Autumn 1999 . Issue No. 51 What you will find inside issue No. 51 Links will connect you to the author's email address. Cover Illustration - by Paige McGrath

Editorial

• Making Lemonade - Jo Ann McGrath

Letters to the Editor

News

• The ILR Speaks Out - Interview
• Registry Reports on Business - Jack Moore
• Russell Relinquishes Animals - Joyce Abrams
• Los Criadores Trip Winners
• ILR Declines to Annex ILA - Jack Moore Reports
• ILA Wants to 'Play it Again, Sam'
• LANA Moves to Assume National Role
• ILA News

Views

• Observations on Publications' Efforts to Adapt to Changing Scene - Jo Ann McGrath
• Can LANA Handle the Load? - Q&A>
• Meet the LANA Board

In Short

On the Soap Box

• Sturm Und Drang - Jo Ann McGrath

Marketing

• Public Relations Pro Outlines Path - Jo Ann McGrath
• Farm Sizes and Transfer Statistics

Health

• Drought Causes Shortage of Forage
• Australia Tests Plan To Eradicate Johne's - Sylva Barns

Breeding

• Breeding Tips for New Owners - Jo Ann McGrath
• Grand Dam - Ne-Ne
• Legendary Sire: GDL Primo

Outreach

• Magic Ending for Hartman Sale Rescues - Sheila Fugina
• Who Will Remember Our Animals? - Cris Jennings

Sales

• Loyal McMillan's Memorial Day Auction - Bob Wynia
• Walkabout III Auction Attracts 300 'Llama Aficionados' - Madeleine Landis
• New Firecracker Sale Lively - Madeleine Landis

Events

• LANA Expo '99 Conducts Business - Esther Sue Sykes
• SSLA Conference Makes Magic - Jean Haumschild

Training

• Have Wheels, Can Travel - John L. Piper
• Along the Learning Curve of Cart Training - Janet Boyhan and Niki Anderson
• Picking Up Feet - It's No Big Deal! - Jim and Amy Logan

On the Trail

• They Came From Everywhere/Rendezvous '99 - Jay Rais
• Encounter on the Trail/When Horses and Llamas Meet - Bob Russell
• PLTA Program Goes Gangbusters! - Dick Sheehan
• Chronicle of a Gal Pal Adventure Hike - Leanne Dramborg

Showing

• Conformation Clinic - judge: Sandi Wilson
• One Grooming... Two Shows - Jean Haumschild
• Llama Youth Exhibitor Wins Scholarship - Boyce and Sally Stalter
• Show Results:

  Middle Tennessee Llama & Alpaca Show

  Rogue River Gold

  Shenandoah Showcase

  Buckeye Extravaganza - Silver & Gold

  COLA Festival

  Firecracker Show

• Notes From Australia - Sylva Barns

Online

• Web-Based Auctions Take Off
• People 'Say' Llamas Are Fun/These Sites Prove it - Brian Dick

  Dances With Llamas

  Naked Dancing Llamas

  Mt. Lehman Llamas

• eMail & URL Directory
• Op-Ed On the Web

People

• What WE Do with Llama Doo - Lisa Bladar
• Join Adventure Group to Falklands
• Ah, Yes. We Remember it Well - Sheila Fugina
• Shadow Boxer Shows Off His Stuff - Lester Reed
• Poem: 'Ninety Degrees' - Melanie Forde

Reviews

• Book: 'Dead Meat' by Sue Coe - Reviewer: Jo Ann McGrath
• Book: 'For Love Of Claude' by Lydia Chiappini - Reviewer: Melanie Forde
• Book: 'The Llama Who Wished for Wings' by Lydia Chiappini - Reviewer: Melanie Forde
• Video: 'Bodywork for Weavers & Fiber Artists' by Tracy Penfield - Reviewer: Madeleine Landis

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