08.22.2010
Flying out of Minneapolis to Salt Lake City, with a two hour layover. We circled the airport for 45 minutes and every time we came around we hit a spot with some super bad turbulence. The lady next to me and I were pale and almost lost our cookies by the time we landed.
Flying out of of Salt Lake City to Fairbanks. We got on the runway and had to go back as the air conditioning was not working. We finally got going and made it into Fairbanks early on Monday morning (23rd) about an hour late.
Had a rental car reservation with Hertz but they didn't have any cars so they decided to switch me to Budget. Another story for another time...
Called Tara and she gave me directions to her house; what a trooper waiting up or getting up so early to make sure I made it there (but this is only the beginning, you will see, she took very good care of me the entire trip!).
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Monday, August 23, 2010
Friday, July 30, 2010
Officiate Minnesota and more!
Over the weekend there was an officials convention in Minneapolis, MN. This was not only hockey officials but officials from just about every sport: hockey, volleyball, la cross, tennis, football, baseball, basketball and even rodeo.
Saturday was "Officiate Minnesota" and I was asked to speak on the "Women in Officiating" panel. This was a huge honor as the other 3 women on the panel were huge ground breakers for women in officiating and at the administration level.
They asked us questions about how we got started, some challenges that we had to overcome among other things.
It was pretty cool to have some of the male hockey officials there to support me including Mach, Buzz, Shepherd and Uncle Tommy.
NCAA Basketball: Mary Struckhoff is the NCAA National Coordinator of Women’s Basketball Officiating
NCAA Volleyball: Joan Powell is a volleyball official, former collegiate coach and former player and some other things too, but that's all I could find on google she also has more one-liners than I do!
MN Official: Vicki Davis (1st of everything as a female in the sport) is one of the NCAA Regional Officiating Advisors
Moderator: Brenda Holmgren is a teacher at Elk River high school, officiates a ton of sports and is a ton of fun
Brian Mach, Steve Tatro, Greg Shepherd and CJ Bearline were also on a hockey specific panel during the day and did a great job representing us! Kronschnabel was the moderator.
Walt was on the steering committee and put a ton of work in.
Sunday was a leadership seminar from 1-4:30 and there were panels on recruitment and retention of officials, training and legal issues. Kronschnabel did a great job!
Sunday night began with some opening speakers and social time. This is when all the big names came in.
Monday was full of speakers and panels and a nice luncheon. The hockey specific panel included Terry Gregson, Matt Leaf, Dave LaBuda and Brad Watson. Steve Tatro was the moderator.
Tuesday we were there for most of the day, but Matt, Steve, Brad, Butch and I took a trip over to the Twinkie's stadium for private tour by Eric Curry and Dave St. Peter stopped by to say hello. Curry officiates DI college basketball. The night ended with the golden whistle banquet and award presentation.
Saturday was "Officiate Minnesota" and I was asked to speak on the "Women in Officiating" panel. This was a huge honor as the other 3 women on the panel were huge ground breakers for women in officiating and at the administration level.
They asked us questions about how we got started, some challenges that we had to overcome among other things.
It was pretty cool to have some of the male hockey officials there to support me including Mach, Buzz, Shepherd and Uncle Tommy.
NCAA Basketball: Mary Struckhoff is the NCAA National Coordinator of Women’s Basketball Officiating
NCAA Volleyball: Joan Powell is a volleyball official, former collegiate coach and former player and some other things too, but that's all I could find on google she also has more one-liners than I do!
MN Official: Vicki Davis (1st of everything as a female in the sport) is one of the NCAA Regional Officiating Advisors
Moderator: Brenda Holmgren is a teacher at Elk River high school, officiates a ton of sports and is a ton of fun
Brian Mach, Steve Tatro, Greg Shepherd and CJ Bearline were also on a hockey specific panel during the day and did a great job representing us! Kronschnabel was the moderator.
Walt was on the steering committee and put a ton of work in.
Sunday was a leadership seminar from 1-4:30 and there were panels on recruitment and retention of officials, training and legal issues. Kronschnabel did a great job!
Sunday night began with some opening speakers and social time. This is when all the big names came in.
Monday was full of speakers and panels and a nice luncheon. The hockey specific panel included Terry Gregson, Matt Leaf, Dave LaBuda and Brad Watson. Steve Tatro was the moderator.
Tuesday we were there for most of the day, but Matt, Steve, Brad, Butch and I took a trip over to the Twinkie's stadium for private tour by Eric Curry and Dave St. Peter stopped by to say hello. Curry officiates DI college basketball. The night ended with the golden whistle banquet and award presentation.
1987 / 1991 World Series Championship Trophies and Mr. Matt at the field
Monday, March 01, 2010
03.01.2010 - Day 20 - Going Home
Up early and out to catch the bus to the airport at 6.10am, but the bus didn't show up till 6.45am. Got on with Mr. Matt and Sly then Jackie and Bob showed up too. My flight is not till 11.45am, but according to the packet we received on checking out we should be to the airport at least 4 hours prior to our flight. According to the officials that were in Salt Lake they were 4 hours early and just barley made their flight. We walked into the terminal and Mr. Matt looks at me and says "this is nothing OB".
I checked in and there were only 2 other people at the Delta check in. The attendant at the counter was super nice and found a way to waive the overweight baggage fee (17lbs over). Security was a little slower, but only took about an hour and I breezed through customs. I think that the airport set this scare up because all you had to do once you got inside was eat and shop; the goal is to spend the rest of the Canadian currency that you have so you don't have to pay the fee to change it over and they did have Olympic apparel at the shops. I also changed the Swiss Francs over; it's hard to do this in the US because the local banks make you mail in the currency and it takes a few weeks to post in your account. I ran into a few of the men's officials and their wives in the airport and finally got on my plane. I slept most of the way on the plane.
I was walking to gather my bags at MSP and people kept looking at me; then I realized that I had an Olympic sweatshirt on and not everyone in the Mpls airport was wearing the same, like in Vancouver.
I got my bags; I think that I had the biggest, heaviest bag on the flight and met Cory at the car. Thanks Cory for coming to pick me up!
On the way home we coordinated with Mom, Dad and Katie they were there at the house when I got back with Ava and Mom had made Zebra Flags and put them in the snow banks of the house. We ordered Chinese from the good place, 88 Wok, in Andover.
When the extended family left the kids came out and Cammy and Cat didn't leave my side. Didn't get much done last night. The photos are still in the memory card the souvenirs are still scattered and the dirty laundry is in a pile, but still dirty.
I can believe that my adventure is over that my Goal of working the Olympics is reached and that the Goal medal game is complete! It seems like yesterday that I was at my first USA Hockey camp, working my first WCHA and Junior game, and traveling to Salt Lake for my first international tourney (with overweight baggage on that trip too!)
Thank you to everyone who has put up with me missing things (birthdays / Christmas / Thanksgivings, anniversaries, weddings, funerals, just hanging out and more) and to all my friends and family that have helped me. You have made this 13 year ride the best ever!
I can't believe that I am going back to work tomorrow; most of my vacation time used up for the year, already taken by March, but well worth the use of the vacation time!
My new dilema is setting a new goal, but it's a great problem to have.
Kelli's 2010 Olympics Highlights:
I checked in and there were only 2 other people at the Delta check in. The attendant at the counter was super nice and found a way to waive the overweight baggage fee (17lbs over). Security was a little slower, but only took about an hour and I breezed through customs. I think that the airport set this scare up because all you had to do once you got inside was eat and shop; the goal is to spend the rest of the Canadian currency that you have so you don't have to pay the fee to change it over and they did have Olympic apparel at the shops. I also changed the Swiss Francs over; it's hard to do this in the US because the local banks make you mail in the currency and it takes a few weeks to post in your account. I ran into a few of the men's officials and their wives in the airport and finally got on my plane. I slept most of the way on the plane.
I was walking to gather my bags at MSP and people kept looking at me; then I realized that I had an Olympic sweatshirt on and not everyone in the Mpls airport was wearing the same, like in Vancouver.
I got my bags; I think that I had the biggest, heaviest bag on the flight and met Cory at the car. Thanks Cory for coming to pick me up!
On the way home we coordinated with Mom, Dad and Katie they were there at the house when I got back with Ava and Mom had made Zebra Flags and put them in the snow banks of the house. We ordered Chinese from the good place, 88 Wok, in Andover.
When the extended family left the kids came out and Cammy and Cat didn't leave my side. Didn't get much done last night. The photos are still in the memory card the souvenirs are still scattered and the dirty laundry is in a pile, but still dirty.
I can believe that my adventure is over that my Goal of working the Olympics is reached and that the Goal medal game is complete! It seems like yesterday that I was at my first USA Hockey camp, working my first WCHA and Junior game, and traveling to Salt Lake for my first international tourney (with overweight baggage on that trip too!)
Thank you to everyone who has put up with me missing things (birthdays / Christmas / Thanksgivings, anniversaries, weddings, funerals, just hanging out and more) and to all my friends and family that have helped me. You have made this 13 year ride the best ever!
I can't believe that I am going back to work tomorrow; most of my vacation time used up for the year, already taken by March, but well worth the use of the vacation time!
My new dilema is setting a new goal, but it's a great problem to have.
Kelli's 2010 Olympics Highlights:
- Getting the call to work the games from Mr. Matt.
- Having Cory, Mom, Dad, Katie and Ava out in Vancouver; even if they only did get to watch me skate on TV.
- During the Swiss vs. Sweden game looking over to movement and realizing that they were doing the wave during my game.
- Getting assigned to the Sweden vs. Canada game as they fought last time they played.
- Pre-game of the first game I skated at Canada place semi-final game Finland vs. Canada. I was rounding the next when the video was playing the crowd went nuts and I looked up and the place was packed; there were people there to see the game I am working, the bottom bowl was full the middle bowl, the boxes were full and all the little people up on top too! I stood over by the referee crease and took it all in; this was the moment that I sacrificed so much for (and my family too).
- When I walked in and saw the assignments for the Gold medal game; and my name was on it! Then calling my family and telling them. Mom said "I told eveyone you wouldn't get that game because US was playing. Now I'm going to have to call them all back!"
- The closing ceremonies; knowing I've reached my goal and the dilemma of figuring out what to do next with my free time and what the new goal will be to chase. Then asking myself what is free time and what do you do with it?
- Checking email, facebook and the blog and having messages of love and support coming in from everyone! Thanks guys!!!
2010 Olympics Highlights:
- The Olympics got off to a somber start when, on the opening day, luger Nodar Kumaritashvili died in a tragic accident during practice
- American skier Lindsey Vonn won a gold medal in the ladies Super-G and set a new record for U.S. women's World Cup wins record despite undergoing surgery just a few weeks prior to the games http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/skiing/news/story?id=392582975
- American snowboarder Shaun White pulled off a Double McTwist 1260 and scored 46.8 out of 50 to take gold and dominate the men's halfpipe competition
- Slovenian cross-country skier Petra Majdic won a bronze medal in the cross country ladies sprint classic despite breaking four ribs during practice just hours before the race http://ca.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idCALDE61J0DS201002216
- Alex Bilodeau, the winner of the men's moguls, became the first Canadian to win an Olympic gold medal in his home country
- Canadian figure skater Joannie Rochette skated for a personal best score in the short program and win a bronze medal despite the fact that her mother passed away unexpectedly just two days before the figure skating competition began
- After winning the Men's hockey tournament, the host country, Canada, broke the record for the most gold medal wins at a Winter Olympic games, with a total of 14 gold medals, but the USA still took home the most medals total!
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