Word: stash
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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This week, six years after what he calls "that almost accidental beginning," Stash Serafin, now a junior at Temple University, is preparing to skate in "An Evening With Champions," a show sponsored by Eliot House to raise money for the Jimmy Fund...
...Stash says that skating took hold of him "like a bug." Starting in 1969, he worked with the local pro at the rink. As one would expect, the going was frustrating and the progress was slow. "I probably should have quit, but I really didn't know any better," he says...
...slowly, he made advances in 1971, Stash passed his first preliminary figure test, and skating started to become a larger and larger part of his life. He was drawn on by the challenge, he has concluded. "Skating is something that no one else in my condition has ever really tried. I want to keep at it, trying to find out if there's anything I can't do if I work at it long enough," Stash said...
Gordon McKellan, three-time U.S. Men's skating champion and another participant in "An Evening With Champions," saw Stash skate in an exhibition and recommended him to the Jimmy Fund Committee...
...Stash seems capable of working hard, though. "I've always been able to tell myself to work now and party later in order to achieve my goals," he says...