Classroom Lesson Ideas
Libby Here! The start of a new school year is a time to get together with old friends and it is a good time to meet new friends! I wanted you to meet a friend of mine! Her name is Linda Fenton and she is the 2013 Iditarod Teacher on the Trail™. Linda is from …
Hi Boys and Girls, Many of you are busy writing the musher you followed in the race. I know you are really excited about that and many of you are hoping for a return letter and maybe even some goodies. Since the request for musher addresses has increased during the past week, I thought …
There are no roads to Nome so there are no roads home except for Aaron Burmeister who calls Nome home. Years ago, Mary Shields who was the first women to finish Iditarod, turned around and ran her dogs another 800 miles back home to Fairbanks. That’s good but what about the rest of the mushers …
Colleen Robertia is now a veteran of two Iditarod races. Colleen and husband, Joseph, don’t run a kennel that’s filled with designer huskies, they prefer to work with the three R’s – runts, rejects and rescues. Of note is the little lady running in single lead for the trip down Front Street. Her name is …
The father-son Buser teams were the first mushers to make Front Street on Thursday morning. We’d hiked several blocks down to the snow ramp behind the Subway and Gold Coast Cinema that brings the teams off the sea ice. We stood with Quest champion and Iditarod veteran, Vern Halter, and watched the Busers run in …
Hi Boys and Girls, Good Morning! Hope everyone has good a good night’s sleep. Today will be another busy day in Nome with 12+ teams expected to arrive today. There are 20 teams out on the trail. When to you think the Red Lantern Winner will cross the finish. Send me your predictions today. Now …
Hi Boys and Girls, Almost half the mushers have arrived in Nome. Please Remember that there are still 29 teams out on the trail. They are working hard to arrive in Nome. There is one musher out on the trail that could break another record. Karen Ramstead and her team of Siberian Huskies (affectionately known …
Hi Boys and Girls, Good Morning. It’s going to be another busy day in Nome today. How is your favorite musher doing? Now for today’s update: DATE: 3/15/2012 early edition TIME: 00:31 FINISHERS: 15. Paul Gebhatdt 10 days 03 hours 35 minutes 16. Michelle Phillips 10 days 08 …
On the day Iditarod crowned its youngest champion ever, plenty of other things were going on three hundred miles away in the community of Unalakleet. There was a pie social at the Covenant Church. It was as much fun eating the pie as it was listening to people decide on what kind of pie to …
Hi Boys and Girls, How was your day today. It sure was busy in Nome today. 14 teams have finished the race with 39 teams still on the trail. The race is NOT over until the red lantern position crosses the finish line. So stay tuned. There’s more excitement to come. Now for today’s …
