Olympian Billy Demong soars off the 90-meter tower at the Olympic Ski Jumping Complex in Lake Placid on Oct. 11, 2008 during the annual Flaming Leaves festival. Demong, who grew up in nearby Vermontville, competed in Nordic combined skiing at five Olympic Winter Games and earned two medals — a gold and silver — at the 2010 Vancouver Games. (Enterprise file photo — Lou Reuter)