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Autumn 2007 [1.7 MB]

  • "A Contining Journey" by Mary Swalla Holmes
  • Board summer planning retreat
  • "Dear Readers," by Beth Waterhouse
  • "Roddy Hall: An Early Force on Mallard Island"
  • Cabins of Minnesota
  • "Island of Books" (poem) by Thomas R. Smith
  • "Two Men and a Single Canoe" by Joe Paddock
  • "Work Starts on Big House" by Tim Heinle
  • "Board Announces Leadership Transition" by Elaine Thrune

2007 Spring [3.6 MB]

  • "A Valedictory Outing" (part two) by Dick Niemi (canoeing with Ober)
  • Excerpt from "The Lakes of Verendrye -- A University of the Wilberness" (Sept. 1929), by Ernest C. Oberholtzer
  • "Big Projects Set for Summer of 2007: Your Support is Needed," by Tim Heinle
  • "Dear Readers," by Beth Waterhouse
  • Mallard island Summer Schedule: 2007
  • "Brimful" (poem), by Joe Paddock
  • "From Mallard Island" (poems), by Edith Rylander
  • "Across a Dozen Summers," by Beth Waterhouse
  • Call for Photographs, by Mary Swalla Holmes
  • "Morning on Mallard," by Todd Harper

2006 Autumn [2.5 MB]

  • "A Youth and a Gentleman" (part one) by Dick Niemi (memories of Ober)
  • Excerpt from "American Forests" (Sept. 1944), looking toward the end of World War II and considering the Quetico-Superior Project as a collaborative venture between the United States and Canada, by Ernest C. Oberholtzer
  • "Mary Casonova -- Writer from Ranier" (interview)
  • Note from Tim Heinle, Board Treasurer
  • "Where Better to Begin?" by Beth Waterhouse
  • "Dear Readers," by Beth Waterhouse
  • "Six Decades Later, Book Orders Tell a Story," by Jean Sanford Replinger
  • "Mallard island: 2006 Summer highlights," by Mary Swalla Holmes
  • "Mapping the Island" (poem), by Scott King
  • The Seventh Annual "Friends of Ober" Fall Gathering
  • "Life Dream" (poem), by Joe Paddock

2006 Winter [2.8 MB]

  • Excerpt from "The Lakes of Verendrye -- A University of the Wilberness" (Nov. 1929), from the proposal for the Ontario-Minnesota Border Lakes Treaty, by Ernest C. Oberholtzer
  • "A Note from the (Former) President," by Doug Wood
  • "Dear Readers," by Beth Waterhouse
  • Mary Swalla Holmes Appointed to Position of Executive Director Says," by Mary Swalla Holmes
  • "Edgar Bliss: General Merchant and Trader; Mine Center, Ontario, Canada," by Jean Sanford Replinger
  • "A Word from the Treasurer," by Tim Heinle
  • "Thousands of Books: Thought, Imagination, and Story," excerpt from Keeper of the Wild by Joe Paddock
  • "Spirit Books," "Birthday Poem: for Joe" (poems), by Stephen Wilbers

2005 Autumn [.6 MB]

  • Excerpt from "American Forests," Oct. 1929, by Ernest C. Oberholtzer
  • The Sixth Annual "Friends of Ober" Fall Gathering
  • "Edie Rylander Resigns as Newsletter Editor after 15 Years," by Jean Sanford Replinger
  • "Edie Writes," by Edith Rylander
  • "Dear Readers," by Beth Waterhouse
  • "The Return of the Virginia," by Mary Swalla Holmes
  • "Songbirds Banded on Mallard and Crow," by Jim Fitzpatrick and Tom Bell
  • "Lessons from Hawk Island," by Beth Waterhouse
  • Honoring Charlie Kelly
  • "Introducing John Roth," by Doug Wood
  • "Late Summer Greetings!" by Mary Swalla Holmes