From: bgeer@javelin.sim.es.com (Bob Geer)
Subject: Ore-Ida 1993 info
Reply-To: bgeer@javelin.sim.es.com
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 14:31:38 GMT

Information condensed from the Sept. 21 issue of VeloNews "VeloNotes"
column:

Ore-Ida [Women's Challenge] gets second chance -- all righta [sic]:

"After rumors ran amok at this year's Ore-Ida Women's Challenge that
the venerable stage race would be cancelled...welcome news has
arrived.  While Ore-Ida's management board was re-evaluating the
company's involvement in the race, it found that it's own employees
were *83 percent* [in italic font] in favor of continuing sponsorship,
either as the main or as an anchor sponsor.  Based on this & other
feedback, the Ore-Ida management board decided to proceed with the
1993 Women's Challenge if additional sponsors can be secured.

To find those sponsors, the company's public-relations department
plans a 60-day campaign, ending in October.  If the campaign is
successful, Ore-Ida will create a non-profit corporation to direct the
race, which will be renamed the Idaho Women's Challenge & scheduled
for June 17-27, 1993. ...

An Ore-Ida spokesperson said that letters in support of the race will
help convince Ore-Ida & other potential sponsors that the race is a
good investment.  Letters can be mailed to:
			Ore-Ida Foods Inc.
			Public Relations Dept.
			P.O. Box 10
			Boise, Idaho 83707"

The article also mentions that the race director, Jim Rabdau has (or
will soon be) retired from the company, & it has not been determined
whether Rabdau will direct the '93 race although he expressed interest
in doing so during interviews last year.

Information reported after the '92 Ore-Ida race indicated that Ore-Ida
invested $500,000 in the race -- some $150,000 in cash & the balance
in donated employee time if memory serves me correctly.  That's no
small amount of cash in today's corporate world (except to the likes
of Ross Perot & Bill Gates who probably don't care one wit about
bicycle racing, much less women's bicycle racing).

I urge all bicycle racers & fans to write letters in support of this
race.  Note that many of this year's Olympic women road racers
competed in the Ore-Ida, including the gold medalist Kathy Watt who
raced aggressively & placed 10th in the Ore-Ida.  It is unfortunate
that women's athletics in general & women's bicycle racing in
particular get so little press attention; that the Ore-Ida is staged
in low population density Idaho doesn't help.  So, any support &
encouragement that can be offered will help.

Also note that all of the Ore-Ida stages but especially the mountain
stages are surrounded by the incredible beauty of Idaho.  A vacation
that affords the opportunity to watch stages of this race will not be
regretted.

I am not associated with Ore-Ida in any way.  I'm just an ol' Idaho
boy temporarily "sentenced" to Utah for occupational reasons who loves
using the Ore-Ida race as a perfect reason for a visit back home.
-- 
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From: khe@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Keith Erskine)
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 17:01:27 GMT
Subject: Re: Heart Rates
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