To the Editor:
I love Lou Ellen Foley’s thought to plant maples on Maple Ridge. It would be a swell place to memorialize the guys who Hank looked up to: FIRST Olympian John “Louie” Ehrensbeck, Coach Joe Dunn and Norm Villiere, pre-Olympian Gary Vaughn, and Olympian Terry Aldrich… and of course all those who offered generous knees to Hank when he begged for rides to the top of the mountain.
Then there were the members of the high school ski teams, the legendary fathers like John Foley and Charlie Kiefer who timed or shoveled courses, the Ski Patrol, the “Jumping Brussels,” Principal Jack Leach… etc., etc. You get the idea.
Everyone in town had a hand in all our kids’ futures. Hope we can keep it that way.
When we make that plaque, be sure to mention the influence of the town.
Thank you everybody.
Mirnie Kashiwa, Thendara
