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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR:
earing its 10th year, Riddle's Elephant and Wildlife Sanctuary, a 330-acre tract of land nestled deep in the Arkansas hinterlands, is the only facility of its kind in the world -- and the latest chapter in its proprietors' lifelong pursuit.
Billboard proliferation is spiraling out of control in Memphis, and authorities are in no position to stop it. God is also interested in billboards these days.
Spiritual tour guide Dennis Andres is the man to locate when you want to go sightseeing in Sedona, a once-little village that now attracts four million visitors a year.
The beauty of life and nature is that when everything works right, nothing and no one goes hungry.
And, in honor of the Weekly Wire's second birthday, we've picked a couple of stories from our archives.

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Planet Smorgasbord [6]
The beauty of life and nature is that when everything works right, nothing and no one goes hungry.
Cap'n O, WEEKLY ALIBI
Big Black Billboards [7]
What those billboards from God say and what they really mean.
Harry Willson, WEEKLY ALIBI
Bee Hives [8]
There's obviously an undeniable correlation between wearing glasses and spelling ability.
Tom Danehy, TUCSON WEEKLY
Gore Bore For Sure [9]
The more the Gores try to reinvent Albert as this hip, funny, sexy man of action, the more he comes across as this desperate, pathetic dweeb.
Jeff Smith, TUCSON WEEKLY
Letters At 3 AM [10]
Feeling forever in Sanctuario de Chimayo.
Michael Ventura, AUSTIN CHRONICLE
Growing Up in a Hurry [11]
Made in the shade--10 years in Walter Jowers' world.
Walter Jowers, NASHVILLE SCENE
Taking Ten [12]
Ten years of automotive trends.
Marc Stengel, NASHVILLE SCENE
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Volume III, Issue 1
June 28 - July 5, 1999
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The Big Ten [2]
Pachyderms have a paradise in the Arkansas hinterlands.
Matt Hanks, MEMPHIS FLYER
Signs of Conflict [3]
Opponents of billboard proliferation say abuse is rampant, thanks to Memphis' complex sign law.
Eileen Loh-Harrist, MEMPHIS FLYER
Paradoxical Paradise [4]
If you want to visit a vortex or swim with dolphins, Dennis Andres is your man.
Mari Wadsworth, TUCSON WEEKLY
Crystal Clearinghouse [5]
Spiritualism doesn't come cheap in Sedona, Arizona.
Leo Banks, TUCSON WEEKLY

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Odds and Ends [13]
Timed-release news capsules from the flipside.
Devin D. O'Leary, WEEKLY ALIBI
Mr. Smarty Pants [14]
Our resident know-it-all unearths the latest trivia.
R.U. Steinberg, AUSTIN CHRONICLE

Up From Oppression
What it was like to be a minority student at the University of Arizona back in the days when racism was even more virulent than it is today.
Jay Rochlin, TUCSON WEEKLY
Orderly Conduct
The life of a mental-health worker isn't necessarily sane. A first-person account of working in a private psychiatric facility.
Michael J. Woods, BOSTON PHOENIX
Now What? [15]
Can't get enough news? You're in luck -- more news is created every day. Our Now What? page offers a plethora of recommended links to help keep you living in the present.
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