`Tiger' and Torino ... Great!Byline: Lewis Taylor The Register-Guard If you're wondering who that spirited American skier was with the pearls around her neck and the tiger ears on her helmet, just ask a kindergartner kin·der·gart·ner also kin·der·gar·ten·er n. 1. A child who attends kindergarten. 2. A teacher in a kindergarten. at McCornack Elementary. "I saw Resi ski," said Hanna Oberlander, 5, pointing to a photo of 21-year-old U.S. skier Resi Stiegler Resi Stiegler (pronounced RAY-zee, [reˈziː] in IPA, born November 14, 1985 in Jackson, Wyoming) is an American alpine skier. , who is nicknamed "Tiger." "I liked it when she jumped up in the air." Stiegler will not take home any medals from the XX Winter Olympics in Turin, but two classes at McCornack paid particularly close attention to her races. That's because Stiegler's aunt is kindergarten teacher Linda Stiegler. "They were so excited for her," Linda Stiegler said. "They kept saying, `Go Resi, go.' ' Wearing a red USA sweatshirt with an U.S. flag lapel pin A lapel pin is a small pin often worn on the lapel of a dress jacket. Lapel pins can be purely ornamental or can indicate the wearer's affiliation with an organization or cause; for example, American Flag lapel pins became very popular in the United States, especially among , Stiegler looked the part of an enthusiastic Olympic supporter. On Friday, her classroom still boasted Olympic paraphernalia PARAPHERNALIA. The name given to all such things as a woman has a right to retain as her own property, after her husband's death; they consist generally of her clothing, jewels, and ornaments suitable to her condition, which she used personally during his life. including a Frosted Flakes “Frosties” redirects here. For the cola-flavored hard candy, see Frosties (candy). Frosted Flakes (North American countries) or Frosties (UK, Commonwealth of Nations and EU countries) is a cereal similar to Corn Flakes from Kellogg's, but coated with box with a picture of her niece on the back and a photo signed by members of the U.S. Ski Team. A collage of different athletes stood at the front of the class, and newspaper and magazine stories clung to a dry-erase board. "This is their first real exposure to the Olympics," Stiegler said. "A lot of them had no idea what a ski race was or (what) an opening ceremony (was)." A teacher since 1990, Stiegler has long used the winter and summer Olympics to teach lessons about hard work, reaching goals, working as a team and good will among nations, but her niece's presence at this year's Games made the lesson plans more personal, she said. The class watched replays of Resi Stiegler's performances in the women's slalom slalom Alpine skiing event in which competitors race one at a time down a zigzag or wavy course past a series of flags or markers called gates. The course is carefully designed to test the skier's skill, timing, and judgment. and the women's combined events and sent a care package to Stiegler filled with crayon drawings the act or art of drawing with crayons; a drawing made with crayons. See also: Crayon and banners of support that read, "Go Resi. Go USA." "The Olympics stand for something that's really good," Linda Stiegler said. "Here we have this world of peace and good will. It's a good time for them to realize that good things go on in this world." In addition to learning about Resi Stiegler's history (she is the daughter of famed Austrian skier and 1964 slalom gold medalist Pepi Stiegler), Stiegler's students received an Italian geography lesson and talked about "What makes an Olympic hero?" The lessons appeared to be working for one aspiring young athlete. "I like (the Olympics)," said Azlan Miley, 5, who hopes to shoot for gold in an Olympic snowboarding snowboarding: see under skiing. snowboarding Sport of sliding downhill over snow on a snowboard, a wide ski ridden in a surfing position. Derived from surfing and influenced also by skateboarding as well as skiing, snowboarding began to burgeon event someday. "They're cool." ON THE WEB More coverage of the Turin Olympics will be constantly updated at www.registerguard.com/olympics. |
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