Timm's Hill Trudge Awards Ceremony March 3, 2007 It was a cold and blustery day, perfect for the trudge. Nonetheless, about 120 people turned out for the 11th Annual Timm's Hill Trudge. This is a three-mile snow-shoe race, men and women race separately. Kyle Schmidt was the overall winner of the men's event, competing in the 30-39 year-old category. Michayle Heil, 15, of Medford, was the overall women's winner. This is a conference-banquet hall kind of a lodge at the High Point Village Resort. The awards were presented inside. As you can see, they had a great day for the Trudge. This is just outside the conference-banquet hall, and, as you can see, was the starting point for the race. They had a good amount of snow, and the owners, Kathy and Lyle Blomberg, had their hands full clearing the trail before hand. A hearty welcome to come in and join the festivities. That's Kathy Blomberg in the green, with the scores and the list of winners, and with a helper to hand out the "Spirit of Tim's Hill Trudge awards. We'll now present a series of photos of winners and the crowd. Unfortunately, we do not have their names, but they certainly were a good looking crew! We are guessing, but we believe this is Michayle Heil, 15, of Medford, the overall women's winner, because she has a bouquet of flowers. We worked hard to get her photo, and each time we had her in our sites, she would move. We ended up with two shots, one where she turned her head away from the camera just as we pulled the trigger, this one blinking. We chose the blinker. This is the "Chili Lady," a mighty popular person at the lodge. We'll never know, but we wonder whether this young lady just got a full view of the guy with the painted face behind her! This is a "brain trust" outside, sipping some cool ones. Some kids outside, doing what kids do best --- playing in the snow. We stood out there, watching this young man plan is sled ride down the hill. Frankly, we were a bit worried about him taking the plunge, as the hill was kind of steep, lots of trees, and we did not know whether he knew what he was getting into. Just as he was about to make his move, the sled slid from his hands and went down the hill without him. You can see the young lady pointing to the evidence of his blunder. As we left, we shot these two finals. High Point Village is truly a wonderful place. Photo credit: All photos credited to Ed Marek, The Marek Enterprise