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Columns & Sections

Book Review
Gaviotas: A Village to Reinvent the World
by Alan Wiseman
review by Hans Mölders

Calendar of Events

Cartoon
Gilbert O'Hare
by Al Dube

Classified Ad

Editorial
Jogging in the Fast Lane

Letter to the Editor
Connie Huffman

poetry
"Some Thoughts About John"
by Mark Schubauer

The Postal News
The Ester Library Opens Its Doors
public announcement

Local Youth Excel at the Tanana Valley State Fair
by Jeffrey A. Rogers

The EVFD Needs Volunteers!
public announcement

Victuals & Drink
A Tasty Revenge
by Lisa Kljaich Indigo

Web Feet
www.healthfinder.com
www.davebarry.com
www.citizen.org
www.riversearch.com
www.mapquest.com
reviews by Carl Backlund & Gromit the Wondercat

FEATURES

Bicycling the Netherlands: De Natuur in Beter op de Fiets!
by April Crosby

Part 1: A quartet of bicyclists make a leisurely tour of the Netherlands.

Down at the Fire Hall
by Ritchie Musick

The annual Ester Volunteer Fire Department meeting.

The Green Tortoise Was Here
by Monique Musick

The famous Green Tortoise Adventure Travel Company has Ester on its Alaska route!

For What It's Worth
by Carla Helfferich

The priceless is, perversely, often seen as valueless: a commentary on the proposed powerline route through the Tanana Flats.

The Journey
by Ninfa

Southeast Alaska's meditative rains.

Pure Power Update: Avian Housing Development
by Jeffrey A. Rogers

Birdhouses for Ester.

A Tribal Option: Coming Soon!
by Merritt Helfferich

Tribal colleges in Alaska, starting with Ilisagvik College in Barrow, spring from the conclusion that mainstream universtiy systems aren't flexible enough to do the job as effectively as Natives themselves.

Whispering Dick
by Jeffrey A. Rogers

A helicopter pilot with a quiet way of making geologists listen.

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