SHORT TAKES : Willis Sets Hearts to Schussing

Film star Bruce Willis caused young hearts to throb when he turned up unannounced at a ski area while the set for “Die Hard II” was being arranged.

“Oh yeah, he created quite a stir,” said Gordon West, a manager at the Mission Ridge ski area. “He had every lady going ‘ooh ah ooh.’ He came in incognito and rented his skis under some other name.”

Jason Stromme, a 17-year-old high school student, said he noticed Willis eating lunch Sunday with four people at the central Washington ski lodge.

“He got up and left because everyone was looking at him,” Stromme said, and then youngsters pounced on his table, grabbing the water glass and other items the star had touched.

Scenes from the thriller “Die Hard II” were being filmed this week in Leavenworth, said Chamber of Commerce Director Laura Jobin.