By Janet Fullwood
Contra Costa Times Correspondent

“The upcoming Olympic Heritage Celebration is timed to cash in on public enthusiasm for the 2010 Winter Olympics, opening Feb. 12 in Vancouver, British Columbia. And it’s more than just a nostalgia bash. The underlying goal is to raise funds and support for a ski museum to be built at a yet-to-be-determined North Shore location.

The proposed facility, which will incorporate the Auburn Ski Club collection now on display in a deteriorating Donner Summit museum, will take a broad look at the history of skiing in the west, says Linda Williams, project manager for the Olympic Museum Foundation.”