Editor    Konnie LeMay

Managing Editor    Bob Berg

Art Director    Randy Bauer

Editorial Assistant    Leslie Meyer

Contributing Associates    Ann Possis, Beth Travis-Betts

Editorial Advisory Board    Dixie Franklin, Davis Helberg, Donn Larson, Laura Zahn

Contributors
Tom Buchkoe, Brett Deacon, Larry Dunlap,
Chris Gibbs, Bryan Hansel, Bill Howe, Juli Kellner,
John & Ann Mahan, Travis Novitsky, Dennis O’Hara,
Jack Rendulich, John Shibley, Paul Sundberg,
Monica Tikkanen, Tom Wilkowske

Co-Publishers    Paul & Cindy Hayden

Chief Executive Officer    Cindy Marshall Hayden

Advertising Sales    Paul L. Hayden

Advertising Sales    Dan Jandl

Advertising Sales   Corrinne Lamb

Advertising Coordinator    William H.B. Calvert

Customer Service    Barbara LeMasurier

Customer Service/Marketing Coordinator    Siiri M. Branstrom

Fulfillment Coordinator    Jerry Johnson

Subscription Coordinator    Nancy Johnson

The Man with the Vision
James R. Marshall 1931 - 2006

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Volume 30 Issue 6, December/January 2009, No. 164
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