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     EVENTS :: Oosik Classic Ski Race - Updated March 15, 2010

 

2010 Equinox Oosik Classic Ski Race/Tour
Saturday, March 20, 2010
A 25k & 50k xc race and tour through the lakes, rivers, and woods of Talkeetna

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Hosted by Denali Nordic Ski Club

RACE INFO:

Race Starts: High Noon Saturday, March 20, 2010

Race Course:

The 2010 Oosik Classic Ski Race again offers an entirely new course that starts in Beautiful Downtown Talkeetna. The course starts at High Noon on Saturday, March 20th at the historic Village Airstrip across the street from the Fairview Inn and adjacent to the Sheldon Community Arts Center.

This course is a Wilderness Experience  with few places to bail if you bonk. The course will be roughly 50/25K (Talkeetna standards) ! .Please assess your abilities wisely!

The banquet/ awards (included in the entry fee) will be held at 6pm after the race at the Sheldon Community Arts Hangar.  The banquet includes dinner, live  music by the Axis of Evil,  beer and root beer.  Beverages courtesy of Denali Brewing Company.

Parking:

Parking will be available at the Talkeetna Christian Center located on the Talkeetna Spur Road about one block east of the Village Airstrip.

Village Airstrip:

We would like to thank the Talkeetna Airmen’s Association for their help and cooperation in bringing the start to Downtown. The Airstrip will be open for skiers on race day only! Please respect private property;

Support:

Support for this event comes, in part, from the Matanuska-Susitna Borough Parks and Recreation Department.

How to get there:

It takes about two hours from Anchorage; a little more from Fairbanks. If you travel with the right people, it’s fun! Everybody’s doin’ it!
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CONTACT:

Call or email Bill Barstow (wmb4@mtaonline.net) or Paul Beberg (paulbeberg@yahoo.com, (907) 378-1346)

Denali Drama presents...
How to Make Love like an Alaskan…Sleepless in Soldotna

Where:  Sheldon Community Arts Hangar
When:  Friday & Saturday, March 12th, 13th, Thursday & Friday, March 18th & 19th
Cost: $10 DAC member / $12 lodging key / $15 general admission

Description:  The folks that brought you "Flanagan's Wake” and "Carol on my Wayward son or Stuck in a Manger with You" are at it again. This time they've turned their satiric wit upon the myriad absurdities of love and romance...Alaska style. An ode to the joys and heartbreaks of local courtships, “How to make Love Like an Alaskan…Sleepless in Soldotna” invites it's audience to peel off the layers as we examine what’s sexy in America's most bundled up state. Thursday, March 11th is a dress rehearsal open to the community on a “pay what you can” basis.  Tickets can be purchased in advance with credit card by calling 733-7929 during box office hours Mon-Fri 10-2pm.

 

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