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DOUG CLEARY, of Minneapolis, and his daughter, Ruby, 11, ride the ski lift at Blackjack Ski Resort, near Bessemer, Friday afternoon. They and the rest of the family were enjoying a Presidents Day holiday weekend ski trip. Cleary said he grew up in the Cable, Wis., area and was a Ski Area Management student at Gogebic Community College in the 1980s before continuing his education at Lake Superior State University.