How many weeks is it until the winterOlympics in Sochi in 2014? This is the final fullseason before that key date for lady jumpers andour Alpine scholarship athletes. Investments intraining need to be made now to fully impact theresults for the next season and season start. Sourgent money is needed. Read on for ways tomake YOUR investment. Impresarios are neededto conduct benefit events!Dick Shawkey, Trustee, displayed his accustomedprowess at raising funds for scholarshipsat the FWSA Convention in June. His teamraised nearly $1,500 from raffles of desirableprizes and much more from auctions of generouslydonated travel packages from GrouseMountain Lodge and Whitefish Mountain. Thesehave become an annual commitment by theselong time industry partners. And, we must alsonote the continuing commitment of the <strong>Ski</strong>yente<strong>Ski</strong> Club of Portland for the Nicole Erin Award.Clubs and councils may sponsor a scholarship“slot” with selections made exclusively by thescholarship committee. Check www.fwsa.org for2011 scholarship winners. The 2012 scholarshipsare announced October 1.Randy Lew, FWSA President, exercised onthe-spotleadership to raise funds for Women’s <strong>Ski</strong>Jumping by challenging Film Fest viewers tomatch his kickoff $100. This resulted in an immediate$400 with additional pledges to come. Weneed to build the jumpers’ fund in order to makean impact from organized skiing with an FWSFgrant. We need much more to make a meaningfulgrant to support the preparedness for the comingjumping season.She’s the best! Sarah Hendrickson secured theoverall FIS World Cup title in Zao, Japan inMarch 2012, the first ever Women’s World Cup.Sarah received a President’s Award at the 2012FWSA Convention. Photo courtesy of WSJUSA<strong>Ski</strong>ing with friends: Waltraud Cardona (Gordon's mother), Darryl Coit,Robert Allen, Dianna Digiandomenico, Sigrid Noack, and Gordon Cardonawith Bert Witsil, his Sun Valley Adaptive <strong>Ski</strong> School Instructor, pause to checktheir downhill routes at the <strong>Far</strong> <strong>West</strong> <strong>Ski</strong> Week in Sun Valley, 2011. The newFoundation Objective Two Program is being formed to assist a physically challengedskier to attend a <strong>Far</strong> <strong>West</strong> <strong>Ski</strong> <strong>Association</strong> <strong>Ski</strong> Week. photo courtesy DiannaDigiandomenico and The Unrecables <strong>Ski</strong> Club, Los AngelesRemember, the coming season is the lastseason before the Sochi 2014 Olympic season.Support over the next 18 months is needed to ensurea great showing by our jumpers. LindseyVan (World Champion in 2009) and Sarah Hendricksonhave already shown us the possibilities.Sarah secured the overall FIS World Cup title inZao, Japan in March 2012, the first ever women’sWorld Cup. Check out the new jumping film entitled“Ready to Fly” or get the DVD fromwww.wsjusa.com.To build up our capability, we are namingseveral Associate Trustees to provide focusedleadership to support our objectives and serve aspoints of contact for collaboration with <strong>Association</strong>counterparts. For Objective Two (rehab):Gloria Raminha and Linda <strong>West</strong>lund; for OutreachExpansion and Media Utilization: GeorgeStewart.<strong>Far</strong> <strong>West</strong> <strong>Ski</strong>FoundationExpandsProgramby John WatsonPresident, FWSFFoundation Objective Two ProgramWe have highly motivated volunteers tolaunch support functions for our rehab function.Friends of Linda <strong>West</strong>lund, Fred’s daughter, havecreated the Fred <strong>West</strong>lund Fund for support ofthe rehabilitation objective. Fred was a WorldWar II veteran of the Ardennes and Bastogneand a long time skier, commencing with membershipin the Windy City <strong>Ski</strong> Club of Chicago.Gloria Raminha, one of the fund’s charterdonors, has arranged an innovative additionalway to increase this fund with Mary Manningof Aspen <strong>Ski</strong> Corporation. Aspen is the continuingsponsor of the <strong>Association</strong>’s annual Safetycontest, as well.The initial idea for the Foundation’s objectivewas to provide support for a challenged skierto attend <strong>Ski</strong> Week. Our new Associate Trusteeswill discuss this and develop alternative plans tosupport the objective. We will also contact theWounded Warrior programs to see if there is arole for us there, as well. In addition, we expectfurther additions to the fund in October from anevent in Arizona in honor of Fred <strong>West</strong>lund.Legacy/<strong>Ski</strong> History ProgramAs far as legacy/history is concerned, <strong>Far</strong><strong>West</strong> people are in extremis. Materials, peopleand histories, oral as well as durable, are rapidly26 <strong>Far</strong> <strong>West</strong> <strong>Ski</strong>er’s Guide 2O12 - 2O13 / See the Digital Edition of the <strong>Far</strong> <strong>West</strong> <strong>Ski</strong>er’s Guide at www.fwsa.org.
photo by Bill Singleton / Shutterrific Photographydisappearing and lost forever. To mitigate somepart of this, we will promote a special collectionsprogram along the lines of the Marriott Library’sSpecial Collections activity at the University ofUtah. This system was described by our 2012Snowsports Builder honoree, Dr. GregoryThompson, Associate Dean at the Library. The<strong>Far</strong> <strong>West</strong> region is so large and its ski areas sodistributed over this area, that a single central library/university/museumcould not serve the entire<strong>Far</strong> <strong>West</strong> (at least, as far as visit convenienceis concerned.) We need to have distributed collectionspoints, probably at the council level, toDeedee Corradini,President of the Women's<strong>Ski</strong> Jumping USA, wasthe keynote speaker atthe FWSA Convention.Through her efforts,Women's <strong>Ski</strong> Jumpingwill be included in the2014 Winter Olympics inSochi. With Deedee isLindsey Van, World <strong>Ski</strong>Jumping Champion - 2009,who also spoke, and bothanswered questions fromthe audience.take in, catalog and protect materials donated. Itwon’t all be paper, so there is a volume issue.Each council should seriously consider namingan archivist to take care of this. The educationpanels in FWSA 2013 should include a specialcollections initiative and a legacy program. Wewill produce a handbook on special collectionsand the conduct of oral histories in support ofthe ski history objective of the Foundation to accompanythe special collections activity.“Making History” DVDs are available for$25 postpaid. This is a home production done in2011 celebrating the 150 year anniversary of skiclubs and ski racing. The DVD is compiled ineight chapters, each of which could be used as abrief 12 minute presentation before a ski club orcommunity group. Revenue will be used for thelegacy/ski history objective. (See page 31.)We must continue to note that we have alarger, unsatisfied mission objective - but not theresources - to support Nordic and snowboardingcompetitors. Every ski team that has Alpine competitorsalso maintains Nordic and snowboardingprograms. They go to the Olympics, too.Contributions may be made from the <strong>Far</strong>-<strong>West</strong><strong>Ski</strong>Foundation.org web pages using PayPalor can be mailed to:John Reinhardt, Treasurerc/o RF Associates, LLC5285 SW Meadows Rd., # 380Lake Oswego, OR 97035Unrestricted contributions will be allocatedat the discretion of the Trustees. Checks shouldbe made out to FWSF, with intended purpose, ifany, and sent to the Treasurer or to John Watson,FWSF President: Box 861, Fallbrook, California92088. In the case of contributions made electronically,any restriction in purpose should befollowed by email instruction sent to FWSFPresident@gmail.com.▲▲<strong>Far</strong> <strong>West</strong> <strong>Ski</strong>er’s Guide 2O12 - 2O13 27
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