Winter 2001-02 . Issue No. 60 What you will find inside issue No. 60 Links will connect you to the author's email address. Cover Illustration - by Paige McGrath

Editorial

• "'The past is a guidepost, not a hitching post' - Thomas Holcroft" - Jo Ann McGrath
• Letters

News

• FMD: Forwarned is Forearmed - Bob Frost, 3rd Vice President U.S. Animal Health Association
• COLA Gives $1,000 to Support MLAS&R - Mary Enright-Olson, COLA president
• Former ILR Board Member May Seek Another Term - Sheila Fugina
• Hartman Sale/Fall Hartman Sale Included Kesling Dispersal - Sheila Fugina
• 550 Attend Meeting on Health Issues - Karen Conyngham
• Marlin Perkins Award to Murray Fowler
• New Publication Features Health Issues of Horses, Donkeys, Camelids - Jo Ann McGrath
• White Alpacas Essential to Economic Growth - Sylva Barns
• Colored Alpacas Viewd as Very Viable - Sylva Barns
• U.S. Breeder Has Always Bred Color
• Aussy Alpaca Goal; 200,000 by '07 - Sylva Barns
• Report of GALA Conference 2001 - Susan Houston
• Archive: Hearst Herd Smaller Influence Than Believed - Eric Hoffman
• Archive: History of Llama Genetics in North America - Eric Hoffman
• Archive: Llama Lore: A Little Bit of History - Louisa Stark, Ph.D.

In Short

Breeding

• Grand Dam

  Shamrock's Freckles

• For Beginners: Breeding Tips - Jo Ann McGrath
• The New Minnisota Twins - Sheila Fugina
• Archive: Zorro is a Zero - Terry Price

Health

• TB Concerns for Camelids - Bob Frost, USAHA
• Award for Research Excellence to Dr. Cebra
• Health Care of the Geriatric Llama and Alpaca - Murray Fowler, DVM
• Emphasis on Nutrition for the Geriatric Lama - Norman Evans, DVM
• The Geriatric Lama Owner - Lars Garrison

On the Soap Box:

• Emerging Threats of Disease Are Very Real - Dan Goodyear

Fiber

• Stop Being Afraid! Use That Fiber - Nancy Fox
• Notes from a 'Spinaholic' - Virginia Pierson
• Some thoughts about Fiber - Jane Grillo
• The Virginia Classic Introduces First 'Handknits Derby' - Paige McGrath

Showing

• Super Supers: Jack and Donna Moore
• Show Results:

  ALSA Grand National 2001

  LOWS Northwest Llama Classic 2001 - Silver & Gold Shows

  Ozark Empire Fair

  Missouri State Fair

  Llamafest

  North Carolina Mountain State Fair

  Los Angeles County Fair Llama Show

Training & Performance

• Seeing Llamas as Companions-
• Cart Training: Beginning Techniques Step VIII - Preparing for Events - John L. Piper
• A Recipe for Success/Pack Trial - Terry Glover

Outreach

• Which Option do You Choose - Kathryn Warrington
• New-Agey Woo Woo Talk..... - Alvin Bean
• Adventures in Internet Communications - Brian Pinkerton

Online

• eMail & URL Directory

Crossword Puzzle of Advertisers

Calendar of Events

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