January 27, 2009
Leif Hovelsen
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Leif Hovelsen to be remembered at tribute Wednesday
Leif Hovelsen, best known in Steamboat Springs as the son of Carl Howelsen, will be remembered Wednesday night during a memorial and tribute at Olympian Hall.
Leif Hovelsen, son of the legendary Carl Howelsen, dies at 88
Although proud of the footsteps left by his father, Leif lived a remarkable life defined by pacifism and goodwill toward others. He had been diagnosed with advanced leukemia in August.
Tom Ross: Son of Norwegian ski pioneer triumphed over evil during WWII
In the first years after the Nazi invasion of Norway in 1940, a bold Norwegian teenager with unexplored ties to Steamboat Springs risked his life to support the resistance.
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