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Here
is a partial list of those who participated in the 2005 race. Click Here for
ENTRY FORM. Send your bio
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Jerry Bath - Lander, WY - Mid Distance
Jerry and his wife Sandy
own and operate JB's Wild Wyoming, Inc. in Lander, WY. Formulating
dog food for the our own kennel and professional mushers is
also on the Jerry's resume. Selling Blackwood dog food is another
side line that is done through the retail shop. Known for our
Custom Processing including jerky and sausage, our State Inspected
Facility makes a wide variety of Buffalo, Elk, Beef and Pork
products. Jerry has been mushing for 6 years. He raises his
own Alaskan Huskies, because he feels he can get more out of
them, than buying dogs. Running several Mid - Distances races
in Wyoming, Idaho, South Dakota and Colorado. Jerry feels he's
coming home to race, being born and raised in Ash Valley - Adin,
California. Moving to Wyoming only 11 years ago.
www.JBsWildWyoming.com |
Laura Crocker - Pioneer, CA - Mid Distance Class
Together with Jane Smith, I
am a co-owner of Winema Meadow Siberian Huskies. I have
been racing for 5 years. I will be running dogs
from Northome Kennels in Minnesota, and Karen Damouth-Yeargain's
Tumnatki Kennels, in Oregon. Jane's wonderful lead dog
is from the first litter of their own dogs, Northome's Toga
and Kodiak's Moki.
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Jane Smith - Pioneer, CA - Mid Distance Class
I am co-owner with Laura
Crocker of Winema Meadows Kennels located high up at 8,000
feet, near Kirkwood Ski Resort. We have 25 dogs that
are mostly Siberian Huskies. Having started with
dogs rescued from BASH, we then purchased dogs from Tumnatki
Kennel in Oregon and Northome Kennel in Minnesota. My
team consist of 4 yearlings bred at Winema Meadow from our
stock, plus an adult from Tumnatki and Northome. I have
been racing for 5 years.
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Peggy O'Neal - Klamath Falls, OR -
Fast Women's (& Men's)
Fun Run
Peggy started skijoring about 10 years ago with her pet Elkhound.
Since he went on strike she has been training and racing some
of the dogs out of Briar’s Patch Sled Dog Kennel, so long as
she can go fast and then go to the hotel room – none of this
distance racing craziness for her. This is her first attempt
at running a puppy team on her own sled, including “Shasta”
who of course has to race at
Mt. Shasta! Peggy is
an airline mechanic with United Airlines and co-owner of Crystalwood
Lodge, a pet-friendly small lodge offering year-round fine dining,
lodging and stunning views near Crater Lake, Oregon. She
is taking a break from playing ice hockey to participate in
the races this weekend.
plohockey@earthlink.net. |
Kathy Miyoshi - Placer County, CA - Speed Class
Fast Women's (& Men's) Fun Run,
Pure Bred Categories
Kathy Miyoshi is 36 years
old and works for the Placer County Sheriff's Office as their
Investigations Assistant. It all started for Kathy when she
bought a cute black and white Siberian out of the local newspaper
for $100. That was 13 years ago and Konan is still alive and
well today ruling over a roost that now totals 14 dogs. Kathy
has been racing dogs since 1997, earned an ISDRA Bronze medal
in 2002, and recently served on the ISDRA Board of Directors
as a Region Director. Kathy's Siberians come primarily from
the kennel of Ann and Al Stead, but she also has recent additions
from both Karen Yeargain and Barbara Schaefer, as well as four
rescued Alaskan Huskies and a lab-mix named Tucker.
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Chris Riley - Sunriver, OR - Mid Distance Class
I ran my first race at the age of 7, 2 dogs 2 miles at Diamond
Lake. Since then my primary focus had been on
the Sprint classes. 2005 marked my entry into
the world of mid distance racing. I participated
in the Attaboy six-mid IFSS World Championship race in January.
I am the 2005 Pacific Northwest Champion in six-mid after
placing first at Chester, second at Priest
Lake and third at Chemult.
plriley@ici-web.com
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Martin Koenig - Seely Lake, MT - Distance Class
Martin
Koenig, 52, was born in Switzerland and moved to the United
States in 1973. He lived in Reading, PA and Denver,
CO. He currently lives in Seeley Lake, MT. "In
1980 I needed a break from the Rat Race. I saddled my
horse, loaded the pack horse and with my dog rode from Steamboat
Springs, Colorado to Ennis, Montana. decided to stay.
Quit skiing because of a serious leg injury and needed a new
"hobby" for the winter. In 1992 traded the
horses for 6 Alaskan Huskies. Instant lifestyle change.
Before long I had a kennel of 40 dogs. We enjoyed some
success in the western 12 dog mid distance circuit over the
years. This will be my third Atta Boy 300. I decided
to race for Switzerland to give the championship a little
international flavor.
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Bino Fowler - Sunriver, OR - Distance Class
Bino
Fowler, a 34 year old electrician from Central Oregon has been
racing for several years now, and has been in the Atta Boy 300
the last three years. This will be Bino's first true Distance
Race! Go fer it Bino!!! |
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Motschenbacher - Rogue River, OR - Mid Distance Class
Mike
is a veterinarian when he is not racing. He and his wife,
Stacey, have both raced in the Atta Boy 300. Mike in the inaugural
race in 2002, and then he acted as handler for Stacey in 2003.
Mike has been racing in the Pacific Northwest for the past eight
years. The last four of those seasons he has raced
mainly 6-dog mid-distance events. Most of those races have been
between 28 and 50 miles. The kennel that Mike and Stacey
have is made up of 16 Alaskan Huskies. Mike was a tremendous
help to the Atta Boy 300 when he was handling for Stacey as
he helped the Curriculum Coordinator, Becki Timson, with on-site
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Barbara Schaefer - Grass Valley, CA - Mid Distance Class
Barbara
“Dog Drop” earned her nickname for her outstanding care of
dropped dogs on the Iditarod Trail. She volunteered
for 10 consecutive Iditarods in remote checkpoints caring
for dropped dogs. Barbara and her husband, John, got
their first Siberian Husky in 1987. She primarily showed
her dogs in conformation and obedience and ran them recreationally.
In Fall of 1998 she attended Jamie Nelson/Ann Stead’s Mushing
Boot Camp and Barbara was propelled into the world of sled
dog racing, running the 6 dog mid-distance classes in California,
Oregon, and Washington. Barbara “Dog Drop” and her team
of AKC registered Siberian Huskies have been featured on Animal
Planet’s “Breed All About It, Siberian Husky”, and Sierra
Alive and Sierra Heritage magazines. They’ve also earned
numerous awards including the Siberian Husky Club of America
Working/Showing Trophy in 2000, 2001, and 2002, awarded for
the best multi-purpose team; Siberian Husky Club of America
Lombard/Norris Award for the best all Siberian sprint team;
and the ISDRA 6 dog-unlimited Gold medal in 2002 and
Silver medal in 2003.
bschaefer@starband.net
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 Cam
Byers - Grass Valley, CA
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Mid Distance
Class
Cam Byers has always had a love of sledding (the kind where
you ride things down a snowy hill – anything will do, a toboggan,
a trash can lid, skis, and yes, shovels) and a love and natural,
easy relationship with dogs. So for his fourteenth birthday
his mom, after reading an article about Barbara Schaefer and
Kathy Myoshi, had the idea of giving him the gift of a “sled
dog adventure”. Cam spent the day with Ralph Whitten
and 80 Alaskan Huskies – he was hooked. Soon afterwards
Barbara invited Cam to the SNDD mushing clinic. Cam
soon became chief handler and chore guy, in exchange for training
and racing Barbara’s “B” team. Cam especially enjoys
fast, icy trails and the more “hoops” the better. The
Arrowhead Sled Dog Race for K-9 Search and Rescue in Mount
Shasta will be Cams 5th race and he is looking
forward to hitting this fun, new trail with his dogs.
Cam is a freshman at Nevada Union High School in Grass Valley,
Ca. In addition to mushing, Cam is working on getting
his drivers license and pilots license. He plans to
fly the dogs to the races! (We’ll see what Barb has
to say about that). Cam (aka Camo, the stealth musher
– note the camo fatigues) is also interested in American Military
History with an emphasis on WWI and WWII. He purchased
his first WWII military jeep two years ago and is now working
on restoring a second one. If Cam ever has any spare
time, he enjoys mountain biking, 4 wheeling, snowmobiling,
and skiing (no really!). Cam plans to someday live in
Alaska with lots of dogs and a bush plane (likely a WWII vintage
airplane). He would also like to live in Hawaii.
Still working on those details…
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Robert Stradley - Wrightwood,
CA
- Distance Class
Robert,
his wife Karla, and two boys, Talon and Trent, has been running
sled dogs for over seven years in the mountains above Los
Angeles, CA. Robert is the camp director of Harmony
Pines Christian Camp, Wrightwood, CA. Robert and Karla
are co-founders of Adventure Quest Institute, Inc., a non-profit
educational dog sledding program established to promote teamwork,
leadership skills, and pursuing one’s dreams. Team Quest includes
dogs from the lines of Iditarod Champions Susan Butcher, Jeff
King, and of mid-distance champion, Doug Willet. Robert
hopes to gain distance-racing experience that will help him
in his Iditarod pursuit.
harmonypines@juno.com
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 Von
Martin -
Chehalis,
WA
- Mid Distance Class
Von Martin acquired his first sled dog in 1993
and began mushing in 1998. Today he maintains a growing kennel
of huskies at his Call of the Wild Huskies ranch in southwest
Washington state. Several of his sled dogs were rescued from
county shelters just hours before they were to be euthanized
as unwanted pets, while others were adopted as 2nd
chance dogs from various kennels. Von regards each of his
dogs as a special best friend who now do what they love best
- “running as a pack”. In 2000 Von earned the
Pacific Northwest Championship (PNC) title in the Novice category.
In 2003, Von entered the 6 Dog Mid-Distance category and was
ranked 11th Internationally (ISDRA) for the year.
In 2004, he earned a 4th Place ISDRA International
ranking. In 2004, Von also completed 5 heats of IFSS qualifying
heats in Washington State for the 6 Dog Mid-Distance class.
He was honored with the Best Kept Team Award at the 2004 Cascade
Quest. In January of 2005, Von was honored to participate
with 35 International and USA mushers at the IFSS World Sled
Dog Championship competition near Bend, OR. Von has
raced throughout Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California and
British Columbia. His race experience includes the Cascade
Quest, Snow Dog Super Mush, Chemult Sled Dog Race, Bigfoot
Rendezvous, and others. Von is employed as a construction
news journalist and enjoys working from his rural log cabin
home in Washington state. He is currently authoring a book
entitled “FALLEN HEROES - Dogs of the Early Antarctic
Expeditions”.
www.CalloftheWildHuskies.com
Email:
Northwestmusher@aol.com
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Mike Callahan-
Kings Beach, California - Skijoring
I have been skijoring for 11 years. I have five ISDRA medals
in skijoring. (2- gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze.) In 2001 I represented
USA at the World Championships in Fairbanks AK. I have raced
for ten years. I have traveled to Alaska three times to race.
I have also raced in British Columbia, Alberta, Colorado,
Oregon and California. My team of two dogs consist of
one Alaskan Husky named "Tempo" and one German Shorthaired
Pointer named "Otto" I am presently the president
of the Sierra Nevada Dog Drivers. We are one of the oldest
mushing clubs in North America and we promote mushing in California.
Our website is www.sndd.org.
I own the domain
www.skijor.com. I am a general contractor and own a small
business named Dogwood Builders.
callahan_michael@sbcglobal.net
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CAROLE PARSONS -
Dryden, WA - Mid Distance Class
I have been mushing for 9 years. I have 8 AKC registered
Alaskan Malamutes in my kennel. My husband bought our
first malamute for me as a surprise birthday gift. That
was eleven years ago and we now have eight. It is the
potato chip syndrome, you can't just have one. Our dogs
are all house dogs as well as sled dogs. When all eight
are in the house it is like having a malamute rug. They
are valued family members. The dogs are all weight pullers
with all but two having attained weight pull titles.
In the off season (for sledding/carting) I compete in obedience
shows. Shiloh has her CD and is a registered therapy
dog. She also has one leg on her backpacking title and
a working dog title in weight pulling. Her brother Storm
also has one leg on his obedience title and will be tested
to be a therapy dog in the spring. Races: Priest
Lake, Idaho. 6 dog Alaskan Malamute class, first place
2002, 2003, 2004, second place 2005 Friendship
race 2004 First place 6 dog rec class. My dogs and I
have run on sand, dirt and snow trying to get in the miles
we need. Malamute77@aol.com
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CANDICE CELESTINA - Tracy, CA - Speed
Class
I have raised
four daughters. Home schooling them in academics and the arts.
As each one ventured to other parts of the country, my dog family
grew. My team consists of several Samoyeds with Egikik and Kvichak
as my leaders. We have completed many recreational miles and
will give a shot at racing; for fun of course. I have lived
with Samoyeds for 15 years and have been working them for 10
years; Backpacking and carting. Attended Mushing Boot Camp with
Ann and Jamie at Crystalwood lodge. Racing is another venue
to experience with the dogs.
chelsmi@juno.com |
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WATKINS - Truckee, California - Distance Class
Jo Watkins is an award-winning
freelance writer from Truckee, California and the author
of ³Spirited Women,² (Columbia University Press) a book about
a Tibetan Buddhist Himalayan community where she worked as an
anthropologist. Formerly a university professor, Fulbright
and Woodrow Wilson research fellow, she gave up the academic
life to return to the mountains with her dogs. She and husband
John Greenside operate Snowlion Kennels which includes their
successful line of AKC champion Alaskan Malamutes who have won
top honors at Westminister and garnered numerous Best in Shows
in the U.S. and abroad. Jo started mushing 15 years ago
with her purebred team of Alaskan Malamutes and then became
interested in racing Alaskans. She has been racing mid-distance
in the western states and ran in the Attaboy this year. She
is looking forward to running the Iditarod in the future and
is carefully nurturing her young team toward that goal. Her
leaders are CanCan and Justin, Picton and Bud--all from Iditarod
champion Jeff King. The remainder of the team includes offspring
bred from these dogs as well as other yearlings acquired
from Jeff. At the end of racing season Jo and her
husband enjoy taking the Malamutes and Alaskans on leisurely
spring tours through the Sierra. During the summer she
enjoys hiking in the mountains and looks forward to the day
she¹ll be able to return to Nepal, a place she considers her
second home. Her website is
www.snowlion.org She can be reached at jcwatkins@uwalumni.com |
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Hugo
Antonucci
- Los Banos, California - Distance
Class
Hugo
Antonucci is a Sr. Configuration Analyst for Rockwell Collins
for 25 yrs and lives in Los Banos, California with his wife,
daughter and 23 dogs of various breeds, Siberians Alaskans
and even a Samoyed. Hugo has been Mushing for nine years
and racing for five years. Hugo owns and operates R
& R Huskies, a kennel consisting of rescued and re-homed
Siberian and Alaskan Huskies. He is pictured here with
Coco to the far left, Sister, number one lead and Holly.
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LIZ PARRISH - Klamath Falls, Oregon -
Distance Class
45
year old, Liz Parrish of Klamath Falls, OR is starting her distance
racing career. Currently self-employed as an innkeeper/owner
of Crystalwood Lodge, a pet-friendly inn in the Southern Cascades
and Briar’s Patch Sled Dogs, a recreational dog sled touring
company. She has been training and racing teams from Qualobo
Kennels of Siberian Huskies for the past 5 years in mid-distance
events around the West Coast. This year represents a number
of firsts for Liz: her own first team, consisting of young
Alaskans, her team’s first training/race season, her first season
utilizing the extensive trail system around the Lodge for training,
and participating in the inaugural Shasta-McCloud Sled Dog Race.
Among Liz’s goals in training sled dogs are to have fun, have
control and run the Iditarod in 2008 to celebrate her 50th birthday.
www.crystalwoodlodge.co
email:
info@crystalwoodlodge.com
or
www.briarspatchsleddogs.com
email:
info@briarspatchsleddogs.com |
 JOE
LOVELESS - Roy, Washington
- Distance Class
Joe
is a firefighter for the City of Lakewood, Washington. He has
been married to wife, Becky for 26 years. They have two
daughters, Leanne, and Jessica. Joe and Becky have been
mushing since 1984. They started with rescued Siberian
Huskies. In the 1990's they acquired some Alaskan Huskies
and ran sprint and mid-distance races. Becky and his daughters
raced for many years locally. Joe received the ISDRA Gold
Medal for GIG racing in 2000. He was the Pacific Northwest
Champion in 8 dog sprint racing for three years. He was
the CSDC Musher of the year twice and many more awards.
Most recently Joe has raced in the Wyoming IPSSSDR and the Atta
Boy 300. Joe says, "We live at sea level and train
mainly on dirt roads with ATV's and wheeled rigs. His
dogs are Alaskan Husky/Saluki crosses. Most of them were
bred and raised by Joe and Becky. The dogs are very short
coated because of the warm temperatures they live in but says
they are tough and have camped out and raced in -50 degree weather
and did just fine. Becky is Joe's handler. "Having
sled dogs is a way of life for us. After 20+ years in the sport
we have acquired some wonderful friendships and look forward
to many more years with the dogs."
alpinehsky@aol.com
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 Alana
Schlang
- Battle Ground,
Washington
- Speed
Class
Alana Schlang
is a 18-year-old High School student from Battle Ground, WA
who is in her fourth season of racing. Alana has had a vision
of becoming a musher since the age of 7 when her dad went to
Alaska on a business trip and brought back a few items from
the Iditarod Trail Headquarters. In fifth grade, she had to
do a "Million Dollar Project," pretending that she
had just inherited a million dollars and write down everything
she would do with it. Her entire project was on buying property
and a house in Alaska and everything else that goes along with
dog sledding. In 2000, she met a musher who invited her to his
bed and breakfast/dog sled tour business in Montana. Her and
her family took him up on the offer, and went to visit him that
winter. They were also able to watch the "Race to The Sky."
A few months after she got home, she started buying her first
dogs. Her first four dogs were from Susan Butcher. She now has
14 dogs, five of which are from a litter from two of her original
Susan Butcher dogs. Alana participates in many other activities
such as Symphonic Band, fencing, and National Honor Society.
She also does classroom presentations to other students on dog
sledding, herself, and about having goals and dreams. She likes
to draw, create websites and graphics, hang out with her friends,
listen to music, go to concerts, watch movies, play the guitar,
saxophone and violin. After high school she plans to go to college
at Eastern Washington University, still continuing dog sledding
over there. After college she plans to move up to Alaska, "build
up a nice dog kennel and run the Iditarod."
Alana
also recently completed the 2004 Junior Iditarod in Alaska,
placing in the top 10 and winning the "Humanitarian Award"
for the best care and attitude towards her dogs (chosen by
the race vets). She is excited about participating in the
inaugural Arrowhead Sled Dog Race.
Email:
alana@goldenicekennels.com
Web: www.goldenicekennels.com
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