Please send protest emails and forward this alert widely.

From the Sled Dog Action Coalition, http://www.helpsleddogs.org

Contact information, email blocks and sample letter are below.

Please help end the barbaric treatment of dogs by sending protest
emails to organizations that support the Iditarod. What happens to the
dogs during the Iditarod includes death, paralysis, frostbite (where
it hurts the most!), bleeding ulcers, bloody diarrhea, lung damage,
pneumonia, ruptured discs, viral diseases, broken bones, torn muscles
and tendons and sprains.

Dog beatings and whippings are common. During the 2007 Iditarod,
eyewitnesses
reported that musher Ramy Brooks kicked, punched and beat his dogs
with a ski
pole and a chain. Jim Welch says in his book Speed Mushing Manual, "A
training device such as a whip is not cruel at all but is effective."
"It is a common training device in use among dog mushers..."

Iditarod dog kennels are puppy mills. Mushers breed large numbers of
dogs and
routinely kill unwanted ones, including puppies. Many dogs who are
permanently disabled in the Iditarod, or who are unwanted for any
reason are killed with a shot to the head, dragged, drowned or clubbed
to death.

When they're not hauling people, most Iditarod dogs are forced to live
at the end of a chain. It has been reported that dogs who don't make
the main team are never taken off-chain. Chained dogs have been
attacked by wolves, bears and other animals. Old and arthritic dogs
suffer terrible pain in the blistering cold.

Most Internet service providers allow people to send up to 40 email
addresses
at a time. For your convenience, the addresses have been divided into
groups
of 40. Please email the first group first. Individual email addresses
are
given under the sample letter. The groups contain addresses for the
Iditarod
sponsors, promoters, and the sponsors of the 73 mushers who signed up
for the 2009
Iditarod. Email blocks with semicolons are on
http://www.helpsleddogsorg/sponsors.htm .

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SAMPLE LETTER (Please personalize the letter.):

Dear Iditarod Supporter:

Please end your organization's support of the Iditarod dog sled race.
For the
dogs, this event is a bottomless pit of suffering. What happens to the
dogs during the Iditarod includes death, paralysis, frostbite (where
it hurts the most!), bleeding ulcers, bloody diarrhea, lung damage,
pneumonia, ruptured discs, viral diseases, broken bones, torn muscles
and tendons and sprains. At least 136 dogs have died in the race. No
one knows how many dogs die after this tortuous ordeal or during
training. For more
facts about the Iditarod, visit the Sled Dog Action Coalition website,
http://www.helpsleddogs.org .

On average, 53 percent of the dogs who start the race do not make it
across
the finish line. According to a report published in the American
Journal of
Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, of those who do finish, 81
percent have
lung damage. A report published in the Journal of Veterinary Internal
Medicine
said that 61 percent of the dogs who complete the Iditarod have ulcers
versus
zero percent pre-race.

Iditarod dog kennels are puppy mills. Mushers breed large numbers of
dogs and
routinely kill unwanted ones, including puppies. Many dogs who are
permanently disabled in the Iditarod, or who are unwanted for any
reason, including
those who have outlived their usefulness, are killed with a shot to
the head,
dragged, drowned or clubbed to death. "Dogs are clubbed with baseball
bats and if
they don't pull are dragged to death in harnesses....." wrote former
Iditarod
dog handler Mike Cranford in an article for Alaska's Bush Blade
Newspaper.

Dog beatings and whippings are common. During the 2007 Iditarod,
eyewitnesses
reported that musher Ramy Brooks kicked, punched and beat his dogs
with a ski
pole and a chain. Jim Welch says in his book Speed Mushing Manual,
"Nagging a
dog team is cruel and ineffective...A training device such as a whip
is not
cruel at all but is effective." "It is a common training device in use
among
dog mushers..."

Jon Saraceno wrote in his March 3, 2000 column in USA Today, "He
[Colonel Tom
Classen] confirmed dog beatings and far worse. Like starving dogs to
maintain
their most advantageous racing weight. Skinning them to make mittens.
Or
dragging them to their death."

During the race, veterinarians do not give the dogs physical exams at
every
checkpoint. Mushers speed through many checkpoints, so the dogs get
the
briefest visual checks, if that. Instead of pulling sick dogs from the
race,
veterinarians frequently give them massive doses of antibiotics to
keep them running.

Most Iditarod dogs are forced to live at the end of a chain when they
aren't
hauling people around. It has been reported that dogs who don't make
the main
team are never taken off-chain. Chained dogs have been attacked by
wolves,
bears and other animals. Old and arthritic dogs suffer terrible pain
in the
blistering cold.

Please end your organization's association with this horrific race.

Sincerely,

Iditarod sponsors

K & L Distributors, Inc. (AB-Inbev distributor)
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Cabelas
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Chrysler (Cerberus Capital Management, L.P.)
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Coca-Cola
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Millennium & Copthorne Hotels
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Wells Fargo & Company
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Kroger Company (Fred Meyer Stores)
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Spenard Builders
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Chevron Corportation
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Exxon Mobil Corporation
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Anchorage Daily News (Mc Clatchy Company)
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Providence Health System
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Alaska Airlines (Alaska Air Group)
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Peninsula Airways, Inc. (Pen Air)
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Alaska Brewing Company
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The City of Anchorage
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The City of Nome
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5th Avenue Mall (Simon Property Group)
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Horizon Lines
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City of Wasilla
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Network Appliance, Inc.
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General Communication, Inc. (GCI)
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Crowley Maritime Corporation
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Anton/Bauer, Inc.
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Anchorage Municipal Light and Power
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Alcan Signs


World Communication Center
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Alaska Serigraphics
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Electrochem Commercial Power (Greatbatch, Ltd.)
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IonEarth
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Iridium
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Iditarod Promoters

Target Corporation Target Corporation
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Harcourt School Publishers
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Carnival Corporation
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Houghton Mifflin Company
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Discovery Network (Discovery Communications, LLC; Discovery Holding
Company)
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Scholastic Corporation
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Renegade Pictures
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The New York Times
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Late Night with Conan O'Brien (NBC-TV)
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Zoasis Corporation
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Diamond Brand Outdoors
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Sports Illustrated
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Carolina Day School
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Lilac Services for the Blind
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National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Northwest Chapter
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The Council of State Governments
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Florida Association for Media in Education
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AAA of California
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United States Postal Service
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American Physiological Society
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The Annie E. Casey Foundation
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William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund
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Foundation for Greater New Haven
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Home & Garden Television (Scripps Networks)
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Scott & Todd in the Morning WPLJ - NYC
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World News with Charles Gibson (ABC-TV)
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IndependentTraveler.com
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dLife TV Network
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AARP The Magazine
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Hamilton County Parks
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Tournament of Roses
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MC Perry Elementary
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Fort Braden School
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Southern Fulton Elementary
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Country Parkway Elementary School
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Prairie Rose Elementary School
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Mount Pleasant Middle School
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Pompano Beach Middle School
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Johnnycake Elementary School


Clearfield Elementary School
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Buchanan-Verplanck Elementary School
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KOMO-AM Seattle
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WALR-AM Atlanta
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WNWV-FM
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WICC-AM
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Advocate Magazine (Indiana State Teacher's Association)
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Fred J. Hums Elementary School
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Chicago Park District
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Foundry Art Centre
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St. Charles Library District
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Garrison Keillor
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South by Southwest Film Festival 2009
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Musher sponsors

Intervet (Schering-Plough)
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Hawthorne Suites (Wyndham Hotel Group)
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Columbia Sportswear Company
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Alaska Army National Guard
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Rotary International
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Medtronic
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Harley-Davidson, Inc.
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Toyota Motor Corporation
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Leer, Inc. (J.B. Poindexter & Co., Inc.)
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Coastal Helicopters, Inc.
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7-up (Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.)
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Jiffy Lube International, Inc. (Shell Oil Company)
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Eukanuba/Iams (Procter & Gamble Company)
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Blockbuster Video
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McDonalds Restaurants (McDonald Corporation)
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Taco Bell (Yum! Brands, Inc.)
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Batteries Plus
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Oomingmak
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Kaladi Brothers Coffee Company
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Tracks of Alaska Photography
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Inlet Tower Hotel & Suites
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Alaska Icefield Expeditions
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Colorado Altitude Training
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J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc.
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bGlobal, Inc.
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ND Industries
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Western Products
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Macgellan.com
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Eagle Pack
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Sportees Activewear
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The Black Dog Tavern Co.
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FogTech (Motosolutions)
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Redpaw Feed
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Kamik
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Bynje
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Vi sees
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Macrogard (Immunocorp)
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Teck Cominco
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GoNorth Alaska Travel Center
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Diabetes Sports and Wellness Foundation
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Lynden Incorporated
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General Physics Corp. (GP General Strategies Corp.)
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Dairy Farmers of Washington
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DeepPurple.com
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Camrud, Maddock, Olson & Larson, Ltd.
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National Lake Rescue Institute
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Azumano Travel
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Sabold Elementary School
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Flexitol (Laderma)
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LCITW.com
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Frelinghuysen Middle School
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Longo Electrical & Mechanical
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JetBoil, Inc.
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Cold Avenger (Talus Outdoor Technologies)
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Port Gamble
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Albert & Slater, P.S.
Email: office@toughdivorcescom

Epicenter Press
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Trabits Group, LLC P.O.
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Trapper Creek Smoking Company
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Ben Reel Productions
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Canada Goose
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Tracks of Alaska
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Alpine Lodge - Fairbanks
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The Eldorado Hotel
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Michael Bertrand Photography
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Janssen Funeral Homes, Inc.
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Richard Crosby, DDS
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Little Cabin in the Woods
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Great River Journey Inc.
Email: info@greatriverjourneycom

Queo Media
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East Bradford Elementary School
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Vertikal Press
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MTA
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Vom og hindemat
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Susitna River Lodging
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Mahays Riverboat Service
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David McGuire, MD
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Latitude 62 Motel
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Talkeetna Alaskan Lodge
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Talkeetna River Guides & Rafters, Inc.
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Talkeetna River Adventures (Talkeetna RV LLC)
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Talkeetna Aero Services, Inc.
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Teamster Local 959
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Usibelli Coal Mine
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Homer Stage Line
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Basin Electric Power Cooperative
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Kenai Chrysler
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Frontier Flying Service
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Udelhoven Companies
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Kenai River Seafoods
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The Crossing Restaurant
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Mammut
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Horizon Lines, Inc.
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Midnight Sun Brewing
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Grabber Hand Warmers
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Wiggy's Outdoor Gear
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On 2009-02-21 18:31:26 -0500, (Melinda Shore) said:

In article ,
wrote:

Nearly nothing that's true.

I got a chain email about the curse of the Our Gang comedies. It's true
that most of the participants are dead, but Robert Blake, who played
Spanky, is still alive. According to the email.