March 18, 2014 • Page 2 shop online at www.missourivalleyshopper.com Dave Says Gambling For Entertainment? It’s the first Saturday in March, 1973, and more than 40 dog mushers are ready to leave the semi-pro baseball stadium in Anchorage and drive their teams more than 1,100 miles to Nome. Could they really do it? Well, they did it that year and every year since, of course, in the monumental Iditarod Sled Dog Race, but that first year? The mushers themselves kinda looked at each other and shrugged and wondered. No one alive had ever driven a team that far. I was there, and was privileged to have driven a team in that first race. Some top-name mushers referred to guys like me homesteaders who used dog teams to get back and forth to town - as “recreational mushers,” meaning not seri- 1000 ous racers. That was true. Our dogs were valued members of our families, just as your dog is in your family. We just had more of them and they pulled a sled for a living. Iditarod is pronounced eye-DIT-a-rod. The men and women who drive teams in this long, cold camping trip pronounce it IDIOT-road, with reason. I had seven dogs, the minimum allowed, and I had to borrow a dog to make seven, giving me the nickname “Seven-Dog Slim.” The dog I borrowed had kennel cough and I had to stop every couple of hours and dose him with cough syrup, which he hated and caused him to run all out in panic when he saw me coming with the bottle. I still Auctions - Public 1200 Sales $21 Car MACHINERY CONSIGNMENT SALE: MON., APR. 7, 2014 at 9:00 A.M. Consign early by Mar. 24, 2014 for complete advertising. No Small Items, Tires or Pallet Items Accepted After Friday, Mar. 28. Gilbert's Sale Yard, LLC, 641-398-2218. 2 Mi. N. of Floyd, IA On Hwy. 218. Tractor House Internet Bidding Available. www.gilbertsaleyard.com (MCN) think I’d have won that race if all my dogs had kennel cough. Our race ended ignominiously with a helicopter ride after I crushed an ankle 300 miles into the race. But there’s something about the first Saturday in March for those who have been there. Wherever we are and whatever we do now, each year on that day we say a prayer for the men and women on trail and wish them good weather, packed trail, and happy dogs. It’s lonely and cold out there, and it’s a very long way to Nome. --------To buy Slim’s updated ebook version of his 1975 book “Dogsled, A True Tale of the North,” email homecountry8@gmail.com. Cars 1200 Insurance - Instant Quote - All Credit Types – Find Out If You Qualify - As Low As $21/Month. Call 1-888-250-5440. nani 1994 Mercury Grand Marquis LS, new tires, AC, cruise, tilt, PS, PB, 67,350 miles. $1,000, runs great. Call (605)664-1896 or (605)661-4930. Food - Beverage 1999 Chevy Lumina project car, needs engine work, Call Joe (605)661-7264. Homegrown Chicken Fryers, $6.00. Butcher dates 3/19 and 3/26. 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Call me crazy, but I do not get a thrill from losing money I've worked hard to earn. That's not my idea of entertainment. When someone tells me they gamble for fun or recreation, my first thought is they're delusional enough to believe that they'll actually win-that they think they're the exception to the rule. Otherwise, there would be no thrill. You may see a news story once in a while about someone winning big money in a casino, but that rarely happens. Think, too, about how much money those people had flushed down the toilet previously while gambling. There's a really good chance they didn't really "win" anything. In most cases, they probably just recouped a small portion of their previous, substantial losses. My advice is don't waste your time and money on that stuff. One way or another, the house always wins. That's how they're able to build those giant, billion dollar places called casinos. 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