Word: champaigne
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...arms held skyward and tears streaming down her face, hurrying to embrace Boyfriend and Teammate Dave Silk. For Mother Eleanor and Father Charlie, their two sons and three other daughters, it was the culmination of lifetimes spent on skates, first in Cornwall, N.Y., where Bonnie was born, then in Champaign, Ill., where the family moved when the future Olympic champion was two. The story is often told that Charlie Blair received word of the birth of "yet another skater" over the public address system at the local rink. Bonnie the tot first ventured onto the ice with her shoes inside...
Many who had contributed to Bonnie's success were cheering her on last week. There was Cathy Priestner, Canada's 1976 speed-skating silver medalist, who first coached her for Olympic racing. And there were the Champaign Police Department and Jack Sikma, the Milwaukee Bucks basketball player who helped sponsor her. She will probably never need such financial backing again. She has signed a contract with Disney World, and other commercial deals are sure to follow. Success is unlikely to spoil the engaging Midwesterner with the toothy grin. She plans to go back to school soon and get a degree...
Findley, a sophomore from Champaign, II., set a third team mark in the 100 backstroke. Her first place time of 58.14 seconds bested the previous mark by three tenths. Findley grabbed her third victory of the night in the 200 backstroke...
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign...
...Champaign...