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Headlines: Barrasso: Obama’s Oil Shale proposal is the height of hypocrisy BLM begins Oil Shale & Tar Sands public process Pinedale Roundup – Feb. 3, 2012 Peck posts fastest time in Day Six, Streeper stays in the overall lead Streeper fastest in IPSSSDR Day Five Stage, maintains overall lead PFAC presents Sylvester and the Magic Pebble Feb. 10 Sublette Examiner – Jan. 31, 2012 Legislators want to phase out $1 paper bill for $1 coin Streeper posts fastest IPSSSDR Day Four time to maintain overall lead Blayne ‘Buddy’ Streeper posts fastest time in Day Three of IPSSDR IPSSSDR - Pinedale Stage Stop – Welcome Mushers! Magnusson posts fastest time in Day Two of IPSSDR Pinedale Local: Ozone forecast Feb. 3 & 4, 2012 Winter at the CCC Ponds End of January sights Memorial Service for Kenneth Shriver Feb. 4 Foggy Hoback Change of meeting notice BP America makes a surprise donation to Pregnancy Resource Center Win two free tickets to Sylvester and the Magic Pebble LOVE Market February 12th Wyoming 2-1-1 debuts in Southwest Wyoming

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Barrasso: Obama’s Oil Shale proposal is the height of hypocrisy (posted 2/3/12)
Breaks President’s promise to develop ‘All of the Above’ energy
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today (Friday, February 3, 2012), U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) expressed his opposition to the Obama Administration’s proposal to vastly reduce the acreage available for oil shale development in Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah.

"Once again, the White House has bowed to the President’s extreme environmental voting base instead of helping unemployed Americans find good jobs in America’s energy sector.

"This proposal flies in the face of the President’s State of the Union promise to pursue ‘an all-out, all-of-the-above strategy that develops every available source of American energy.’ It’s the height of hypocrisy.

"The Interior Department should abandon this irresponsible policy. We must take action now to create jobs and strengthen America’s energy security."

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BLM begins Oil Shale & Tar Sands public process

Affected areas. Bureau of Land Management graphic.

BLM begins Oil Shale & Tar Sands public process (posted 2/3/12)
Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement issued - Opens 90-day public review and comment period
Bureau of Land Management
Washington, D.C. (February 3, 2012) – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has published the Notice of Availability (NOA) of the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) and Possible Land Use Amendments for Allocation of Oil Shale and Tar Sands Resources on Lands Administered by the BLM in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. The publication opens a 90-day public review and comment period.

The Draft PEIS analyzes several alternatives for land allocation and resource management. Under the BLM’s Preferred Alternative identified in the Draft PEIS, the BLM would continue to support the research and development of hydrocarbon deposits in an environmentally responsible way that protects scarce water supplies in the arid West.

If the BLM decides to adopt the Preferred Alternative, 461,965 acres would be available for research and development of oil shale, a kerogen-rich rock (35,308 acres in Colorado; 252,181 acres in Utah; and 174,476 acres in Wyoming). In addition, 91,045 acres in eastern Utah would be available for activities related to tar sands, a type of hydrocarbon-wet sedimentary deposit.

"The preferred alternative continues our commitment to encouraging research, development, and demonstration projects so that companies can develop technologies that can lead to economic and commercial viability," said BLM Director Bob Abbey. "Because there are still many unanswered questions about the technology, water use, and impacts of potential commercial-scale oil shale development, we are proposing a prudent and orderly approach that could facilitate significant improvements to technology needed for commercial-scale activity. If oil shale is to be viable on a commercial scale, we must take a common-sense approach that encourages research and development first."

To date, technological and economic conditions have not combined to support a sustained commercial oil shale industry in the United States, and there is currently no commercial development of oil shale in the areas under review in the draft PEIS. Lands that would be open to oil shale development under the Preferred Alternative would be available for Research, Development, and Demonstration (RD&D) leases. The BLM could issue a commercial lease after a lessee satisfies the conditions of its RD&D lease and meets all federal regulations for conversion to a commercial lease.

Additionally, following the recommendations of the Government Accountability Office - which determined that several fundamental questions about oil shale technologies remain unanswered, including critical questions about water demands - the United States Geological Survey (USGS) is undertaking an analysis of baseline water resources conditions to improve the understanding of groundwater and surface water systems that could be affected by commercial-scale oil shale development.

Oil shale is a term used to describe a wide range of fine-grained, sedimentary rocks that contain solid bituminous materials called kerogen. It should not be confused with "shale oil," which is not addressed by the draft PEIS. Kerogen, which is organic matter derived mainly from aquatic organisms, releases petroleum-like liquids when subjected to extremely high temperatures – more than 750 degrees. Developers have been trying to produce oil from this rock in an economically-viable way for more than a century. The majority of U.S. oil shale (and the world’s largest oil shale deposit) is found in the Green River Formation in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming.

Tar sands are sedimentary rocks containing a heavy hydrocarbon compound called bitumen. They can be mined and processed to extract the oil-rich bitumen, which is then refined into oil. However, unlike the oil sands deposits in Canada, oil is not currently produced from tar sands on a significant commercial level in the United States. Additionally, the U.S. tar sands are hydrocarbon wet, whereas the Canadian oil sands are water wet. This difference means that U.S. tar sands will require different processing techniques.

Any new land allocation decisions made on the basis of the Final PEIS would replace the land allocation decisions made in 2008 that proposed making up to 2 million acres of public lands available for commercial oil shale leasing in Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming and 431,000 acres available for tar sands leasing in Utah. Some Western communities argued that the 2008 PEIS and Record of Decision would have prematurely allowed commercial leasing without technologies having been proven viable and without a clear understanding of impacts on scarce Western water supplies. In response to those concerns and in settlement of litigation, the agency agreed to reconsider the 2008 land allocation decisions.

A 90-day public review and comment period began on February 3, 2012 and is scheduled to end on May 4, 2012.

Public meetings on the Draft PEIS will also be held in Rifle, CO; Rock Springs, WY; Salt Lake City; and Vernal, UT. The public will be notified of the dates and times of these meetings at least 15 days in advance via local media and the project website.

Written comments on the Draft PEIS may be submitted by any of the following methods:
Website – Using the online comment form available on the project Website:
http://ostseis.anl.gov. (This is the preferred method of commenting.)
• Mail – Addressed to:
Oil Shale and Tar Sands Resources Draft Programmatic EIS
Argonne National Laboratory
9700 South Cass Avenue—EVS/240
Argonne, IL 60439.

Before including your address, telephone number, e-mail address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment–including your personal identifying information–may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

To read the BLM’s Federal Register Notice of Availability click here: http://www.ofr.gov/(X(1)S(m3yumwi5wz0jcjppa534vfzn))/OFRUpload/OFRData/2012-02412_PI.pdf

To read the Draft PEIS click here: http://ostseis.anl.gov./documents/peis2012/index.cfm

Stacey Teasley of Jackson gives her team one final check before heading to the starting line at the Pinedale/Cora stage stop of the IPSSSDR on Monday. Teasley finished Monday’s race with a time of 3:53:36 and averaged 11 miles-per-hour. Photo by Matthew Manguso, Pinedale Roundup.

Pinedale Roundup – Feb. 3, 2012 (posted 2/3/12)
Running with the dogs
IPSSSDR mushes into Sublette County
Pinedale takes on snow removal on Main Street
Beyond Yellowstone: fators in the hedonic wage index
Obituary - Evelyn Douglas
Obituary - Tom Naugle
Obituary - Spencer Simmons
Obituary - Frank Corbridge Smith
Obituary - Clifford Turk
Obituary - Barbara May Hill Williams

Peck posts fastest time in Day Six, Streeper stays in the overall lead (posted 2/3/12)
International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race (IPSSSDR)
Thursday, February 2, 2012 – Aaron Peck from Grand Prairie, Alberta, posted the fastest time on Day Six of the International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race (IPSSSDR) with a time of 2:59:01. Running 12 dogs, Peck averaged 13.4 miles-per-hour on the 43-mile-trail.

Blayne "Bud" Streeper from Fort Nelson, British Columbia, was second with a time of 3:04:42. In third, John Stewart from Scotland had a time of 3:07:39.
In overall times, Streeper maintains the lead with 16:42:30. Peck is second with 16:58:29. Stewart is third with 17:04:31

Following the Day Six race, teams will be hosted to a Meet and Greet Dinner at the Machine Shop in Evanston at 6 p.m. Day Seven – the last timed stage of the race--takes place Friday, February 3, from North Slope Road, 30 miles south of Evanston on the Mirror Lake Scenic Byway, Hwy 150, and finishing at the Deadhorse Trailhead south of Mountain View.

Friday following the Day Seven stage, Mountain View hosts Musher Mania at Mountain View Town Hall from 4 – 6 p.m. On Saturday, February 4, Lyman hosts a Flapjack Frenzy from 7 – 9 a.m. at Heritage Barn before the race leaves for Park City. The race concludes in Park City, Utah, at Quinn’s Junction Sports Complex with Meet the Mushers from 10 a.m. to noon, followed by the Junior Mushers Race at noon. Select students, aged 9 to 13, from schools throughout Wyoming and Utah volunteered in their communities to earn the right to compete in the kids’ race.

At 6 p.m. the Awards Banquet takes place at the Prospector, 2175 Sidewinder Drive in Park City.

The Pedigree® brand actively supports a wide range of programs that promote responsible pet ownership and highlight the contributions dogs make to society.
The International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race, the largest dog sled race in the lower 48 states, was founded in 1996 by Frank Teasley to make sled dog racing more accessible to the public. For a complete schedule, visit the race website at www.wyomingstagestop.org; contact the race at 307-734-1163 or bark@wyomingstagestop.org. The race is also active on Facebook under International Pedigree Stage Stop and on Twitter at @IPSSSDR.

For complete times visit http://wyomingstagestop.org.

Streeper fastest in IPSSSDR Day Five Stage, maintains overall lead (posted 2/1/12)
International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race (IPSSSDR)
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 – Running 10 dogs, averaging 12.5 miles per hour, Blayne "Buddy" Streeper, from Fort Nelson, B.C., posted the fastest time in Day Five of the International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race (IPSSSDR) with a time of 4:08:49 on the 54-mile Alpine/Greys River stage. John Stewart from Scotland was second with 4:11:37.

In third place, Brent Beck, from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, had a time of 4:16:11. His father, Richard Beck, also from Yellowknife, posted the fourth place time of 4:16:58.

Streeper continues to lead the race overall with a time of 13:37:48; with today’s stage Stewart moves into second with 13:56:52; and Aaron Peck from Grand Prairie, Alberta, is third with 13:59:28.

Following the Day Five race, teams departed for Evanston and the Mushers/Officials Dinner Buffet at 6 p.m. On Thursday, February 2, Day Six of the race starts at 11 a.m. from the Deadhorse Trailhead south of Mountain View, finishing at North Slope Road, 30 miles south of Evanston on the Mirror Lake Scenic Byway, Hwy 150.

The 2012 IPSSSDR continues this week in Evanston and Lyman/Mountain View, Wyo., before arriving in Park City, Utah, for the final stage and awards ceremony on Saturday, February 4. With its unique "stage stop" racing format, the IPSSSDR stops in a different community each night, allowing Wyoming’s host towns to show their hospitality: Festivities for mushers and spectators alike include pancake feeds, dog parades, banquets, carnivals, and snowshoe softball.

The Pedigree® brand actively supports a wide range of programs that promote responsible pet ownership and highlight the contributions dogs make to society.

The International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race, the largest dog sled race in the lower 48 states, was founded in 1996 by Frank Teasley to make sled dog racing more accessible to the public. For a complete schedule, visit the race website at www.wyomingstagestop.org; contact the race at 307-734-1163 or bark@wyomingstagestop.org. The race is also active on Facebook under International Pedigree Stage Stop and on Twitter at @IPSSSDR.

For complete times visit http://wyomingstagestop.org.

Sylvester and the Magic Pebble Feb. 10, presented by the Pinedale Fine Arts Council.

PFAC presents Sylvester and the Magic Pebble Feb. 10 (posted 2/1/12)
Pinedale Fine Arts Council
The Pinedale Fine Arts Council is proud to present the theatrical production of Sylvester and the Magic Pebble as performed by the Enchantment Theatre Company on Friday, Feb. 10 at 7:00 p.m. in the Pinedale Auditorium.

When Sylvester, a winsome young donkey, picks up a shiny red pebble, its magic spins a heart-warming story that reveals to him the true importance of family and friends. With life-size puppets, masked actors, magical illusions, innovative sets and costumes, and original musical score, Enchantment Theatre transforms this Caldecott Medal-winning book into a delightful adaptation for the stage. Who will love Sylvester? Everyone from young children all the way up to their grandparents – anyone who believes in happy endings and that there is no place like home.

This dynamic play is based on the novel by William Stieg (author of Shrek). Who could imagine that an artist and illustrator who spent his life drawing sophisticated cartoons and covers for The New Yorker magazine would turn in his later years to writing popular and award- winning children’s literature? But that’s just what happened in the case of William Steig. He started selling his often dark but always funny drawings to magazines during the Depression to support his family, but ended up writing and illustrating the book that won the Caldecott Medal in 1970, the highest honor in the field of books for children. That book was about a young donkey named Sylvester, who was passionate about his rock collection. It was Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, from which Enchantment Theatre Company adapted their new production.

In addition to the public evening performance, Enchantment Theatre will also perform a student show for Pinedale Elementary 1st and 2nd grade students.

Ticket prices for the Feb. 10 performance are $13 for adults and $7 for students (kids under the age of 5 are free). Tickets are on sale now at Rock Rabbit, Pine Street Floral & Gifts, The Cowboy Shop, Office Outlets, Isabel Jewelry, the Big Piney Library and at the door the night of the performance ($2 extra).

Sylvester and the Magic Pebble live in Pinedale is presented by the Pinedale Fine Arts Council with support in part from the Wyoming Arts Council through funding from the Wyoming Legislature and the National Endowment for the Arts which believes a great nation deserves great art, Sublette BOCES, SCSD #1, Western Sublette BOCES #9, the Western States Arts Federation, the Sublette County Recreation Board, the Rocky Mountain Power Foundation, The Wyoming Community Foundation, Shell Rocky Mtn., EnCana, BP and QEP Resources.

For more information please visit www.pinedalefinearts.com or call 307-367-7322. And be sure to find us on Facebook.

The dogs are anxious to hit the trail Monday morning at the Cora stage of the International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race. This was the third leg of the race, which will continue to Big Piney Monday night for the fourth stage Tuesday morning. 22 racers from eight states, Canada and Scotland are competing. Photo by Andrew Setterholm, Sublette Examiner.

Sublette Examiner – Jan. 31, 2012 (posted 1/31/12)
Dog days
LaBarge faculty brings repair needs
Sublette Center under pressure
Groundwork laid in Willoughby trial

Legislators want to phase out $1 paper bill for $1 coin (posted 1/31/12)
Bill saves taxpayer dollars and reduces deficit
U.S. Senator Mike Enzi media release
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., joined a bipartisan group of senators today (Tuesday, Jan. 31st) in introducing legislation that would phase out the $1 paper bill and replace it with a $1 coin as a way to save taxpayer’s millions of dollars and reduce the federal deficit.

"Change can be difficult, but changing to more change could really result in savings for our deficit-strapped government. Doing things as we’ve always done has contributed to our debt. We’ve got to latch on to any reasonable handhold we can find in order to climb out of this hole," Enzi said.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has advocated for this change for more than two decades as a way to help reduce government spending. Senator Enzi joined Senators Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) in introducing the legislation.

There are numerous reasons why the for the Currency Optimization, Innovation, and National Savings (COINS) Act should be considered:

•The GAO has examined this issue five times (in 1990, 1993, 1995, 2000 and 2011) and has reached the same conclusion – the U.S. should transition away from a $1 note and move to a $1 coin. The numbers vary in each report, but the GAO has estimated savings of anywhere from nearly $200 million to more than half a billion dollars saved per year by making the transition.

•In addition, virtually every modern economy has made this switch to higher denomination coins. Most major western countries in the world have made this transition without so much as a ripple of impact to businesses or consumers. All saved a great deal of money by doing so. In fact, according to reports from the Canadian government, when they moved to the $1 "Loonie" coin 25 years ago, the country saved at a rate ten times initial government projections. Countries with coins worth more than a dollar include Canada, Great Britain, Japan, the Euro Zone, Australia, Switzerland and others.

•The dollar coin will save money for those engaged in a large number of transactions like large retail stores, vending machines operators and transit agencies. A study by the Philadelphia Transit Agency, for example, showed that it was three and one half times cheaper to process coins than notes.

•The $1 coin is durable and environmentally-friendly. Most dollar bills currently in circulation were made within the last three years. Dollar coins officially last 30 years. To put it another way, a single dollar coin can do the job of at least 17 dollar bills over the course of its lifetime. When the coin, which is made almost exclusively from existing scrap metal, gets pulled from circulation, it is 100 percent recyclable. In contrast, the government disposes of 7,600 tons – that’s 15.2 million pounds – of currency paper each year.

The COINS Act is supported by the Dollar Coin Alliance, a coalition of American small businesses, budget watchdogs, trade associations and private companies with a singular focus of moving the United States toward an economical, environmentally friendly dollar coin.

The bill introduced today is a companion bill to the COINS Act in the House, HR 2977, introduced by Congressman David Schweikert (R-AZ). The House bill currently has the bipartisan support of eleven co-sponsors.

Streeper posts fastest IPSSSDR Day Four time to maintain overall lead (posted 1/31/12)
Big Piney/Marbleton Stage Stop
International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race
Blayne "Buddy" Streeper from Fort Nelson, British Columbia, posted the fastest time on Day Four of the International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race (IPSSSDR) with a time of 2:59:53 on Tuesday, January 31st. Streeper ran 10 dogs on the 38-mile Big Piney/Marbleton course and averaged 12.7 miles per hour.

Aaron Peck from Grand Prairie, Alberta, was second for the day with a time of 3:05:18. John Stewart from Scotland was third with a time of 3:07:47.

In overall times, Streeper maintains the lead with a time of 9:28:59; Peck is second with 9:42:19; and Stewart is third with 9:45:15.

Following Day Four race, teams departed for Alpine for the Meet the Musher’s Potluck Dinner at the Alpine Civic Center at 6:30 p.m. On Wednesday, February 1, the race starts at 9 a.m. from Alpine’s Dollar Store.

The 2012 IPSSSDR continues this week through Evanston, and Lyman/Mountain View, Wyoming, before arriving in Park City, Utah, for the final stage and awards ceremony on Saturday, February 4. With its unique "stage stop" racing format, the IPSSSDR stops in a different community each night, allowing Wyoming’s host towns to show their hospitality: Festivities for mushers and spectators alike include pancake feeds, dog parades, banquets, carnivals, and snowshoe softball.

The Pedigree® brand actively supports a wide range of programs that promote responsible pet ownership and highlight the contributions dogs make to society.

The International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race, the largest dog sled race in the lower 48 states, was founded in 1996 by Frank Teasley to make sled dog racing more accessible to the public. For a complete schedule, visit the race website at www.wyomingstagestop.org; contact the race at 307-734-1163 or bark@wyomingstagestop.org. The race is also active on Facebook under International Pedigree Stage Stop and on Twitter at @IPSSSDR.

For complete times visit www.wyomingstagestop.org.

Blayne ‘Buddy’ Streeper posts fastest time in Day Three of IPSSDR (posted 1/30/12)
International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race
Averaging 12.8 miles per hour, Blayne "Buddy" Streeper from Fort Nelson, British Columbia, posted the fastest time on Day Three of the International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race (IPSSSDR) with a time of 3:21:51. Streeper has won the IPSSSDR in 2004, 2010 and 2011.

In second place, John Stewart from Scotland posted a time of 3:24:25. James Wheeler from South Portland, Maine, a newcomer to the IPSSSDR, came in third with a time of 3:29:48

In overall times, Streeper leads with a time of 6:29:06. Aaron Peck from Grand Praire, Alberta, is second with a time of 6:37:01. Stewart is in third place with a time of 6:37:28.

Following Day Three’s race, teams departed for the Big Piney/Marbleton stage with a Meet the Mushers dinner at the Marbleton Seniors Center at 6 p.m. On Tuesday, January 31, teams will race a 64-mile course from Middle Piney Parking Lot at 9 a.m.

The 2012 IPSSSDR continues this week through Alpine, Evanston, and Lyman/Mountain View, Wyoming, before arriving in Park City, Utah, for the final stage and awards ceremony on Saturday, February 4. With its unique "stage stop" racing format, the IPSSSDR stops in a different community each night, allowing Wyoming’s host towns to show their hospitality: Festivities for mushers and spectators alike include pancake feeds, dog parades, banquets, carnivals, and snowshoe softball.

The Pedigree® brand actively supports a wide range of programs that promote responsible pet ownership and highlight the contributions dogs make to society.

The International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race, the largest dog sled race in the lower 48 states, was founded in 1996 by Frank Teasley to make sled dog racing more accessible to the public. For a complete schedule, visit the race website at www.wyomingstagestop.org; contact the race at 307-734-1163 or bark@wyomingstagestop.org. The race is also active on Facebook under International Pedigree Stage Stop and on Twitter at @IPSSSDR.

For complete times visit www.wyomingstagestop.org

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Welcome Mushers banquet Pinedale Stage Stop (28 photos)

The Welcome Mushers banquet in the Pinedale Library on Sunday night kicked off the Pinedale Stage Stop of the International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race. The mushers and teams take off on the Pinedale race Monday morning in the Upper Green. The race starts at 10AM.

IPSSSDR - Pinedale Stage Stop – Welcome Mushers! (posted 1/29/12)
Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online!
The International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race (IPSSDR) arrived in Pinedale on Sunday, January 29th, the third day of the race. The nine-day sled dog race started in Jackson Hole, Wyoming on Friday, January 27th. It will end on Saturday, February 4th in Park City, Utah. The race is in its 17th year.

The IPSSSDR was started in 1996 by Sublette County resident, Frank Teasley, to make sled dog racing more accessible to the public. The event is sponsored by Pedigree Food for Dogs, which generously donates supplies of dog food to the stage stop sponsoring towns. Pedigree supports a wide range of programs that promote responsible pet ownership and highlight the contributions dogs make to society. The race also helps to raise money and awareness for immunizations in local communities, patterning off the founding origins of the famous Iditarod sled dog race held in Alaska.

The race starts in Jackson, Wyoming and stops in Lander, Pinedale, Big Piney & Marbleton, Alpine, Evanston, Mountain View/Lyman, and ends in Park City, Utah. Each stage stop host community holds a musher banquet or celebration the night before their race. The banquets are a chance for the public to meet the mushers and socialize. Some of the mushers have been in the IPSSSDR many year and the communities enjoy the annual reunion with the mushers and their families.

Pinedale held a "Welcome Mushers" banquet on Sunday evening in the Lovatt Room of the Sublette County Library. The banquet was free to the public due to the very generous sponsorship of Shell Rocky Mountain Production gas company. Shell also donated $1500 to the Sublette County Public Health Department to help with their immunization program. The evening’s events included a Calcutta to auction off the mushers. A portion of the money raised from that Calcutta was given to the Sublette County Library Foundation. The rest was given to the Pinedale Library to help pay for the Gayle McMurry Kinnison labyrinth which is worked in as an elaborate floor design of the library’s large meeting room.

The IPSSSDR also includes a Junior Musher program to introduce and encourage youth to become involved in the sport of sled dog racing. This year’s Sublette County Junior Mushers are 11-year-old Garett Schamber, a 5th grader from Pinedale Elementary School; 11-year-old Garrett Lowham, a 6th grader from Pinedale Middle school; 11-year-old Haley Boulter, a 6th grader from Pinedale Middle School; 9-year old Israel (Izzy) Seemann a 4th grader from Big Piney Elementary School; and 11-year-old Justin Seeman a 5th grader from Big Piney Elementary School.

The Pinedale Stage Stop begins at 10AM on Monday, January 30th. The Start and Finish line for the race are in the snowmobile parking lot at the Bridger-Teton National Forest at the end of the Cora Highway 352. The teams will run a 35-mile loop course that will end at the same place as the starting line.

From Pinedale, the teams will head to Big Piney/Marbleton for the next stage. There will be a "Meet the Mushers" Banquet starting at 6PM at the Marbleton Senior Center. Everyone is welcome to come and enjoy a spaghetti dinner with wonderful Dutch-oven cooked delights. Then on Tuesday morning, the mushers will run the Big Piney/Marbleton stage of the race, a 54-mile loop race which begins at the Middle Piney parking lot at 9AM. From Big Piney/Marbleton, the teams will head to Alpine.

Click on this link for more photos: IPSSSDR - Pinedale Stage Stop – Welcome Mushers! (28 pictures)

Related Links:
www.wyomingstagestop.org IPSSSDR

Magnusson posts fastest time in Day Two of IPSSDR (posted 1/29/12)
International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race
Jackson, Wyoming--January 29, 2012—Bruce Magnusson from Manchester, Mich., posted the fastest time on Day Two of the 2012 International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race (IPSSSDR) with a time of 3:06:18 on the 42-mile-course outside Lander, Wyoming. Running 11 dogs, Magnusson averaged 13.5 miles per hour on the trail.

Aaron Peck from Grand Prairie, Alberta, Canada, was second with a time of 3:07:04. In third place, Blayne Streeper from Fort Nelson, British Columbia, posted a time of 3:07:15.

Fourth and fifth place times were separated by one second. Jerry Bath from Lander, Wyo.—racing in his home town—was fourth with a time of 3:08:00; Ryan Redington from Wasilla, Alaska, was fifth with a time of 3:08:01.

Beginning at 9 a.m., 21 teams departed in two-minute intervals from the starting line located on Lollypop Loop trail on South Pass. Following the race, teams drove to Pinedale where they will attend the Welcome Mushers Dinner at 6 p.m. at the Sublette County Library, 155 South Tyler, in honor of the Gayle Kinnison Memorial Labyrinth. Screen Door Porch will provide live music. The IPSSSDR is the only sled dog race in the world traveling with its own band.

On Monday, January 30, teams will race on a 38-mile-course from the Upper Green Parking Lot in Cora, racing on Continental Divide Snowmachine Trail along Highway 191 & 352 with the finish at the Upper Green parking lot in Cora.

The 2012 IPSSSDR continues this week through Big Piney/Marbleton, Alpine, Evanston, and Lyman/Mountain View, Wyo., before arriving in Park City, Utah, for the final stage and awards ceremony on Saturday, February 4. With its unique "stage stop" racing format, the IPSSSDR stops in a different community each night, allowing Wyoming’s host towns to show their hospitality: Festivities for mushers and spectators alike include pancake feeds, dog parades, banquets, carnivals, and snowshoe softball.

The Pedigree® brand actively supports a wide range of programs that promote responsible pet ownership and highlight the contributions dogs make to society.

The International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race, the largest dog sled race in the lower 48 states, was founded in 1996 by Frank Teasley to make sled dog racing more accessible to the public. For a complete schedule, visit the race website at www.wyomingstagestop.org; contact the race at 307-734-1163 or bark@wyomingstagestop.org. The race is also active on Facebook under International Pedigree Stage Stop and on Twitter at @IPSSSDR.

For complete times visit http://wyomingstagestop.org/daily.php?stage=2.

2012 Mushers
1. Bruce Magnusson, MI
2. Ryan Redington, AK
3. Blayne Streeper, BC
4. John Stewart, Scotland
5. Jerry Bath, WY
6. Kate St. Onge, UT
7. Erin Redington, AK
8. Denis Laboda, MN
9. Dave Turner, OR
10. Stacey Teasley, WY
11. Bailey Cross Vitello, MA
12. Marco Rivest, Quebec, Canada
13. Grant Beck, NWT
14. Al Borak, Michigan
15. Aaron Peck, AB, Canada
16. William Kornmuller, AK
17. JR Anderson, MN
18. Warren Palfrey, BC
19. Brent Beck, NWT
20. Richard Beck, NWT
21. Sam Palfrey , BC
22. James Wheeler, Maine

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Pinedale and Big Piney/Marbleton Stage Stops
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Pinedale Online! is designed and maintained by Wind River Web Services LLC in Pinedale, Wyoming to offer a "slice of life" view of happenings in and around Pinedale, Wyoming. Webmaster for this site is Dawn Ballou. Although we try to cover as many local events as possible, we have a very limited staff and much of this site is done in our volunteer time. We welcome community volunteers who can provide pictures or event information. Photos by Pinedale Online unless otherwise credited. Please see our companion site Pinedale OFFline, www.PinedaleOFFline.com, updated annually on April Fool's Day. All site content is copyright 2012. No photos, stories or content may be used or reproduced without permission for commercial or non-commerical purposes. Please contact Pinedale Online for more information or permission about using pictures or content found on our site, or advertising on this website. If you find any broken links on our site, please let us know. Privacy Policy: E-mail inquiries may be forwarded to the local Chamber of Commerce, businesses or others who can best respond to questions asked. We use website server visitation statistics to compile web traffic analysis to refine our site content to better serve our visitors. Server statistics do not gather e-mail addresses or personally-identifiable information. Pinedale Online does not sell, trade or rent our opt-in lists or any personally-identifiable information to third parties. Thanks for visiting Pinedale, Wyoming on the Web!