6th Annual Mush for a Cure Sled Dog FUNdraiser Successful
Mush for a Cure organizers Mary Black and Sue Prom have a couple of things to be happy about these days. One is the unseasonably warm temperatures held off long enough so there was plenty of snow for the event and two their event raised $40,000 for the National Breast…
How Iditarod Race Officials ‘Mooned’ the News
Sarah Palin, Alaska’s former governor, believes Americans get their news from what she calls the “lamestream media.” She is wrong. Americans get their news from a massive public-relations apparatus. The “lamestream media” is largely just the conduit through which the lame flows. Alaskans ought to recognize this better than any…
Haul of the Wild
Hank DeBruin’s flight from Nome to Anchorage took less than 90 minutes.The initial trek from Anchorage to Nome took substantially longer, thanks in part to a blinding blizzard and a pair of bullheaded Bullwinkles.“There’s always something to keep you on your toes,” said DeBruin, 49, who grew up on Wolfe…
A Canadian Exorcism of Dog-Mushing Demons on Alaska’s Iditarod Trail
The world did not notice when Hank DeBruin exorcised his personal demons in Nome, Alaska, shortly after 1 p.m. on Saturday. He was the 49th musher to finish the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. He and his team passed under the burled arch on Front Street more than three days…
Musher Dallas Seavey Bested Family in Iditarod Win
Dallas Seavey won 2012’s Iditarod, beating his father and grandfather in the process. The grueling dog sled race took off from Willow, Alaska on March 4th, Seavey’s 25th birthday. Nine days, four hours and 29 minutes later, he crossed the finish line in Nome as the youngest musher to win…
Mush! WP teacher goes to the Iditarod
The first weekend of March, West Prairie Middle School special education teacher Mary McMahon was surrounded by sled dogs, snow and freezing temperatures while her fifth- and sixth-grade students enjoyed sunshine and unseasonably warm weather.McMahon recently returned from Anchorage, Alaska, where she participated in the Iditarod Teachers Conference that is…
Finishing Iditarod was ‘Incredible’ for Local Musher
Jan Steves was the last musher to finish this year’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Steves, who lives in Edmonds, arrived in Nome on Monday morning. Iditarod officials said she finished the race at 2:57 a.m. with a team of nine dogs.”The overall experience was amazing,” Steves said. “This is…
Currier, Weitzel Set Pace in Two Rivers 200 100 Dog Race
Judy Currier and Jason Weitzel earned top honors in the delayed Two Rivers 200/100 sled dog race that started Friday at Chatanika Lodge.The race was delayed one week because heavy snow earlier this made it difficult for trailbreakers to put in a trail suitable for racing.Once the race did get…
Iditarod Officially Over with Last Team Finishing
This year’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is officially over with the arrival of the last musher to Nome.Iditarod officials said Monday that rookie Jan Steves crossed the finish line at 2:57 a.m.The 55-year-old Edmonds, Wash., musher took 14 days, 11 hours and 57 minutes to finish the nearly 1,000-mile…
Jonrowe Wins Iditarod’s Seppala Humanitarian Award for Second Time
For the second time in her long career, Willow musher DeeDee Jonrowe took home the coveted Alaska Airlines Leonhard Seppala Humanitarian Award Sunday night during ceremonies in Nome. The Seppala award for outstanding dog care throughout the 1,000-mile race from Willow to Nome is voted on by the veterinarians working…