People, Places, or Dogs

03/10/2010

A Picture from Restart Day! Booties on the Feet!

Location:  Willow, Alaska
March 7, 2010
Getting booties on paws can be so relaxing!
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03/10/2010

Picture of the Day

Celeste Davis
Restart Day
Booties on the doggies feet!!
Warm hat on the musher!
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03/09/2010

More Than I Bargained For: Start Day

By Blynne Froke, Finalist for Target® Iditarod 2011 Teacher on the Trail, California

Sometimes life just shines on you and you get more than you bargained for and that is just what happened to me today.  What an amazing day! …

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03/09/2010

Re Start Day

By Martha Dobson, Finalist, Target® Iditarod 2011 Teacher on the Trail™, North Carolina
This is IT! Today counts, it’s the one, the clock starts, it’s time to go to Nome!
And to pull IT off for the teams, a lot…

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03/09/2010

From Tradition to Tradition: Musher Banquet

Do you wonder about the Musher Banquet that is held before the start of the race?
by Sally Simon, Finalist for Target® Iditarod 2011 Teacher on the Trail™
The Thursday night before the Iditarod is full of traditions.  The dictionary…

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03/08/2010

Bernard Harris: Dreams Do Come True

by Sally Simon, Finalist for Target® Iditarod 2011 Teacher on the Trail™, New York
Bernard Harris was a boy with a dream of becoming an astronaut.  Now he’s a man of accomplishment giving back to others so that their dreams…

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03/08/2010

The Dog Doctor, Stuart Nelson, Jr., DVM

By Martha Dobson, Finalist, Target® Iditarod 2011 Teacher on the Trail™, North Carolina
Twenty-four years of Iditarod dog experience. That’s what Dr. Nelson, the chief vet for the Iditarod has under his belt. Starting as a trail vet in 1986…

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03/08/2010

A Fork in the Trail

By Blynne Froke, Finalist for Target® Iditarod 2011 Teacher on the Trail*, California
On Friday, March 5, 2010 four time Iditarod Champion Jeff King shared with an attentive crowd at the Millennium Hotel stories of thirty years of dog mushing.…

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03/05/2010

The 2010 Starting Line Up!

Click to view the starting order for the 2010 Iditarod! And the bib numbers are…..
What is a bib?  A bib is an item a  musher wears at the start of the race to identify starting position.
The starting order…

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03/05/2010

Stories! Stories! Stories!

Martha Dobson, Finalist for Target® Iditarod 2011 Teacher on the Trail™, North Carolina
Today, March 3, was field trip day for Iditarod race fans and teachers attending the Winter Educators’ Conference. At 8:00, we loaded up a charter bus to…

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03/05/2010

It’s ALL About the Dogs

By Blynne Froke, Finalist for Target® 2011 Teacher on the Trail™, California
Another great day at the Winter Conference!
We visited Headquarters today and observed the official vet checks. I don’t get this much attention from my doctor, nor do…

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03/05/2010

Iditarod Field Trip: Happy Trails Kennel

By Sally Simon, Finalist for Target® Iditarod 2011 Teacher on the Trail™, New York
When visiting Happy Trails Kennel most people get excited about meeting Martin Buser. He is, after all, an Iditarod icon.
They want to hear him talk…

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02/22/2010

Meet the Rookie: John Stewart

By Sanka W. Dog
John Stewart, 23 years of age from Scotland, will be running to Nome as a rookie in Iditarod XXXVIII. Having grown up in Scotland, very near to where the king of dog team drivers, Scotty Allan…

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02/15/2010

Iditarod Musher: Sven Haltmann

Joy Davis, Educational Journalist, IN
Growing up in Switzerland, Sven Haltmann was surrounded by animals and became devoted to dogs. In 2001 he moved to Alaska. From 2004-2008 Sven worked as a wild land firefighter. In 2009 he started working…

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02/11/2010

Iditarod Musher: Karin Hendrickson

Joy Davis, Educational Journalist, IN

Skeeter and Karin
A mother’s influence on volunteering started the mushing career of Karin Hendrickson.  Karin’s mom had been a volunteer at the Iditarod for a number of years. In 2002, she convinced Karin to…

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02/10/2010

Meet the Rookie: Dan Kaduce

Joy Davis, Educational Journalist, IN
Dan Kaduce of Chatanika, Alaska moved to Alaska in 1990 for a job and fun. It looks like he found it. Five years later he got hooked on mushing. He said that he has learned…

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02/10/2010

Iditarod Volunteer and Future Rookie: Nancy Yoshida

Joy Davis, Educational Journalist, IN

Nancy and Nigel
We all have dreams.  Sometimes we are able to pursue our dreams.  Sometimes life has other plans for us.  Nancy Yoshida volunteered at the race for 2 years.  Nancy got involved with…

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02/07/2010

Iditarod Musher: Zoya DeNure

Joy Davis, Educational Journalist, IN
From the fashion runway to the dog yard, Zoya DeNure has an interesting background. For 13 years she was an international fashion runway model and record label representative. Originally, she is from Wisconsin. Zoya saw…

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02/06/2010

Iditarod Musher: Karen Ramstead

Joy Davis, Educational Journalist, IN
Karen Ramstead is from Alberta, Canada. For 3 months of the year she lives and trains in Alaska for the Iditarod. The 2010 Iditarod will be her ninth running. Karen started racing in 2000. She…

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02/02/2010

Iditarod Musher: Sue Allen

Joy Davis, Educational Journalist, IN
Sue Allen of Wasilla, Alaska, has completed 2 Iditarods.
In 2004, she ran her own dog team to Nome. Maintaining a large kennel was expensive. After much thought, Sue decided to not keep the kennel.…

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01/31/2010

Four Paws for Logan

We know that each day around the world, service dogs make a difference in the lives of children with autism and in the lives of countless others with a variety of disabilities.  We have the opportunity to help make the…

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01/31/2010

Iditarod Musher: Allen Moore

Joy Davis, Educational Journalist, IN
Photo from SP Kennel
Allen Moore,52, is originally from Arkansas.   He moved to Alaska 20 years ago. He has been mushing for 16 years. 2007 was his first Iditarod.  He is married to competitor,…

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01/30/2010

Race Volunteers: Making Ointment for Dogs

The volunteers for Iditarod play a very important role in the Iditarod.
Each year, one very important job for volunteers is to help make the canine foot ointment.  This volunteer activity takes place on a Saturday in January each year. …

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01/28/2010

Iditarod Musher: Ken Anderson

By Joy Davis, Educational Journalist, IN

Born in Minnesota, 37 year old Ken Anderson moved to Alaska in 1993 to attend the University of Alaska-Fairbanks. He entered his first Iditarod in 1999 and finished in 26th place. In 2001, Ken’s…

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01/27/2010

Meet the Rookie: Quinn Iten

Joy Davis- Educational Journalist-IN

Photo by Jeff Schultz
Following in his father’s footsteps, Quinn Iten of Kotzebue, Alaska will be racing in the 2010 Iditarod. Quinn said that his father, Ed Iten, an Iditarod veteran has taught him everything that…

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