A year ago, we toured the Squaw Olympic Village with David Antonucci and when I learned he had a new book out, about the 1960 Olympic Winter Games, I knew I wanted our community to hear about this truly unique event.

Images of Sports: The 1960 Winter Olympics showcases the highlights of the games through rare and previously unpublished images.

With an incredible slideshow, great knowledge and surprises, David told a mesmerizing tale of beating the odds and being a success.

The 1960 Olympic Winter Games were a long-shot effort that succeeded beyond wildest expectations.  What an unbelievably interesting story.

I have spoken of Martin Hollay a few times.  He is a celebrity here for many reasons one being the fact that in 1959, Martin was hired to help design and build the courses for the cross country races for the Olympics at Squaw Valley.  How fun that he was there tonight.