Joe Loader and Dotti Loader - 2002
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Terry Smith Award honors individuals who produce and strengthen our
intramural (club) racing programs.
Joe and Dotti Loader have been active in their ski clubs for the past two decades. Joe joined Reno Ski and Recreation Club in 1985 and Dotti joined in 1982. They quickly became very active in recreational racing and rose to the top elite classes in this sport. Both Joe and Dotti participated in the racing activities provided by the club and encouraged other club members to become involved in intramural racing. |
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| In 1984, Joe was elected Sierra Council President, as position he held for the past eight years. Sierra Council is also known as Sierra League. The council/league president has dual responsibilities to represent the Sierra members in both Far West Ski Association and Far West Racing Association. For several years prior to 1994, Dotti actively assisted the former council/league president. She was very aware of the challenges and responsibilities of holding this office and was in a position to assist Joe with these duties. | |
| Sierra
Council has made tremendous strides under the leadership of Joe and
Dotti Loader. They have a very active race program providing more than
eight races per season for their racers. In addition, Joe and Dotti
provide numerous race clinics, including a week in July in Mt. Hood,
Oregon and Wednesday night race practices at Boreal Ridge during the ski
season. It's not a surprise that most Sierra League racers have risen to
the top levels of this intramural sport! Joe and Dotti have made racing
fun and allowed all Sierra members to improve their skills on the ski
slopes. Under their leadership Sierra has expanded from three to eight
clubs, with a new web site and a new logo.
Since 1999, Dotti has been the trip chairman for Sierra Council to participate in the FWSA travel program. This has encouraged numerous Sierra members to become more active with Far West Ski Association. Under Joe and Dotti's leadership Sierra has increased the number of their participants at the FWSA conventions and other FWSA sponsored events. In the past three years, four members of Sierra have been recognized in FWSA's men/women of the year program. In 2002, Joe was race director for the FWSA ski trip to Copper Mountain. For the past twenty years, Joe and Dotti Loader have made significant contributions to intramural skiing and racing. It's time for these contributions and their leadership to be recognized with the Terry Smith Award. |
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