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	Mrs. Fowler's Civics Corner by Mrs. Fowler, 8th grade civics · CapitolHill/Rotunda How a bill becomes a law, how to register to vote, and a study guide for the Constitution test.
	Millbrook Township Historical Society by Society volunteers · CapitolHill/Precinct The history of a small township, its one-room schools and its annual Heritage Day.
	Vote 2000: A Citizen's Guide by Harold & Bea R., retired · CapitolHill/Gallery A non-partisan guide to voting in 2000: registering, absentee ballots and what's on the ballot.
	Model UN at Jefferson High by Club advisor Ms. Priya Raman · CapitolHill/Senate How Model United Nations works, the club's fall schedule and a beginner's guide to writing a resolution.
	Letters to the Editor: A Citizen's Notebook by Walter Brandt, 66 · CapitolHill/Lobby Twenty years of writing letters to the local paper about potholes, parking meters and the library budget.
	Whitcomb County, Then and Now by Eleanor Whitcomb, county historian · CapitolHill/Precinct A county's history from the 1850s: its courthouse, its lost towns, and the Time Capsule WebRing.
	The Jury Duty Diary by Bob Salmeron · CapitolHill/Gallery Two weeks on a civil jury in 1999, what the judge told them, and why he'd do it again.
	Hill Rat JOURNAL by Ben Adeyemi · CapitolHill/Congress A young Capitol Hill staffer answers constituent mail by day and writes about loneliness and his parents' expectations by night.
	Mrs. Engebretson Writes Her Congressman JOURNAL by Astrid Engebretson · CapitolHill/Lobby A retired Minnesota schoolteacher writes about the cost of her pills, her late husband and her letters to Washington.
	Just a Regular Guy with Opinions by Harlan Weiss · CapitolHill/Senate A fifty-five-year-old union electrician on civics, his town council, and why everyone should vote.
	Born in '60: Remembering John F. Kennedy Jr. by Gerard Mulcahy · CapitolHill/Lobby A tribute to John F. Kennedy Jr., Carolyn Bessette Kennedy and Lauren Bessette from a Massachusetts man born eight days after John.
	The Chancery by Howard Green · CapitolHill/Senate The official bulletin for a seven-player Diplomacy game by e-mail: positions, house rules, results by season, and the players' press.
	Rotunda Noon Toastmasters by Russ Pankratz · CapitolHill/Lobby Our lunch-hour Toastmasters club near the Capitol Square in Madison: how a meeting runs, club news, officers and the fall speaking schedule.
	The Curb Cut Report by Renee Sharp · CapitolHill/Lobby Report cards for Sacramento restaurants, shops and theaters, graded by a paraplegic with a tape measure and opinions.
	Kristin's Campaign Corner - Kulas for Assembly '96 by Kristin Albers · CapitolHill/Precinct A volunteer's page for Marian Kulas for State Assembly: where we need you, how to vote in Wisconsin, and my campaign diary.
	Our Fourth on the Mall - 1999 by Johnny Bankston · CapitolHill/Lobby The Bankstons of Springfield, Virginia spend every Fourth on the National Mall. July 4, 1999 in eight pictures, from the Blue Line in to the glowing, scaffolded Monument and the long wait home.
	Washington Trip '99 by Lee Jiles · CapitolHill/Congress Forty-four eighth graders from Wooster, Ohio, in bright orange T-shirts: three days in Washington in May 1999, the pictures, the schedule and next year's trip.
	The Library Cam by Edward Coats · CapitolHill/Precinct Our new public library is going up across the street, and my camera has watched every day since the groundbreaking in March. Opening: April 2000.
	July 16, 1999: The Day I Became a Citizen by Danielle Kumar · CapitolHill/Rotunda I came from India at eleven. On July 16, in a Newark courtroom, I took the oath. How it works, how it felt, and Mom's flag cake.
	Lindale Street Block Club - Detroit by Maryann Townsel · CapitolHill/Precinct Thirty-two houses on Detroit's west side and the neighbors who won't give up on them. Meetings, the lot garden, and Angels' Night sign-ups.
	Your Family Tree on the Web by Patrick Mayon · CapitolHill/Gallery I put 2,300 ancestors on the Web. How to turn your genealogy program's file into pages, keep the living private, and get found by cousins.
	The Saguaro Circle Courier by Bert Daniel · CapitolHill/Gallery All the news from the eleven houses of Saguaro Circle, reported without fear or favor. September issue: the javelina, the leaf-blower accord.
	Ellard County Y2K Readiness Committee by Lloyd Redmond · CapitolHill/Rotunda No panic, just preparation: what our county, co-op and water plant have done for January 1, 2000, and what your family should do.
	From the Back Shop - Tom Copenhaver's Weekly Column by Thomas Copenhaver · CapitolHill/Gallery I've written this column for the Ledger every week since 1978. Here are the last five, from the county fair to Y2K at the courthouse.
	From Oklahoma to the Valley: The Hubbard Family History by Charlene Delossantos · CapitolHill/Precinct My family's story from an Oklahoma farm to California's Central Valley. Generations One and Two are up; more as I type them.
	Born in Portland, 1929 by Stella Carrasco · CapitolHill/Gallery Adopted as a baby in 1929, I am seventy, and the State still won't show me my own birth certificate. Measure 58, my search, and other seekers.

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