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Class of 2005 InductionMaine Ski Hall of FameFriday, October 21, 2005Lost Valley Ski Resort

Auburn, Maine

Let’s toast 10 amazing skiers & visionarieswho made Maine the way skiing should be.

Where most peoplesaw snow, they envisionedmountains of opportunity.

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MISSION STATEMENTThe mission of the Maine Ski Hall of Fameis to recognize those skiers, who throughtheir efforts and achievements havebrought distinction to Maine skiing. Someof these skiers made their mark incompetition. Others were founders whobuilt the sport into a way of life for so manyMainers. Still more were teachers wholed countless skiers and competitors intoour sport. Some had an intense impact

on local skiers while others gainedprominence on an international scale.Thanks to these skiers Maine has anindustry that is a vital part of the economy,not only in the mountains, but throughoutthe state.

It is to recognize the importanceof skiing to Maine and its citizens that theMaine ski Hall of Fame has been formed.By enshrining those men and women who

founded and built the sport in Maine,competitors who brought prominence toMaine skiing, their coaches and mentors,and others who have made significantcontributions, we shall create apermanent record of their endeavors andachievements. By doing this we shallpreserve this history for those to follow,that they may understand the greatachievements of these individuals.

Wendell “Chummy” BroomhallAurele LegereRobert “Bunny” BassAmos WinterJohn Bower

Class of 2004Otto Wallingford

Al MerrillWes Marco

Doc Des RochesRuss Haggett

Greg StumpRobert “Stub” TaylorLinwood “Zeke” DwelleyDonald CrossPaul Kailey

HONOR ROLL

Roger PageTom “Coach” Reynolds

Sam OuelletJean Luce

Birger Adolph Olsen

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Masters of CeremoniesJohn Christie Greg Sweetser Dave Irons

Class of 2005Theo Johnson James. C. Jones Dick & Mary Kendall

Richard S. “Dick” Osgood Richard “Pat” Murphy Robert PidacksFranklin “FC” Emery Robert Remington Karl Anderson

Robert MacGregor Morse

Maine Ski Hall of Fame CommitteeChairman: Dave Irons Members: Will Farnham, Tom Reynolds, Wende Gray, Tim LaVallee, Dick Osgood,

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Theo Johnson“Skeeing isindeed aglorious sport;it never growstame oruninteresting;and theexhi larat ing

joy of it is a delight beyond all comparison.”Theo Johnsen wrote those words in America’sfirst ski book,

The Winter Sport of Skeeing. Johnsen hadimmigrated from England and settled inPortland, Maine where he worked as acarpenter. Among other projects he workedon the pews for the Lutheran Church. It washere that he met and married a Swede, HildaEk.

In 1900 Johnsen became foreman of aboat building company and in 1904 he startedhis own boat building and wood productscompany. He correctly understood that thecommercial sailboat was a thing of the pastand the future was not the steamboat but

rather gasoline power. He designed and builttwo styles of gasoline powered pleasure craft.

In addition to a wife he got from theSwedes a love for skiing. By 1905 he had turnedhis attention from boats to skis. For the 1905– 06 season his factory in Portland produced12 models of skis. Since few people outsidethe Scandinavian community knew how to ski,Johnsen wrote a book, The Winter Sport ofSkeeing. There had been earlier articles but thiswas America’s first book on skiing. Hedescribed the sport and offered lessons on howto do it. Johnsen also included a catalog of hisequipment.

Johnsen’s passion for skiing shows in lineslike, “As the experienced skidor dashes downthe crusted hillsides with the speed of the windthere comes to the sport an exhilaration andexcitement that positively knows no equal.”

He made beautiful models of his skis,which he sold to shops. From these modelscustomers would place an order and Johnsenwould ship the skis. He also placed skis onconsignment in stores as far away as Chicago,Duluth and Salt Lake City.

Unfortunately passion for the sport wasnot enough. Martin Strand, another ski makerof the time, wrote, “The average youngAmerican is a sort of hot house plant, who doesnot care to spend much time out doors, as thecheap show houses and pool rooms seem tobe more attractive. They do not want to spendenough money on a pair of skis so that cheapskis are the only ones that will sell.”

In the spring of 1906 most of hisconsignment equipment was returned. Johnsenclosed his factory in 1907. The market forskiing and his beautiful, well made skis was stilldecades away.

It was 100 years ago this fall that TheoJohnsen from Portland Maine tried to introducethe country to the sport of skiing. He was right,but early. Johnsen wrote what many of uswould agree with today, “Any skidor will tellyou that skeeing is the most exhilarating andmost delightful of all winter sports and thatindulged in sensibly and not to excess, it isindeed an ideal outdoor pastime for everybodyyoung and old.”

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James C. JonesJim Jones got involved in ski patrolling

almost before there were ski areas in Maine.At a meeting at Portland High School in 1936,Jones and a small group of skiers Domie Lowell,then Eastern Division Director of the fledglingNational Ski Patrol explained how to create apatrol. Jones became the first leader of the firstski patrol in Maine, a municipal patrol called theForest City Ski Patrol. They offered theirservices to any ski area that needed them, butin those days Pleasant Mountain had the onlyreal ski area in the state and that's where theyskied.

Before becoming a patroller, a skier hadto have Standard and Advanced Red Cross FirstAid and Jones became an instructor, the first inMaine to teach the winter first aid supplement.Later he became the first Avalanche Instructorin Maine getting his training from Swampy Paristhe legendary patrolman of Tuckerman Ravine.

In 1938 he became patrol leader atPleasant Mountain, a position he held through1972. He served as section chief for WesternMaine and Regional Director for the MaineRegion of the National Ski Patrol from 1948 to1972.

During those years ski patrolling grew inmany ways. Training went well beyond the basicfirst aid. Patrollers had to learn to handle rescuetoboggans. Jones remembers the firsttoboggans at Pleasant Mountain beingrecreational models that were not rigid enoughfor back injuries. Jim remembered a youngLieutenant Pollard at Brunswick Naval air Stationwho had a true rescue toboggan which hedonated to Pleasant Mountain and future sledswere designed according to that model. Harrypollard went on to become National Directorof the National ski Patrol.

Early training of ski patrollers was informaland standards were needed. To that end variouslevels were introduced to patrolling with theSenior designation being the goal of mostpatrollers. Naturally some way of certificationwas necessary and Jim Jones became the firsthead of ski and toboggan testing in Maine,developing a team of examiners to travel todifferent ski areas to test patrollers.

In the late sixties it was determined thatto achieve Senior status, a first aid exam wasneeded in addition to the ski and tobogganexam. Jones appointed Mt Abram Patrol Leader

H a r o l dParsons tohead up thet e s t i n gprogram andunder hisd i r e c t i o n ,Maine becamethe first region in the east to have such an exam.Within two years the Eastern Divisiondeveloped such an exam with great input fromthe team of examiners already working inMaine.

In addition to his years with the ski patrol,Jim Jones was a ski instructor and coach atPortland High School, member of the MaineSki Instructors Association, and a member andPresident of the Maine Ski Council. For hiswork with NSP he was awarded a NationalAppointment #881.

This lifetime devotion to skiing and amajor contribution to the sport in Maine hasearned James C. Jones a place in the Maine SkiHall of Fame.

Dick & Mary KendellD i c k

and MaryK e n d a l lcontributedeight childrento Maineskiing and

four of them became national champions. Formost parents raising eight skiers and workingwith them would leave little time for otheractivities, but the Kendalls gave to a lot morethan their own children.

As President of the Auburn SkiAssociation during his four years Dickestablished the first Used Equipment SaleProgram with the Auburn RecreationDepartment. He also served as president ofthe Maine Alpine Racing Association, and as amember of the first Board of Directors helpedget Saddleback Mountain started.

As a ski instructor Dick was thefirstdirector of the Lost Valley Ski Schoolwhere he taught for nine years and establishedthe Jr. Racing Program there coaching winningteams. He served as an official at many raceswith the highlights the Nordic events at the

1980 and 2002 Winter Olympics. At the 2002Games he was awarded the contract forNordic skiing and directed a crew of 158volunteers. He was also a timing official atnumerous Junior, Senior and CollegiateNational Championships.

Dick's wife Mary joined him as aninstructor at Lost Valley for nine years whereshe created the children's ski instructionprogram for the Auburn RecreationDepartment. She was a delegate to theConference on Promotion of theDevelopment Team for the USSA Olympic SkiTeam. Her resume as an official includes timingat Junior, Senior and Collegiate nationalchampionships and officiating Nordic eventsat the 1980 and 2002 Olympics.

While working with countless juniorskiers the Kendalls were also training their ownchildren who followed their example by stayinginvolved in skiing well beyond their competitivedays. All ten family members have held at leasttwo or more of the following ski officialpositions: Ski racing coach, ski instructor, skischool director, Olympic timing official,president of local ski association, president of

state organization, officer of national skiassociation, certified jumping judge, certifiedcross country instructor.

All eight siblings were selected to Maineteams that competed in New Englandcompetition and seven skied for college teamsthat qualified to compete for the nationalchampionship. Among the eight children theywon 32 team championships and 33 state,New England and U.S. National individualawards.

The Kendalls are the only Maine familyto have four siblings coaching teams competingfor the National Championships and two ofthem actually won those championships.

The individual achievements of this skiingfamily could cover several pages. They includeraces won, skimeister at events from highschool to college, ski instruction and coachingand time as volunteers. Dick and Mary Kendallstarted it all by working with their own andother children developing skiers andcontributing to the sport at all levels. A lifetimeof devotion that has

played a major role in Maine skiing hasearned Dick and Mary Kendall a place in theMaine Ski Hall of Fame.

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Thank you forhaving the will to lead

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would like to congratulatethe Class of 2005

Warm regards to Dick and Mary Kendall,Pat Murphy, Dick Osgood and

Karl Anderson for your dedication to thesport and enrichment of our community.

Richard S. “Dick” OsgoodDick Osgood excelled first as a

competitor and later as a coach, skiing onwinning teams and coaching winning teams.Over a forty year span Osgood was amember of or coached 19 statechampionship ski teams.

At Edward Little High School he skiedfor Hall of Famer Zeke Dwelley for fouryears. His final three years the Eddies werestate champions with Osgood winning theindividual state championship in crosscountry in 1951. In 1950 and 1951 he wonthe New England Cross country title andin 1952 the Eastern Schoolboy crown. Heserved as team captain along with NormCummings and Dick Field.

The next stop was the University ofNew Hampshire on a skiing scholarshipwhere he won the Eastern Collegiate CrossCountry Championship in 1956 and missedby a single spot a place on the 1956Olympic XC team.

Following his successful collegecareer, Osgood returned to his roots as anassistant ski coach, taking over as headcoach in 1962. His boys teams won 11

state ski championships including a run ofseven straight from 1965-1971, along withthree New England titles. From 1975 to1987 he coached both men and women'sski teams earning five women's statechampionships during that pan. The recordshow that when his teams didn't win theywere close, with one state runner up andfour at the New England level.

He also found time to coach theJunior National Cross country team underthe United States Eastern American SkiAssociation for three years and served asUSEASA Jr, Nordic Director 1963-1967.

He taught skiing at Lost Valley for 20years, serving as an associate director forfour years.

The mark of any top high school orjunior coach is how well his competitorsdo after moving up to higher levels andsome of Osgood's charges have achievedgreatly in the sport. He coached JohnBower, Tom Upham, Karl Anderson, Boband Bill Kendall, Randy Kerr, and PeterDavis. In addition to top competitors anumber of Osgood's skiers also became

s u c c e s s f u lcoaches andinstructors. Althoughnamed HeadCoach at ELin 1961 hisfirst full year of coaching was 62-63 as hewas called back into military service duringthe Berlin crisis in 1961.

For more than forty years DickOsgood has been training skiers, futurecoaches and instructors, working withcountless numbers of skiers at every levelthrough high school and Lost Valley. Manyof his skiers can still be found teaching atLost Valley and coaching at various levels.Through these proteges his influencecontinues to spread, making hiscontributions even greater.

For his achievements andcontribution to skiing in Lewiston Auburnand throughout Maine and New England,Dick Osgood has earned entry into theMaine Ski Hall of Fame.

We're looking for skiers deserving of Hall of Fame honors and you

can help. If you know or know of a skier who has made a major

contribution to the sport in Maine you can nominate him or her for

membership. Simply go to www.skimaine.com. Click on to Maine Ski

Hall of Fame and download the nomination form. Gather the

information required and forward the form as directed to the selection

committee and your candidate will be considered for election to the

Maine Ski Hall of Fame. You can also get involved in helping us to

preserve the history of Maine skiing by joining the Ski Museum of

Maine, of which the Maine ski

Hall of Fame is a part. The

information can be found on the

same website and we welcome

your participation.

Dick and Mary Kendall, Dick Osgood,Pat Murphy, and Karl Anderson

on their election to the Maine Ski Hall of Fame.Thank you for your contribution to skiing in Maine and

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Richard “Pat” MurphyT h e

p e r f e c tv o l u n t e e rcan bedescribed into twowords, "Pat"M u r p h y .

Starting when he joined the Sugarloaf SkiPatrol in 1959, Richard "Pat" Murphy haspatrolled every single weekend, a total ofover 1600 days and he is still going at age83.

Stub Taylor who directed theSugarloaf patrol for most of those yearsuntil his retirement, noted that Murphy wasalways willing to "go the extra mile"whether it was fund raising to buy neededequipment, work with new members,number of accidents handled, daysvolunteered, training sessions attended,and all the various duties involved inpatrolling.

Patrolling at Sugarloaf every weekendfor over 45 years would be more thanenough for most skiers, but not for "Pat"

Murphy. Several nights a week he patrolsat Lost Valley not far from his home inAuburn. At both areas he goes about thejob quietly and professionally, leading frombehind and by example.

Since his retirement from business, hehas expanded his ski volunteering. PhilGeelhoed, CEO of Maine Special Olympicshad this to say, "Pat" Murphy has served aone-on-one volunteer to a Special OlympicsAthlete since the Special Olympics came toSugarloaf in 1982." In 2003 "Pat"washonored by Sunday River for ten years ofservice to Maine Handicapped Skiing, aprogram he still volunteers for.

If the time could be totaled, "Pat" hasspent more hours working with the disable,Special Olympians and assisting skiers thanmost professional skiers spend in a lifetimeof their work. His fellow patrollers thinkso highly of his contribution that they nameda special award for him and Murphypromptly insisted that the award carry thename of Stub Taylor as well. It is one of themost prestigious awards a Sugarloafpatroller can receive.

His service has been recognized bythe National Ski Patrol as well. He has beena Senior Patroller for many years and in 1981was awarded a National Appointment(#6235). This award goes to patrollers whohave "demonstrated leadership, goodcharacter, diplomacy, a positive attitude,good judgement, unusual qualities ofpatrolling ability, a genuine desire to servethe skiing public and extraordinary serviceto the National Ski Patrol. In 2001 "Pat"wasfurther honored with the NSP NationalService Award.

How many skiers' lives have beentouched by "Pat" Murphy is impossible tomeasure. During his working years hedevoted virtually all his time off, weekendsand evenings to ski patrolling at two skiareas. After he retired he simply expandedhis volunteering to teach the handicappedto ski, and through all these years he hasmaintained his ski patrol skills at the highestlevel, even into his eighties. This lifetime ofdedication to other skiers has earnedRichard "Pat"Murphy a place in the MaineSki Hall of Fame.

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Bob Pidacks became the secondOlympic skier from Maine when hejoined his coach and fellow Chisolm SkiClub member on the 1952 OlympicNordic Team. His journey to thehighest levels of competition startedwhen he learned to ski in Rumford atage seven. He began competing as asophomore at the Stephens High inRumford.

His ski career was interruptedduring his senior year when he drove aski pole into his eye while competingin the state downhill competition atGould Academy in 1946. He enteredthe University of Maine in 1947 tostudy forestry and in 1950 returned totraining and competition.

He became a three letter man atthe University and in 1951 captainedthe ski team. Although his experiencewas limited to two years he piled up aseries of outstanding results during the1951 season. Heading into theOlympic Trials in March hehad recorded a second

place finish in an open meet at Jackson,NH, 4th at the Dartmouth WinterCarnival, First in a State College meetincluding Bowdoin and Colby atRumford, Second at the McGill ISUWinter Carnival, Second at an openmeet in Salisbury and First at theMiddlebury Winter Carnival.

The winter's competition had himin top form for the Olympic Trialswhich were held on his home coursein Rumford. His time of one hour, 32minutes and 19 seconds beat NationalCombined Champion Ted Farwell by 21seconds and Pidacks become thenumber one cross country skier on the1952 Olympic Team.

After being named to the OlympicTeam he graduated from college andentered the U.S. Army. He was givenleave to train for and compete in thegames in Oslo, Norway where he ranthe 18 kilometer course 14 minutesfaster than his trial time for a 69th placefinish. Following the games Pidackstraveled through Europe competing in

numerousr a c e sb e f o r er e t u r n i n gto theArmy andservice inKorea.

Returning to the states Bob wasnamed to the 1954 FIS Team.

With the demands of a career andfamily Pidacks declined an invitation totryout for the 1956 Olympics, but hisactive participation in cross country skiingwas not over. For the next ten years hecontinued to compete locally and spentcountless hours working with the juniorprogram in Rumford. He and his wife Ruthdrove all over the Northeast transportingskiers to races.

For his outstanding race career hewas inducted into the University of MaineSports Hall of Fame in 1990 and his recordof achievement and contributions to thesport of skiing has earned Bob Pidacks aplace in the Maine Ski Hall of Fame.

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involved in skiing but not just as a skier.Actual skiing has been closer to threequarters of a century . His involvement goesmuch deeper and has been very importantto Maine skiing. An early interest incompetition led him to take an active rolein junior ski racing, which he pursued as racechairman of the Downeast Ski Club. He wasdirectly responsible for that club's heavyinvolvement in junior racing for years.

His activities included serving as a raceofficial at every level from junior to WorldCup. He worked as a starter for Jr. I and IIraces and when the World cup came toSugarloaf in the Tall Timber Classic in 1971.During races at Pleasant Mountain, now

Shawnee Peak, Frank could always be foundat the start or finish, if not in an officialcapacity, as a volunteer just helping out.

When his sons took up racing hestarted a race team in Westbrook and tookup the job of coach. He transported carloadsof racers to events and worked tirelessly inthe hill. In addition to working on the hill atraces he served the organizations of skiingas a director of USEASA and as President ofthe Maine Ski Council. His work for theDowneast Ski Club as race chairman andpresident led to his being awarded a lifetimemembership. He was a tireless fund raiserfor race programs and ski events and fewevents were held in Maine without hispresence. Following a visit to the NationalSki Hall of Fame in Ishpeming, Michigan hereturned to Maine to encourage skiers tojoin that organization, just one more wayfor Frank Emery to promote his sport.

For most this would have been plenty,but Frank also found time to serve as amember of the Pleasant Mountain volunteer

ski patrol. For his dedication he received aprestigious National Appointment (No.4145) from the National Ski Patrol, anorganization he served for 20 years.

Frank got involved in every aspect ofskiing. As one of the three founders of SkiSpree Wax, he spread his bronze coloredwax throughout the East and even to manyshops in the West. Skiers were advised to"Ski the bronze", and this popular rub onbecame the regular choice for spring skiing,East and West. This led him to work as arep selling a line of ski clothes andaccessories which brought Ski Spree to evenmore shops and skiers.

After a trip to Europe he became apied piper leading groups of skiers to Austria,Aspen and Tahoe. There was no part ofskiing that escaped his attention and eventhough he finally had to give up skiing in hiseighties he still promotes the sport. Througha lifetime of devotion to the sport of skiing,

Frank Emery's contribution has earneda place in the Maine Ski Hall of Fame.

Robert RemingtonRobert Remongton started his skiing

career at Gould Academy where he was astandout competitor on a ski team knownfor its success among New England prepschools. From 1964 to 1967 "Rem"competed in cross country racing andjumping, the events that would become akey part of his life's work and in 1967captained the Gould Academy team.

He went on to the University of Maineski team 1970-1972 where his second placefinish in jumping in 1970 helped the team tothe state title. He once again demonstratedhis leadership by captaining the team in1972.

Returning to the Bethel area aftergraduation he became ski coach at TelstarRegional High/Middle School in 1974 wherehe coached jumping until 1980 and crosscountry until 1998.

His teams compiled an enviable recordwith a string of victories. The boys won theMaine nordic title in 1974 and 1975, and theoverall crown in 1978,1982, 1985 and 1992.

The girls won nordic in 1974 and 1976 andoverall 1979, 1983 and 1986. The boys alsocollected four Mountain Valley Conferencechampionships and the girls three. In 1978the boys won the New EnglandChampionship when it was still a four eventmeet.

For 25 years Bob Remington coachedskiing at Telstar and turned out manyoutstanding skiers. Somehow he still foundtime to coach the Bill Koch Youth Ski Leaguefrom 1978-1988. He also worked with theOlympic Training Summer Program andMaine Team for the Eastern High SchoolChampionships.

His work in trail design included thecreation of the nordic trail system at TelstarHigh which led to hosting numerous statechampionships in all three classes from1988-1998. Another creation was theTelstar Relays which began in 1979 with sixschools and has grown to be the largestevent in the state with over 300 skiers. Hiswork maintaining the Swan's Corner Jump

in Bethelwhich the skiteam usedhelped keepjumping alivein the areaeven afterthe NCAAdropped the event from its competition.

Remington has served at many levels,President of the Maine Ski CoachesAssociation, ski liaison for the Maine StatePrincipal's Association and co-founder of theBethel Outing Club and its annual ski sale.

Through a long career in ski coachingRobert Remington covered it all, designingtrails, grooming them, leading in rules andregulations governing nordic skiing in Maineand earning the respect of other coachesaround the state.

For his dedication to the sport and themultiple contributions to skiing in Maine,Robert Remington has earned a spot in theMaine Ski Hall of Fame.

Karl AndersonK a r l

A n d e r s o na l w a y swanted tobe a skiracer. Earlyon in hiscareer he

made a difficult choice to follow theEastern ski racing circuit rather thancompete with his good friends on the Stateand New England Champion Edward LittleHigh School Ski Team. In his final year as ajunior racer, Karl won the 1971 Eastern Jr.GS championship, securing the finalposition on the Eastern Squad for the USJr. Nationals.

Upon graduation Karl attendedJohnson State College, in an effort to makethe Can-Am national race circuit. Missingthe final slot on the Eastern Team, heconsidered quitting, but Earle Morse, hiscoach at Johnson, encouraged Karl tocontinue competing on the Europa Cupcircuit. Traveling on his own and racedthroughout Europe. His results that wintercatapulted him from not being rated in the

top 100 in the US to 5th overall. Unknownto any US coaches and most other nationallevel ski racers he was named to the USSki Team in 1972.

Starting his career as a slalom and GSspecialist Anderson finished 4th in the USNational Slalom and had a 9th place WorldCup GS finish. During the fall nationaltraining camps in 1975 Karl traineddownhill for the first time. Given theopportunity to race downhill that seasonhe had seven top fifteen finishes. Theseason culminated with a 5th place finishin the final World Cup, won by FranzKlammer, in Jackson Hole. In the following1976 season Karl became the firstAmerican male to win an overall EuropeanCup title by taking the downhill discipline.That same season, as a downhiller, hebecame the first Maine skier to representthe US in an Alpine event at the Olympics.

Internationally, over the next fiveyears, Karl was often the top US downhilleron the World Cup. Even after seriouslyinjuring his back in January of 1978 he hadtop ten finishes in World Cup downhills.That back injury would require a regimen

of 10+ aspirin per day for the rest of hisski career and a metal back brace for fouryears thereafter. Even with the impairmenthe secured the final slot on the 1978 USWorld Championships DH Team. He alsorepresented the US in the 1980 Olympics.He won the 1978 US National DH Title,and was runner up in that event in 1976,77and 79.

Following his retirement from theTeam in 1981 he continued to contributeto US Skiing and the Olympic movement.He was a member of the US Ski AssociationBoard of Directors from 1982 to 1988, andlater was the Assistant Executive Directorand Chief Financial Officer of US Skiing.At the Olympic level he served on theExecutive Board of the US OlympicCommittee from 1984 to 1988. He alsoserved on the Athletes Advisory Councilof the US Olympic Committee.

For his outstanding competitiverecord and his continuing contribution toUS and Maine skiing Karl Anderson hasearned a place in the Maine Ski Hall ofFame.

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Robert "Bob" Morse first achievementsin skiing came at the high school level whenhe captained the 1962 ski team at DeeringHigh School in Portland. He showed hisversatility by winning Skimeister honorsthrough five events, downhill, slalom, giantslalom, cross country and jumping.

Unfortunately, the University of Maine,Machias from which he graduated in 1967 hadno athletics but he still prepared himself wellfor a career in coaching. Since 1970 Morsehas coached cross country running, track andfield and skiing at both the junior high andhigh school levels amassing numerouschampionships and awards, his ski teamswinning a total of 39 state championships.

From 1984 to 2004 his girls teams wonnine overall (4 events) titles, 1984, 1986,1987, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003 and 2004, andtwelve Nordic crowns, 1983, 1984, 1985,1986, 1987, 1988, 1995, 1996, 1997,1999,2003 and 2004 and the 2004 alpinechampionship.

During the same period his boys teamswon eight ski championship (4 events), 1988,1989, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1998, and2004, and eight Nordic titles, 1985, 1986,

1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993 and 1996 andthey were alpine co-champions in 2004.

The Maine Sunday Telegram namedhim coach of the year twice, Ski Coach ofthe Year in 2000 and Girl's Ski Coach of theYear in 2004.

While winning is important to any coachdeveloping athletes is equally important andmany of those who skied for Coach Morsehave gone on to make their own contributionto the sport as competitors and coaches.

Both Scott Loomis and Walt Shepardhave competed at the US Team Level. Othershave skied at the college level, several forNCAA Division I schools and some can befound coaching at the high school and collegelevel. Yarmouth skiers have made All Americastatus in Division I colleges and Maine skiersare regularly recruited by the best schools.

Coaches also need raw material in theform of skiers and facilities. On the facilityside Morse helped to rebuild and maintainthe Hurricane Mountain jump which theschool used until jumping was dropped fromhigh school skiing.

To spread skiing beyond the school Bobworked with the Yarmouth Ski Club as they

set upprograms forjunior skiing.He alsor e c r u i t e dcross countryrunners intos k i i n gtransferring their skills to the ski trails anddeveloping more skiers.

Coach Morse has worked with theorganizations in skiing as well, serving asPresident of the Maine Ski CoachesAssociation for five years and as NordicLiaison to the Maine Principals Association forthree years. He also works with the NewEngland Nordic ski Association to promotejunior cross country skiing.

Bob Morse also took time to serve hiscountry retiring after 26 years in the U.S.Army Reserve. He hasn't retired fromcoaching and his teams look forward to moresuccess. This successful career in coachingwhich continues to contribute to Maine skiinghas earned Robert "Bob" Morse a place in theMaine Ski Hall of Fame.

Coach MorseOutstanding leaders go out of their way to

boost the self esteem of their teammates. Youtaught us to believe in ourselves and we haveaccomplished amazing feats over the years!

Congratulations on your inductioninto the Maine Ski Hall of Fame.

We love you!

- The Yarmouth Ski Team

SKI MUSEUM OF MAINE

Maine is very rich in ski history, yet many people do not realize it nor recog-nize the place this history holds within the American ski world. Because ofthis, many of those who have valued the special spirit our sport entails areconcerned this history will be lost. It is this concern which motivated thefounders of the Ski Museum of Maine to organize.

Established with the mission to “preserve and publicize the business ofskiing in Maine, while celebrating Maine’s ski history and heritage,” theboard of directors has undertaken a number of projects to identify and

preserve our skiing heritage and to share this heritage with the younger generations. The formation of theMaine Ski Hall of Fame is an exciting outcome of this effort.

Founded in 1995 by Don Hayes of Ellsworth, Don Fletcher of Orono, and Greg Foster of Cumberland, the SkiMuseum of Maine board expanded over the years to include Jean Luce, Stratton; Dick Keenan, Cape Elizabeth;Tony Jessen, Freeport; Don Fowler, Carrabassett Valley; Glenn Parkinson, Freeport; Al Webster, CarrabassettValley and Holden; Tom Hanson, Orrington; Fran Clukey, East Holden; Greg Sweetser, Cumberland, and MeganRoberts, Farmington. Currently, its Officers are: John Christie, President; Dan Cassidy, Vice President; Tom Hanson,Treasurer; Don Fletcher, Secretary; and Don Fowler, Clerk. Other Directors are: Cindy Hiebert, Peter Hussey, DaveIrons, Jean Luce, Bruce Miles, Glenn Parkinson, and Greg Sweetser. The museum would like to expand this board, soif you are interested in being involved, are committed to our mission, and can give time to serve, we need you.

The museum’s supporting membership funds and donations have enabled us to receive a matching grant spe-cifically to hire a professional archivist who spent six days teaching and training us in the proper methods ofidentifying, filing and storing our archives. Volunteers have continued this process preparing the wonderfularchival records of Sugarloaf and Bald Mountain, Penobscot Valley Ski Club, Sugarloaf Ski Club, and the MaineSki Council. Penobscot Valley Ski Club has also provided a grant to purchase a scanner, enabling the records tobe duplicated through our computer program, PastPerfect for safe keeping as well as easy access. The sup-porting membership includes lifetime members Regis and Carolyn LaPage, Walter Melvin, Jr., Sally and AlWebster, Don Fletcher, Guy Williams and Charlotte Zahn. Their leap of faith has been joined by a number ofcorporate members and individual skiers across the state. We encourage all who share our concerns and goalsto send their contributions to The Ski Museum of Maine, P.O. Box 359, Kingfield ME 04947. Individual mem-bership is $10, Family $25, Corporate $50 and Lifetime $500.

Being a “museum without walls” presents a special challenge. Until there is a permanent facility large enoughfor public displays, the museum’s focus is centered on educating everyone about our significant Maine skihistory, locating places of Maine’s many private collections, encouraging the recording of oral histories, andcontinuing the process of cataloging existing archives and preserving them in acid-free, durable containers. Weare especially appreciative of the support the Town of Carrabassett Valley has given with the use of a smallbuilding for some storage and work space. Exploratory work is underway with the town and its library toincrease this space allowing for public access to displays. This would be a welcome step in moving forwardwith a permanent facility. Although there is currently a lack of storage space for a large quantity of items, themuseum would like to know the location of early (pre-World War II) items used in Maine, records from Maineski areas no longer existing, Maine ski club collections, earliest records and artifacts of today’s Maine ski areas,and private collections of ski memorabilia specific to Maine.

Ski Museum of Maine • P.O. Box 359 • Kingfield, Maine 04947

MAINE SKI HALL OF FAME - YEAR THREE

Two years ago we held the first banquet to induct the first class of Maine skiers into the Maine Ski Hall of Fame.That distinguished class was made up of ten skiers who played key roles in creating the ski industry here inMaine and even around the world. Recognizing them established the Maine Ski Hall of Fame and last year weadded ten more in the Class of 2004. This year's class continues our mission of recognizing the visionaries whoshaped our sport.

Among this new class of ten are historic skiers such as Theo Johnsen, Olympians Robert Pidacks and KarlAnderson, Patrol Pioneers James Jones, Franklin Emery and Richard Murphy, outstanding coaches, DickOsgood, Bob Remington, and Bob Morse and Dick and Mary Kendall. These skiers represent many aspects ofskiing and all have had a major impact on the sport. Thisprogram book documents their achievements and createsa permanent record of their contributions. With thisgroup we now have 30 members enshrined in the Maineski Hall of Fame, and we have just begun. With morethan 30 Maine skiers listed as members of the US SkiTeam Alumni and numerous instructors, ski patrollers, andmany builders who helped create our sport in Maine orrepresented us in competition, it will take years torecognize them all. And this is where you come in.

The committee reviewed a number of nominees and hadto decide which skiers would go in this year and whichcould wait awhile. If there is a bias it is toward thoseolder skiers. That first year only three of ten were aliveto accept their awards in person. This year we have eightstill with us and one of our goals is recognize thedeserving pioneers while we can still invite them to join usin person. Through the ski museum and our committeewe know of many, but not all. If you know of someonewhose contribution to skiing rises to the level of thosealready enshrined, contact a committee member and startthe nomination process.

Dave Irons, ChairmanMaine Ski Hall of Fame

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