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Digitized from Box 6 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
POOL REPORT
President Gets Awards
December 29
President arrived at Ski Patrol Headquarters atop chair lift numb er 4.
He was wearing his brown ski pants coat etc. President accompanied
by normal number of ski patrol secret service men and ski instructors.
Also with President was his buddies Jim Brown and Leon Parma.
Congressman Robert McCory also,at President's side.
The ceremony took place outside the ski patrol headquarters building.
First award was presented by Robert Gagne,
Head of the ski school.
Was in recognition for parallel skiing
The
award
is
called
the
Vail
Parallel Pin. This means, according to Pam Conklin. "he's got them
all together."
The Award Ceremony as follows:
Gagne:
The ski school at Vail has initiated a program for parallel
skiers
and from all the instructors I would like to present you
with a Vail parallel pin. It was the firs one cut for the program
and we thought it was only right that the first man got it.
Ford:
Well thank you very much
I never learned to ski parallel until
I took instruction out here from the Vail ski school
if I can
ski parallel.
Gagne:
That has a magic
(inaudible)
Ford:
Dennis and others have been trying to get me away from those
30 year aerobird techniques so he's made a little progress.
Next presentation was from Bob Dorff.
President of Rocky Mountain
Division of the Professional Ski Instructors Association and also Director
of the Ski School.
Dorff:
Mr. President on behalf of the over 9, 000 professional ski teachers
of the United States I take honor and pleasure to present to you
this pin and plaque making you an honorary member of the
Professional Ski Instructors of America. However, it is out
fondest wish that you confine your honorary ski teaching to those
members of the White House staff and Secret Service who so
desperately need it, (Ford laughs.)
Ford:
Well Bob
thank you very much.
I will never parade under the
colors of being an instructor I'll just admit that I am the bene-
ficiary
Thank you very much.
The President also talked about just meeting a 75 year old woman who told
me "I have many more years to ski. She's quite a challenge. " Her name
is Gert Gould, aunt of Dennis Hoeger, and a very good skier.
Quotes from McCrory
"Can I offer congratulations. "
Ford: "Sure Robert. "
McCrory Here I went skiing with you all the time and nobody took a picture
of us.
Ford: Did Kennerly get one?
After all this, they went in for elk steak luncheon (inside ski patrol.)
Hoeger, the ski instructor told the pool "he's in excellent shape and started
out as well his first time this year as his last time last year. He is a good
recreational skier and he is steadily improving, and we have been going
on steeper stuff with more moguls. "
We were told that for the President's parallel test he was taken down the
Prima slope which is an expert slope.
Jones Andrews