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(UPS - 795-860) VOLUME LIIII, BONUS BIRKIE EDITION FEB. 15, 2019 Published in Hayward, Wisconsin 54843

by SAWYER COUNTY PUBLICATIONS P.O. Box 919

715-634-4881 The Visitor is distributed approximately every two weeks from late spring to early fall in the Hayward, Stone Lake and Cable areas. Plus one issue in February.

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Publisher, Page Design: Paul Mitchell

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Cover Photo Kelly Randolph, Netz Photography, courtesy American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation

Questions or Comments? e-mail Paul at pmitchell@ sawyercountyrecord.net

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Welcome to the Birkie ....................................SG6 Spectatorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Guide to Events ....................SG8-10 Meet the 2019 Warriors and Inga ............. SG12 Shop and Win .............................................. SG12 Historical Vignettes - Trail Conditions .... SG 14 Backyard Birdwatcher.................................. SG20 Detours & Road Closures........................... SG22 Spectator Q&A: Everything you need to know! ........SG24-28 Parking, Potties, and Meeting Places ........ SG30 Clearly... Lake Living ................................... SG32 Pasta Feeds .................................................... SG34 Fast & Female ............................................... SG34 Kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Stuff ..................................................... SG34 Birkie By the Numbers................................ SG34 When Will they Finish? ............................... SG36 Hospitality Zones ......................................... SG36 What do the Bibs Mean? ........................SG38-40 Visitor Calendar............................................ SG42 Visitor Word Search .................................... SG44 Cartoon: Up North with Leroy .................. SG48

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WELCOME TO THE BIRKIE! The Slumberland American Birkebeiner ski marathon â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the Birkie â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is North Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest cross-country ski marathon, and the third largest in the world...

The course spans 50 kilometers from Cable to Hayward for skaters, and 55 kilometers for classic skiers. Â&#x2021; 7KH NLORPHWHU .RUWHORSHW Âł VFKHGXOHG RQ )ULGD\ WKLV \HDU Âł LV WKH VHFRQG ODUJHVW FURVV FRXQWU\ VNL race in North America. Â&#x2021; ,Q DSSUR[LPDWHO\ VNLHUV ZLOO SDUWLFLSDWH in the Birkie, Kortelopet, and 15-kilometer Prince Haakon (pronounced â&#x20AC;&#x153;HO-kenâ&#x20AC;? ). Â&#x2021; 7KH %LUNLH LV SDUW RI WKH :RUOGORSSHW FLUFXLW RI international ski marathons. Â&#x2021; 2YHU VNLHUV KDYH ILQLVKHG %LUNLH VNL HYHQWV Âł WKH %LUNLH .RUWHORSHW DQG WKH 3ULQFH +DDNRQ Âł since the races began in 1973. Â&#x2021; $Q HVWLPDWHG VSHFWDWRUV DQG VNLHUV gather in the Hayward and Cable area for this annual celebration of winter Nordic sports. Spectators join in the celebration on Haywardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Main Street by ringing cowbells and cheering on skiers.

The History of the Birkie The Birkie was founded in 1973 by Tony Wise who patterned the ski marathon after the Birkebeiner Rennet, which had been held in Norway since 1932. Both events KRQRU DQG UH FUHDWH D KLVWRULF 1RUZHJLDQ HYHQW Âł LQ 1206 two warrior soldiers (called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Birkebeinersâ&#x20AC;? because of the birch-bark leggings they wore) skied infant Prince Haakon to safety during the Norwegian civil war. Prince Haakon subsequently became King of Norway, and the Birkebeiner soldiers became a Norwegian symbol of courage, perseverance and character in the face of adversity.

The first American Birkebeiner Ski Marathon had 35 participants, as compared with nearly 11,000 today.

Wiseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vision also shaped cross-country skiing when he brought the world together with the founding of the Worldloppet, an international sports federation of cross-country skiing marathons.Since the Worldloppetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inception in 1978, 2.5 million skiers have finished Worldloppet races.

In honor of the Birkieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s roots, each year three skiers and an infant dress as the original Birkebeiner warriors, Inga (mother of Prince Haakon) and Prince Haakon.

The warriors and Inga ski the Birkebeiner Classic from

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Cable to Hayward on traditional wooden skis and in full-period costume. A baby doll is carried along the trail to symbolize wee Prince Haakon. In the final stretch of the race, a real infant Prince joins Inga and the Warriors for the race to the finish line in downtown Hayward. It is a true celebration of the roots, legacy and traditions of the race.

A Legendary Trail The Birkie Trails is a 100-plus kilometer trail system that weaves its way through these north woods. Used year-round by skiers, runners, bikers, trekkers, and hikers alike, this trail is groomed by the American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation and is available for use by outdoor enthusiasts nearly 365 days a year. The Birkie Trail was named the Number 1 cross-country ski destination in the US by USAToday/10Best.

The Birkie Mission The mission of the American Birkebeiner Foundation is to promote and conduct the finest international cross-country ski competition and healthy, active lifestyle events; to serve as good stewards of the American Birkebeiner Trail; and to support healthy and active lifestyles among people of all ages and abilities.

Today, the Birkie has grown into much more than just a race. Today the Birkie represents a yearround, healthy, active lifestyle that provides events for thousands of outdoor fitness enthusiasts of all ages and abilities.

From the iconic Birkie race that started it all, to the Birkie Trail Run Festival and the Fat Bike Birkie (the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest fat bike race), the Birkie Trail has become a mecca for outdoor enthusiasts year-round. In fact, over YLVLWRUV XWLOL]H WKH %LUNLH 7UDLO HDFK \HDU Â&#x2021;

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The Birkie Celebration and events begin on Thursday and include activities for all ages and abilities.

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For more information on your next trip to Hayward contact The Hayward Lakes Visitor & Convention Bureau call (715) 634-4801 or 800-724-2992 visit our website: www.haywardlakes.com

Invites You to Attend

June 21st—23rd, 2019 Downtown Hayward, WI

The 70th Annual Musky Festival THERE’S SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE! Art and Craft Vendors Mouth-watering Food Booths Sidewalk Sales Kids Games & Entertainment Carnival from Thursday to Sunday The Lions Fishing Contest Musky Run—5K and 10K The Grand Parade on Sunday ...plus so much more!

CALLING ALL ARTISTS! Want to see your original design or artwork on all nd buttons?

70th Annual Musky Fest gear and Artists of all ages and skills are invited to enter the Musky Fest Logo Design Contesst

by March 1, 2019 **

Your LIVE MUSIC FEATURING: Design Sean and Ian Okamoto Here!!

Friday Night: Larry’s Drifters Saturday Night: Steve Beguhn, Former American Idol Contestant! *Entertainment & Events Subject to Change **For detailed rules and instructions,

www.muskyfest.com

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SPECTATORSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; GUIDE TO EVENTS Saturday, February 23

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45th Annual Slumberland American Birkebeiner â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 50K Skate/55K Classic â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Fast & Female Champ Chat â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 9:30 a.m.

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Descendents of founding skier carry on Birkebeiner tradition The American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation is pleased to announce the selection of the trio of cross-country skiers who will depict two Birkebeiner Warriors and Inga, WKH PRWKHU RI EDE\ 3ULQFH +DDNRQ :LOOLDP Andresen, David Andresen and Carolyn Andresen Warren, all of Ironwood, Mich., will portray Torstein, Skjervald, and Inga, respectively.

Each year, in homage to the legacy of the race, a trio reenacts the historic trek of warriors Torstein and Skjervald, and Inga PRWKHU RI 3ULQFH +DDNRQ RQ ZRRGHQ VNLV and in full costume along the entire 55K classic American Birkebeiner cross-country course. Inga and the Warriors will carry a baby doll along the race course, and pick-up a real baby â&#x20AC;&#x153;princeâ&#x20AC;? prior to skiing down 0DLQ 6WUHHW WR WKH Ă&#x20AC;QLVK OLQH 7KH SRUWUD\DO is a true celebration of the roots, legacy and traditions of the race.

What makes this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Inga and Warriors selection all the sweeter is that the trio are the descendants of Karl Andresen, one of the original 35 founding American Birkebeiner skiers from 1973. Karlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s son, William (TorVWHLQ VNLHG LQ WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW .RUWHORSHW DW WKH age of twelve and has since racked-up a total of seven Kortelopet races and 18 American

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In addition to skiing the 55K classic race on Saturday, the trio will act as Birkie Ambassadors at multiple events throughout Birkie week.

William Andresen said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;This year, we look forward to supporting our Birkie friends as they ski by in their own race journey and to honoring my dadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s legacy and continuing our familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ongoing Birkie journey since 1973.â&#x20AC;?

Buy, shop and you could win Buy, show... win!

Want to win great prizes from area businesses and the American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation? Simply make a purchase at ANY Hayward, Seeley, Cable or Stone Lake area business from Thursday through Sunday of Birkie Week.

Then to enter, keep your receipt, grab your race bib from any Thursday, Friday or Saturday event and stop at one of the drop off locations listed below. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s that easy! Whether youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re dining, shopping, stopping for gas or grabbing a cup of coffee, any purchase qualiĂ&#x20AC;HV Âł DV ORQJ DV \RX KDYH \RXU UHFHLSW Bring your race bib and all your receipts to any of these drop locations during Birkie Week: Â&#x2021; +D\ZDUG $UHD &KDPEHU RI &RPPHUFH Thursday-Saturday 9am to 5pm

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EVENTS February ........................................................................ Jack Frost Festival April ........................................................................... Food & Wine Tasting June.......................................................... Jack’s A Hack Golf Tournament July ....................................................... Heart of the North Spooner Rodeo August ................................................................... Jack Pine Savage Days October.................................................................. Jack O’Lantern Festival November................................................................. Spooner Ladies Night

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In early February 2000 writer Jim Bailey interviewed skier and local historian John Dettloff about the 19 Birkies heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d skied at that point. At the time trail conditions were on everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s minds due to the weather. In the story, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stated that the Birkie had never been cancelled due to trail conditions. Well, three weeks later Birkie 2000 was cancelled due to a lack of snow. It happened again in February 2017. Trail conditions are always a hot topic. This story gives interesting insight into Birkie conditions from 1981 to 2000 and is sure to stir up a lot of memories of those years. And yes, Dettloff is still skiing. Last year he completed the Birkebeiner 50K skate.

Trail Conditions Make Each Birkie Unique As remembered by John Dettloff in February 2000 From the Sawyer County Record, Feb. 9, 2000 WRITTEN BY JIM BAILEY

Remember the time that there was so little snow that the Birkebeiner went around and around Mt. Telemark? How about the year of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;great crashâ&#x20AC;? following a Rosieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Field start, or the year that it snowed an inch an hour all race-day long?

If you are John Dettloff, you not only remember these occasions, but you also have detailed notes from each yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Birkie, starting (with 1981).

This probably has something to do with the fact that Dettloff is also a writer, along with being a resort RZQHU Ă&#x20AC;VKLQJ JXLGH DQG KLVWRULDQ ,QFOXGHG LQ KLV UDFH notes, each yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s weather is a subject that he documents with great care.

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before the Birkie I went to Milwaukee for a sports show. When I came back the snow was almost gone.

That goes to show how quickly a good snow base can disappear. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When they groom the trail and people ski on it, a compacted 41 kilometer strip of the Birkie trail is usually the last discernible snow in Sawyer County.â&#x20AC;?

'HWWORII VNLHG KLV Ă&#x20AC;UVW %LUNHEHLQHU LQ ZKHQ KH was 19 years old. In those days that was the required age, with younger skiers only allowed to compete in the Kortelopet. Now 18-year-olds are Birkebeiner eligible.

7KH \HDU ZDV PHPRUDEOH IRU -RKQ¡V Ă&#x20AC;UVW %LUNLH being the closest we have ever come to the big race actually being canceled. True, in 1998 rapidly deteriorating trail conditions forced the cutting of the Birkebeiner in half, running only 25 kilometers from Cable to Seeley. (Since this article was written, the Birkebeiner has been cancelled twice: in 2000 and in 2017.)

But in 1981, on the originally scheduled day, only a few of the international elite skiers participated in anything resembling a race. This was the famous â&#x20AC;&#x153;skiing

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HISTORICAL VIGNETTES around the hillâ&#x20AC;? Birkie.

It had been a very mild winter from the beginning, with only a modicum of snow. Then came the dreaded January thaws, which destroyed just about every trace of what little snow had fallen.

An early February blizzard raised a little hope, which was bolstered by Telemarkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s snowmaking efforts. The resortâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s able snowgunners made literally tons of the white stuff, stockpiling it near the pump house at the base of the Valhalla ski run where it was easily made and accessed. Without lucky stretch of cold weather this would not have been possible.

Perhaps it was an ominous portent that Telemarkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s RZQHU %LUNHEHLQHU FUHDWRU 7RQ\ :LVH ZDV WR Ă \ WR a ski race in Canada on Friday the 13th of February, 1981. Things looked good enough for the upcoming race until, from the aircraft he was in, Wise could see a warm front passing over the Twin Cities, headed for Cable.

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Starting on Monday, Feb. 16, succeeding â&#x20AC;&#x153;rescueâ&#x20AC;?

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First an alternative route was sought. Employing a KHOLFRSWHU EURXJKW IURP WKH 7ZLQ &LWLHV UDFH RIĂ&#x20AC;FLDOV scouted the woods between Cable and Seeley looking for a possible trail route with adequate snow.

Yes, they were able to map out an alternate route of roughly 45 to 50 kilometers. Volunteers worked feverishly to patch bare spots on the alternate route, but even the mountain of man-made snow at Telemark wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t adequate to the task, what with daily temperatures reaching 50 degrees.

Come Tuesday, Feb. 17, the alternate route between Cable and Seeley was abandoned and shortened further. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Operation Save The Birkebeinerâ&#x20AC;? was announced on local radio stations.

WRLS and WHSM put out the word that every able-bodied person in the area was needed to shovel what snow could be found onto the re-abbreviated race course. Local high schools closed so students could assist in the effort.

With that plan in place, the volunteer army went to bed on Wednesday night the 18th. As they slept, torrential rain fell, destroying even these meager hopes.

It was then announced that the race would be postponed until March 7. However, elite skiers were already arriving. Eventually, despite temperatures approaching 65 degrees, a seven-lap 42-kilometer citizensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; race around Mt. Telemark was held on Friday of that week.

Despite more pouring rain, international skiers who had traveled from afar skied a 23-lap, 1.3 kilometer loop around the beleaguered Mt. Telemark for a distance of 42 kilometers on Saturday, Feb. 21, 1981.

Ironically, that night the rain turned to snow, with 20 inches of heavy, wet snow accumulating. It readily ODVWHG XQWLO 0DUFK ZKHQ 'HWWORII VNLHG KLV Ă&#x20AC;UVW

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Birkebeiner.

That year was the only one in the record books in which the Birkebeiner races were designated â&#x20AC;&#x153;A, B, C and D.â&#x20AC;? There were elite, foreign and USA races on WKH GLVPDO Ă&#x20AC;UVW ZHHNHQG 7KH ORQJHVW ZLQQLQJ WLPH RQ record was the USA race, with the winner coming in at four hours and seven minutes. Two weeks later, the IXOO FLWL]HQ UDFH ZDV WKH ODVW RQH WR Ă&#x20AC;QLVK DW WKH QRZ long-gone Historyland.

Never missing a race since 1981, Dettloff continues to chronicle race course conditions.

When the race still ran north from Hayward to Cable, the status of the ice on Lake Hayward sometimes precluded a Main Street start. One such year was 1987, when the start was moved to Rosieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Field.

Two high-capacity deep wells had been installed there the previous year in response to a miserly snow season in 1985, when the race start had been moved from Duffyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Field to Rosieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Field.

1987 was the year when Telemark Resort was closed all winter. The American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation spent nearly $140,000 to rent the resort and open it up for one week.

The snow cover had quickly diminished during the week prior to the race and the eventâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fate was once again questionable. Using the newly installed wells, snowmaking equipment was used to blanket the start area. Snow was also trucked in and dumped. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This was the year of the famous â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;great crashâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; when DERXW Ă&#x20AC;UVW ZDYH VNLHUV JRW LQYROYHG LQ D PDVVLYH SLOH XS DW WKH ERWWRP RI WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW KLOO IROORZLQJ WKH start,â&#x20AC;? said Dettloff. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Like many other skiers behind the crash, I took off my skis and walked through the woods around the fallen mob.â&#x20AC;?

It was the last year when elite skiers, both men and ZRPHQ VWDUWHG LQ FRPELQDWLRQ ZLWK WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW ZDYH which added to the melee. The following year the elite wave was instituted.

About an hour later heavy wet snow began to fall, lasting the rest of the day and slowing participants down considerably.

Not as considerably as in 1990, however. That year, according to Dettloff â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s records, snow fell during the UDFH DW WKH UDWH RI DQ LQFK DQ KRXU Âł DOO GD\ ORQJ Starting in Hayward at Baertchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Field, the racers slogged along northward to Telemark in what Dettloff called â&#x20AC;&#x153;a death march.â&#x20AC;?

That year Austrian Manfred Nagl came in with an uncharacteristically slow winning time of two hours and 30 minutes. And he had completed the course before the majority of the soon-to-accumulate 10 inches of snow had descended.

Another memorable â&#x20AC;&#x153;iffyâ&#x20AC;? snow year was 1991, nearly requiring a second-ever postponement of the race until March. The last time when the race ran from south to north, once again a modest snow year was coupled with the dreaded February thaw. The big, RSHQ Ă&#x20AC;HOGV EHFDPH GHYRLG RI VQRZ Worse yet, many spots along the trail itself became

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HISTORICAL VIGNETTES bare. An inspection of the course two days after the Pre-Birkie revealed 26 places that were showing bare ground. The rest of the trail was â&#x20AC;&#x153;a sheet of ice that was nearly unskiable,â&#x20AC;? said Dettloff. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In some of the bare spots, there were narrow ribbons of ice down the middle of the trail, but in others WKH JURXQG ZDV FRPSOHWHO\ H[SRVHG 2QH EDUH VSRW was as large as 25 by 50 feet. Rosieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Field had more grass showing than snow. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So (Birkebeiner Foundation director) Tom Duffy hired me to organize groups to rebuild the Birkie 7UDLOV Âł VKRYHO E\ VKRYHO Âł UHPLQLVFHQW RI WKH VFHQH 10 years earlier.â&#x20AC;?

Ever the meticulous note taker, he provided the shovelersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; names for this article nine years after the fact: Deno Mense, Dale Pederson, Barney Morgan, Beth Morgan, Duff Melhus, Rick Olson, Colleen Furguson, Cory Slayton, Ryan Kline, Mike Hoff and, of course, himself.

This crew hand-shoveled more than 4,000 cubic IHHW RI VQRZ DQ KHURLF HIIRUW $QG RQFH DJDLQ Ă&#x20AC;FNOH Mother Nature did whatever she felt like, then laying GRZQ D QLFH VL[ LQFKHV RI VQRZ 7\SLFDOO\ D WHDVH VKH QH[W EURXJKW DORQJ GHJUHH WHPSHUDWXUHV RQ WKH heels of that snowfall. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were back to trucking in snow by the ton for another Rosieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Field start,â&#x20AC;? said Dettloff.

For John, 1997 was the fastest race ever. There had been a mini-thaw, not enough to ruin the trail, but enough, once it was re-frozen, to make it as slick as glass. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I never saw K markers go by so fast. The entire race was like a sprint. I turned in my personal-best time of two hours and 22 minutes,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A disadvantage of a race that fast is that it is difĂ&#x20AC;FXOW WR GULQN <RXU KHDUW LV SRXQGLQJ IURP WKH SDFH When the snow is softer, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not working your heart as hard. You can eat, drink and talk to people as you race,â&#x20AC;? he said.

In recent memory, 1998 stands out as another unique Birkebeiner whose fate was determined by weather and trail conditions. It was the year of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;half Birkie.â&#x20AC;?

The saving grace of snow cover on the Birkebeiner Trail has always been the fact that it runs mostly through the deep woods. That and a hilly topography that is unique to World Loppet-series races tends to preserve any small amount of snow cover far beyond when it has melted away from the open areas around Hayward.

EI NiĂąo had reared its ugly head. The struggle was on once again to salvage the American Birkebeiner.

The by-now familiar sequence of announcements came from the Birkie Foundationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new headquarters.

With only 31 inches of snow having fallen all winter, WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW SODQ ZDV WR VKRUWHQ WKH UDFH WR NLORPHWHUV ending it at Duffyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Field.

Ultimately, the race was shortened to 25 kilometers, the same distance as the Kortelopet. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was an awe-

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some race, all things considered,â&#x20AC;? said Dettloff. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What snow there was froze up good, making for a really fast WUDFN , Ă&#x20AC;QLVKHG LQ RQH KRXU Ă DW â&#x20AC;&#x153;It seemed like the race was over before it started.

Everybody was in a really good mood, just glad to be there racing at all. About the only trouble came at the VWDUW ,W ZDV WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW WLPH XVLQJ WKH &DEOH DLUSRUW DQG at one point everything bottlenecked down about 10 feet wide. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had to do some fancy dancing and footwork to get through there, and wiped out twice in the process,â&#x20AC;? he said.

There were many changes in 1998. Telemarkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coliseum was being dismantled and moved, the race VWDUWHG DW WKH &DEOH 8QLRQ $LUSRUW IRU WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW WLPH WKH Ă&#x20AC;QLVK ZDV LQ 6HHOH\ DQG WKH UDFH KHDGTXDUWHUV KDG fortunately, moved to a new building before the Walker +RWHO +D\ZDUG ,QQ Ă&#x20AC;UH Dettloff dubs 1999 a â&#x20AC;&#x153;miracle yearâ&#x20AC;? when it comes to the preservation of snow on the trail. Once again nature had been stingy with the snowfall, but the trail was adequately covered. A few inches of snow fell HDUO\ HQRXJK LQ WKH ZHHN WKDW RIĂ&#x20AC;FLDOV ZHUH FRQĂ&#x20AC;GHQW in announcing that it would go the full distance.

Then on the night before the race it rained hard, complete with thunder and lightning. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They did a superb job of grooming the trail in the middle of the night,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There was good coverage with no bare spots to worry about.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The last part of the race, once you got to Hanson Hill by Highway 77, was almost like a mud slide, though. The snow was just brown. The only thing that VDYHG PH WKHUH ZDV WKH &HUD ) ZD[ WKDW , KDG SXW RQ It repels dirt and water,â&#x20AC;? he said.

The weather during (the 1999) Birkebeiner was warm with fog that much of the time verged upon GUL]]OH 5DFHUV DUULYHG DW WKH Ă&#x20AC;QLVK OLQH VWULSSHG WR WKH minimum of clothing and drenched with sweat. %HIRUH WKH\ JRW WR WKH Ă&#x20AC;QLVK KRZHYHU WKH\ KDG one last challenge to face. Although the ice on Lake Hayward was deemed safe at 16 to 20 inches in thickness, it sure got soggy. By mid-afternoon racers were slogging through an inch or two of water on top of the ice. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you got to the lake it was black ice and it was hard to see where the trail was. I found the right zone of the glare ice portion where there wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t standing water,â&#x20AC;? said Dettloff.

Of course, when you are an elite skier like Dettloff LV \RX Ă&#x20AC;QLVK WKH UDFH HDUO\ HQRXJK LQ WKH GD\ WKDW things usually havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t melted too badly.

In its entire history the Birkebeiner has only been cancelled twice. Somehow we can almost always manage to eke out just enough snow cover to pull it off.

As Dettloff so aptly puts it, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Birkie skiers are a rare breed, and as long as the race is held, many of WKH HYHQW¡V GHGLFDWHG SDUWLFLSDQWV ZRXOG VKRZ XS Âł whether they would have to do a dozen loops around 7HOHPDUN RU UDFH GRZQ +LJKZD\ RQ UROOHU VNLV Âľ Â&#x2021;

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The Great Horned Owl

fter living here for 25 years, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve sadly learned to take a lot for granted. Being in VXFK FORVH SUR[LPLW\ with the wildness of northern Wisconsin doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fascinate me as much as it did when I first moved here.

But there are still moments.

Take, for instance, a still winter night.

As Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve grown older, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve grown less tolerant of the cold so I find myself outside in the winter much less than I used to. But there are still moments when Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll step outside at night, stare up at the stars, and listen to the stillness. Yes, you can hear quiet, and no quiet is as loud as a still winterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s night when the temperature is about zero.

And nothing thrills me more than having that deafening silence broken by the howl of a coyote, or better yet, the hoot of an owl.

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something so mysterious about owls. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re like the living shadows of the bird world. I vividly remember driving home from work late at night, back in my early days here. The pitch darkness of the rural roads was such a contrast to the city streets I was used to. I was driving south on 27 and a small animal shot across the roads, dashing through the light of my head lamps. $QG WKHQ WKH VKDGRZ Âł D KXJH VKDGRZ DOPRVW VSLULW OLNH Âł SDVVHG MXVW RYHU P\ ZLQGVKLHOG IROORZLQJ DIWHU WKH hapless critter.

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My heart nearly jumped out of my chest.

An owl.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not going to pretend to know what kind of owl it was, but for this winter edition of Backyard Birdwatcher, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll get the scoop on an owl thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretty common in thee parts: The Great Horned Owl. So here goesâ&#x20AC;Ś PHOTO BY JOHN KEES

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the owl we saw in our picture books as children. It has long, ear-like tufts on the top of itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s head. A deep-throated hoot. A foreboding yellow stare.

The Great Horned Owl is a powerful predator, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s right at home in our backyards. It can take down birds and mammals larger than itself, but it also fills its plate with smaller critters like mice and frogs. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of the most common owls in North America, and its range spans the continent, from the Arctic to the tropics.

The Great Horned Owl is a large, thick-bodied bird with broad and rounded wings. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s slightly larger than a red-tailed hawk, 18 to 24 inches long and weighing two to five pounds. It has a fairly broad wingspan, from 40 to 57 inches.

Great Horned Owls are a mottled gray and brown color, with reddish brown faces and a white throat patch.

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SPECTATOR Q & A Everything you need to know Birkie week... and perhaps some things you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t!

Q: What events are there this weekend besides the Birkie on Saturday?

A: There are many great events for spectators, such as the Barkie Birkie, the Birkie Giant Ski, the Barnebirkie, the Junior Birkie, the Slumberland American Birkebeiner Expo, the On-Snow Ski & Bike Demo, and much more!

Check out the calendar of events on pages SG8, SG10, and RG4.

4 :KHUH LV WKH %LUNLH RIĂ&#x20AC;FH" ,V LW RSHQ" $ 7KH %LUNLH RIĂ&#x20AC;FH LV ORFDWHG DW 0DLQ Street in Hayward. Hours Birkie week are Wednesday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.; Thursday 8 D P S P )ULGD\ D P S P 6DWXUGD\ D P S P DQG 6XQGD\ D P S P 0RQGD\ D P ² S P 4 &DQ , Ă&#x20AC;QG RXW LI VRPHRQH , NQRZ LV UHJLVtered for the race? $ &RQĂ&#x20AC;UPDWLRQ RI UHJLVWUDWLRQ FDQ EH IRXQG online at www.Birkie.com. Click on the race registered for. Under Registration, click on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Am I Registered?â&#x20AC;? A new tab will open and WKHQ \RX FDQ VHDUFK E\ Ă&#x20AC;UVW DQG ODVW QDPH to see if you or anyone else is registered and what race they are registered for.

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A: Yes! Track an athlete on your Smartphone. )LUVW GRZQORDG WKH 5757 PH 0RELOH $SS DW KWWS UWUW PH DSS ELUNLH RU VHDUFK IRU â&#x20AC;&#x153;rtrt.meâ&#x20AC;? in your App Store. Once the app is downloaded to your phone, search for and VHOHFW WKH ´ %LUNLHÂľ HYHQW 3DUWLFLSDQWV family, and friends can use Live Tracking to get status of participants in real-time using the Live Tracker & Leaderboard. Users will get details such as time, pace, position on WKH PDS DQG HVWLPDWHG Ă&#x20AC;QLVK WLPH 4 ,V WKHUH DQ\ VWUHDPLQJ WUDLO YLGHR" A: Yes, you can watch streaming video of .RUWHORSHW 3ULQFH +DDNRQ DQG $PHULFDQ Birkebeiner skiers at points along the race course. Check out www.Birkie.com to watch the streaming video from four stationary cameras capturing the Kortelopet and American Birkebeiner race start areas, and 3ULQFH +DDNRQ .RUWHORSHW DQG $PHULFDQ Birkebeiner skiers approaching the American Birkebeiner International Bridge, and cross-

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Reporter and Lake Living columnist Kathy Hanson interviews the 2010 Birkebeiners, Gale Otterholt (left) and Marv Franson (right).

My first Birkie... no, I didn’t ski

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t was my first Birkie. I had only been a spectator in the past, so I was nervous.

No, I didn’t ski it. I reported on it as a newspaper reporter for the Sawyer County Record. It is a day in my life that I will always remember: Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010.

For several weeks we had been planning the coverage for the Birkie. Terrell and Paul knew the drill but I was a fledgling.

I could hardly sleep the night before. Paul wanted me to get there early and interview spectators on Main Street in Hayward, lined up early to get good positions. It was a new feature, and I think we called it “People on the Street,” or something like that. $QG WKHQ³KRUURU RI KRUURUV³KH ZDQWHG PH DW WKH finish line. I couldn’t believe it.

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I drove in to Hayward early, found a parking spot in front of a house on Dakota Avenue where the owner came out and told me I couldn’t park there. I stood my ground.

It was cold but I had thermal underwear on and a ski jacket I had used when I used to downhill ski. The problem was the hands. Try approaching strangers on Main Street and talk them into telling you why they’re there, who do they know who’s skiing the Birkie, where they are from, etcetera. Then take notes as fast as you can on a little reporter’s notepad, without gloves on your hands, using a pen that is freezing up. Then snap photos with the heavy camera around your neck (no iPhones back then) and make sure you get the names right.

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Fast and Female empowers The Fast and Female Champ Chat on Birkie Week will empower young girls to stay active and participate in athletics throughout their lives.

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areas for hunting. Their broad habitat range includes deciduous and evergreen forests, swamps, desert and tundra. They can also be found in tropical rainforest and in less natural settings such as cities, orchards and parks.

Great Horned Owls are nocturnal. Your best chance of seeing them is just at dusk, possibly on fence posts or tree limbs at the edge of open areas. You may also spy them flying across fields or roads with stiff beats of their rounded wings.

And youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll certainly hear them, their call a deep, stuttering series of four or five hoots.

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They supplement their diet with reptiles, fish, insects and sometimes carrion.

They are mostly nocturnal but can also hunt in daylight. After spotting their prey from a perch, they pursue it on the wing.

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Nests vary widely in size, depending on the species that originally built them. Once theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve moved in, the owls may line the nest with shreds of bark, leaves, feathers plucked from their own breasts, or the fur or feathers from last nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dinner. Nests deteriorate over the breeding season and are seldom reused.

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and Dad does all the hunting for her and their young brood. Male owls do not have a brood patch necessary for warming the eggs.

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The young stay with their parents until fall.

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After throwing my notes back in my car I headed for the finish line. There were all kinds of media types there, almost all of them men with big cameras.

I had my press pass on though and just boldly took a spot right behind the finish line. I acted like I knew what I was doing but I had no idea how I was going to get good photos and talk to the winners and other early finalists. My biggest fear was that I would be mowed over by the skiers coming across the finish line.

The moment arrived and the male winner was approaching. Those announcers at the Birkie do an amazing job. They announce all kinds of details that a reporter needs to know. I was scribbling madly.

And then Fabio Santus from Italy came over the finish line. His time was 1:56:58.6. I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t give him time to stop before I was asking him questions. And he was as compliant as a little schoolboy. It was beautiful.

I stuck around and took photos of other skiers coming across and spoke to several.

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I had one photo that year that he loved. It was a skier coming across the finish line who fell into the arms of a fellow skier. He was spent. He had a beard that had completely frozen over, coated and hanging down in big, very long icicles. His eyebrows were iced over. I shot it just once, without a clue that it might turn out to be as dramatic as it was. That may have been the first and last time Paul has ever liked one of my photos. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hanson, you can write but you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take a photo,â&#x20AC;? he frequently says.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s OK. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d rather write anyway.

When you think youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve finished your writing on Birkie day you havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t. There is always one more story to get. One more interview. One more behind-the-scenes tale of a person who lives for the day when he or she can come across the finish line at the biggest cross-country ski race in North America, right here in Hayward, :LVFRQVLQÂłQR PDWWHU KRZ ORQJ LW WRRN WKHP WR JHW there.

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