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KING ARRIVES IN UNALAKLEET FIRST
EARNS WELLS FARGO BANK ALASKA GOLD COAST AWARD FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW!!!
by staff
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For Further Information Contact:
Chas St.George, Director Public Relations 907.232.0503
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA - (March 09, 2008)
NOME, ALASKA -March 09, 2008- Four time Iditarod Champion Jeff King is the first to arrive at the Gold Coast community of Unalakleet. King (Bib # 11) arrived in Unalakleet this afternoon at 2:02 (March 09, 2008) with 16 dogs. The distinction of being the first to make it to the Norton Sound netted King the Wells Fargo "Gold Coast" Award. This is the third year in a row that King has won the Award!
Wells Fargo representatives Loren Prosser (manager of the Nome Wells Fargo) and Carol Charles (Manager of the Unalakleet Wells Fargo), presented King with $2,500 in gold as well as the "Gold Coast" Award.
Unalakleet is strategically located on the coast of Norton Sound, just north of the Unalakleet River. There are only six more checkpoints remaining between Unalakleet and the burled arch of Nome.
The award will be re-presented to King in Nome on Sunday, March 16th, during the Iditarod Awards Banquet.
