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EVERYONE talks about the weather, and indeed it has been the subject of conversation most of the fall and up until now.

Nobody does anything about the weather, even if ski areas on the East Coast, including Rappahannock’s, would like to.

Skiing, at one time was strictly a sport. It is still a sport, but it is also an industry, and a large one — still snowballing, you might say.

Jim Trepp of Duchess County, N.Y., has assumed duties as manager of the Rappahannock Ski Area. He succeeds Bob Palmer, who tendered an “amiable resignation” because of policy differences.

The new manager, a native of Iron Mountain, Mich., began a career in skiing at the tender age of 3. He has been associated with the Camelback Corporation, of which the Rappahannock area is a part, for nine years. During this affiliation, Trepp established the Duckess Ski Area in Beacon, N. Y. wh

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