May 2009

Table of Contents

No. 259
May 2009

Our Cover by Brad Veley
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Feature
Small town, rich history Leslie Allen
Traunik at a crossroads

Departments

City Notes Edited by Kristy Basolo
Highlights of important happenings in the area

Lookout Point
Pictorial tribute to Fred Rydholm

Communism, lies and mass murder
U.N./Cambodian Genocide Tribunal Begins, by Cindy Martin Coleman

Back Then Larry Chabot
Big trouble in little Michigamme

Arts & Humanities Pam Christensen
Program addresses mental illness

Locals Pam Christensen
‘Extra’ remembers Anatomy experience

In the Outdoors Michael Murray
How to be a tourist at home

More Lookout Point Sam Eggleston
Historic eatery celebrates anniversaries

Health Matters George Sedlacek
Michigan and alcohol have sordid past

More Lookout Point Bradford Veley
Transition town Marquette: a new resilience

More Arts & Humanities Tyler Tichelaar
Authors recall traumatic, nostalgic memories

More In the Outdoors Lon and Lynn Emerick
Notes from the North Country

Food & Other Important Things Don Curto
Recipe exploration

More Arts & Humanities Nikke Nason
LST announces 2009 summer line-up

8-18 Media
4-H kids form across U.P. compete in Horse Bowl

Home Cinema Leonard G. Heldreth
Twilight, Let the Right One In and Synecdoche, New York



This month's Brad Veley cartoon

 



Editor in Chief & Publisher Pat Ryan-O’Day
Managing Editor Kristy Basolo
Calendar Editor Carrie Usher
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Proofreader Tyler Tichelaar
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Circulation Dick Armstrong

Contributing Artists
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Contributing Writers Not Listed Above
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