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IRIS - Homegrown Ski Areas of North Central Washington
This 30-minute program produced in 2008 consists of photographs, a few movie clips, and personal recollections about small community ski areas in North Central Washington, generally from the 1920s through 1950s. The project was supported by the Initiative for Rural Innovation & Stewardship (irisncw.org) under the direction of Nancy Warner.The following ski areas are discussed (and in some cases illustrated with photographs or brief movies), from north to south:
Photographs of specific ski areas are sometimes labeled when displayed. (Some of these areas are displayed and labeled again in the program without dates.) They include:
- Sitzmark
- Loup Loup
- Patterson lake
- Echo Valley
- Entiat Valley
- Leavenworth
- Badger Mountain
- Squilchuck
- Conconully, 1909
- Leavenworth, 1928
- Badger Mtn, Waterville, 1938
- Sitzmark, Havillah, 1951
- Loup Loup, Okanogan, 1946
- Squilchuck, Wenatchee, 1948
- Echo Valley, Chelan, 1955
- Entiat Valley, 1950s
The following people are named on-screen during the program as they are speaking. (Note that in many other cases, the person speaking is not identified.):
- Harriet Haase
- Ray O'Neal and Guy Evans
- Bill Imes
- Virginia Nelson
- Kjell Bakke
- Duane Brown
- Wilfred Woods
- Bill Imes and Tina Rieman
- Helen and Jick Fancher
- Bud Weeks
- Haven and Musie Stanaway
- Ray Standidge
- Corky Ott
- Irene Kuhlman
- Lance and Kevin Whitehall
- Jim Small
- Walter Henze and family
- Deb Weeks
- Kim Maltais, Eric Zahn
The following people are listed at the end of the program as having contributed to the voices that are heard:
Image credits include:
- Kjell Bakke, Leavenworth
- Duane Brown, Leavenworth
- Helen Fancher, Sitzmark
- Joyce Freels, Sitzmark
- Harriet Haase, Patterson Lake
- Jack Hamilton, Loup Loup
- Walter, Henze, Sitzmark
- Bill Imes, Patterson Lake
- John Kalahar, Squilchuck
- Ned Kuch, Leavenworth
- Irene Kullman, Sitzmark
- Alan Loebsach, Badger Mtn
- Ray (Toad) O'Neal, Echo Valley
- Corky Ott, Echo Valley
- Ron Mackie, Loup Loup
- Kim Maltais, Loup Loup
- Virginia Nelson, Badger Mtn
- Chris Stern and Randy Horston, Loup Loup
- Ray Sandidge, Entiat Valley
- Jim Small, Entiat Valley
- Haven and Musie Stanaway, Entiat Valley
- Bud Weeks, Squilchuck
- Deb Weeks, Squilchuck
- Kevin Whitehall, Badger Mtn
- Wilfred Woods, Squilchuck
- Eric Zahn, Loup Loup
- Mike Berry, Squilchuck State Park
- Sandy Brightbill
- Terri Carleton
- Kyle Cox
- Jackie DeGrott
- Margaret "Mom" Miller
- Georgene Fitzgerald
- Barry George
- Phyllis Griffith, Entiat Valley Historical Society
- Powys Gadd, USFS
- Rick Halstead, WA State Parks
- Jack and Jo Hamilton
- Walter Henze
- John Kalahar
- Carolyn Kefauver
- Kristy Longanecher, USFS
- Alan Loebsach
- Lori Ludeman, Douglas County Historical Society
- Amy Massey
- Susan Mattson
- Don Portman
- Richard Ries, Okanogan Historical Society
- Marilyn Ries
- Nadra Rivers
- Georgia Rose Royer
- Ray and Terry Sandige
- Erica Simek, The Nature Conservancy
- Arlene Springer
- Dorothy Thompson
- Kristina Thorneycroft, US Bureau of Land Management
- Emert Verbeck
- Nancy Warner
- Bud Weeks
- Kevin Whitehall
- Wenatchee World
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