We would like to wish Jordan Gober and Haley Leonard Good Luck at the 2008 Junior Nationals.

They will be representing The Skating Club of Huntsville and the Huntsville Skating School and Training Academy in the Juvenile Dance Competition.

The 2008 U.S. Figure Skating Championships
Salt Lake City, Utah, November 26 - December 1, 2007

Dear Skating Club of Huntsville members,

For those of you who don't know, Dick Stutzke passed away last Saturday. He was Shirley Black's dance partner. He will be sorely missed by all who knew him. Please keep his family and Shirley in your prayers as they go through this difficult time.

Stutzke, Richard David
Feb. 14, 1943 - Sept. 23, 2006

Richard David Stutzke died Saturday from pancreatic cancer. He is survived by his wife, Sharon Gaetano Stutzke; two sisters, Pamela Hofmann of San Francisco , and Barbara Russell of Charlotte , N.C. ; one brother, Martin Stutzke of Frederick, Md.; and several nieces and nephews. He attended Purdue University and the University of Illinois , majoring in physics. After graduating with a Ph.D. in nuclear physics from the University of Illinois , he served in the U.S. Air Force for four years. The remainder of his career was spent in the defense industry, working at Science Applications International Corp. in Colorado Springs in 1972 and in Huntsville since 1992. He was a member of several professional organizations including the IEEE Computer Society, ISPA, Sigma Pi Sigma and Sigma. For the last two decades of his life, he maintained an active interest in estimation and measurement for software-intensive systems. Dr. Stutzke authored a book on the subject in 2005, as well as dozens of papers on estimation and related topics. He was selected as the 2006 Parametrician of the Year by the International Society of Parametric Analysts. A member of the Broadmoor Skating Club in Colorado Springs , Colo. , since 1977, he was an avid recreational ice skater and was also an associate member of the Skating Club of Huntsville. He competed in ice dance with partners Linda Lundgren (1988 1990) and Shirley Black (2004 2006). He also skated in many ice shows presented by the skating clubs.