History of Cross Country Skiing in Central Oregon

This month's History Pub at McMenamins is "About Mt, Bachelor's Nordic Center and the History of Cross Country Skiing in Central Oregon.  Join Mount Bachelor's first Nordic director, Bob Mathews, and local author Glenn Voelz,  Bob Mathews moved to Bend in 1973 and worked as a ski instructor at Mount Bachelor. In 1976, he presented a one-page memorandum to the resort's founder, Bill Healy, proposing to create a cross-country ski area. Over the next twenty years, Mathews led Mount Bachelor's cross-country ski program and developed it into one of the premiere Nordic ski areas in the United States and a training ground for numerous Olympians. Glenn Voelz is a professional ski patroller at the Mount Bachelor Nordic Center and the author of Mount Bachelor: A History. He specializes in Oregon's outdoor recreation history. Glenn served for 25 years in Army intelligence at NATO, the Pentagon, the White House, and abroad. Father Luke's Room -  Doors open at 6pm, Talk begins at 7pm