Event to raise money for Squaw Olympic museum

The 100th birthday of Sandy Poulsen and the 75th anniversary of her 22 kick-turns and the resultant naming of KT-22.

The event will be Aug. 11 at 1pm at the Poulsen estate in Squaw Valley. There will be a barbecue, cocktails, games, music and more.

Money raised will go toward a project that is important to the family — a museum of the 1960 Olympics and Sierra Nevada Ski History.

The vision of the Squaw Valley Ski Museum Foundation is to establish a local place where the evolution of winter sports and the legacy 1960 Winter Olympics can be researched, studied, and displayed and where local legends can be recognized and celebrated.

Tickets are available online. Tickets are limited to 150.