Show I C2 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Wednesday October 22 2003 omvonDtooODG’DDDgtoac'dil etiovos fgavSini who worked for the company in Ca& ifomia “I was lucky to fmd her” Rude STANLEY ND (AP)— A stack of mail towers on Ray Rude’s kitchen countertop in his sparsely 'furnished apartment o The letters are from people trying to pry money from the man who made his fortune inventing tire modem diving board “You might say I’ve caught the philanthropy bug” the Rude said “Unfortunately publicity has come with it” Most of the requests for money are from churches Others are from people who are down on their luck and need a few hundred thousand dollars to get them on their feet again One is from a university student p1 asking for money to buy a new "'"V"': A one red Corvette “This kid wants this convertible V because he says his love affair with his girlfriend will end without it” said Rude rolling his eyes ( : Those kinds of requests have about as much chance as a bellyflop winning the gold medal in Olympic diving Rude says he’s earned every penny that passed through his hands since he was 5 years old and he’s : not one for handouts ' doled his Rude out has Still by own rough estimate around $10 mil- -: lion in gifts in the past few years to projects he believes are worthwhile Most of the money has gone to the small northwestern town of Stanley where Rude was bom After mote : than 70 years away he moved back about two years ago from Nevada rV In his hometown Rude still drives' and zips around the senior care cen-ter on a motorized scooter He does- n’t walk well because of a steel rod i aid" He later struck out on his own working as a tool engineer for air- - V craft companies out of a shop in l Southern California It was there in 1948 that he developed the diving board from a discard’ : ed airplane wing panel Rude said his diving board busi- ness began when he heard a neighbor cursing die rain for preventing die varnish on a wooden springboard 'r'-from drying in time for a party Rude' bolted the old wing panel to die pool j V bathtub and affixed some rum-di- p alu-min- soft-spok- en : - : strips to the surface The invention was a springboard y for die Duraflex diving board com- - j pany “Serendipity” Rude said “is the motha of invention” work as 'y He knew the wing would a diving board but it almost worked too well because the divers were launched like never before “They ended up in the shallow end feS die pool” Rude recalled with a p "" " : : irehuclfci-'!yf''iv-''ii- 'i' : '' Rude soon patented his Duraflex U diving board His Sparks Nev-bascompany has made mote than 60000 of diem They’re been used in every Olympics since 1960- Rude is still president of die com- ed - PhBanthropist Ray Rude stands near the Stanley ND town pool diving board Rude is the inventor of the modem living board He has given away over $10 million much of it to the town of Stanley for improvement protects ty P pany but has turned ova herd to about 800 cows that will eat s Depression Rude is tightfisted with Education ts a different matter operations to his daughter Janice North He’s a little miffed that the His latest project is developing a' Already this year Rude has given North Dakota’s rate of population rent went up $15 a month for him $1 million for scholarships and tech-fbaffle system for Stan- ! " ‘ donatloss He senior and residents fellow in at was schools the the : the at new Stanley nology highest among ley’s aquatic center and other ed another $15 million to the indoor swimming pools He uses an country between 1995 and 2000 :y care crater “A dollar is a dollar” he said p That bothers Rude who believes old diving board as a workbench University of North Dakota for a He remembers that he had only “His mind is as good as eva” tslcr five of diem when he left Stanley at §5 Janice Rude said “He has ideas You v 15 and thumbed his way to Cali- can’t stop diaL”' ago 'age ioxy : tanW has to be made fomia taxis He to and and drove The heartbroken carter x aquatic pumped university “Every attempt Though dearly by the gen 1 ieventual-- tf the migration ofyouth” he said He for hour an Rude wife death his of ri But his eyes sparkle when he talks P facilities are named for Ina pennies keeps busy ps Rude who died two years Rude began doing farm wink at a job at Loddieed Aircraft of his late wife Ina Mae and his in his new shop and hangar at the-where fend Rudes from 5 father with his he worked married for his 44 woe helped way up pwotk Stanley airport'A-ypjaikf ?ylftage ' itorial work at Stanley’s only school “A lot of people probably think 's years Ina Mae also was a partner in' sweeping floors to become a lead 3 V1 He’s had to change his telephone fool ' board remembers He the trash the 8 — business maker the on of jj'-number several timai because of fighter of PVPyP Tm an old b— d trying to buy my raiding diving richer kids in town to fix up their 2 Worid War ELf:r Rude also gave $500000 to a way into heaven” Rude said “Don’t kH: phone calls from people wanting a not that will near ParshalL found as iL That much money hasn’t such for MKom only toys dairy gift requests money sports cars day-to-d- ay Dakota-produc- ed noise-hushi- W ng - ' k aga??¥f( S y w p P-3- j ' far-o- ild ut $$ Thanks f svi s " ware Ranch Wildlife Manage-ment Area a very big success i- In particular the volunteers who gave hundreds of hours' To the editortVk The organizers of the recent ' and personal resources to the 1-event woe directly rcsponsi- - Cornish Fall Festival thank ble for making this one of the everyone who helped make r ''£ this year’s event a great suc-- -- most successful one-da- y in states events k' the cess Thanks fra the generous : - The 5 " community effort donations of food door prizes and otha support from: Coca- - brought at least 1800 people to the Ranch for a day of fam- Lewiston Cola Wal-Ma- rt fun in some of the best natily Bank Al’s State Sporting ural settings in Utah Families Goods Smithfield Implement built 500 bird houses and Lee’s Marketplace Caspers feeders painted 350 pumpCrafts DFA Cache Valley kins saw native animals Farm Store Smokey Ridge ' heard frontier tales made aniPapa Murphy Pizza Lewiston mal tracks shot archery drew Theatre Maceys Theurer’s nature scenes went on wagon : Store Sentinel Candles rides to see the elk ate good Albertsons Dutch oven food and generalRental Presto Products Six ly enjoyed each others compaStar Outlet and Midnight ny We also showed many of Karaoke our neighbors The festival was a wonderthe what is Cache community the of ful example positive all about To all of you who results when communities gave so much to make this ' businesses and individuals day a success we can only talents and their pool say thank you Welcome back resources to the Ranch ' Helen Kirkman Christensen Dan Cornish Fall Festival Hardware Ranch 7 Thanks for festival support k r$ k f out-of-to- 1 i Elk Festival a big success To the editor Please help me thank the ' community for making the annual Elk Festival at Hard- - TopofUtah a top-not- ch race To the editor On September 20 1 completed my second marathon: The Top Of Utah After reflecting on my experiences 'y in s f 3' 'vv I decided to said a heartfelt “thank you” to the people of Cache valley for S wbn-- k livedalong theraceroute were awesome I Examples: a ! teenaged girl at the bottom of derful drqri-iI the canyon came out to the 7 First die race was so well road and set up ha own water 7 ' organized! Hats off to Bob stop —just to be nice (it Hoike and his race staff It’s worked!) a young boy sat on hard to believe that this race is the tail gate of a truck and ' only in its fifth year Every-- j W" cheered far just about every-oneto run like 'T he even told me that I ' thing seemed was brave for running so far clockwork ' Second the race volunteos (but then we concluded that 7 were amazing! Where woe perhaps I might be a bit crazy too) folks along Main Street they? HmmiruWhere weren’t honked and hollered aid they? There woe volunteers attire race packet pick-u-p cheered — even though I had Malin Olson park the bus just passed the five hour mark and having a lane closed was loading zone the starting line the clothing drop every an inconvenience fa them as waterfruitgel stop the finish line and all intersections UTAH 17523072 They woe even picking up 'ADULTS $300 T CHILDREN $200 trash in the canyon Not only htWullcx'l U jhDiscount were they present in abun- Ihi'tih REAT SEATS soundH dance but they were very — GREAT cheerful (which is difficult for WmHDiunmy most on an cold early mornFINDING NEMO ing) as well as encouraging Daily 40-7m- 0 (which is important to those ffavln Costner of us at the back of the pack) OPEN RANGE Third the community service personnel woe out in Daily 9:10 force I knew that my health and safety woe a top priority because there were representatives from local fire departments the highway patrol ambulance services police and sheriff departments I appreciate the time and services that these folks provided Fourth the people who " s V — '- - v ’ : “ — - - they tried to drive through downtown numerous people sitting in their driveways shouting and clapping and cheering -- 7 exciting fa the 7 winners of a marathon and a wonderful inspiration fa those of us who will never win but enjoy testing our abilities and pushing ourselves to the edge of exhaustion Thanks to all of you! You may not have known it then but you helped me cross the finish 7 line that day Finally no race like this can be complete without support from sponsors I’m grateful to ICON Health and Fitness n imsmEMEssz - fa event i7 V" ! 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