Wacky in Willow

Claire Clark, 3, holds on as her sled dog pulls her towards the
finish line during the sled dog races Saturday at the 50th State
Winter Carnival in Willow. (ROBERT DeBERRY/Frontiersman)
Claire Clark, 3, holds on as her sled dog pulls her towards the finish line during the sled dog races Saturday at the 50th State Winter Carnival in Willow. (ROBERT DeBERRY/Frontiersman)

Members of the All Creatures Veterinary Clinic Hockey and Outhouse racing team team speed down the back straightaway during Saturday’s Outhouse Race at the State Winter Carnival in Willow. This is the 50th winter carnival, which continues today and Feb. 4-6. For more photos from Saturday’s events, see Valley Life page A10.

Kathryn Cone-Clark sprints to the finish line in the snowshoe
race Saturday at the Willow State Carnival. (ROBERT
DeBERRY/Frontiersman)
Kathryn Cone-Clark sprints to the finish line in the snowshoe race Saturday at the Willow State Carnival. (ROBERT DeBERRY/Frontiersman)
Willow's Tyler McDonnell, 8, wolfs down a stack of pancakes at
the Community Pancake Feed put on by the Parent Teacher Association
at Willow Elementary Saturday morning during the 50th State Winter
Carnival in Willow. The pancake feed continues today and next
Saturday and Sunday from 7:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. (ROBERT
DeBERRY/Frontiersman)
Willow's Tyler McDonnell, 8, wolfs down a stack of pancakes at the Community Pancake Feed put on by the Parent Teacher Association at Willow Elementary Saturday morning during the 50th State Winter Carnival in Willow. The pancake feed continues today and next Saturday and Sunday from 7:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. (ROBERT DeBERRY/Frontiersman)
ROBERT DeBERRY/Frontiersman
ROBERT DeBERRY/Frontiersman
Dianne Maythorne stays warm with her fur hat as she keeps time
during the kids sled dog races Saturday on Willow Lake during the
State Winter Carnival in Willow. (ROBERT DeBERRY/Frontiersman)
Dianne Maythorne stays warm with her fur hat as she keeps time during the kids sled dog races Saturday on Willow Lake during the State Winter Carnival in Willow. (ROBERT DeBERRY/Frontiersman)
Barbara Ludwig powers through her cut during the Swede Saw
competition Saturday at the State Winter Carnival in Willow.
(ROBERT DeBERRY/Frontiersman)
Barbara Ludwig powers through her cut during the Swede Saw competition Saturday at the State Winter Carnival in Willow. (ROBERT DeBERRY/Frontiersman)
Participants in the State Winter Carnival in Willow's Outhouse
Race round the first corner of Saturday's race. This is the 50th
State Winter Carnival in Willow, which continues today and Feb.
4-6. (ROBERT DeBERRY/Frontiersman)
Participants in the State Winter Carnival in Willow's Outhouse Race round the first corner of Saturday's race. This is the 50th State Winter Carnival in Willow, which continues today and Feb. 4-6. (ROBERT DeBERRY/Frontiersman)

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