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From left, Dickinson County Healthcare System Director of Public Relations and Business Development Joe Rizzo and DCHS President and CEO Chuck Nelson present a $25,000 check to Kiwanis Ski Club Treasurer Paul Bujold and KSC Corresponding Secretary Susie Fox in front of the newly renovated Pine Mountain ski jump.
(Brian Christensen/Daily News photo)
IRON MOUNTAIN Dickinson County Healthcare System on Wednesday donated $25,000 to the Kiwanis Ski Club ahead of an open house set for this weekend at Pine Mountain.
The event, which is open to the public from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, is a fundraising effort in response to the pandemic cancellation of the 2021 DCHS Pine Mountain Continental Cup. To ensure the ski tournament’s future, the Kiwanis have undertaken a renovation to the historic jump at a cost of more than $3 million.
Jan 9, 2021
Klemens Muranka of Poland jumps during the 2019 Continental Cup ski jumping tournament at Pine Mountain in Iron Mountain. The annual international competition set for Feb. 12 through 14 has been canceled, the Kiwanis Ski Club announced Friday.
(Theresa Proudfit/Daily News photo)
IRON MOUNTAIN The annual Pine Mountain Continental Cup competition originally set for Feb. 12 through 14 has been canceled due to limits on social gatherings amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kiwanis Ski Club announced Friday.
It’s the first time since World War II that the event, a fixture in the community since 1939, will not take place, club members said.
“The coronavirus has claimed another victim and it is our treasured ski jumping tradition,” Nick Blagec, Kiwanis Ski Club president, said in a news release. “With the restrictions currently in place on outdoor gatherings in the State of Michigan, we would not have been permitted to have spectators, resulting in significant impact
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Klemens Muranka of Poland jumps Saturday at the 2019 Bellin Health Continental Cup ski jumping tournament on Giant Pine Mountain in Iron Mountain. (Theresa Proudfit/Daily News photo)
IRON MOUNTAIN The annual Pine Mountain Continental Cup competition set for Feb. 12 through 14 has been canceled, the Kiwanis Ski Club announced today.
“The coronavirus has claimed another victim and it is our treasured ski jumping tradition,” Nick Blagec, Kiwanis Ski Club president, said in a news release. “With the restrictions currently in place on outdoor gatherings in the State of Michigan, we would not have been permitted to have spectators, resulting in significant impacts to the financial outcome of the event.”