Ceremonial Start of the Iditarod in Anchorage
March 1, 2003
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Photos by Libby
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Aliy Zirkle, first woman to win the Yukon Quest with Quest Champion & long time Iditarod racer Sonny Lindner		 bruce_lee_friend.jpg (36171 bytes)
Bruce Lee of Denali Park with his Idita-rider in Anchorage		 dean_osmar_palmer_sagoonik.jpg (23868 bytes)
'84 Iditarod Champ Dean Osmar with Shaktoolik musher Palmer Sagoonik
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Jessica Hendricks, the 20 year old rookie from Copper Center who beat a lot of top teams in this year's race. 		deedee_jonrowe.jpg (28962 bytes)
Deedee Jonrowe, top Iditarod racer, underwent chemo all winter for breast cancer 		gwen_holdman.jpg (30932 bytes)
Gwen Holdman, 2003 Pegidree International Rocky Mountain Stage Race Champion, helps her husband Ken Anderson at the Iditarod start
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Cim Smyth bringing the team up to the starting line. 		jack_berry.jpg (23612 bytes)
Jack Berry is running the Iditarod again, after several years of focusing on the Quest. He is our neighbor in Homer!		 jeff_king.jpg (29124 bytes)
Multiple Iditarod Champ, Jeff King, of Denali Park
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Bud Smyth, Cim's dad, helps bring Cim's sleds to the start. Bud is an Iditarod veteran as well. 		frank_sihler.jpg (25302 bytes)


Frank Sihler, originally from Germany, this rookie racer is carrying one of the Huskies for Heather for our ten year old friend Heather Greenwood who has bone cancer. It will be auctioned off in Nome after having been carried up the trail in Franks sled. Thanks, Frank!