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He opened the first Willi's Ski Shop in Castle Shannon in 1970 and skied until he was 85 years old.

Over the years, local ski shops in the Rogue Valley have had their ups and downs. Whether it be because of a lack of snow, lack of excitement for the snow sports or a lack of community events to get people interested.

Over the years, local ski shops in the Rogue Valley have had their ups and downs. Whether it be because of a lack of snow, lack of excitement for the snow sports or a lack of community events to get people interested.

"President's week is the most important week for us out of the whole year," said Aaron Kellett, General Manager of WhiteFace Mountain Ski Resort.

Theyre going to be able to make a little money today. anything that has the image of the pope on it to remind people that he was here, and its good -- >> the pope didnt seem to mind. >> no, he loved it. >> if youve ever been to the vatican you know that it is surrounded by little chosh ki shops that sell this kind of stuff. everything from a pope on a rope. pope pot holders. theyve got. >> tchotchke is that italian? >> joanie loves tchotchke. >> how do you know theyre 100% cotton? >> most of the...

Marijuana from him today, a large quantity of mayor onea, in fact. hopefully it gets us through the first two months. >> these are a couple of the kinds so if you want to take a look i have this and then i have all of it pre-packaged. >> thats what weve got going on here and here. cool. >> this is l.a. choose and this is purple dream and then i have l.a. woman. >> always does really good. >> want to count the money? >> lets check this out. >> there you are. >> pay some bills now. >> thank goodne...

>> we mandated by ordinance that they would have one year on main street doing retail sales and that after that year relocate to airport road. >> i think we have an image to protect. i personally have spent 35 years of my life building this town to what it is today. >> we have beautiful boutiques, and we have great ski shops, wonderful restaurants. weve got to protect our town. >> marijuana shops on the second floor lead to the paraphernalia shops on the first floor which then further enhances a...

In seattle, steve heitman opened a chain of ski shops without spending a dime of his own money. he had two microsoft millionaires in the palm of his hand. they even bought into an exotic car dealership. and before long, that business was wallowing in debt, too. and then, one day -- >> we were going to meet and ride motorcycles and calling and calling and calling, nope, nobody answers. >> and what happened to him? >> disappeared. straight up disappeared. >> what did you think? >> i laughed. i jus...