YANKEE MAGAZINE STORY ON HARRIS HILL SKI JUMP

Brattleboro, VT: Harris Hill Ski Jump

Famous landmark is restored

by Mel Allen

The Fred Harris Memorial Ski Jumping Tournament takes place February 13-14, 2010. For details, visit harrishillskijump.org Salisbury, Connecticut, boasts a ski-jumping tradition nearly as long as Brattleboro's. It's "Jumpfest" winter weekend is February 5-7, 2010. swsa.info/events_jumpfest.html

Imagine a house. But not just any house. It's the house your grandfather built. Your father grew up in it, and you did too. In this house your father married your mother, and your siblings, cousins, aunts, and uncles filled the rooms on holidays. When you think of growing up, when you think of family, what you think of first is this house.

Now imagine the house rotting board by board, sinking on its foundation, the roof sagging and leaking, and for too many years you've patched it the best you could, but the house keeps falling apart; there's talk that it isn't safe to live there anymore. To fix it up will cost tens of thousands of dollars, but your bank account is barren and you have no idea what to do.

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