Date archives: May 30, 2012

Every winter, instead of flip-flops and a beach umbrella, U.S. Army Maj. Christine Christensen opts for a fur-lined coat, several feet of snow, sub-zero temperatures and dozens of sled dogs.Christensen takes her vacation from the Joint Pathology Center’s Veterinary Pathology Residency Program in Silver Spring to tend to sled dogs…

I love the pattering of tiny puppy feet on the floor. In May our baby turkeys got to scamper around every day to blow off steam before returning to their incubator, but it just wasn’t the same. Now we hope to see puppies born here for the first time in…

HOWLING Siberian huskies could wake the forest north of Margaret River over the long weekend, with the running of the eighth annual Margaret River Sled Dog Masters.More than 60 competitors will be pulled around a course on forest tracks three kilometres north of town by dogs, mainly Siberian huskies and…

It took Cindy Abbott 14 years to learn she had Wegener’s granulomatosis, a rare vascular disease that affects about 1 in 20,000 to 30,000 people. In an attempt to raise awareness about rare diseases, Abbott will attempt to do something incredible in far less time: run the 2013 Iditarod Trail…

It could not have been a finer day for a historic dedication ceremony Thursday, May 3rd. The sun was out in the brisk afternoon, flocks of seagulls flew overhead squawking, and from within the Alaska SeaLife Center nearby could be heard the barks of sealions. Seward’s very own superstar, Iditarod…

The North Pole Economic Development Corp. got heavily involved in dog mushing two years ago when it helped develop a new trail bringing the North Pole Championship sled dog races closer to the center of the city.Now the economic development group want to bring the entire dog mushing community back…