Fun Facts

Sebastian Schnuelle, one of the reporters for the Iditarod Insider, just posted a wonderful little factoid I have to share with you.  Remember this morning when I posted that picture of Aaron Burmeister's gifts from the city?  The pennant that was part of the package has a really cool story behind it.

Here's what Sebastian has to say about those pennants:

"Not many kids have shown up to school here today. It is not every day that Iditarod comes to town. The community centre is packed full to and as soon as Curt arrived, people were streaming to the ” half way finish line “.

They are waving Huslia Penants and then there is a nice story with that. Tim just walked to the grocery store to get my supply of Diet Coke and Chips when he came back with the same Pennants. Warner Vents ( 2nd place 1974 Iditarod ) sister runs the store. She had those pennants made up in the 1970s, but they have a husky face on it, which resembles the Iditarod logo. Not wanting to get into trouble, she did not continue to sell them and put them in the basement. And many years later, now that Iditarod is coming to town, they are seeing the light of the day again. Of course we had to score some too. Their dad, Bobby Vent, is also an Iditarod finisher and he had 22 children. Talk about being a busy family, pulling off an Iditarod race while having a big family."

 How fun is that??