Spring 1998 . Issue No. 45 What you will find inside issue No. 45 Links will connect you to the author's email address. Cover Illustration - by Paige McGrath

Editorial

• Time to Fix the Potholes - Jo Ann McGrath

OP/ED

• Letters to the Editor

News

• For the Camelids, it Really is One World - Paul Taylor
• Australian Importer Wannabe Goes Belly Up - Sylva Barns
• Prices Hold at November Aussie Alpaca Sale - Sylva Barns
• Shear Pride Sale Changes Location
• Prexy Announces Major ILA Downsize - Stanlynn Doherty
• A Suggested Restructuring of Lama Owners Organizations - Lars Garrison
• Canada Forms its Own Show Association - Lorraine Guyn
• Canadians Export to Germany - Janis Schole
• Sharing and Friendship - Lorraine Guyn
• Tony Rollins Dies; ALSA President - Jack and Donna Moore
• Heart Attack Claims Johnny Weatherholtz, 59 - Sam and Beth Rowe

In Short

Health

• Llam Teaching Herd a Boon- Sheila Fugina
• An Eye Saved with 'Magic Serum' - Bruce Ferguson, DVM
• Sexually Transmitted Disease in Llamas? - Ginny Moser

Archives

• History of Llamas - Stosh Thompson
• Census/How Many Llamas in North America? - LaRue Johnson, DVM, PhD
• Masterful Marketing - Terry Price & Bob Frost

Breeding

• Familiarity Breeds Contempt... and Sickle-hocks - Paige McGrath
• El Fuerte Obituary - Kay Sharpnack
• Legendary Sire - Mast's Padre
• Grand Dam - Kahura Uyu La Duena

Marketing

• Dial-a-Photo - Susan Ley
• Attendance Up - Prices Too/Hartman Sale - Charlie Griffin & Denise Wyrick

People

• Alan Witkin Asks for Your Support
• Sci-Fi-like Ability to Heal - JAM
• New Breed of 'Breeders'
• A Two-fer for the Bergs/Twins!
• Keeping Two Llama Just for Fun - Karen Conyngham

Alpacas

• Suris: 'A Coveted Commodity' - Janis Schole
• $130,000 Reportedly Paid for Champ Alpaca - Sylva Barns
• Insurance Kickbacks - Sylva Barns
• Australian National Classic Alpaca Show Results
• The Second Annual Mid-Winter Alpaca Conference - Gail Stewart
• A Visit to Experimental Alpaca Station - Gordon Cucullu

Showing

• Show Results

  North Carolina Mountain State Fair

  Durham Fair

  Heart of Dixie Llama Show

  Sonoma County Harvest Fair Llama Show

  ALSA Eastern Regional Championship

On the Trail

• Taking Llamas on the Trail Part IV: Overcoming Problems - Tom Landis
• Why the New Pack Trail Association Formed - Madeleine Landis
• Pack Llama Trial Association Emerges
• Packers' Rendezvous will be Biggest Ever - Jay Rais
• Calendar of PLTA Sanctioned Events

Online

• Op-Ed On the Web
• Cyber Honors Awarded to LLII
• eMail & URL Directory

Calendar of Events

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