Duchin Cup, Sun Valley 1989, Pat Kelly Pkg

In January 1989 The Sun Valley Company invited me to ski in the prestigious Duchin Cup. The Cup is a pro-am type race teaming former Olympians with celebrities. I guess I qualified as a celebrity because Sun Valley was part of my beat at KTVB.

When I told Pat Kelly about the invitation, he decided to come along and shoot a story for Idaho at Five, we got credentials from Chuck Webb at Sun Valley Press office and we were in. We went to an invitation only cocktail party at the Lodge and the second we walked in the door I had the feeling at any moment a voice would come out of nowhere saying...'YOU TWO, OUT OF HERE'; but the voice never came.

Jack Hemingway was there and we chatted with him a while, movie stars were everywhere including Clint Eastwood, Janet Leigh, Scott Glenn, Cliff Robertson and Jamie Lee Curtis. We chatted with Peter Cetera the former lead singer with Chicago and talked to Olympians Susie Patterson and Ken Corrock. It was fun but we were careful not to get caught up in it...afterall we were heading back to our room at the Heidleberg Inn and reality. But it wasnt all that bad we chatted up the maids Janet and Erin back there and they said they were going to keep a light on for us!