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15-Year Old With Local Connections To Enter Alaskan Junior Iditarod

January 27, 2013
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Harry Houdini was said to be the world’s best magician but as it stands, North Dakota may now be the home of the next great famed magicians.When mom is a physical therapist, dad is a veterinarian, both own their own businesses, and they have five children, one a toddler, it may take a magician to find time for two children to compete in dog sled races.Malinda, 15, daughter of Pete and Jodi Tjelta of Sheyenne., is a competitor in this year’s Alaskan Junior Iditarod. “It’s one of those things,” says Pete, “where you have to teach your kids responsibility and independence a lot quicker than you would for most things. It’s been great watching Malinda grow up as she continues to compete in races and become more independently responsible.”Read more here: http://www.devilslakejournal.com/article/20130125/NEWS/130129117/-1/opinion