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Columns & Sections

Alaska Scapegoat Ranch
Spring Comes to the Alaska Scapegoat Ranch
by Wilkins Micawber, prop.

Book Review
Some Travel Books
The Global Soul
by Pico Iyer
The Road to Mexico
by Lawrence Taylor and Maeve Hickey
Pilgrimage
by Pramila Jayapal
reviews by David A. James

Calendar of Events

Cartoon
Political Revelation
by Dan Darrow

I'm A Liar, I'm A Liar
by Hans Mölders

Classified Ad

Editorial
Walking On Water

Letter to the Editor
Robin Callahan

Murder in the Malemute Saloon
It Was Colonel Mustard with the Candlestick
a mystery of many rumors
by
Hu Dun Niht

Obituary
Sarah Carroll Booth

Pet Potpourri
Spring is Not the Only Thing in the Air
by D. Jean Battig, D.V.M.

The Postal News
Firefighters'Auxiliary
public announcement

The University Wants to Know
public announcement

Ray's View from the Lump

Video Dreamland
Blade
Don't Say A Word
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole
Zoolander
Life As A House
reviews by Thela Clayton

Web Feet
www.livemanuals.com
www.kbb.com
www.beststuff.com
www.RootsandShoots.com
reviews by C.B. and Gromit

FEATURES

Easter in Ester
photos by Ruben Clayton, D. Helfferich, Sherri Schleiter, and Frank Therrell

Eggs and kids and the Easter bunnies.

Gibson Gets It
by D. Helfferich

Dan Gibson, Ester bird nut and collections manager for the UA Museum's ornithology department, was presented the Pete Isleib Award for Avian Conservation.

An Open Letter to the Fairbanks North Star Borough Planning Commission, Platting Board, and Borough Assembly Members
by Mike Musick

Problems with the proposed Contentment Estates subdivision mean it should be sent back to the drawing board.

Mark, Mike, and Don Catch Some Czars
by D. Helfferich, with excerpt by Janet Thompson

The E.C.A. Park Committee meeting had a rousing 20 people show up, and some even volunteered!

Masterly Planning
by Carla Helfferich

The uneven history of planning at the University of Alaska Fairbanks: architecturally, the campus has been an elephant's graveyard.

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