Transcript: Lynn Neary and Oregon Governor Barbara Roberts discuss Oregon's proposal to...

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LYNN NEARY, Host: From National Public Radio in Washington, D.C., this is Weekend Edition. I'm Lynn Neary. On this date in 1985, Libby Riddles became the first woman to win the Iditarod trail dog sled race. Riddles and her team of dogs covered the more than 1100 miles from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska, in 18 days. She took the lead late in the race when only she was willing to risk going out in a bad storm.

LIBBY RIDDLES, 1985 Iditarod Winner: But I still really had my doubts. I kept telling myself it was the stupidest thing I'd ever done, you know, being out in this weather.

NEARY: On Wednesday of this week, Jeff King won the 1993 Iditarod in a record time of a ...

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