Winter 2002-03 . Issue No. 64 What you will find inside issue No. 64 Links will connect you to the author's e-mail address. Cover Illustration - 'Holodeck 5' - by Paige McGrath

Letters

• Letters to the Editor
• To Better Inform You - Jo Ann McGrath, editor

Editorial

• Crossin' the Big Muddy - Jo Ann McGrath

News

• Magnifire's Lineage Successfully Challenged - Jo Ann McGrath
• Over to You, Mr. Rysko
• ILR Dues Measure Passes - Jo Ann McGrath
• LANA Expo to Move from the Mountains to the Ocean
• LANA Offers New Vet Program
• ILR Add Government Relations to its Registry Functions
• Blood Collection for DNA Simplified
• Obituaries:
  Kay Ludgate and Twister: a Love Story - Sheila Fugina
  'Annie' Stewart 1951-2002

In Short

Views

• Should There be a Sub-registry for Suris?
  In favor: Why a suri Llama Sub-registry Now? Perhaps it is Time - Kay Patterson Sharpnack
  Opposed: 'Suri' Llama? Crossbreeds Already Have a Registry - Heather Bamford
  Opposed: Considering a Suri Llama Sub-registry - Analysis - Paul Taylor

  On the Soap Box: Questions ILR on Dues; Proposes Alternative - Fred Bauer

Breeding

• The Magnifire Defense
  Becky and Scott Randall reply to LLII Questions
  Mary Reed and Anthony Stachowski, DVM reply to LLII Questions
  LLII Editorial

  Legendary Sire

  DDL Dream Catcher

  Grand Dam

  FFH Pebbles

Health & Husbandry

• Group Aids Morris Foundation Determining Needed Research Areas - Hilary Ware
• A View: Llama Birthing for Beginners - Marty and Ken St. Clair
• Reply to Mineral Mix Questions - Murray Fowler, DVM
• A View for Beginners: How We Began - Clyde Humphrey

Events

• Llamas a Hit at Buzzard Bluff - Sheila Fugina
• Llama Futurity Is a Reality
  Gayle Woodsum reports
  Dan Powell reports
  Futurity Results
  LFA Sale Results

  Hartman's Sale Carries On - Lynda Carothers

  Huacaya Champ Beats Suri Price in Australia - Sylva Barns

Showing

• Grand National Was 'the Best' - Terry Duespohl
• Show Results:
  Grand National
  Moonlight Madness Performance Show
  Albemarle County Fair Llama Show
  Los Angeles County Fair Llama Show
  Nebraska State Fair
  California State Fair
  LAMAS Schooling Show at Lower Sherwood

  ALSA distribution graphs - Paige McGrath

Training

• Building Expectations - Jim and Amy Logan
• Humor: Anyone Think There's a Market for This? - Lance Hardcastle
• Packing In and Out of the Arena - Viv Fulton

Fiber

• What We Need is the Will, and a Mill - Gayle Woodsum
• Kool-Aid Makes Colors to Dye For - Sheila Fugina
• Easter Egg Dyes Work, Too! - Paige McGrath

Outreach

• Taking a Look at the Industry's Shame - Gary Kaufman
• How Can You Help? - Gary Kaufman

Online

• Internet Basics Part I: Llama Shopping on the Internet - Jim White
• CD-ROM Review: Llama Talk Understanding Llama Behavior by Cathy Spalding - Reviewed by eMail & URL Directory

Archives

• Past as Prologue
• Review of 'Legendaries and 'Grands'

Calendar of Events

Classifieds

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