Staff

Staff

THOMAS F. BRENNAN Editor

JACKIE COX Associate Editor

LINDA MCCAULEY Managing Editor

SHERI THOMAS Editorial Assistant

WILLIAM F. KNAB Art Director

CONTRIBUTING EDITORS

Gene Carlson

Warren E. Isman

Paul McFadden

CORRESPONDENTS

Bradley Anderson, Jay K. Bradish,

Cliff Dektar, Lowell Ludford,

R. L. Nailen, Dave E. Williams

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