO RUS, 7. Victor
KRUTIKHIN RUS, 8. Sergey SYCHEV RUS,
9. Christian KLUEGER GER, 10. Stephen
WHITE USA, 11. Chris HUMBERT USA, 12.
Dan PACKMAN USA, 13. Evgeny SHUTOV
RUS, 14. Michel COUILLARD CAN, 15.
Antonio MARXUACH USA.
Free 30 km M04 Men (Age 45 -49):
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Key to
country codes
AUS - Austrailia
AUT - Austria
BEL- Belgium
CAN - Canada
CZE - Czech Republic
DEN - Denmark
EST - Estonia
FIN - Finland
FRA - France
GBR - Great Britain
GER - Germany
ITA - Italy
LTU - Lithuania
NED - Netherlands
PER - Peru
NOR - Norway
RUS - Russia
SPA - Spain
SUI - Switzerland
SVK - Slovokia
SWE - Sweden
UKR - Ukraine
USA - United States
Photo for The Star -News by
Larisa Vedenina of Russia (423), Maria Hawkins of Canada (401) and Heike Luck of Germany (415) race in
the Womens 45-49 Classic Race on Saturday:
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1. Gianni PENASA ITA, 2. Jean Francois
DUCHAMPT FRA, 3. Barry MAKAREWICZ
USA, 4. Erich WILBRECHT USA, 5. Milan
BAIC USA, 6. Alexander KLINOV RUS,
7. William NURGE USA, 8. Hans Peter
SCHWENDINGER AUT, 9. Kent MURDOCH
USA, 10. Mario CONCINI ITA, 11. Alexandr
KOMYAGIN RUS, 12. Aleksandr LYAPIN
DRLD CUP RESULTS
RUS, 13. David MACLEAN USA, 14.
Scott ELLERTSON USA, 15. Johann
INNERHOFER AUT.
Free 30 km M05 Men (Age 50-54): 1.
Erwin HAAS GER, 2. Jon ENGEN USA, 3.
Rick REYNOLDS USA, 4: Jouko LAITINEN
FIN, 5. Andrey VAYNER-KROTOV RUS, 6.
Sergey STARCHENKO RUS, 7. Mike DYON
CAN, 8. Arkadiy VARANKIN RUS, 9. Robert
BRADLEE USA, 10. Josef VEJNAR CZE,
11. Jacques BERTONCENI FRA, 12. Kamil
BIKKULOV RUS, 13. Clifford ONTHANK
USA, 14. Cestmir STAMPACH.CZE, 15.
Dawes WILSON USA.
Free 30 km M06 Men (Age 55
-59):1. Randy BECKNER USA, 2.
Einar VIKINGSTAD NOR, 3. David
CHRISTOPHERSON USA, 4.Yaroslav
SAVYK RUS, 5. Gino CECCATO ITA, 6.
Raymond PEQUIGNOT FRA, 7. Viktor
KARPOV RUS, 8. Peter HARRIS USA, 9.
Keith WOODWARD USA, 10. Michael 0
CONNOR USA, 11. Walter STEINER SUI,
12. Josef ILGNER GER, 13. Karl -Heinz
BALTROMEJUS GER, 14. Ken DAWSON
USA, 15. Gaetan MARCHAND CAN.
Free 15 km M07 Men (Age 60-64):1.
Andre GROB FRA, 2. Viktor POPOV RUS,
3. Del PLETCHER USA, 4. Murray BANKS
USA, 5. Leonid PERMINOV RUS, 6. Vladimir
ELTSYN RUS, 7. Guenther FROHS GER, 8.
Pierre VIGNARD FRA, 9. Mikhail BEDAREV
RUS, 10. Viatcheslav KURBANOV RUS, 11.
Evgeny SLUZOV RUS, 12. Thomas STOKES
USA, 13. Stig OLOFSSON SWE, 14. John
HOWCROFT USA, 15. Robert STEVENSON
USA.
Free 15 km M08 Men (Age 65-69):1.
Finn Magnar HAGEN NOR, 2. Roberto
MARTINI ITA, 3. Sverre MATBERG NOR, 4.
Matte° SONNA ITA, 5. HaakonSVENDSEN
NOR, 6. Andy ANDREWS USA, 7. Riku
KYLLOENEN SWE, 8. Gerhard SCHOPP
CAN, 9. Gabriel AUBE CAN, 10. Flavio
CASNA ITA, 11. Bob GRAY USA, 12. Odd
OSLAND USA, 13. Jack WHITE CAN, 14.
Tullio CELANO USA, 15. Jacques EYBERT-
PRUDHOMME FRA.
Free 15 km M09 Men (Age 70-74): 1.
Victor MUKHIN RUS, 2. Franz MAIER GER,
3. Vitaly KUROCHKIN RUS, 4. Donald
BILDEN USA, 5. Tim CARTER USA, 6. Ernst
LARSSON SWE, 7. Herbert POEHLMANN
GER, 8. Karel MIKKA CAN, 9. Ake EDLUND
SWE, 10. Gabriele POLETTI ITA, 11. Nello
BUSDON USA, 12. Otto GUTHARDT
GER, 13. Arthur MITCHEL USA, 14. Albert
MUNCH FRA, 15. Jozef STEC SVK.
Free 10 km M10 Men (Age 75-79): 1.
Norman CLARK GBR, 2. Aarstein BERG
NOR, 3. Arnfinn HAUGLAND NOR, 4. James
DUPASQUIER SUI, 5. Bjorn LASSERUD
USA, 6. Mack MILLER USA„7. Ulrich
LUSCHER USA, 8. Norman BISHOP USA
Free 10 km M11 Men Born 1927-1923
(Age 80-84):1. Paul RITSCHARD SUI; 2.
Tom GIBBONS USA
Free 10 km M12Men Born 1922-1908
(Age 85 -99): 1. Daniel BULKLEY USA
Women
Free 15 km F01 Women (Age 30-34):
1. Daniela CARMAGNOLA ITA, 2. Inge
SCHEVE USA, 3. Svetlana CHEREPANOVA
RUS, 4. Cory CORBET USA, 5. Jessica
JENSEN USA, 6.. Jyoti CHADHA CAN
Free 15 km F02 Women (Age 35-39):
1. Rebecca RUSCH USA, 2. Molly ZURN
USA, 3. Karoline DROEGE USA, 4. Karen
OPPENHEIMER USA, 5. Julie WELTY
USA, 6. Dayna DEUTER USA; 7. Corinne
THIEVENT FRA, 8. Katja MATHYS CAN,
9. Toni BROCKMAN USA, 10. Cynthia
ENGEL USA, 11. Karen GREENFIELD
CAN, 12. Mary BOSCHEN USA, 13. Alison
CAMPBELL URNESS CAN, 14. Amy TODD
USA, 15. Kristin WADLE USA.
Free 15 km F03 Women (Age 40-44): 1.
Laura MCCABE USA, 2. Leslie HALL USA,
3. Ragnhild BOLSTAD NOR, 4. Ingrid BUTTS
USA, 5. Barbara TURNER CAN, 6. Annie
CREIGHTON USA, 7. Svetlana FIRSOVA
RUS, 8. Camille MELVEY AUS, 9. Allison
DELONG USA, 10. Petra CERVENKOVA.
CZE,11. Diana HULME USA, 12. Nathalie
GODBOUT CAN, 13. Carolyn DAUBENY
CAN, 14. Teresa mona DEPREY USA, 15.
Eva HEJTMANKOVA CZE
Free 15 km F04 Women (Age 45-49):
1. Beth REID USA, 2. MuffyROY CAN, 3.
Roxanne TOLY USA, 4. Wendy OLIPHANT
USA, 5. Liliya ROMANENKO RUS, 6. Nancy
BURDEN CAN, 7. Kelly MILLIGAN USA,
8. Kelly ALLISON USA, 9. Cheryl DUBOIS
USA, 10. Susan REYNOLDS USA, 11. Lurah
KLATT USA, 12. Jeanne WADSWORTH
USA, 13. Christine HICKS CAN, 14. Toni
GEER USA, 15. Marcia OSTROM USA.
Free 15 km F05 Women (Age 50-54):1.
Tatiana ESIPOVA RUS, 2. Muffy RITZ USA,
3. Irina DOLZHENKOVA RUS, 4. Debbie
HAKANSSON USA, 5. Katie MEYER USA,
6. Mary ELORANTA USA, 7. Carol SEVERA
USA, 8. Lisa KIRSCH USA, 9. Catherine
WULLSCHLEGER SUL 10. Karen BROWN
USA, 11. Diane BOUCHARD CAN, 12. Vera
STRUC USA, 13. Wendy GRATER CAN, 14.
Ivanka BAIC BERKSHIRE USA, 15. Tina
WILSON USA.
Free 15 km F06 Women (Age 55-59):
1. Sofya KOZHEVINA RUS, 2. Sarah
MANNING CAN, 3. Victoria SHREVE
USA, 4. Mary Lou LOWRIE USA, 5. Karen
ISHIBASHI USA, 6. Ruth SCHELL CAN,
7. Jennifer KOHLHARDT USA, 8. Maureen
BRETZ CAN, 9. Sally ELLIOTT USA, 10.
Maia CHERNENKAIA RUS, 11. Marilyn
CELANO USA, 12. Phillppa WALL CAN, 13.
Sally SIMPSON USA, 14. Kit PIZZEY CAN,
15. Kathy SCHRECKENGOST USA.
Free 15 km F07 Women (Age 60-64):1.
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Trina HOSMER USA, 2. June LANE USA,
3. Elizabeth SCHLUTER USA, 4. Nadezda
POLJAKOVA EST, 5. Ganna NIKOLAYENKO
UKR, 6. Paula LARSEN USA, 7. Jane
PARRISH USA, 8. Sandra KNAPP USA, 9.
Carol ANDERSON USA, 10. Janet TOOHEY
USA, 11. Bonnie MCCOY USA, 12. Renate
RINGSVEN USA, 13. Mary KROOK USA
Free 15 km F08 Women (Age 65-69):
1. Liudmila KENAREVA RUS, 2. Ludmila
GOLUBKOVA RUS, 3. Eivor LINDGREN
SWE, 4. Else Marie SCHARFF NOR, 5.
Suzel DONITZ CAN, 6. Audrae COURY
USA, 7. Marie -Jose CHAUMERY FRA,
8. Jenny BUSDON USA, 9. Jana MIKKA
CAN, 10. Mary CALDWELL USA, 11. Linda
JENSEN USA
Free 10 km F09 Women (Age 70-74):
1. Alena BRANDA CAN, 2. Joanne DAVIS
USA, 3. Joyce QUADRI USA, 4. Ruth
GRUBISIC CAN, 5. Edda VAI ZAMBON ITA
Free 10 km F10 Women (Age 75 -79): 1.
Karin LAINE EST.
Monday, March 3
Classic - Men
Classic 10 km MO1 Men (Age 30 -34): 1.
Peter MARCHL AUT, 2. Brad BAUER USA,
3. Mauro SORMANI ITA, 4. Sean KATO USA,
5. Kevin CUMMISFORD USA, 6. Manfred
LANDERDINGER AUT
Classic 10 km MO2 Men Born 1972-1968
(Age 35 -39) 1. German SCHASTLIVYY
RUS, 2. Alexandr MINDRIN RUS, 3. Dan
STREUBEL USA, 4. Jason TRAVIS USA, 5.
Antonio Attilio BAU ITA, 6. Clay MOSELEY
USA, 7. Wilhelm NORTHROP USA, 8. Eric
MESSENGER USA, 9. Patrick HARPER
USA, 10. Veiko HILLE GER, 11. Mark DE
MID CUP RESULTS
NITTO USA, 12. Alex GARDNER USA
Clas is 10 km MO3 Men (Age 40
-44): 1. Christian KLUEGER GER, 2. Dale
NIGGEMANN USA, 3. Anatoly PLEKHANOV
RUS, 4. Rune HARKESTAD USA, 5. Michael
MYERS USA, 6. Bernhard LANGER GER,
7. Toivo TASA EST, 8. Ketil BERSTAD NOR,
9. Dan RACKMAN USA, 10. Yvon SEVIGNY
CAN, 11II. Everett MYERS USA, 12. Jukka
LYLY-YRJANAINEN FIN, 13. Mikhail
MILOVANOV RUS, 14. Scott LUNG USA, 15.
Igor VASILIEV RUS.
Classic 10 km MO4 Men (Age 45-49):
1.. Jon Arne ENEVOLDSEN NOR, 2.
Bernhard SCHNEIDER GER, 3. SERGEY
IVANOV RUS, 4. Alexander USATOV RUS,
5. Alexander KLINOV RUS, 6. Alexander
ROCHEV RUS, 7.Oleg ALESHECHKIN
RUS, 8. Vesa SUOMALAINEN FIN, 9. Barry
MAKAREWICZ USA, 10. Milan BAIC USA,
11. Erich WILBRECHT USA, 12. Paolo
MANTINI ITA, 13. Diego MAGNABOSCO
ITA, 14. Odd Roar JAKOBSEN NOR, 15.
Scott ELLERTSON USA.
Classic 10 km MO5 Men (Age 50
-54):1. ladimir MALTSEV RUS, 2. Doug
GUDW R CAN, 3. Mathias BERGELT
GER, 4. Sigvald OYBERG NOR, 5. Vladimir
SPIRIN US, 6. Andre GAUVIN CAN, 7.
Sepp E GERSBERGER GER, 8. Gaetan
BEAULI U CAN, 9. David EDIC USA,
10. Sig and BERGO NOR, 11. Alexandr
KUDELI RUS, 12. Robert BRADLEE USA,
13. Ivan EGOROV RUS, 14. Alexandre
KRIUVCHENKOV RUS, 15. Sebastian
ILLMER AUT.
Classic 10 km MO6 Men (Age 55
-59): 1. Erik JOHANSEN NOR, 2.Oddvar
VEHUSHEIA NOR, 3. ALEXEY KHVOSTOV
RUS, 4. Alexey KRASILOV RUS, 5. Nikolay
KUZMENKOV RUS, 6. Petras MILASHIUS
LTU, 7. Jiri SYKORA CZE, 8. David FORD
USA, 9. Lyle WILSON CAN, 10. SERGEY
AFANASYEV RUS, 11. Leif HEDMAN
SWE, 12. Otto SCHWARZ GER, 13. Doug
ARMSTRONG USA, 14. Glenn JOBE USA,
15. Vladimir STARON SVK.
Classic 10 km MO7 Men (Age 60 -64):
1. Kjell JOHNSEN NOR, 2. Klaus WEISS
GER, 3. Knut KVERNERUD NOR, 4. Ullrich
FRIEDEMANN GER, 5. Karl KUFFNER
GER, 6. Valery SALOV RUS, 7. Taddeo
Giuseppe SCANDELLA ITA, 8. Nikolay
KHARITONOV RUS, 9. Jueri VOODLA EST,
10. Joachim KRETSCHMAR GER, 11. Garry
MITCHELL CAN, 12. Ed ELLIOTT USA, 13.
Artur FORSBERG SWE, 14. Peter DAVIS
USA, 15. Kenneth RICE USA.
Classic 10 km MO8 Men (Age 65 -69): 1.
Ola KVAALE NOR. 2. Walter HIERLMEIER
GER, 3.Olav FLATEN NOR, 4. Gennady
BUYANKIN RUS, 5. Alban FERSTL GER,
6. Bob GRAY USA, 7. Vasyl KRUPSKIY
UKR, 8. Karl KAMPHENKEL GER, 9.
Yury SHCHEPETKIN RUS, 10. Arne
SAETERHAUG NOR, 11. Gerhard GRUNER
GER, 12. Svein KARLSEN NOR, 13. Josef
SCHINAGL AUT, 14. Risto SANTALA CAN,
15. Vladimir SOKOLOV RUS.
Classic 10 km MO9 Men (Age 70
-74): 1. Jean -Yves BABIN CAN, 2. Alexey
BYSTRIEVSKIY RUS, 3.Oleg STEKLOV
RUS, 4. Dan KARIG USA, 5. Nikoly KIZILOV
RUS, 6. KAre LOBERG NOR, 7. Boris
KIRILLOV RUS, 8. Siegfried ROLLER
GER, 9. Magne LOEVTANGEN NOR, 10.
Bohumil ZACHARDA CZE, 11. Cestmir
KRIZ CZE, 12. Tim CARTER USA, 13. Karel
MIKKA CAN, 14. Horst WILLEKE GER, 15.
Guenther OBERMAIER GER.
Classic 5 km M10 Men Age 75 -79:
1. Gunnar TRONSMOEN NOR, 2. Hans
ESPENES NOR, 3. Lucio MORBIOLI ITA, 4.
Envar SADEKOV RUS, 5. Irvin SERVOLD
CAN, 6. Manfred PATT GER, 7. Alexander
SKOROKHODOV RUS, 8. Denis HARDY
CAN, 9. Rolf 0 GAUSTAD NOR, 10. Gunnar
UNNELAND USA, 11. Enzo VAI ITA, 12. Luis
Federico ORTEGA CENARRO SPA
Classic 5 km M11 Men (Age 80 -84):
1. Alois MAIER CAN, 2. Bjarne ESPAAS
NOR, 3. Ladislav BRANDA CAN, 4. Charles
MARTIN USA
Classic 5 km M12 Men (Age 85 -99): 1.
Lev LITVINOV RUS, 2. Sven WIIK USA, 3.
Rolland MICHAUD CAN, 4. Lino TADEI ITA
Classic - Women
Classic 10 km F01 Women (Age 30 -34):
1. Inge SCHEVE USA, 2. Shelly LAURENCE
CAN
Classic 10 km F02 Women (Age 35
-39): 1. Mary WELLINGTON USA, 2. Liubov
KLIMASHINA RUS, 3. Irina SAMIT RUS, 4.
Marit HAUGE NOR, 5. Karen OPPENHEIMER
USA, 6. Vania ZANATTA ITA, 7. Karen
GREENFIELD CAN, 8. Molly ZURN USA, 9.
Monika RIEDL GER, 10. Amy TODD USA, 11.
Alison CAMPBELL URNESS CAN, 12. Kristin
WADLE USA
Classic 10 km F03 Women (Age 40
-44): 1. Elena MATVEEVA RUS, 2. Laura
MCCABE USA, 3. Leslie HALL USA, 4. Ksenia
MURASHKINA RUS, 5. Camille MELVEY
AUS, 6. Annie CREIGHTON USA, 7. Allison
DELONG USA, 8. Sara -Jane COX-CONKLIN
GBR, 9. Christine MOORS GER, 10. Colleen
HESSEL USA, 11. Kim KITCHING CAN,
12. Heather PATRICK USA, 13. Gulnara
MEDVEDEVA RUS, 14. Barb KELLY RINGEL
USA, 15. Diana HULME USA.
Classic 10 km F04 Women (Age 45.49):
1. Beth REID USA, 2. Marina ALESHECHKINA
RUS, 3. Nadezda TULINA RUS, 4. Kelly
MILLIGAN USA, 5. Larisa VEDENINA RUS, 6.
Muffy ROY CAN, 7. Synneve MEISAL NOR, 8.
Jeanne WADSWORTH USA, 9. Heike LUCK
GER, 10. IgaYAKIMOVA RUS, 11. Christine
HICKS CA ,12. Gaby DOLD GER, 13. Lee
GIROUAR CAN, 14. Marcia OSTROM USA,
15. Caroly BUZIEKIEVICH CAN.
Classic 10 km F05 Women (Age 50 -54):
1. Raufa ZAGIDULINA RUS, 2. Muffy RITZ
USA, 3. H rmine EGGER AUT, 4. Nadejda
PREDEINA RUS, 5. Mary ELORANTA USA,
6. Hilary GARRETT USA, 7. Karen BROWN
USA, 8. Olga ZAKHAROVA RUS, 9. Joanne
SCHMITZ USA, 10. Aud KJEMPERUD NOR,
11. Tina WILSON USA, 12. Martha BUTTNER
USA, 13. Ivanka BAIC BERKSHIRE USA, 14.
Donna HOELZ USA, 15. Linda KIRKEY CAN.
Classic 10 km F06 Women (Age 55 -59):
1. Nina METELEVA RUS, 2. Ginny PRICE
USA, 3. Carolyn TIERNAN USA, 4. Linda
MCCLATCHY USA, 5. Judy BUCHANAN-
MAPPIN CAN, 6. Gretchen LINDGREN USA,
7. Anny KETELAARS NED, 8. Berit HOYVIK
NOR, 9. Karen ISHIBASHI USA, 10. Mary Lou
LOWRIE USA, 11. Jean BRISTOW CAN, 12.
Nancy DAVIS USA, 13. Anna STARONOVA
SVK,14. Sarah MANNING CAN, 15.Toby
BAYARD USA.
Classia 10 km F07 Women (Age 60 -64):
1.Trina H SMER USA, 2. Tone MOBERG
NOR, 3. E izabeth SCHLUTER USA, 4. Ganna
NIKOLAYENKO UKR, 5. Rima SUCHKOVA
RUS, 6. G n ERIKSSON SWE, 7. Gerd
ERIKSSOSWE, 8. Valentina VLASOVA
RUS, 9. J ne PARRISH USA, 10. Elin
NAALSUND NOR, 11. Margareta KLINGSMO
SWE, 12. Sandra KNAPP USA, 13. Carol
ANDERSON USA, 14. Carole QUAM USA, 15.
Bonnie MCCOY USA, 16. Renate RINGSVEN
USA
Classic 10 km FOB Women (Age 65
-69): 1. Liudmila KENAREVA RUS, 2. Tamara
GRIGORIEVA RUS, 3. Inger EDLUND SWE, 4.
Sigrid KLINGE GER, 5. Louise WHOLEY USA,
6. Audrae COURY USA, 7. Lidia SHEVELEVA
RUS, 8. Grete BERGLAND NOR, 9. Doris
BERTILSSON SWE, 10. Jana MIKKA CAN,
11. Karin MADSEN NOR, 12. Patricia TAYLOR
USA
Classic 5 km F09 Women (Age 70
-74): 1. Ruth SVENSSON SWE, 2. Martha
KRISTENSEN NOR, 3. Barbara LEWIS
USA, 4. Hannelore MARX GER, 5. Edda VAI
ZAMBON ITA
Classic 5 km F10 Women (Age 75 -79):
1. Ellinor Daniloff NORDMO NOR, 2. Coralyn
CARL USA, 3. Sara MARTIN USA
Free- Men
Free 10 km MO1 Men (Age 30-34): 1.
Andrey NUTRIKHIN RUS, 2. Adam SWANK
USA, 3. Joseph JENSEN USA, 4. Jason
TEDROW USA, 5. Matt ZAK USA, 6. Borg
ISAKSEN USA, 7. Nathan UNDERWOOD
CAN, 8. Isaac BABCOCK USA, 9. Yan
CROSTHWAITE CAN, 10. Adain ELLIOT CAN,
11. Mirko CECCATO ITA, 12. Sam NIEMI CAN,
13. Bryan SCHAEFFER USA, 14. Chris COLE
AUS
Free 10 km MO2 Men (Age 35 -39):
1. Alfio DI GREGORIO ITA, 2. Michael
BROTHERS USA, 3.Yury KOZLOV RUS,
4. Alexandr PUSHKAREV RUS, 5. Andrey
KUKRUS RUS, 6. Innocente SORMANI
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ITA, 7. Ilya BELOZEROV RUS, 8. ALEXEY
POVIDAYLOV RUS, 9. Jonas SANDSTROM
CAN, 10. Joe HERRICK USA, 11. Todd
HAGEMAN USA, 12. Arnie LIATI USA, 13.
Jim KOBAK USA, 14. Eric HEDMAN USA,
15. David URNESS CAN.
Free 10 km MO3 Men (Age 40 -44): 1.
Dmitry VEDENEEV RUS, 2. Eric JENSEN
USA, 3. Ian HARVEY USA, 4.Terje
BREIVIK NOR, 5. Paul TOLOMICZENKO
CAN, 6. Stephen WHITE USA, 7. Victor
KRUTIKHIN RUS, 8. Valery NOSENKO
RUS, 9. Evgeny SHUTOV RUS, 10. Leonid
GOLUBKOV RUS, 11. Sergey SYCHEV
RUS, 12. Chris HUMBERT USA, 13. John
LYNCH USA, 14. Bill BALDUS USA, 15.
Frank FEIST GER.
Free 10 km MO4 Men (Age 45-49):1.
Jean Francois DUCHAMPT FRA, 2. Kent
MURDOCH USA, 3. David MACLEAN
USA, 4. Gianni PENASA ITA, 5. Alexandr
KOMYAGIN RUS, 6. losif KUNITSKY
RUS, 7. Hans Peter SCHWENDINGER
AUT, 8. Mario CONCINI ITA, 9. John
GROENEVELD CAN, 10. Aleksandr LYAPIN
RUS, 11. Jim SANTA USA, 12. Johann
INNERHOFER AUT, 13. Victor CHUPROV
RUS, 14. Ekkehard GOENNER GER, 15.
David KNOOP USA.
6. James DUPASQUIER SUI, 7. Ulrich
LUSCHER USA, 8. Norman BISHOP USA,
9. Reno DEPREY USA
Free 5 km M11 Men (Age 80
-84): 1. Charley FRENCH USA, 2. Paul
RITSCHARD SUI, 3. Tom GIBBONS USA
Free 5 km M12 Men (Age 85 -99): 1.
Daniel BULKLEY USA, 2. Phil PUCHNER
USA
Free - Women
Free 10 km F01 Women (Age 30 -34):
1. Daniela CARMAGNOLA ITA, 2. Marcia
MIGAY CAN, 3. Svetlana CHEREPANOVA
RUS, 4. Cory CORBET USA, 5. Jessica
JENSEN USA, 6, Sandra KOELBEL GER, 7.
Jyoti CHADHA CAN
Free 10 km F02 Women (Age 35 -39): 1.
Melissa LEWIS USA, 2. Julie WELTY USA,
3. Katja MATHYS CAN, 4, Dayna DEUTER
USA, 5, Corinne THIEVENT FRA, 6. Cynthia
Free 10 km MO5 Men (Age 50 -54):
1. Jon ENGEN USA, 2. Rick REYNOLDS
USA, 3. Erwin HAAS GER, 4. Sergey
STARCHENKO RUS, 5. Arkadiy VARANKIN
RUS, 6. Andrey VAYNER-KROTOV RUS, 7.
Josef VEJNAR CZE, 8. Jack HART USA,
9. Jacques BERTONCINI FRA; 10. Kim
POOLE CAN 11. Cestmir STAMPACH
CZE, 12. Steve EVANS USA, 13. Kamil
BIKKULOV RUS, 14. Ramil BAYBURIN
RUS, 15. Jack BAKER USA.
Free 10 km MO6 Men (Age 55 -59):
1. Einar VIKINGSTAD NOR, 2. Yaroslav
SAVYK RUS, 3. Boris SHAMOV RUS,
4. Keith WOODWARD USA, 5. David
CHRISTOPHERSON USA, 6. Raymond ,
PEQUIGNOT FRA, 7. Donald BAUDER
USA, 8. Randy BECKNER USA, 9. Peter
HARRIS USA, 10. David LANDGRAF
USA, 11. Viktor KARPOV RUS, 12. Holger
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CAN, 14. Walter STEINER SUI, 15. Karl -
Heinz BALTROMEJUS GER.
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1. Viktor POPOV RUS, 2. Andre GROB
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ELTSYN RUS, 8. VASILIY KHARDIN
RUS, 9. Evgeny SLUZOV RUS, 10.
Stig OLOFSSON SWE, 11. Viatcheslav
KURBANOV RUS, 12. Mikhail BEDAREV
RUS, 13. Pierre VIGNARD FRA, 14.
Thomas STOKES USA, 15. Harmon WARD
USA.
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1. Finn Magner HAGEN NOR, 2. Sverre
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ITA, 4. Haakon SVENDSEN NOR, 5. Andy
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AUBE CAN, 9. Matteo SONNA i TA, 10.
Flavio CASNA ITA, 11. Jevgeni SOKOLOV
EST, 12. Jacques EYBERT-PRUDHOMME
FRA; 13. Odd OSLAND USA, 14. Jack
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GER, 3. Victor MUKHIN RUS, 4. Vitaly
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USA, 13. Wendy GRATER CAN, 14. Delia
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-59): 1. Sofya KOZHEVINA RUS, 2. Vera
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Lori STEINBACH USA, 13. Sally SIMPSON
USA, 14. Kit PIZZEY CAN, 15. Rebecca
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1. Gabriele ANDERSEN USA, 2. June
LANE USA, 3. Nadezda POLJAKOVA EST,
4: Duchene RICHARD CAN, 5. Dagmar
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"It became very clear the evening of the banquet that the committee's intention had changed significantly
and that they intended to give away far more beer and wine than they had previously agreed to."
—James Gillespie, hearing officer
Nordic club owes $29,000 from MWC dispute
Judge rules Skater Things should have
been able to sell beer, wine at banquet
BY TOM GROTE
The Star -News
The group that organized the 2008
Masters World Cup cross-country
championships in McCall owes
almost $29,000 to the owner of the
restaurant inside the McCall ice
rink, a judge has ruled. .
The ruling puts the future of
the McCall Nordic Ski Team at risk
since the club is responsible for the
judgment, club directors said.
The judgment issued last month
by Fourth District Court Judge
Michael McLaughlin says Dana
Williamson, owner of Skater Things,
is owed $10,430 for lost income plus
$18,504 in attorneys fees for a total of
$28,934 in a dispute over who would
serve beer and wine at a banquet.
The banquet was held March 7,
2008, at Manchester Ice and Event
Centre and was attended by about
1,300 people. The party was the final
event in the Masters World Cup,
which drew 1,222 entrants from 23
countries for the week-long event
held at Ponderosa State Park.
The Masters World Cup commit-
tee operated under the nonprofit
legal umbrella of the McCall Nordic
Club Inc., which operates the McCall
Nordic Ski Team. The world cup
committee dissolved soon after the
event, which left the Nordic club
responsible for contesting the case
and paying the judgment.
The club received about $55,000
in profits from the event, of which
$10,000 was given to Ponderosa State
Park to buy a new trail groomer.
The $45,000 balance has been used
for operating expenses of the club,
and about $19,300 remains plus about
$4,000 in other funds, secretary -trea-
surer Clem Pope said Tuesday.
Paying the full $29,000 judgment
would wipe out the finances of the
club, which trains about 50 youths
per year for competitive Nordic
skiing, Pope said. Last year, club
members Anika Miller and Margaret
Pope earned spots in the prestigious
cross-country Junior Olympics.
The club is trying to negotiate
paying a lesser amount to William-
son, club president Jodie Lea said
Monday. Otherwise, the club may
be forced to double registration fees
and conduct intensive fundraising to
stay solvent, Lea said.
Dispute Over Beer, Wine
The dispute stems from a meeting
several weeks before the banquet
between Williamson and members
of the organizing committee over
food and beverage service, according
to court documents.
Williamson came away from the
meeting believing the organizers
would provide two bottles of wine
per table and two kegs of beer for
the banquet, after which she could
sell any other alcoholic beverages,
the documents said.
But when the night of the ban-
quet arrived, the committee had
About 1,300
people
representing
23 nations
gathered
for the
event -
ending
the 2008
Masters
World Cup
in McCall.
Star -News File
Photo ,
brought in 12 kegs of beer and 50
cases of wine. When she saw what
had happened, Williamson shut
down several beverage stations
she had set up for the event and
was unable to sell beer and wine
she had purchased, court docu-
ments said.
See DISPUTE, Page A-5
Dispute
(Continued from Page A-1)
"I was told numerous tunes
by members of the committee
that there were tons of money
to be made and are you ready,"
Williamson said in an interview
Monday.
The meeting was remem-
bered differently by Nicki
Humphries, who was in charge
of organizing the banquet.
Williamson was offered vari-
ous ways to make money during
the event, but never came back
with a definite res nse said
umphries, a professional
caterer, who volunteered her
services for the banquet.
"I honestly thought she
didn't want the business,"
Humphries said Monday. The
extra wine delivered the night
of the banquet had been donated
and the extra beer was leftover
from the event's beer garden at
the park, she said.
Settlement Negotiations
Williamson estimated her
losses at $10,000 and demanded
to be paid by the organizing
committee.
A meeting was held in
Apri12008 between Williamson,
operators of the ice rink and
members of the Masters World
Cup committee. A compromise
settlement of $6,300 was reached
and check drawn up, court docu-
ments said.
A meeting of the full orga-
nizing committee was held to
ratify the compromise, after
which dissent broke out among
committee members. The com-
promise was voted down and the
$6,300 check was "essentially
torn up," Humphries said. ,
"It didn't make any sense to
me," she said. "we tried hard to
work with her (Williamson), and
she wouldn't work with us."
No further offers to settle
were made to Williamson, and
she filed the lawsuit in Septem-
ber 2008.
McLaughlin ordered the
matter heard out of court by
a hearing officer, James Gil-
lespie of Boise. After hearing
testimony last spring, Gillespie
ruled in June in favor of Wil-
liamson.
"It became very clear the
evening of the banquet that
changed significantly and that
they intended to give away far
more beer and wine than they
had previously agreed to," ac-
cording to Gillespie's findings.
The Nordic ski club decided
to continue defending the case
after the Masters World Cup
committee dissolved because
committee members convinced
the ski club board they were
taking the correct position,
Pope said.
In addition to the $29,000
owed to Williamson, the ski club
also paid $1,072 as their share
of the hearing costs and about
$4,400 for their own attorney's
fees, he said.
Williamson, who has oper-
ated Skater Things since the
summer of 2007, said Monday
she was undecided if she will
accept a lesser amount.
"It was very heartbreaking
ation like this," she said.
Humphries said the incident
was "a horrible ending to a
wonderful event."
"We were volunteers; we
were trying to do something for
the community," she said.