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DIED. JACK SHEA, 91, gold-medal-winning Olympic speed skater; of injuries from a car accident; in Saranac Lake, N.Y. Shea, who won two gold medals in 1932 but refused to skate in the 1936 Olympics in Hitler's Germany, became the patriarch of the nation's first family of three generations of Olympians. His son competed in three skiing events in 1964, and a month ago, his grandson earned a spot on the U.S. Olympic skeleton team, in which sledders go headfirst down...
...wall and you've got four G-forces pushing you into the sled, that's cool," says Utahan Lincoln DeWitt, 34. He was first in the World Cup rankings last year, but has slid a bit this year. He certainly has a shot at winning, as does teammate Jim Shea Jr., 33, of Lake Placid...
...Jimmy Shea's was one of the feel-good stories in the run-up to the Games and is now one of the most poignant. His grandfather Jack was the oldest living U.S. Olympic gold medalist at 91, having won twice in speed skating at the 1932 Games. Jimmy's father Jim Sr. was a Nordic combined athlete-that's ski jumping followed by cross-country skiing-in the 1964 Olympics. Both men were to be in the stadium when Jimmy marched in, but Jack was killed in a car accident two weeks ago. Jimmy will slide with his grandfather...
...Every year our financial problems get worse, as our funding has not increased and we receive more visitors,” said James M. Shea, the museum director...
...primary concern right now is addressing operation and staffing costs and being able to maintain our hours,” Shea said. “We often get calls from visitors who are disappointed to hear that we are not open. People all over the world come to hear about our history and it is hard to turn them away...