Middlebury College Hosts 36th Winter Carnival Weekend
Middlebury College gears up for its 36th Winter Carnival February 23 to 25 drawing 1,400 students, guests and teams. The event features nine East men’s ski teams and several women’s teams competing at the Field House and Snow Bowl on multiple slopes with an ice show headlined by Melissa and Mark Militano. The carnival opens with a torchlight coronation and concludes with jumping and a Klondike Rush. Public tickets available at event sites or Proctor Hall.
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Middlebury
Middlebury College
Hancock
United States
Vermont
Champlain Valley
Green Mountains
James I
Armstrong
Munroe Hall
Memorial Field House
Circus
Mellisa
Mark Militano
Long Island Figure Skating Club
Allen Slope
Bread Loaf
Dartmouth
Williams
St. Lawrence
Maine
New Hampshire
Harvard
Norwich
Colby
Colby Junior College
Green Mountain
Skidmore
McGill
Middlebury Inn
Bert Orr
Ross Trail
Hans Mehren
Jim Lobitz
Bill McCollum
Terry Aldrich
Jim McGill
Jim Speck
Larry Gillis
Dave Rikert
Williams College
Dave Pope
John Greene
Eddy Jacobs
The
Mighty Soul Rockers
Proctor Hall
Olympic Skier Bob Gray Wins Putney Cross Country Race
Bob Gray of Putney, a U S Olympic team member and Putney School athletic director, won the fifth annual George Washington Birthday cross country race in 48 47 for 11 kilometers. The event drew a record turnout with 50 racers and about 200 tourers across two divisions, with Carlson Caldwell guiding entries and family members placing in age groups.
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Putney
Bob Gray
Gray
Putney School
Eric Barradale
Brattleboro
Sweden
Windham County
Johnny Caldwell
U.S
Caldwells
Tim
Sverre
Peter
Jennifer
Ed Gray
Bo Alderbert
Andover
John Edwards
Kingston
Ontario
Lars Radberg
Greenwich
Conn
George Heller
Sara Mae Berman
Cambridge
Mass
Penny
Hellers
Kristensens
John G. Kristensen
Guilford
State Board of Education
Ronald Rood
Lincoln
Vermont Life Magazine
Stephen Greene
Stephen Greene Press
Caldwell
Rudolph Mattesich
National Ski Touring Council
John Day
Medford
Ore
U.S. Ski Association
John
Jack) Handy
Stowe Prep
Bennington College
Ethiopian runner eyes third straight Olympic marathon title
GENOA Italy LT Abebe Bikila of the Ethiopian Imperial Guard hopes to win a third consecutive Olympic marathon in Mexico City 1968 and retire. The 34 year old Army officer, famed for Rome barefoot win in 1960, spoke at a ceremony honoring him as Christopher Columbus sports prize winner after also winning the 1964 Tokyo marathon.
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Genoa
Italy
UPD
Abebe Bikila
Imperial Guard
Mexico City
Rome
Tokyo
Vermont Ski Areas Report Lists Conditions Across Resorts
A compiled ski guide details Vermont and nearby New England slopes with base depths from 4 to 59 inches and conditions including powder packed powder and man made snow. Notable resorts include Killington Madonna Mount Snow Stratton Sugarbush Jay Peak and Okemo with ranges from good to excellent across upper and lower sections.
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Mt. Ascutney
Bolton Valley
Bromley
Burke Mt
Burrington Hill
Dutch Hill
Glen Ellen
Haystack
Hogback
Jay Peak
Killington
Madonna Mt
Mad River Glen
Magic Mt
Stratton Mt
Sugarbush
Wildwood Valley
Woodstock Areas
Mass
Amesbury
Benjamin Hill
Berkshire Snow Basin
Blanchard Hill
Blue Hills
Boston Hill
Butternut Basin
Catamount
Hamilton
Hartwell Hill
Indianhead
Jiminy Peak
Jug End
Methuen
Nashoba Valley
Otis Ridge
Tufts Wrestler Honored for Deed
Tufts wrestler Lee Nordan earned the Red Cross certificate of merit for life saving after a drowning incident last August in the Skinner's Falls rapids near Honesdale Pennsylvania. Nordan used an illegal head hold to restrain a drowning Fairleigh Dickinson student and guided both to safety during a camp outing.
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Medford
Mass
UPI
Tufts
Lee Nordan
American Red Cross
Nordan
New Rochelle
N.Y
Red Cross
Leonard C. Mead
New York State
Neil Keller
Skinner’s Falls Rapids
Honesdale
Fairleigh Dickinson
Camp Towanda
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Badgastein
Austria
France
Annie Famose
Putney Seh
UPA
Skiguide
Lee
Keller
Batchelder’s Barn
Peru
Pat Lake
His
Rhythm Ranchers
Swift's Premium
Walker
Bennington, VT
Esso
Oil Heat Service
Winslow
Depot St. Dial
Financial Statement
County of
Bennington
Treasury
State of
Manchester
U.S.A
Howard C. Estes
Clyde H, Bryant
Fed
Firestone
Economy Auto Stores, Inc
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