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Columns & Sections

Alaska Scapegoat Ranch
Scapegoat Breeder's Cup Awards 2002
by Wilkins Micawber, prop.

Book Reviews
Animal Smarts
The Truth About Dogs

by Stephen Budianski
Clever as a Fox
by Sonja Yoerg
Next of Kin
by Roger Fouts
reviews by David A. James

Calendar of Events

Cartoon
Alaska's Axis of Evil
by Dan Darrow

Editorial
Post Office Horrors

Firebreak
column by J.D. Ragan

Letter to the Editor
J.D. Ragan

Murder in the Malemute Saloon
Triskadecaphobia
a mystery of many rumors
by
Hu Dun Niht

Music Reviews
The Dead: Brought to You Live
The Golden Road (1965-1973)
Live/Dead
Working Man's Dead
American Beauty
Grateful Dead
Europe '72

reviews by David A. James

Pet Potpourri
there's nothing like a ripe dog stinky
by D. Jean Battig, DVM

poetry
"
EATS"
"
Food Groups"
"A Woman Needs a Man Like a Fish Needs a Bike"
by Doreen Fitzgerald

The Postal News
Let the Publisher Know!
public announcement

Ray's View From the Lump

Video Dreamland
Following
Rockstar
Rashomon
Lagoon
reviews
by Thela Clayton

FEATURES

Discontentment Acres
by
D. Helfferich

A proposed new subdivision near Cripple Creek Road has the locals riled up.

Grayling Unlimited
public announcement

A local interest in fish.

On Islam
by Peter Occiogrosso

The author of several books on spirituality and religions, Peter Occiogrosso explores what Islam is and isn't, and the real meaning of terms such as jihad.

A Rookie's Quest
photos and story by T. John Booth

Shannon Brockman on the Yukon Quest trail.

Tara
by Jan Roberts

An urgent attempt to save a little girl's life.

The Tropics of Love
by D. Helfferich

Mr. & Mrs. Columbo get down: a warm wedding reception.

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