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Show We Get Letters Telegram Draws Grateful Thank You thusiasm emerged as a community com-munity drive here in the Ski Team's home base. The Park City telegram should serve as an example to the rest of Amer-cia Amer-cia in demonstrating that broad based support of our team is not only possible but essential to their success. Bill Koch's silver medal, Cindy Nelson's bronze, and Greg Jones' FB bronze belong in great part to the people who stood behind them in spirit at the starting gate in Innsbruck. The U. S. Ski Team and staff thank you and hope that you will continue to share with us the excitement of the many competitions com-petitions left in the 1976 season. Members of the U. S. Alpine Team Members of the U. S. Nordic Team U. S. Ski Team Staff To the Editor: U. S. Alpine Director Hank Tauber and Nordic Director John Bower have asked that we convey con-vey the appreciation of the members mem-bers of the U. S. Ski Team who competed in the 1976 Olympic Games at Innsbruck to the citizens citi-zens of Park City. "It was indeed an inspiration to the athletes to know that the people of Park City would care so much for our success, said John Bower. Alpine Team Director, Di-rector, Hank Tauber, commented that "I was asked by the Team members a number of times how could the people of Park City be so thoughtful when we are so seldom there?" With a number of Americans cheering them on from the sidelines, it was most assuredly a great inspiration to have the knowledge of such strong support . from their Homeland. The Innsbruck Telegram came as a delightful surprise amidst many exclamations of "where did they all come from!" The answer to that of course, is that your support has been here all along. We are extremely grateful grate-ful that this interest and en- |