"The coaches called me right as she crossed the finish line," said Mancuso's former coach Mark 'Sully' Sullivan. "I looked around for someone to tell, but no one was awake yet."

Sullivan, who coached Mancuso through years in Palisades Tahoe's Mighty Mite program, was the center of attention at Palisades Tahoe. "I must have done ten interviews today," he said. "They all want to know about Julia."

"I am so excited for her," said the elated coach. "This has been her dream."

He estimated that some 360,000 acre-feet of water evaporated from Lake Tahoe each year. That's enough to lower the lake level by three feet. It's a lot more water than flows down the Truckee River in a good, water year. An acre-foot is enough water to flood an acre of land to a depth of one foot. It's 325,851 gallons, or enough water to supply three to four families for a year.

Truckee residents are concerned about the safety of the Mousehole, especially the lack of bike lanes and a pedestrian walkway. According to Town Engineer, Dan Wilkins, the structure is "functionally obsolete," which is defined as not having adequate width, shoulders, and pedestrian facilities.

#7 Family Affair
"The first carnival was in a tent in the Safeway parking lot next to the State Park. It was pretty experimental but the tent didn't fall down! The North Shore has always lacked attention, so Snowfest was an attempt to get something started. It was very much a family affair...and still is." Fritzi Briner

#8 Fireworks

Antonucci gave a short overview of the many things accomplished in 1960, at Sugar Pine, for XC competition. Then the band of colorfully dressed visitors headed off through the tall trees on the Blue Trail. With the group was Martin Hollay, a local, who worked on the trails from January 1959 until May of 1960. He gave a brief overview of what he did to help create the trails and then remove them after the Olympics. At the time, the land was all privately owned.

The tax revolt has caused a stir in Washoe County government circles and in Carson City as well where Nevada legislators have new property tax legislation under consideration. The purpose of this article is to examine why the difficult wording in current laws disables Washoe County Appraisers, creates many taxpayer misconceptions, and generates some odd outcomes in the tax bills to be paid.

Marco did so well considering his last few years of rehab. He was so close to qualifying. We were all sad...but joyous at the same time because he did so well.

Tomorrow (Sunday) is the BIG day. Daron Rahlves is so poised to win the gold. It is the talk of the town. He looks perfect. We all have the gold fever. Our three "course slippers" are rarin' to go, too. Same with our two volunteer, race time recorders, Susan and Ann.

Opening Ceremony

Saturday
On Saturday, Feb. 11 former Olympians Tamara McKinney, Jeff Hamilton, and Jimbo Morgan, with help from the Mighty Mites, Squaw Kids, and anyone else who wants to join in, will ski a lit Olympic Torch down the Mountain Run. The group will convene at 12:30 pm at Gold Coast and will ski down to the Olympic Houses' Sun Deck at the base of the mountain. At 12:45 pm a reception will be held on the Sun Deck with former Olympic athletes present. There will be a torchlight ceremony and a performance of the National Anthem sung by 18 year-old Kendall Naughton.

Daron's former coach from Squaw, Jeff Rouse, commented: "Daron was very calm and comfortable;' he was just testing the track and line. With the second training run tomorrow (Fri.), Daron will probably let the hammer down, but not completely, because he doesn't want to show his cards for the big race on Sunday."

Non-timed runs begin on the 9th with timed training on Friday and Saturday. The big downhill show is at high noon on Sunday. It should be something.

U.S. Team is Primed
I spoke with the U.S. Ski Team Head Ski Coach, Phil
McNichol, while working the course. He said that the team is primed and looking forward to having the racetracks slipped smooth by the three boys from Palisades Tahoe. Hey, that's us.