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Show The Salt Lake Tribune Ski Team Will Miss Executive Director Aimee By Craig Ilariiell Tribune Sports Writer P ARK CITY Her excitement for life bubbles as she speaks and, no matter what the future holds for New Yorker Inez Aimee, her contribu- and her business experience with the NFL, the USST presented a unique challenge Here was a sport, which grew up in Europe, m which America could be very successful. Aimee had the vision. When I came aboard we had a tion to the U S Ski budget Of $1.2 million. This years budget is $5 million and they are talking about $8 million by the Calgary Olympics (1988), Aimee said, reflecting on the teams growth. She also said the U.S. skiers were winning, on the average, two World Cups a year then. Now, she says, We could win eight this year. When Aimees contributions to the USST are discussed, it is easy to see how her position could take a heavy personal toll. Ive resigned because Im burned out. The complexity of the job, without any time to recoop, is difficult. Anyone who thinks this is a seasonal Team' will be remembered It was August three years ago the Brooklyn native arrived here to replace Bill Traeger and take the reigns as executive director cf the U.S. Ski neI mee Term Fresh from 13 ational Football years with th League, Aimee uaJ : unique vision of what could be. She put the USST in business. With a marketing degree from Columbia job with the summer off when the snow melts is wrong," Aimee revealed Although her resignation was effective May 1, she plans to stay and make the transition easier for her successor. To date, the search committee has screened about 100 applicants for the position and has narrowed the field to three. The name of her replacement is expected to be known in the next few weeks. It must be someone who is very and she said when asked about the talents required to fill the position. We've all been charging pretty hard for the three years she has been here, commented Nordic Programs Director Jim Page. Anyone who knows Inez, knows it is full bore all year around. My golf handicap, for example, has gone from five to 15. Her legacy is this: now we are a first class organization. We now have enough money to have a big-um- e, legitimate program and not just scramble to send our top World Cup athletes over there to Europe," Page said. Her replacement will have some very big shoes to fill, and Page says. The (USST) trustees are some pretty-heavhitters in their own fields, so they are going to make sure things continue at this (high) level. Aimees duties required considerable travel and commitment and she recalls the Sarajevo Olympics as "my most pleasant moment. Even to see Pat Ahern the ski jumper who had his first jump disallowed and medal chances taken from him do what he did was impressive. He knows what he did and no one can take that away from him, Aimee recalled. And her most difficult problem? d "Breaking the mold Getting people over the idea that tms won't work That was the key to success. It is tough enough to do the job, but you dont need boulders m your path. Often the best route to success is just charging ahead. 4 I came to the USST as a business woman from another industry with no built-prejudices," Aimee said. I have a problem dealing with people with limited scope and I have a frustration with set molds. Coming to the team from the NFL, which is a slick, organization, was something. The difference in our office now from three years ago is amazing. You realize how we all have grown. Then, we were doing all our bookkeeping by hand. Now, thanks to T.I. Texas International we are all on computers. Alpine program director Bill Mar-Se- e Page D-- Column 5 well-grease- d Sunday, July 15, 1W4 CFL: Ottawa Wins - OTTAWA IAP) Rookie wide receiver Waymon Aldridge caught 75 and touchdowns passes, from J C. Watts as the Ottawa Rough Riders defeated the Hamil- 31-in the Canadian ton Tiger-Cat- s Football League. Veteran wide receiver Dwight Edwards caught another for a score Dean Dorsey converted them all and added field goals of 38, 33 and 15 yards while punter Kea Clark scored a single. Slotback Rocky DiPietro took a scoring pass from alternate quarterback Peter Gales with 30 seconds left in the game for d 9 , IJowiUftn'g nnlv fnitrhHmrn 7, Logans Easton, Davis Meet Today In State Amateur Finale All-Agg- ie Continued From Page D-- I cock after failing to negotiate a 4 V footer at the 10th hole to miss a chance to slice Eastons advantage to three holes. It just seemed like Id one-pu- tt out there. or three-pu- tt Davis, who stands to become one of the youngest competitors to ever win the State Amateur if he slays Easton Sunday, walked a different route to the finals Saturday. The recent Logan High graduate eliminated Marathon Man Win Young in the quarterfinals then rallied from behind for a dramatic conquest of 1984 medalist Kurt Bosen on the 19th hole in the semifinals. I really concentrated well today, analyzed Davis, who was beaten in the quarterfinals last year. I had a good feeling all day. My attitude was to go at the hole and play aggressively, but smart. That might have been my best rou .J ever against Bosen in the afternoon Bountifuls Bosen, who lapped the field while finishing six strokes superior to Hansen in the medalist race, won the first two holes against the youthful Davis in the semis and still owned a advantage at the turn. But Davis, refusing to say uncle, finally drew even with a par at the 12th hole to transform the match into a pulsating affair. Bosen regained the birdie advantage with a two-pu- tt from 70 feet at the par-- 5 15th hole, but Davis squared the match again with for birdie at the an uphill 17th hole, with the ball peeking into the cup and deciding to fall at the last moment. Then, when both combat-- ' ants parred the 18th, it was time for sudden death. Bosen, perhaps deserving of a better fate, was the victim of an unlucky bounce on the 19th hole. He selected a off the tee with the intent to lay up short of a dry creekbed that bisects the fairway. However, his tee ball hit on hardpan and bounded into the rocky creekbed, while Davis tee shot nestled on the fairway safely. After a penalty stroke to gain relief from the rocks, Bosen pulled his approach to the par-- 4 green left and long. He then nearly holed his pitch shot from 25 yards, but it was all made academic when Davis curled in downhill birdie putt to end an the semifinal shootout. That hurts when you hit a perfect shot and it ends up there, said Bosen, speaking of his shot on the 19th hole. I usually hit a there, but the I wind was with us so I hit a was surprised it flew that far. It must have hit pretty hard. I didnt play very well on the back nine again, and it cost me a little bit. But he Davis hung in there and played well. It mustve taken a giant hop when it hit, agreed Davis of Bosens tee ball on the 19th hole. Ive been hitthere, too. But I was ting pumped up and the wind was with us, so I decided to swing a smooth That birdie at the first sudden death hole was just a bonus. From that angle, I was just trying to two-pu- tt Bosen moved into the semifinals against Davis by halting Utah States Chris Jones, who prepped at Highland High, in the quarterfinals Bosen blitzed Jones with five birdies on the front nine to gain a advantage at the turn, but the Jones whittled the deficit to two holes with a birdie at the par-- 5 15th. However, Bosen halved the next two holes with pars to record the Kent Easton, all of him, has used powerful drives and short irons like this one to qualify for the State Amateur final. head-to-hea- ot 2-- Tribune Staff Photo bv Frank Porschatis It wouldn't surprise me if Bosen wins the whole thing," predicted Jones after his quarterfinal loss. It will be either him or Easton. Or it might be Eastons playing partner from the Logan Country Club a kid named Mark Davis. Theyll d go Sunday at Wolf Creek just as they do nearly every day in Logan. But this time, it will be for the State Amateur championship SIZE Aviation Maintenance Technology Jobs are available to qualified aviation mechanics. Start our F.A.A. approved Airframe and Powerplant training now. 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