CONWAY — “For a little while, Mother Nature held the upper hand, but we’re jumping now, so maybe we outsmarted her.” So said Kennett High ski jumping coach Chip Henry last Thursday as natural snow fell on the area.
Henry has turned the soon-to-be-named Chip Henry Ski Jump in Conway Village into a winter wonderland thanks to his snowmaking expertise.
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