Getting ready for Iditarod 2018 are Kennicott and Jude in lead, followed by their ten kiddos…Springsteen, Cougar, Henley, U2, Fleetwood, Seger, Journey, Floyd, Hornsby and Doobie!! - Anchorage, AK, USA 
Gladwin native to race in Iditarod
Shaynee Seipke-Traska has been dreaming of competing in the Iditarod for 20 years. Next year that dream will come true.
She was not only the first to sign up for the 2018 race in Anchorage, Alaska, but her name was also drawn as a winner of a free $4,000 entry fee.
Winning a free entry will go a long way towards her fundraising efforts for the coming race. Some of the needs include food and supplies for the dogs for the race. Sponsorships for each of the dogs is available.
To help cover the upcoming expenses, a fundraiser for her will be held Sunday October 1 at 2 p.m. at the Gladwin High School, where she will tell her story and narrate pictures of her life in Alaska.
The Iditarod is world famous, a 1,000-mile sled dog race from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska. The ceremonial Iditarod start is scheduled on March 3 next spring in Settler’s Bay with the finish eight to fifteen days later in Nome. Some of the most beautiful and rugged country in the state can be found on the Iditarod trail.
A native of Gladwin Shaynee and her husband Jeremy now live in Two Rivers, near the Fairbanks area, where they train and race the 40 dogs in their kennel. During the summer months they move most of their sled dogs to the ice field above Juneau for four months to continue training. They also give tours in the Juneau area.
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