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Columns & Sections

Alaska Scapegoat Ranch
Stress Relief Through Scapegoating and Vice
Wilkins Micawber, prop.

Book Review
The Coultergeist
Slander
by Ann Coulter
review by David A. James

Calendar of Events

Cartoons
Today's Marmot Coal Column
by Dan Darrow

Politicians Dress Up for Halloween
by Hans Mölders

Classified Ads

Editorials
Open Debate and Junk Mail
One Dollar: a supplemental editorial

Firebreak
column by Joe Yurchak

Letters to the Editor
Kate Montgomery
K. Sisson
David A. James

Pet Potpourri
Winterizing Your Pet
by D. Jean Battig, DVM

poetry
"Defining Matter"
by Doreen Fitzgerald

"Planning Ahead"
by Birch Pavelsky

Victuals & Drink
Lynx and Klubb
by Dave Hyland

Pickled Eggs
by D. Helfferich

FEATURES

Ester Community Association Meets Again
by D. Helfferich

A few highlights from the fall ECA meeting.

Face Painting with a Halloween Twist
by Kate Billington and Anita Ashbaugh

Theatre makeup for Halloween.

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public announcement

Legless in Ester: Local Artist Cries Fowl
by Andrew Heskin, Irregular Ester Investigator

A crane kidnapping caper right here in Ester.

More Than We Notice
"the director's cut," by Enrico Sassi

Some questions for George W. Bush and observations on the "silent majority's" viewpoint on the events of September 11, the Gulf War, Afghanistan, and Iraq, along with some pointed critique of the media's role in opinion and news.

Radio Rant
by Carla Helfferich

When fundraiser week comes around, this news junkie goes into withdrawal from All Things Considered.

View from the Top
by Fire Chief John Debbaut

An overview of the year at the Ester Volunteer Fire Department.

War Is Not Inevitable
by Russell deForest

A few questions about the effect and worth of war against Iraq.

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