<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228207004661081041</id><updated>2011-11-27T15:33:37.856-09:00</updated><category term='Kennesaw Iditarod Finisher Bill Borden'/><category term='Marietta Daily Journal'/><category term='Sled dogs'/><category term='Bill Borden'/><category term='MDJ'/><category term='was recently named Kennesaw'/><category term='Rodney Whaley'/><category term='Bill Borden on the New HUD GFE in Real Estate Mortgages'/><category term='Cool Dreams'/><category term='Lakeside hosts Iditarod veteran Bill Borden'/><category term='Cobb Chamber of Commerce'/><category term='Georgia’s 2009 Citizen of the Year.'/><category term='economic stimulus package'/><category term='real estate'/><category term='It&apos;s Official - “Fisher King Iditarod Lead Dog Memorial Trail”'/><category term='Seld Dogs'/><category term='Abington Mayor Ed Morgan'/><category term='Lance Mackey'/><category term='Kennesaw'/><category term='Fisher King'/><category term='first time homebuyers'/><category term='Dryland Mushingm Bark in the Park'/><category term='Brenda Borden'/><category term='Bill Borden the Vinings Business Association and Frank Smith of Soho'/><category term='formerly of Bowling Green'/><category term='Bill Borden and the Vinings Business Association'/><category term='EDMONSON COUNTY NEWS - Bill Borden'/><category term='Education'/><category term='Iditarod'/><title type='text'>Bill Borden's Sleddogs and Real Estate</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://billborden.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6228207004661081041/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://billborden.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Bill Borden</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16476536415978123584</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/STYeeN7967I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ZyMAXe1sguU/S220/ICY+Bill+90x90p+avatar+-20.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>29</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228207004661081041.post-1586666358712719788</id><published>2011-10-22T19:37:00.006-08:00</published><updated>2011-10-22T19:49:45.554-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Did You Know the President is Taking Over All TV and Radio Broadcasts on Nov. 9?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FtYJUpK2Qwg/TqOOTi1E6XI/AAAAAAAAAGk/KVJuVMUp40o/s1600/radio-tower-150x200.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8IH8UD4Fv_Q/TqOOBs1jYiI/AAAAAAAAAGM/kWqHpCerBlU/s1600/satellite-tv-199x200.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 199px; height: 200px; float: left; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666528916029006370" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8IH8UD4Fv_Q/TqOOBs1jYiI/AAAAAAAAAGM/kWqHpCerBlU/s320/satellite-tv-199x200.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you have ever wondered about the government’s ability to control the civilian airwaves, you will have your answer on November 9th. On that day, federal authorities are going to shut off all television and radio communications simultaneously at 2:00PM EST to complete the first ever test of the national Emergency Alert System (EAS).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This isn’t a wild conspiracy theory. The upcoming test is posted on the &lt;a href="http://transition.fcc.gov/pshs/services/eas/"&gt;Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau website&lt;/a&gt;. Only the President has the authority to activate EAS at the national level, and he has delegated that authority to the Director of FEMA. The test will be conducted jointly by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through FEMA, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Weather Service (NWS).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In essence, the authority to seize control of all television and civilian communication has been asserted by the executive branch and handed to a government agency.  The EAS has been around since 1994. Its precursor, the Emergency Broadcast System (EBS), started back in 1963. Television and radio broadcasters, satellite radio and satellite television providers, cable television and wireline video providers are all involved in the system. So this begs the question: is the first ever national EAS test really a big deal?  Probably not. At least, not yet.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ONmpsvHZqnw/TqOOKw_WhiI/AAAAAAAAAGY/gCAAZwi0N-Q/s1600/radio-tower-150x200.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 150px; height: 200px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666529071762671138" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ONmpsvHZqnw/TqOOKw_WhiI/AAAAAAAAAGY/gCAAZwi0N-Q/s200/radio-tower-150x200.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But there are some troubling factors all coming together right now that could conceivably trigger a real usage of the EAS system in the not too distant future. A European financial collapse could bring down U.S. markets. What is now the “Occupy” movement could lead to widespread civil unrest. And there are ominous signs that radical groups such as Anonymous will attempt something major on November 5th- Guy Fawke’s day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now we know in the event of a major crisis, the American people will be told with one voice, at the same time, about an emergency.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All thats left to determine is who will have control of the EAS when that day comes, and what their message will be.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is not good&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/emergency-alert-system-nationwide-test"&gt;http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/emergency-alert-system-nationwide-test&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6228207004661081041-1586666358712719788?l=billborden.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://billborden.blogspot.com/feeds/1586666358712719788/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6228207004661081041&amp;postID=1586666358712719788' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6228207004661081041/posts/default/1586666358712719788'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6228207004661081041/posts/default/1586666358712719788'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://billborden.blogspot.com/2011/10/did-you-know-president-is-taking-over.html' title='Did You Know the President is Taking Over All TV and Radio Broadcasts on Nov. 9?'/><author><name>Bill Borden</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16476536415978123584</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/STYeeN7967I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ZyMAXe1sguU/S220/ICY+Bill+90x90p+avatar+-20.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8IH8UD4Fv_Q/TqOOBs1jYiI/AAAAAAAAAGM/kWqHpCerBlU/s72-c/satellite-tv-199x200.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228207004661081041.post-51022123778416832</id><published>2011-10-18T05:20:00.004-08:00</published><updated>2011-10-18T19:21:52.821-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lakeside hosts Iditarod veteran Bill Borden'/><title type='text'>Lakeside hosts Iditarod veteran</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XVhW-TzXAig/Tp19rhEqDwI/AAAAAAAAAGA/DEoOnO_a-jk/s1600/logo252x97.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 252px; height: 97px; float: left; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664822092867702530" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XVhW-TzXAig/Tp19rhEqDwI/AAAAAAAAAGA/DEoOnO_a-jk/s320/logo252x97.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wqVa430Kav4/Tp19TCAkeZI/AAAAAAAAAF0/aqlo8ZhdNI8/s1600/sled.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 200px; height: 152px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664821672212199826" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wqVa430Kav4/Tp19TCAkeZI/AAAAAAAAAF0/aqlo8ZhdNI8/s200/sled.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt;Lakeside hosts Iditarod veteran&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By: Anastasia Scarborough&lt;br /&gt;Published: October 17, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;Bill Borden is pictured with his dog team and his son, Jordan, during the Iditarod opening ceremonies. Borden and his 16 dogs competed in the 2002 Iditarod Race.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Imagine traveling from Orlando, Fla. to New York City in 20 below temperatures. All you have is a sled and 16 dogs. No one can touch your dogs and no one can help you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That was the scenario Bill Borden described to Lakeside students last week. Borden, the first and only Georgian to complete Alaska’s famous Iditarod Sled Dog Race, visited the Lakeside School to show students the sled that took him over the 1,151 miles of the Iditarod trail from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska. He also shared with them his incredible story of endurance, trust and faith.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Borden, a resident of Kennesaw, Ga. and a Kentucky native, competed in the Iditarod in 2002, becoming the 540th person to complete the trek. He told Lakeside students that the annual competition, which started in 1967, marks the United States’ 1867 purchase of Alaska from Russia. The race takes competitors and their dogs over frozen tundra, lakes and rivers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Borden’s 16 Alaskan huskies, led by lead dog Fisher King, were his sole companions during the trek and he told students that he literally trusted the dogs with his life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“I pick my dogs in the way people should pick their friends,” he said. “The AKC (American Kennel Club) judges a dog based on its outward appearance. Mushers judge their dogs based on what’s inside.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Loyalty and endurance were traits Borden considered when choosing his 16 teammates. He showed students his steel sled brake, bent by the power of his dogs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“These dogs love to run. They aren’t working – they’re just having a good time. We simply harness their energy.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The dogs proved to be as smart and loyal as they were strong on the journey, said Borden, describing how one of his wheel dogs, Lookout, stopped the team from toppling over a cliff near Mt. McKinley. And when Borden fell in freezing water near Ruby, Alaska, his dogs pulled him out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Despite his stalwart dog team, Borden suffered a wrenched out back, a broken rib and a chipped kneecap during the race. He also endured little sleep, moose attacks and freezing temperatures, but finished the race in 14 days, 4 hours, 10 minutes and 14 seconds. He told students that finishing the race took more than resolve and a brave dog team – Borden says there were times that he knew God kept him and his team safe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“There were times when I was alone, hurt, in the middle of nowhere. I was frustrated and I wanted to give up, but I kept putting one foot in front of the other,” he said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Following Borden’s finish, he and his wife, Brenda, adopted out many of their dogs and returned to Georgia. Only two dogs that ran the race remain – Sidney, who lives in Alaska, and Tonto, 14, who lives with the Bordens.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To learn more about Borden and his story, visit www.cooldreams.net.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6228207004661081041-51022123778416832?l=billborden.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6228207004661081041/posts/default/51022123778416832'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6228207004661081041/posts/default/51022123778416832'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://billborden.blogspot.com/2011/10/lakeside-hosts-iditarod-veteran.html' title='Lakeside hosts Iditarod veteran'/><author><name>Bill 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term='Rodney Whaley'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dryland Mushingm Bark in the Park'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bill Borden'/><title type='text'>Dog race barks through the Boro</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/S3h6vENjPRI/AAAAAAAAAFY/TN1FZim0qH8/s1600-h/tenn+logo.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 86px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438231499052891410" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/S3h6vENjPRI/AAAAAAAAAFY/TN1FZim0qH8/s200/tenn+logo.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-: EN-USfont-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:8;"  &gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;BY &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-: EN-USfont-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:8;"  &gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;SCOTT BRODEN &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-: EN-USfont-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:8;"  &gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;February 14, 2010&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-: EN-USfont-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:8;"  &gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-: EN-USfont-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:9;"  &gt;You don't have to shiver in &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;&lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Alaska&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt; to enjoy &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-: EN-USfont-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:9;"  &gt;Iditarod &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-: EN-USfont-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:9;color:#ffffff;"   &gt;sled dog racing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-: EN-USfont-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:11;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-: EN-USfont-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:9;color:#ffffff;"   &gt;A few dozen folks and their four-legged friends braved chilly but not freezing weather in &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Murfreesboro&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt; Saturday to experience the Music City Dryland Sled Dog Challenge.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-: EN-USfont-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:11;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-: EN-USfont-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:9;color:#ffffff;"   &gt;To make the event work without snow, the dog teams were harnessed to various chariot-like carts on wheels. &lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Local couple Rodney and Vicki Whaley organized the event at the city's Gateway Trail off &lt;st1:street st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:address st="on"&gt;College Street&lt;/st1:address&gt;&lt;/st1:street&gt; near &lt;st1:street st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:address st="on"&gt;Medical Center Parkway&lt;/st1:address&gt;&lt;/st1:street&gt;. &lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;"This is our first Music City Dryland race," said Vicki, who along with her husband resides in the Rockvale community southwest of &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Murfreesboro&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;. "We plan for it to be an annual event."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-: EN-USfont-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:11;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-: EN-USfont-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:9;color:#ffffff;"   &gt;Sled dog teams traveled to &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Murfreesboro&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt; from other Southern states. &lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;"We have three teams from &lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Louisiana&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;," Rodney said. "We have a musher from &lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;North Carolina&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;. One from &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;Bristol&lt;/st1:city&gt;, &lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;Va.&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; One from &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;Chattanooga&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;. One from &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Brentwood&lt;/st1:place&gt;. Two from &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;Mayfield&lt;/st1:city&gt;, &lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;Ky.&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;" &lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Rodney is a committed sled dog racer himself, having competed in the Iditarod in 2008. He and Vicki have four dogs: sisters, Chelan and Chinook; and rescued males Muktuk and Koyuk. The team visit local schools, including Cedar Grove Elementary in west &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Smyrna&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt; last Wednesday. &lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;The dogs and Rodney also showed off their talents during Saturday's event.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-: EN-USfont-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:11;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-: EN-USfont-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:9;"  &gt;Fellow sled dog racer Bill Borden traveled here with his wife, Brenda, from the &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;Atlanta&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; area and is impressed with how Rodney has promoted the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-: EN-USfont-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:9;"  &gt;sport&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-: EN-USfont-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:9;"  &gt; .&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-: EN-USfont-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:11;"  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-: EN-USfont-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:8;"  &gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-: EN-USfont-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:11;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-: EN-USfont-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:9;color:#ffffff;"   &gt;"You are looking at the infancy of a sport in this area," Bill said. "The snow mushers are thrilled the dryland mushers are pushing the sport. It's fantastic." &lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;He noted how dryland racing is a bit more dangerous than competing on snow. &lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;"I'd rather fall on snow than on pavement," said Bill, who wore a coat that boasts about finishing the Iditarod in 2002. He's one of 672 to complete the 1,151-mile Alaskan course that takes 14-plus days to reach. &lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Bill hopes many sled dog fans will travel to &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;Kennesaw&lt;/st1:city&gt;, &lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;Ga.&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;, March 27 to see another dryland mushing event and the dedication of the Fisherking Iditarod Lead Dog Memorial Trail. Fisherking lived to be 18 and led Bill's Iditarod team. &lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;"Over 5,000 people are expected," Bill said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-: EN-USfont-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:11;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-: EN-USfont-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:9;"  &gt;Folks new to the sport also came to the &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Murfreesboro&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt; event. &lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Luke and Molly Nemeth came with 6-year-old daughter, Lillian, and 4-year-old son, Lucas, as well as their mixed-breed shepherd, Matuka. &lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;"We've been trying to teach (Matuka) to pull," said Luke, who lives in the &lt;st1:street st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:address st="on"&gt;Barfield Road&lt;/st1:address&gt;&lt;/st1:street&gt; area of &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Murfreesboro&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;. "He's not ready yet." &lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;The Nemeths, who own Dream Homes, Inc., got to know Rodney and Vicki Whaley and the couple's dogs by building them a log home. The &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-: EN-USfont-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:9;"  &gt;family&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-: EN-USfont-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:9;"  &gt; appreciates how Rodney will soon bring his sled dog team to MTSU's &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:placename st="on"&gt;Child&lt;/st1:placename&gt; &lt;st1:placename st="on"&gt;Development&lt;/st1:placename&gt; &lt;st1:placetype st="on"&gt;Center&lt;/st1:placetype&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; where Lucas attends preschool. &lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;The dog sled history amazes the Nemeth family. &lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;W never knew someone in &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;Tennessee&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; ran the Iditarod," said Luke, noting how they realized what a commitment it takes to train, compete and promote the sled-dog sport.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-: EN-USfont-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:8;"  &gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-: EN-USfont-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:9;"  &gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#ffffff;"&gt;To learn more about sled dog racing in &lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Tennessee&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt; 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Reporter / &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;&lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = u1 /&gt;&lt;u1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;u1:city st="on"&gt;Bristol&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u1:city&gt;&lt;/u1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; Herald Courier&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:7;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;h1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Published: January 16, 2010 &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;u1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;u1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;DAMASCUS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;/u1:city&gt;, &lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;&lt;u1:state st="on"&gt;Va.&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;/u1:state&gt;&lt;/u1:place&gt; – The snow might be gone after Saturday’s spring-like thaw, bu&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/S1PHQMRAKEI/AAAAAAAAAFA/mo8uWpl-mzg/s1600-h/gfx+copy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 181px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427901056895952962" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/S1PHQMRAKEI/AAAAAAAAAFA/mo8uWpl-mzg/s200/gfx+copy.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;t that didn’t keep the dogsleds off the trail. Pulling wheeled carts, teams of sled dogs on the Virginia Creeper Trail re-enacted the 1925 serum run that brought badly needed diphtheria antitoxin 674 miles from Nenana to &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;Nome&lt;/st1:city&gt;, &lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;Alaska&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;. “The dogs are actually putting on a show to help other dogs,”&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/S1PGQxSBvfI/AAAAAAAAAEw/nT7cz1p4Kes/s1600-h/gfx+copy.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; said Marcia Horne, president of the Siberian Husky Assist rescue in &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;u1:city st="on"&gt;Bristol&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;/u1:city&gt;, &lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;&lt;u1:state st="on"&gt;Va.&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/u1:state&gt;, which organized the re-enactment as part of its fourth-annual Winterfest, a fundraiser in &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;u1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;u1:city st="on"&gt;Damascus&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/u1:city&gt;&lt;/u1:place&gt;. “In 1925 the dogs ran to save human lives,” Horne said, “and today they ran to save other dogs’ lives.” &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The event, which began in Abingdon and relayed at three points along the trail before the dogs arrived in Damascus, attracted a lot of local folks interested in the dogs and the festivities but also sled dog enthusiasts from several states. “It’s not quite &lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;u1:state st="on"&gt;&lt;u1:place st="on"&gt;Alaska&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/u1:place&gt;&lt;/u1:state&gt;, but it’s the closest I can get right here,” Rodney Whaley said as he prepared for his leg of the run from the halfway point at the Old Alvarado Station. “There’s not many places where there are Southern dog mushers that get together.” Whaley, of &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;u1:city st="on"&gt;Murfreesboro&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;/u1:city&gt;, &lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;&lt;u1:state st="on"&gt;Tenn.&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/u1:state&gt;, was one of a few in attendance who had run in &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;&lt;u1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;u1:state st="on"&gt;Alaska&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/u1:state&gt;&lt;/u1:place&gt;’s legendary Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race. Though his dogs got sick on the trail and he didn’t finish, he said he’s the only Tennessean who has attempted “the world’s toughest race.” &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bill Borden, of &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;u1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;u1:city st="on"&gt;Kennesaw&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;/u1:city&gt;, &lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;&lt;u1:state st="on"&gt;Ga.&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/u1:state&gt;&lt;/u1:place&gt;, is one of the 672 mushers who’ve finished the Iditarod in its 37 years of existence. “It’s 90 percent mental,” said Borden, who uprooted his family for three years to compete in the race after an unlikely series of events that began in 1997 when he saw a city-limit sign in Wasilla, Alaska, that read, “Home of the Iditarod.” &lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;“I was in &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;u1:country-region st="on"&gt;&lt;u1:place st="on"&gt;Georgia&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;/u1:place&gt;&lt;/u1:country-region&gt;, with a mortgage office, a real estate office and a law office, and everybody said, ‘You’re going to do WHAT?’ ” he said. Now a motivational speaker who brings his message of perseverance, goal-setting and faith to the public school syste&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/S1PHYvUdZII/AAAAAAAAAFI/1lCNbL6Q1iE/s1600-h/ghj)+copy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 209px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427901203744646274" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/S1PHYvUdZII/AAAAAAAAAFI/1lCNbL6Q1iE/s320/ghj)+copy.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;m, he said God was the one who inspired him to run the race. Lisa Akers, a fourth-grade teacher at &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:placename st="on"&gt;&lt;u1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;u1:placename st="on"&gt;Rhea&lt;/st1:placename&gt;&lt;/u1:placename&gt; &lt;st1:placetype st="on"&gt;&lt;u1:placetype st="on"&gt;Valley&lt;/st1:placetype&gt;&lt;/u1:placetype&gt; &lt;st1:placetype st="on"&gt;&lt;u1:placetype st="on"&gt;Elementary School&lt;/st1:placetype&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/u1:placetype&gt;&lt;/u1:place&gt;, also uses sled dogs to capture the imagination of her students. Akers’s students study dogsledding and the mushers who drive the sleds. Then, they build sleds out of wood, cardboard, metal and PVC pipe and race them around the track at the school. She said she began the program after a trip to &lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Alaska&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt; close to a decade ago, “to teach them more about what’s out there in the world, different opportunities.” “I’ve had several of the students tell me they’re going to be mushers when they grow up,” she said. “I don’t know if they will or not.” One of her former students, Katie Gilbert, 14, said she’d like to try it – and she finally talked her dad into getting a husky. Her next plan: Get a three-wheeled cart for the dog, Smokey, to pull. “I always wanted to go somewhere very cold,” she said. “I’ve lived around here and Abingdon all my life, and I’d just like to go somewhere different.” Jordan Blewett, 12, of &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;u1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;u1:city st="on"&gt;Mayfield&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;/u1:city&gt;, &lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;&lt;u1:state st="on"&gt;Ky.&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/u1:state&gt;&lt;/u1:place&gt;, helps her father with his dogsled team. She’s done it since she was born. She’s never done it on real snow, she said, “but I’m hoping to in the future.” &lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;“We are actually the fastest dogsled team in &lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;&lt;u1:state st="on"&gt;Kentucky&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/u1:state&gt;,” said her father, Jeff Blewett, “but we’re the only dogsled team in &lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;u1:state st="on"&gt;&lt;u1:place st="on"&gt;Kentucky&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/u1:place&gt;&lt;/u1:state&gt;.” &lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Blewett said his team gets most of its practice on gravel and logging roads in a nearby recreation area – and dogsleds on wheels are becoming more common. “I love snow, don’t get me wrong, but this sport is growing in its own right because a lot of places in America just don’t get that much snow anymore,” he said, adding that of a dozen or so dry-land dogsled races in the country, the ones here and in Nashville are the farthest south. Some people in attendance Saturday said they’re planning to get started with mushing because of the festival. “I thought it was cool that one dog could pull a bike with a man in it,” said 12-year-old James Gray. “I think we’re going to try that,” said his father, David Gray. “We’re getting a scooter within the month,” said Justin Keiper, who came from Boone for the festival with girlfriend Karen Niven and huskies Akira and Kodi. Randy Camper, of Abingdon, said he would’ve loved to see the sleds run on snow – and if the event had been a weekend earlier, it could have happened. Horne said people from the rescue tried it – but the snow wasn’t thick enough. But the dogs, she said, are a high-energy breed and love pulling – whether it’s a sled or a cart. Damascus Mayor Creed Jones said he was glad to see a crowd in town in the middle of January – and he’d like to see more events like this to help boost the town’s otherwise seasonal tourism economy. “This is good, but we still need something else in the winter,” he said, announcing that the door is open to anyone who can come up with a good idea to help grow the town’s winter tourism potential. “This is a great event and the most fun I’ve had on the Creeper Trail in a long time,” said Abingdon Mayor Ed Morgan, who began the re-enactment by handing off a package to be run to &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;u1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;u1:place st="on"&gt;Damascus&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/u1:place&gt;&lt;/u1:city&gt;. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = v ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" /&gt;&lt;v:shape style="Z-INDEX: -1; POSITION: absolute; MARGIN-TOP: -770.95pt; WIDTH: 157.7pt; HEIGHT: 241.45pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; mso-position-horizontal: absolute; mso-position-horizontal-relative: text; mso-position-vertical: absolute; mso-position-vertical-relative: text" id="_x0000_s1027" wrapcoords="-75 0 -75 21551 21600 21551 21600 0 -75 0" type="#_x0000_t75"&gt;&lt;v:imagedata title="ghj) copy" src="file:///C:\Users\Bill\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtml1\05\clip_image003.jpg"&gt;&lt;/v:imagedata&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = w ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" /&gt;&lt;w:wrap type="tight"&gt;&lt;/w:wrap&gt;&lt;/v:shape&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;Borden, the musher from &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;&lt;u1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;u1:country-region st="on"&gt;Georgia&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/u1:country-region&gt;&lt;/u1:place&gt;, also had a suggestion. &lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;“Running sponsor ads on race cars, they go so fast nobody can see them,” he said. “If they really want their logos to be seen, they should put them on a dogsled ... it’s slow enough so people can see them.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;There are more photos of the event at: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.duesouth.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;http://www.duesouth.com/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6228207004661081041-262761686744697048?l=billborden.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://billborden.blogspot.com/feeds/262761686744697048/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6228207004661081041&amp;postID=262761686744697048' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6228207004661081041/posts/default/262761686744697048'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6228207004661081041/posts/default/262761686744697048'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://billborden.blogspot.com/2010/01/dog-run-on-creeper-trail-attracts.html' title='Dog run on the Creeper Trail attracts Iditarod mushers and lots of fans | TriCities'/><author><name>Bill Borden</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16476536415978123584</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/STYeeN7967I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ZyMAXe1sguU/S220/ICY+Bill+90x90p+avatar+-20.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/S1PHQMRAKEI/AAAAAAAAAFA/mo8uWpl-mzg/s72-c/gfx+copy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228207004661081041.post-1398146182408723037</id><published>2010-01-14T16:51:00.000-09:00</published><updated>2010-01-15T06:10:10.247-09:00</updated><title type='text'>Sled Dogs on the Creeper Trail</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Alaska Serum Run Re-enactment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Virgina, USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;January 14&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will be the featured speaker at the Winterfest Serum Run Re-enactment in Damascus, VA on Saturday January 16. The Serum Run starts at 10:00AM on the Virginia Creeper Trail and&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/S0_Llo5H4XI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/20LdnqXsqcI/s1600-h/s1485dpi23907.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 160px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426779923497345394" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/S0_Llo5H4XI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/20LdnqXsqcI/s200/s1485dpi23907.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;will feature Siberian Huskies and all types of carts, bikes, sleds on wheels, etc as the group transports the “serum” package down the trail. The “serum” is handed from the steam locomotive to the first relay musher at 10:00AM and it is relayed to Watauga parking lot; that musher will relay to Alvarado Station and then on to the Iron Horse Campground… All mushers will then parade the 2.2 miles to the park in Damascus, ETA 12:15.&lt;br /&gt;At the park in Damascus, there will be Alaska Lumberjack competition hosted by Virginia Tech Forestry Club. Also, Intermont Search and Rescue will do a presentation about searching for lost people. There will be a bonfire to keep warm provided at the park by the Town of Damascus. At 5:00 there is a Meet the Mushers event where I will auction mushing related items to benefit the Siberian Husky Assist Rescue Group and then there will be a buffet dinner at Quincy’s Restaurant about a block from the park.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is the link for more information - &lt;a href="http://www.siberianhuskyassist.com/info/display?PageID=3443"&gt;http://www.siberianhuskyassist.com/info/display?PageID=3443&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6228207004661081041-1398146182408723037?l=billborden.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://billborden.blogspot.com/feeds/1398146182408723037/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6228207004661081041&amp;postID=1398146182408723037' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6228207004661081041/posts/default/1398146182408723037'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6228207004661081041/posts/default/1398146182408723037'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://billborden.blogspot.com/2010/01/sled-dogs-on-creeper-trail.html' title='Sled Dogs on the Creeper Trail'/><author><name>Bill Borden</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16476536415978123584</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/STYeeN7967I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ZyMAXe1sguU/S220/ICY+Bill+90x90p+avatar+-20.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/S0_Llo5H4XI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/20LdnqXsqcI/s72-c/s1485dpi23907.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228207004661081041.post-2955869363889133700</id><published>2010-01-09T07:38:00.000-09:00</published><updated>2010-01-09T08:12:22.462-09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bill Borden on the New HUD GFE in Real Estate Mortgages'/><title type='text'>The New Mortgage Good Faith Estimate Form</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Who's Form Is It? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;by &lt;a href="http://www.borden.pro/"&gt;Bill Borden&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.borden.pro/"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Happy New Year, everyone!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As usual, we’re ringing in the New Year with a lot of resolutions, new expectations and new goals. While we ponder what the government is going to do to “fix” health care and stabilize our economy, we can look at on change that DID happen and is &lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/S0i2Qk1AMoI/AAAAAAAAAEA/4f2KAaCDaIo/s1600-h/dollar-sign-in-lightbulb.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424786147047912066" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/S0i2Qk1AMoI/AAAAAAAAAEA/4f2KAaCDaIo/s200/dollar-sign-in-lightbulb.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;now in effect: a new Good Faith Estimate form and a new HUD-1 Settlement Statement.&lt;br /&gt;While change may be good, it is hard to find people in the real estate or mortgage business who are happy with the changes. This is a response to an article in REALTOR® Magazine that I found online:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Unfortunately, the new GFE does not address two points of major importance: 1) How much to close and 2) How much is the monthly payment? In fact, the new GFE addresses closing costs in such a way as to confuse the borrower immensely, because it addresses the costs as ‘Total Settlement Charges” and does not include some important offsets, yet makes us include items that are historically paid by the seller. On page 1, it addresses the monthly payment in two sections–one concerning only principle, interest, and mortgage insurance and the other addressing only payment of escrows for taxes and property insurance. This is more confusing to the consumer! Everyone in this business understands that taxes, insurance, and HOA fees can add hundreds to the monthly payment, yet they’re not addressed clearly in the GFE. The fact that a three-page document has 42 pages of explanatory handouts and 51 pages of FAQs (four per page) tells me that this is the most ill-designed form I have ever seen!”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/S0i2cRl7HkI/AAAAAAAAAEI/cwlcKGIW6FA/s1600-h/Confusion.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 192px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424786348042821186" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/S0i2cRl7HkI/AAAAAAAAAEI/cwlcKGIW6FA/s200/Confusion.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;It seems that the new and improved forms raise as many questions as answers. Yes, the language is basically more clear, but it seems like HUD would’ve gotten some more input from focus groups made up of “average” consumers and from real estate practitioners (agents, brokers, closing attorneys, etc.) before they gave the forms the thumbs up and introduced them into use.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After sitting through several webinars, reading numerous “explanations” and such, I am still confused as to how this might be more helpful to you, the consumer. If you have questions, give &lt;a href="http://www.checkpointmortgage.com/"&gt;Checkpoint Mortgage&lt;/a&gt; a call and bring in your GFE’s and we will work through it together.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6228207004661081041-2955869363889133700?l=billborden.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://billborden.blogspot.com/feeds/2955869363889133700/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6228207004661081041&amp;postID=2955869363889133700' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6228207004661081041/posts/default/2955869363889133700'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6228207004661081041/posts/default/2955869363889133700'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://billborden.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-mortgage-good-faith-estimate-form.html' title='The New Mortgage Good Faith Estimate Form'/><author><name>Bill Borden</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16476536415978123584</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/STYeeN7967I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ZyMAXe1sguU/S220/ICY+Bill+90x90p+avatar+-20.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/S0i2Qk1AMoI/AAAAAAAAAEA/4f2KAaCDaIo/s72-c/dollar-sign-in-lightbulb.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228207004661081041.post-1527923126770983988</id><published>2010-01-05T19:40:00.000-09:00</published><updated>2010-01-06T19:49:47.044-09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bill Borden the Vinings Business Association and Frank Smith of Soho'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;Bill Borden, Vinings Business Association's President presents Frank Smith of Soho Atlanta restaurant the 2009 Vinings Business of the Year award &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/S0VmugRVuQI/AAAAAAAAADo/jFP1ZczTp4Y/s1600-h/paper+logo+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 84px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423854275360307458" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/S0VmugRVuQI/AAAAAAAAADo/jFP1ZczTp4Y/s320/paper+logo+2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Neighborhood Newspaper covers the event.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cooldreams.net/Soho%20Atlanta%20restaurant%20named.pdf"&gt;CLICK HERE to read the article&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6228207004661081041-1527923126770983988?l=billborden.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://billborden.blogspot.com/feeds/1527923126770983988/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6228207004661081041&amp;postID=1527923126770983988' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6228207004661081041/posts/default/1527923126770983988'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6228207004661081041/posts/default/1527923126770983988'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://billborden.blogspot.com/2010/01/bill-borden-vinings-business.html' title=''/><author><name>Bill Borden</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16476536415978123584</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/STYeeN7967I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ZyMAXe1sguU/S220/ICY+Bill+90x90p+avatar+-20.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/S0VmugRVuQI/AAAAAAAAADo/jFP1ZczTp4Y/s72-c/paper+logo+2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228207004661081041.post-2243511036450690147</id><published>2010-01-04T19:05:00.000-09:00</published><updated>2010-01-06T19:50:36.368-09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bill Borden and the Vinings Business Association'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Bill Borden is interviewed by the press as&lt;br /&gt;the Vinings Business Association's New President .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/S0VfBVAe9fI/AAAAAAAAADg/CAHu3wWBiCM/s1600-h/Paper+Logo+Button.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 216px; HEIGHT: 52px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423845802661311986" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/S0VfBVAe9fI/AAAAAAAAADg/CAHu3wWBiCM/s320/Paper+Logo+Button.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;BUSINESS BUILDING&lt;br /&gt;Buckhead, Sandy Springs, Vinings groups map out 2010 goals&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cooldreams.net/Buckhead,%20Sandy%20Springs,%20Vinings%20groups%20map%20out%202010%20goals.pdf"&gt;CLICK HERE to read the article&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6228207004661081041-2243511036450690147?l=billborden.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://billborden.blogspot.com/feeds/2243511036450690147/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6228207004661081041&amp;postID=2243511036450690147' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6228207004661081041/posts/default/2243511036450690147'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6228207004661081041/posts/default/2243511036450690147'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://billborden.blogspot.com/2010/01/bill-is-interviewed-by-press-as-vinings.html' title=''/><author><name>Bill Borden</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16476536415978123584</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/STYeeN7967I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ZyMAXe1sguU/S220/ICY+Bill+90x90p+avatar+-20.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/S0VfBVAe9fI/AAAAAAAAADg/CAHu3wWBiCM/s72-c/Paper+Logo+Button.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228207004661081041.post-1466183799003083467</id><published>2009-12-17T20:02:00.000-09:00</published><updated>2010-01-06T20:13:30.035-09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Georgia’s 2009 Citizen of the Year.'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='formerly of Bowling Green'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='EDMONSON COUNTY NEWS - Bill Borden'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='was recently named Kennesaw'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;EDMONSON COUNTY NEWS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Brownsville, KY 42210&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Bill Borden named Kennesaw, Georgia’s 2009 Citizen of the Year&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;December 17, 2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Bill Borden, formerly of Bowling Green, was recently named Kennesaw, Georgia’s 2009 Citizen of the Year. Bill and his wife, Brenda, own successful real estate and mortgage brokerage firms within the city limits but the extent of Bill’s community service has earned him this new title. Bill participates in many of the local Cobb County business associations and is imme&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/S0VshAbPVqI/AAAAAAAAAD4/ILGMF3LeBZM/s1600-h/15564_212430296004_654611004_4552722_6777665_n.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 314px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423860640543364770" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/S0VshAbPVqI/AAAAAAAAAD4/ILGMF3LeBZM/s320/15564_212430296004_654611004_4552722_6777665_n.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;diate past-president of the West Cobb Business Association and is the incoming president of the Vinings Business Association. Bill volunteers his time in giving back to the schools, particularly in teaching character education classes based on his life experiences during the Iditarod Sled Dog Race. He can also be found as the auctioneer and emcee for many charity events in and around Kennesaw, such as for the Cobb Symphony Gala, North Cobb High School fundraisers, Vinings Historic Preservation Society and more. Bill is always involved in local parades, festivals and participates in many community events such as Shop with a Hero. He is an appointee for the SPLOST committee for roads in Cobb and is on the trustee board of the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History and for Chattahoochee Technical College. The trail around the new dog park in Kennesaw was named for Bill’s lead dog, Fisher King, and now Bill and Brenda are designing six large “park service style” signs that, while containing character education lessons, will explain what the Iditarod is and enumerate Fisher’s importance to school children in the area.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Congratulations to Bill on a well deserved honor as Kennesaw’s Citizen of the Year for 2009!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6228207004661081041-1466183799003083467?l=billborden.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://billborden.blogspot.com/feeds/1466183799003083467/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6228207004661081041&amp;postID=1466183799003083467' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6228207004661081041/posts/default/1466183799003083467'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6228207004661081041/posts/default/1466183799003083467'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://billborden.blogspot.com/2009/12/edmonson-county-news-brownsville-ky.html' title=''/><author><name>Bill Borden</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16476536415978123584</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/STYeeN7967I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ZyMAXe1sguU/S220/ICY+Bill+90x90p+avatar+-20.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/S0VshAbPVqI/AAAAAAAAAD4/ILGMF3LeBZM/s72-c/15564_212430296004_654611004_4552722_6777665_n.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228207004661081041.post-1005767564279322123</id><published>2009-08-05T19:11:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-08-05T19:36:07.856-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='real estate'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='first time homebuyers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economic stimulus package'/><title type='text'>Tick, tock…Time is running out!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;President Obama’s economic stimulus package includes a gift for first time &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/SnpK3a7WwCI/AAAAAAAAADA/0gx9FDAM7NE/s1600-h/White+HOuse.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 165px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 108px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366684221946904610" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/SnpK3a7WwCI/AAAAAAAAADA/0gx9FDAM7NE/s320/White+HOuse.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;homebuyers– $8,000 (or 10% of the home’s value, whichever is less) on their 2008 or 2009 taxes. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Basically it works like this. The purchase must be made “closed” by November 30, 2009. The purchaser must be a first time homebuyer. “First time” means they have not owned a primary home for the past three years. AND they must live in the purchased house as their primary residence for the next three years or they will have to pay back the credit. (Second homes and investment properties do not qualify)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Applying for the credit happens on the income tax return. To qualify, the buyers must make less than $75,000 for a single person or $150,000 for a couple. The tax credit reduces the home buyer’s tax liability; if the buyer’s liability is less than $8,000, the remaining credit will be issued as a refund check. The credit is not eligible if the seller is a relative of the buyer. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;The State of Georgia also offers a credit of 1.2% of the purchase price if you buy by November &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/SnpLHlYGVSI/AAAAAAAAADI/Fb-L_RPtoyE/s1600-h/money.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 174px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 141px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366684499629724962" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/SnpLHlYGVSI/AAAAAAAAADI/Fb-L_RPtoyE/s320/money.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;30, with a maximum credit of $1,800 (whichever is less). For instance, Homes purchased for $150,000 or more will receive a maximum of $1,800. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;With the real estate market today we should have a house located and under contract *soon* to be able to close by the deadline. So, renters and roommates: what are you waiting for? Time is running out!! Call TODAY, I’ll hold your hand and walk you through it. 770.874.5533 or &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:Bill@Borden.Pro"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Bill@Borden.Pro&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6228207004661081041-1005767564279322123?l=billborden.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://billborden.blogspot.com/feeds/1005767564279322123/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6228207004661081041&amp;postID=1005767564279322123' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6228207004661081041/posts/default/1005767564279322123'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6228207004661081041/posts/default/1005767564279322123'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://billborden.blogspot.com/2009/08/tick-tocktime-is-running-out.html' title='Tick, tock…Time is running out!!'/><author><name>Bill Borden</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16476536415978123584</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/STYeeN7967I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ZyMAXe1sguU/S220/ICY+Bill+90x90p+avatar+-20.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/SnpK3a7WwCI/AAAAAAAAADA/0gx9FDAM7NE/s72-c/White+HOuse.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228207004661081041.post-2489416167463871936</id><published>2009-07-01T15:29:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-07-09T06:02:47.052-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iditarod'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kennesaw'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cobb Chamber of Commerce'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bill Borden'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sled dogs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Brenda Borden'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cool Dreams'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Marietta Daily Journal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Education'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MDJ'/><title type='text'>Front Page - Marietta Daily Journal</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;July 1, 2009 - Marietta, Georgia&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;After a wonderful father's day with both my son and daughter, followed by a week at the &lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/Skv2u6HXPJI/AAAAAAAAACw/CfaANOqK1gU/s1600-h/Front+Page+Thumbnail.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 105px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353643867794521234" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/Skv2u6HXPJI/AAAAAAAAACw/CfaANOqK1gU/s200/Front+Page+Thumbnail.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;beach with with my four wonderful grandchildren, I come home to find.....&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Once again we are blessed with a caring and good news, newspaper. Brenda &lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/Skv4m9oAb9I/AAAAAAAAAC4/jpcGg9vkjSc/s1600-h/Front+Lifest+Page+Thumbnail+%2B.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 159px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 294px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353645930321047506" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/Skv4m9oAb9I/AAAAAAAAAC4/jpcGg9vkjSc/s320/Front+Lifest+Page+Thumbnail+%2B.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;and myself, along with Tonto, Nacho and Pony found our photo on the front page of the &lt;a href="http://cooldreams.powweb.com/MDJ%20July%201%2009.pdf"&gt;Marietta Daily Journal &lt;/a&gt;with a wonderful &lt;a href="http://cooldreams.powweb.com/MDJ%20July%201%2009.pdf"&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; about the Cool Dreams Iditarod running and the Cool Dreams good works in the schools. If you know any teachers who want to schedule a presentation for the 09-10 school year, please send them to &lt;a href="http://www.cooldreams.net/"&gt;http://www.cooldreams.net/&lt;/a&gt; as we are booking now.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Enjoy the &lt;a href="http://cooldreams.powweb.com/MDJ%20July%201%2009.pdf"&gt;article and photos&lt;/a&gt;. Laura Moon, Staff Photographer, did a great job with the photos and Mrs. Sally Litchfeld wrote a fantastic article. Thanks to both. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/Skv1BLkAuPI/AAAAAAAAACI/q0uEZwHYUnw/s1600-h/Front+Lifest+Page+Thumbnail+%2B.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Be sure and thank the MDJ and tell your local paper if you want to see more coverage about the Iditarod and sled dogs.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Bill &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6228207004661081041-2489416167463871936?l=billborden.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://billborden.blogspot.com/feeds/2489416167463871936/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6228207004661081041&amp;postID=2489416167463871936' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6228207004661081041/posts/default/2489416167463871936'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6228207004661081041/posts/default/2489416167463871936'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://billborden.blogspot.com/2009/07/front-page-marietta-daily-journal.html' title='Front Page - Marietta Daily Journal'/><author><name>Bill Borden</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16476536415978123584</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/STYeeN7967I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ZyMAXe1sguU/S220/ICY+Bill+90x90p+avatar+-20.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/Skv2u6HXPJI/AAAAAAAAACw/CfaANOqK1gU/s72-c/Front+Page+Thumbnail.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228207004661081041.post-8900723659804043784</id><published>2009-05-24T10:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-05-24T10:26:27.537-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='It&apos;s Official - “Fisher King Iditarod Lead Dog Memorial Trail”'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cobb Chamber of Commerce'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fisher King'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bill Borden'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cool Dreams'/><title type='text'>Cobb Chamber of Commerce</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;May/June 2009 - Cobb County, Georgia&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.myvirtualpaper.com/doc/Know-Atlanta/CIF_may_june_09/2009042201/"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339456675368784914" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 129px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/ShmPjnzx1BI/AAAAAAAAAB4/QuR5ADZY1MU/s200/tmp_1375_4-30-2009_101357_.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Check out this link to this month Cobb Chamber of Commerce magazine,&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/ShmPQpWxb8I/AAAAAAAAABw/CYMKUMQaRIg/s1600-h/tmp_1375_4-30-2009_101357_.gif"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.myvirtualpaper.com/doc/Know-Atlanta/CIF_may_june_09/2009042201/"&gt;"In Focus"&lt;/a&gt; It's neat the way they make the pages turn just like a real magazine. I personally like the article on page 28 the best. Enjoy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://cooldreams.powweb.com/Cobb%20in%20Focus.pdf"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339457524685661170" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 149px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/ShmQVDws4_I/AAAAAAAAACA/B8gKM1f7PeQ/s200/Cobb%2520in%2520Focus%2520Thumbnail.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;A &lt;a href="http://cooldreams.powweb.com/Cobb%20in%20Focus.pdf"&gt;shortcut&lt;/a&gt; to the article is also in the &lt;a href="http://www.cooldreams.net/"&gt;Cool Dreams website &lt;/a&gt;without having to "turn the pages"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6228207004661081041-8900723659804043784?l=billborden.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://billborden.blogspot.com/feeds/8900723659804043784/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6228207004661081041&amp;postID=8900723659804043784' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6228207004661081041/posts/default/8900723659804043784'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6228207004661081041/posts/default/8900723659804043784'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://billborden.blogspot.com/2009/05/cobb-chamber-of-commerce.html' title='Cobb Chamber of Commerce'/><author><name>Bill Borden</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16476536415978123584</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/STYeeN7967I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ZyMAXe1sguU/S220/ICY+Bill+90x90p+avatar+-20.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/ShmPjnzx1BI/AAAAAAAAAB4/QuR5ADZY1MU/s72-c/tmp_1375_4-30-2009_101357_.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228207004661081041.post-4648393483569693763</id><published>2009-05-18T05:20:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-05-18T05:31:15.728-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='It&apos;s Official - “Fisher King Iditarod Lead Dog Memorial Trail”'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It's Official&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Kennesaw,GA - April 20 ,2009&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Every few decades the Lord sees fit to bless us with a special lead dog… one that children pin their hopes figur&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/ShFiH5ccinI/AAAAAAAAABY/tqmvqAh5ty8/s1600-h/Fisher+King+Lead+Dog.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337154921229486706" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 211px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 208px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/ShFiH5ccinI/AAAAAAAAABY/tqmvqAh5ty8/s320/Fisher+King+Lead+Dog.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;atively, and sometimes literally, to a lead dog that is the embodiment of that indomitable sprit that inspires all of us. Tonight the City of Kennesaw’s Mayor and Council voted unanimously to recognize just such a lead dog, “Fisher King,” the lead dog of Georgia’s only Iditarod Finisher, Bill Borden. In a project spearheaded by Councilman Bruce Jenkins, the City of Kennesaw has named the walking trail around the city’s new dog park the “Fisher King Iditarod Lead Dog Memorial Trail” &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fisher King was a true canine athlete in every sense of the word. Born in the 20th century, Fisher bridged the gap to the modern world of the 21st century in more ways than one. Fisher King was an Alaskan Husky, born of a sled dog, however his breeding was a unique blend of the historic Kottke wolf line, the ever wise village dogs of the Yukon, and the athletic and picturesque Alaskan Husky breed. That intelligent leader that comes along once in a thousand puppies, Fisher distinguished himself early in is mushing career by showing veteran mushers he had the intelligence quotient to safely guide a musher and his team thought the vast beauty of the Alaska wilderness. As Fisher King matured throughout the last decade of the 20th Century, he repeatedly led teams to completion in such mid distance races as the Klondike 300, the Knik 200, and the Copper Basin 300. Fisher was a leader that did not like to be back in the team, he was always one to work hard to be out front. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fisher was the personification of a sled dog. Others thought so too. Fisher went blazing on into the 21st century to become the icon for the main newspaper coverage of the Iditarod in Alaska and to have prominent roles in two movies. However not one to be complacent with success, Fisher went on to traverse the Original Serum Run Trail in the footprints of another famous lead dog “Balto” with Col. Norman Vaughn, and then on to complete the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race multiple times. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fisher’s most memorable Iditarod Race was with Kennesaw’s own and Georgia’s first Iditarod Finisher, Bill Borden. Kennesaw residents Bill and Brenda Borden met Fisher King while he was the star of a sled dog kennel tour. Little did either know that in a few short years the quintessential sled dog they met that day would lead Georgia’s First Iditarod Finisher across the frozen tundra of Alaska, over the tallest mountain range in North America and into the record books as only the 540th person in the world to complete the 1,151 mile trek. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Upon Fisher’s retirement from racing his last Iditarod, Fisher and his teammates, with the help of Bill and Brenda, founded the Cool Dreams Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. In his golden years of retirement here in Kennesaw, Fisher continued to do good work in local schools and senior centers, spreading the word that through proper planning, perseverance and Faith anything is possible. Fisher passed away September 2, 2008 at the age of 18 but lives on in the hearts and minds of school children here in Kennesaw and all over the nation though the works of the Cool Dreams Foundation.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Educational placards along Fisher King’s new trail will continue to educate and inspire children young and old. Signs along the trail will tell about sled dog racing, the character of sled dogs, the life saving serum run to save the children of Nome in 1925 and why Fisher King and the Cool Dreams team are so important to Kennesaw’s children. After a short period for construction, assemblage and installation of the education signage, a dedication of the trail will be scheduled during the Summer of 2009 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;“Fisher King … He was the embodiment of the indomitable sprit of a sled dog. While he rarely listened, he spoke to my soul.” &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;Your contributions, large or small, will help to continue to inspire the dreams of children with the Cool Dreams message.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Thank You, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;Bill Borden, Iditarod Finisher&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6228207004661081041-4648393483569693763?l=billborden.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://billborden.blogspot.com/feeds/4648393483569693763/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6228207004661081041&amp;postID=4648393483569693763' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6228207004661081041/posts/default/4648393483569693763'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6228207004661081041/posts/default/4648393483569693763'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://billborden.blogspot.com/2009/05/its-official-kennesawga-april-20-2009.html' title=''/><author><name>Bill Borden</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16476536415978123584</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/STYeeN7967I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ZyMAXe1sguU/S220/ICY+Bill+90x90p+avatar+-20.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/ShFiH5ccinI/AAAAAAAAABY/tqmvqAh5ty8/s72-c/Fisher+King+Lead+Dog.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228207004661081041.post-9086014996083381703</id><published>2009-03-06T00:49:00.001-09:00</published><updated>2009-03-06T00:49:22.303-09:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Just posted new photos of Iditarod pre-race festivities on http:\www.CoolDreams.net&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6228207004661081041-9086014996083381703?l=billborden.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://billborden.blogspot.com/feeds/9086014996083381703/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6228207004661081041&amp;postID=9086014996083381703' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6228207004661081041/posts/default/9086014996083381703'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6228207004661081041/posts/default/9086014996083381703'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://billborden.blogspot.com/2009/03/just-posted-new-photos-of-iditarod-pre.html' title=''/><author><name>Bill Borden</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16476536415978123584</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/STYeeN7967I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ZyMAXe1sguU/S220/ICY+Bill+90x90p+avatar+-20.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228207004661081041.post-106077369053371165</id><published>2009-03-04T01:24:00.001-09:00</published><updated>2009-03-04T01:24:53.859-09:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Bill is in Seattle, WHY plane was suppose to go to Alaska!  I was suppose to be IN Alaska at 10pm last night!!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6228207004661081041-106077369053371165?l=billborden.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://billborden.blogspot.com/feeds/106077369053371165/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6228207004661081041&amp;postID=106077369053371165' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6228207004661081041/posts/default/106077369053371165'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6228207004661081041/posts/default/106077369053371165'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://billborden.blogspot.com/2009/03/bill-is-in-seattle-why-plane-was.html' title=''/><author><name>Bill Borden</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16476536415978123584</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/STYeeN7967I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ZyMAXe1sguU/S220/ICY+Bill+90x90p+avatar+-20.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228207004661081041.post-8385198448591218623</id><published>2009-03-03T21:03:00.001-09:00</published><updated>2009-03-03T21:03:01.327-09:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Says if he had his dog team with him he could be sure and be in Nome on time.  Sure would beat this plane&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6228207004661081041-8385198448591218623?l=billborden.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://billborden.blogspot.com/feeds/8385198448591218623/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6228207004661081041&amp;postID=8385198448591218623' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6228207004661081041/posts/default/8385198448591218623'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6228207004661081041/posts/default/8385198448591218623'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://billborden.blogspot.com/2009/03/says-if-he-had-his-dog-team-with-him-he.html' title=''/><author><name>Bill Borden</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16476536415978123584</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/STYeeN7967I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ZyMAXe1sguU/S220/ICY+Bill+90x90p+avatar+-20.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228207004661081041.post-6031575301351259493</id><published>2009-03-03T21:01:00.001-09:00</published><updated>2009-07-09T06:04:12.480-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>says Now we are on a plane but it is still on the ground. If I start walking now I could be there by  Iditarod race start&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6228207004661081041-6031575301351259493?l=billborden.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://billborden.blogspot.com/feeds/6031575301351259493/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6228207004661081041&amp;postID=6031575301351259493' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6228207004661081041/posts/default/6031575301351259493'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6228207004661081041/posts/default/6031575301351259493'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://billborden.blogspot.com/2009/03/says-now-we-are-on-plane-but-it-is.html' title=''/><author><name>Bill Borden</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16476536415978123584</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/STYeeN7967I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ZyMAXe1sguU/S220/ICY+Bill+90x90p+avatar+-20.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228207004661081041.post-1524329965429354864</id><published>2009-03-03T17:58:00.001-09:00</published><updated>2009-03-03T17:58:31.785-09:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Bill is STILL on the ground at O'hare. Broken plane, same gate, same flight as the last time I got stuck in this city!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6228207004661081041-1524329965429354864?l=billborden.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://billborden.blogspot.com/feeds/1524329965429354864/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6228207004661081041&amp;postID=1524329965429354864' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6228207004661081041/posts/default/1524329965429354864'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6228207004661081041/posts/default/1524329965429354864'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://billborden.blogspot.com/2009/03/bill-is-still-on-ground-at-ohare.html' title=''/><author><name>Bill Borden</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16476536415978123584</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/STYeeN7967I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ZyMAXe1sguU/S220/ICY+Bill+90x90p+avatar+-20.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228207004661081041.post-4733640783614996982</id><published>2009-03-02T05:50:00.001-09:00</published><updated>2009-03-02T05:50:33.935-09:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Has moved from the Cobb Chamber breakfast to the Cobb Chamber Board meeting.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6228207004661081041-4733640783614996982?l=billborden.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://billborden.blogspot.com/feeds/4733640783614996982/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6228207004661081041&amp;postID=4733640783614996982' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6228207004661081041/posts/default/4733640783614996982'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6228207004661081041/posts/default/4733640783614996982'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://billborden.blogspot.com/2009/03/has-moved-from-cobb-chamber-breakfast.html' title=''/><author><name>Bill Borden</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16476536415978123584</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/STYeeN7967I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ZyMAXe1sguU/S220/ICY+Bill+90x90p+avatar+-20.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228207004661081041.post-1480930668925021574</id><published>2009-03-02T04:40:00.001-09:00</published><updated>2009-03-02T04:40:05.062-09:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Bill is at the Cobb Chamber monthly breakfast.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6228207004661081041-1480930668925021574?l=billborden.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://billborden.blogspot.com/feeds/1480930668925021574/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6228207004661081041&amp;postID=1480930668925021574' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6228207004661081041/posts/default/1480930668925021574'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6228207004661081041/posts/default/1480930668925021574'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://billborden.blogspot.com/2009/03/bill-is-at-cobb-chamber-monthly.html' title=''/><author><name>Bill Borden</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16476536415978123584</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/STYeeN7967I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ZyMAXe1sguU/S220/ICY+Bill+90x90p+avatar+-20.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228207004661081041.post-4782048361202871964</id><published>2009-02-24T13:47:00.001-09:00</published><updated>2009-02-24T13:47:48.167-09:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Bill is watching Scott&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6228207004661081041-4782048361202871964?l=billborden.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://billborden.blogspot.com/feeds/4782048361202871964/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6228207004661081041&amp;postID=4782048361202871964' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6228207004661081041/posts/default/4782048361202871964'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6228207004661081041/posts/default/4782048361202871964'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://billborden.blogspot.com/2009/02/bill-is-watching-scott.html' title=''/><author><name>Bill Borden</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16476536415978123584</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/STYeeN7967I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ZyMAXe1sguU/S220/ICY+Bill+90x90p+avatar+-20.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228207004661081041.post-2567123520537763256</id><published>2009-02-16T17:41:00.001-09:00</published><updated>2009-02-16T17:41:56.207-09:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Bill had a great day.  Wow the real estate market sure has improved&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6228207004661081041-2567123520537763256?l=billborden.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://billborden.blogspot.com/feeds/2567123520537763256/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6228207004661081041&amp;postID=2567123520537763256' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6228207004661081041/posts/default/2567123520537763256'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6228207004661081041/posts/default/2567123520537763256'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://billborden.blogspot.com/2009/02/bill-had-great-day.html' title=''/><author><name>Bill Borden</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16476536415978123584</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/STYeeN7967I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ZyMAXe1sguU/S220/ICY+Bill+90x90p+avatar+-20.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228207004661081041.post-6670956268069716698</id><published>2008-12-21T20:03:00.001-09:00</published><updated>2008-12-21T20:03:37.252-09:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>NEW event Builites posted at  www.Borden.Pro.    Sign up for RSS feeds.    &lt;br /&gt;http://ping.fm/sw4yb&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6228207004661081041-6670956268069716698?l=billborden.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://billborden.blogspot.com/feeds/6670956268069716698/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6228207004661081041&amp;postID=6670956268069716698' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6228207004661081041/posts/default/6670956268069716698'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6228207004661081041/posts/default/6670956268069716698'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://billborden.blogspot.com/2008/12/new-event-builites-posted-at-www.html' title=''/><author><name>Bill Borden</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16476536415978123584</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/STYeeN7967I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ZyMAXe1sguU/S220/ICY+Bill+90x90p+avatar+-20.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228207004661081041.post-93122368786934299</id><published>2008-12-09T19:29:00.001-09:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T19:29:15.114-09:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Check out my new Bulletins at http://ping.fm/sw4yb&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6228207004661081041-93122368786934299?l=billborden.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://billborden.blogspot.com/feeds/93122368786934299/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6228207004661081041&amp;postID=93122368786934299' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6228207004661081041/posts/default/93122368786934299'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6228207004661081041/posts/default/93122368786934299'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://billborden.blogspot.com/2008/12/check-out-my-new-bulletins-at-httpping.html' title=''/><author><name>Bill Borden</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16476536415978123584</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/STYeeN7967I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ZyMAXe1sguU/S220/ICY+Bill+90x90p+avatar+-20.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228207004661081041.post-4915635469705119623</id><published>2008-12-02T21:01:00.000-09:00</published><updated>2008-12-02T21:06:58.427-09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fisher King'/><title type='text'>new site</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/STYht64zpTI/AAAAAAAAAAo/CMWEsAmP_f0/s1600-h/Fiserjpeg%5B1%5D%5B1%5D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275441086296466738" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 313px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/STYht64zpTI/AAAAAAAAAAo/CMWEsAmP_f0/s320/Fiserjpeg%5B1%5D%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I just finished a write up for &lt;a href="http://www.borden.pro/"&gt;http://www.borden.pro/&lt;/a&gt; now I'm off to feed three hungry Sleddogs.  I sure do miss Fisher King, what a Lead Dog he was. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6228207004661081041-4915635469705119623?l=billborden.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://billborden.blogspot.com/feeds/4915635469705119623/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6228207004661081041&amp;postID=4915635469705119623' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6228207004661081041/posts/default/4915635469705119623'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6228207004661081041/posts/default/4915635469705119623'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://billborden.blogspot.com/2008/12/new-site.html' title='new site'/><author><name>Bill Borden</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16476536415978123584</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/STYeeN7967I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ZyMAXe1sguU/S220/ICY+Bill+90x90p+avatar+-20.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/STYht64zpTI/AAAAAAAAAAo/CMWEsAmP_f0/s72-c/Fiserjpeg%5B1%5D%5B1%5D.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228207004661081041.post-6027476019590312233</id><published>2008-12-02T20:42:00.000-09:00</published><updated>2008-12-02T20:45:54.317-09:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.blogged.com/blogs/iditarods-xanga-site.html"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.blogged.com/icons/vn_iditarod_1466384.gif" border="0" alt="Iditarods Xanga Site - Blogged" title="Iditarods Xanga Site - Blogged" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6228207004661081041-6027476019590312233?l=billborden.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://billborden.blogspot.com/feeds/6027476019590312233/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6228207004661081041&amp;postID=6027476019590312233' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6228207004661081041/posts/default/6027476019590312233'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6228207004661081041/posts/default/6027476019590312233'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://billborden.blogspot.com/2008/12/iditarods-xanga-site-blogged.html' title=''/><author><name>Bill Borden</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16476536415978123584</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Fg0O7dY1JC0/STYeeN7967I/AAAAAAAAAAM/ZyMAXe1sguU/S220/ICY+Bill+90x90p+avatar+-20.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
