Russ-Stick Acres
Home of
Last Chance Kennel
in Mancelona, Michigan
"Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody."
1 Thessalonians 4:11-12
470 E Simpson Rd
P.O. Box 903
Mancelona, MI 49659
ph: Sorry, email only ~ rustic phone
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2009 Meet the Mushers! (Formerly Full Moon Fall Fling)
2009 Event!
Meet the Mushers August 7th ~ 10th!
Jason Barron ~ Photo courtesy of Jeff Schultz iditarodphotos.net
From the moment they step off the plane, they are ready to chat it up with YOU!
ONE-On-ONE
* * * 2009 SPEAKERS!! * * *
DEE DEE JONROWE ~ Alaska
Will be flying in to Mancelona from Alaska to spend the weekend sharing her life with Michigan Mushers! Need I say more? Read about DeeDee, her husband Mike, and her family of canines (and feathered flock) at:
RYAN REDINGTON ~ Alaska
AP Photo provided by Bark River Racing
Grandson of the late Joe Redington, Sr., Ryan will be traveling from Alaska to Mancelona to talk about his life with sled dogs, winning the Jr. Iditarod (twice) and racing Iditarod with a competitive kennel.
Read about Ryan, his wife Erin, daughter Raynee, and their families at:
JASON BARRON ~ Montana
Jason will be visiting Michigan to entertain you with stories of his Iditarod-laden youth, growing up as the son of an Iditarod musher, John Barron. Winner of the last two consecutive John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathons, Jason joins the ranks of his father, who also won back to back. Jason and wife/fellow musher, Harmony, own and operate Team KanaBear, along with their young daughter, Oksana. Winning the title "Rookie of the Year" during his first Iditarod has kept Jason steeped in this rich history as he carries on the Barron Iditarod legacy. For more on Jason and his family, check out their unique website at:
Ann & Will Rowland will also be returning to entertain and inspire during the Sunday Service and more! Come hear their newly released CD "As Long as I'm Here".
Let's continue a tradition of showing these amazing mushers how MICHIGAN supports this wonderful sport, and blessed way of life.
Sherry & Russ Sutherby
Your Hosts @ RSA
Sponsored in part by:
ND Industries/Joe Gutowski
For information on sponsorship opportunities, please contact your Hosts, Russ or Sherry.
Also a big thanks to the growing list of volunteers and many more folks who have already contacted us about door prizes and ideas for the Event. We couldn't do it without you!
If you would like to assist in getting this Event off the ground, please contact us.
We are holding Weekend Work Bee's or as the Amish like to say "Frolics", during the months leading up to the Event.
Please watch the website for information about these fun days of work/fellowship/and accomplishment. We would love to have you on board!
A huge thank you to all the donations and support from 2008:
Door prize sponsors included: Canada-Goose, Wiggys, Michigan Dog Driver’s Association (MiDD), M.U.S.H., Avery’s Restaurant, Mancelona Do-It-Best Hardware, Jay’s Sporting Goods, Mackinaw Mush, Nature’s Kennel, Mountain Ridge, Redpaw, Sportmix, The Black Dog, Dog Booties. com, Sled Dog Central, Critterwood’s Snow Hooks, Mushing Magazine, Winterdance Dogsled Tours, Staci Short and Deb Troyer – Hobby Horse Riding Stable, authors Jim Warren, Michelle Phillips, Ken Anderson and June Price, Videographers Becky Bristow and Helen Hegener, Danny Dann hand-made picture frame, and quilt makers Michelle Riley, Bobbi Riley and Nancy Sanchez.
Donation of cash: Michigan Dog Driver's Association (MiDD)
A special thank you to Michelle Riley and Kathy Stirrett for assistance with the Door Prize/Raffle drawings, Linda Lange as Gate Keeper, Tim Dewey and Joe Gutowski on sound systems and recording, and all the other wonderful people who assisted in any way. There are truly too many to name.
Directions: (Do not use online mapping unless you wish to end up in Timbuktu.)
- At stoplight (there is only one) in Mancelona on US 131, turn West on M-88.
- After several blocks you will see a Mancelona “Do It Best” Hardware on your right. (Across the street is a cemetery.)
- Turn R at the Hardware on Cedar River Rd. Go approximately 2 miles.
- E. Simpson Rd. will be on your left.
- Turn L on E. Simpson Rd.
- We are the first driveway on the Left.
We hope to make 2009 bigger and better!
Last year we had people attend from Alaska, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Beaver Island!
Join us, won't you?
"If this program or this work is merely human, it will fall apart, but if it is of God, there is nothing you can do about it..."
Acts 5:38-39
The Message
Dee Dee Jonrowe ~ Photo courtesy of Team Jonrowe Kennel
Dear Friends and Mushing Enthusiasts!
- Save the Date!
- Tell your friends!
- Same format ~ same fun!
- A unique learning experience!
- One-on-one with Iditarod Mushers!
Our 2008 Event with Lance Mackey & Tim Riley was such a hit ~ we're ready to do it all again ~ in 2009!!
Just as small, just as intimate, and every minute packed with dog talk!!
Friday, August 7th through Monday, August 10th!
(Rain or shine! Afterall, we're Mushers!)
Join the elite...stayed for 4 days..."Die-Hard" Musher Alumni ~ they will tell you to "Go FOUR it"!
Please note new month ~ we felt the need to move out of "training season" and into summer!
MAKE YOUR PLANS NOW!
4-Day Pass:
(Anytime Friday to anytime Monday ~ watch Dee Dee, Ryan, and Jason arrive late evening ~ Friday night and depart mid-day on Monday.)
$125
Camp 4 days with the Iditarod Mushers!
- Be a "Die Hard" Camper!
- Forge friendships, have fun, and experience non-stop dog talk!
2-Day Pass:
(From noon on Saturday until 5:00 p.m. Sunday)
$100
Potluck Dinner
- Fireside Chat with the Iditarod Mushers
- Saturday night Camping
- Sunday's Events!
1-Day Pass ~ Sunday:
$40 in advance
($45 at the Gate)
- Includes live music Sunday Service 11:00 a.m. with Rev. Andrew Pomerville
- Ann & Will Rowland (husband and wife folk duo) for your listening pleasure!
- Formal Musher Presentations (Dee Dee/Ryan/Jason) from 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Sunday Service only
(11:00 - 12:00):
- No Charge
Although Donations will be accepted towards the building of the future Cowboy Chapel.
Please go to our Meet the Mushers page on this website for easy Paypal registration!
- Children under 16 years of age free if accompanied by adult.
- Event T-Shirts for sale.
- Book signings and autographs from your favorite Iditarod musher!
- Mushing DVD's available for sale.
- Horse-drawn wagon rides
- Door Prizes galore!
- 50-50 tickets
- Raffle
- New feature! "Bid on a Basket" and have a light supper with the Iditarod musher of your choice!!
- Food available for sale on site! (Donuts, coffee, hotdogs, Brats, pop, water, etc.)
- Sorry, no pets allowed on property or in vehicle, due to our free-range farm setting.
- Campsite choice is first-come/first-serve. Open or wooded available, with firepit. Some have picnic tables.
- Please bring your favorite lawn chair.
- This event will be held "rain or shine".
- Cold water available.
- Firewood for sale, please come wood-less, as we don't wish to have the Emerald Ash Borer beetle find a new home.
470 E Simpson Rd
P.O. Box 903
Mancelona, MI 49659
ph: Sorry, email only ~ rustic phone
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