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July 1999 Premier Issue
COVER Ahtisaari Negotiating Peace in Kosovo
LETTERS Armi Koskinen Nelson, Carl Norberg, and Nillo Koponen
EDlTORIAL Lynn Maria Laitala - Finnish Survival
C0MMENT Richard Impola -The Bottom Line
CARTOON Carl Gawboy
NEWS FROM FINLAND Adam Jasser - Ahtisaari Sets Tone for Finnish
EU
FINLAND TODAY Kati Kettunen - Finnish Vampires Don't Bite; Paul
Niemistö - Movies In Finland, A Historic Season
TRANSLATION Seija Rönka Cohen - Children's Games
NEWSMAKERS Public Radio Brings Kalevala to the Airwaves; Arthur
Koski - Honorary Consuls Named
HUMOR Bernhard Hillila - Finnishing Up
GENEOLOGY Karen Oja - Kristina Raattamaa; Timothy Laitila Vincent
- Scofield Mine Disaster
ARCHITECTURE Jorma Kalliokoski - Thoughts on Ancestral Farmhouses
ENTERPRISE Noble Fibers From the Bog
THEATER Harri Siitonen - Tampere's Edith Piaf, Päivi Mäkinen
CONFERENCE The Restoration and Management of Biodiversity
HISTORY A Newspaper Created To Promote The Finnish Cause - Helsingen
Sanomat; Otto Oja - Legendary High Climbers of the Pacific North
MUSIC Oren Tikkanen - Kesän Kantele
REVIEW Lynn Maria Laitala - Moral Scholarship
FINNFEST New Music "Sampo"; Salmenhaara Premier; Elisabeth
Rehn
TRAVEL Suzanne Koski - Fnnish Family Preserves New Mexican Traditions
CALENDAR Finnish Canadian Grand Festival; Exhibits at Nordic
Heritage Museum; Genealogist Tours
POETRY David Wllliam Salmela - Oscar's Oars; Paula Erkkila -
Song Of A New Sampo (in English, but also translated into Finnish
by Harri Siitonen)
August 1999
COVER Mara Tueminen at Salolampi! Photograph by Armi Koskinen
Nelson
MAIL Taimi Niemi, Lady Ostapeck, Steve Leppala
EDITORIAL Lynn Maria Laitala - Thank you, Bob Selvala
NEWSMAKERS Mark Wirtanen Honored, Newsmakers, Milestones
CARTOON Carl Gawboy
NEWS FROM FINLAND Ahtisaari Chairs Sarajevo Summit, STT Editor
Guilty of Libel, Finland
Critized on Human Rights
MUSIC Oren Tikkanen - Moon Madness; The Silanpää Family
FINLAND TODAY Miia Jonkka - The Roma, Official Minority Group
of Finland; Places to Study in Finland
TRANSLATION Richard Impola - In Those Days Men Were Made of Iron
HISTORY Matt Wiitala, Man Without a Country; Otto Oja - Finns
Came to Log; Sari Heikkila, Finnish Folk Dancing; Hilkka Pietilä,
Finland's Social Welfare Society
ART Armi Koskinen Nelson - Rag Rugs as Fine Art' Joyce Koskenmaki
- Pen and Ink Drawing
HUMOR Bernhard Hillila - Finland, Isolated But Involved
GENEOLOGY Timothy Laitila Vincent - Hanna Hall Corporation's
Extra Meeting
MEMOIR Irja Wenstrom - Snapshots of 1939
ESSAY Martin Koskela - Reflections At Eighty-six
REVIEWS Suzanne Koski, Harri Siitonen (Aki Kaurismäki's
Juha), Jorma Kalliokoski
FINNFEST USA99 IN SEATTLE Photos by Armi Koskinen Nelson, Anna
Gawboy
POETRY Viljo Kajava, translated by Richard Impola
HOME Lingonberry Delight; Versions of a Finnish Dishrack
ORGANIZATIONS -Central Wisconsin Club Celebrates 20th Anniversary;
Finn Creek Folk
Festival; Ostrobothnians in Canada, Astabula News
CALENDAR Pennsylvania Dance Weekend; Finger Lakes Finn Funn
TRAVEL Lapland's Saariselkä
October, 1999
COVER The Finnish Horse
MAIL Bea Bozich, Steve Leppälä
EDITORIAL Lynn Maria Laitala - The Culture of Power, The Power
of Culture
NEWSMAKERS Arthur Koski - Embassy Official Discusses Finland's
EU Role; Newsmakers; Milestones
CARTOON Carl Gawboy
NEWS FROM FINLAND Euro-Canadian Relations; EU Observers in East
Timor, Diplomatic Diary; Parviainen Wins Gold
COMMENT Richard Impola - Reflections On A Visit To The Copper
Country
ESSAYS Julie Ann Morello - Visiting the Relatives; Jeanne C.
Maki - Miljoonasade
FINLAND TODAY Harri Siitonen - An Act of Asian Kindness in a
Tampere Restaurant; Tiina Elliä - The-Sherlock Holmes of
Pori
HUMOR Bernhard Hillila "60 Minutes" and Other Thoughts
HISTORY Matt Wiitala - Surviving Soviet Karelia; Otto Oja - It
Took A Good Eye; Sinikka Garcia - The Finnish Horse in Winter
War 1939-1940; Elsie Koski Waterman - Born Into A Mixed Marriage
in 1929; Hilkka Pietilä - Finland's Social Welfare Society,
part two
ART Joyce Koskenmaki, drawing - "Lunch at the Kaleva Cafe";
Lynn Maria Laitala - Finnish Folk Painting Lives in Colorado;
Joyce Koskenmaki - Pen and Ink Drawing
MUSIC Oren Tikkanen - "Hodge-Podge"
HUMOR William R. Halttunen - Excerpt from "Livin' Ain't
No Exact Science"; International Bad Finn Report
MEMOIR Esther Lilly - Halloween Dance, Herman, Michigan -1932
REVIEWS Arthur Koski - Finnish Evening at The Symphony in Seattle;
Ivy Nevala - Finnish Christmas Cookbook; Richard Impola -Journal
of Finnish Studies, Vol. 3, No. 1; Ivy Nevala - One World: Finland
in the Global Marketplace
THE INTERNET Steve Leppälä - Good Finnish Web Sites;
New World Finn on the Internet
POETRY Viljo Kajava, translated by Richard Impola; David William
Salmela
ORGANIZATIONS Kilpi Hall Centennial; FinnFest '99; Central Wisconsin
CALENDAR Berkeley Rading of Kurikka Play; Scandinavian Song Festival
November, 1999
COVER Suddenly Finnish
MAIL Steve Leppälä, Jorma Kalliokoski, H. Leona Hill,Charles
Altonen, Otto Oja
EDlTORIAL Lynn Maria Laitala - Will We Make It?
NEWSMAKERS Finnish Prankster; Newsmakers; Milestones
New Scandinavian Channel
CARTOON: Carl Gawboy
NEWS FROM Finland
Women Dominate Finland's Presidential Race, Ahtisaari in MidEast
MUSIC
Lynn Maria Laitala - Suddenly Finnish
Oren Tikkanen - Ottoset
Ted Heinonen - Sanna Kurki-Suonio
FINNISHING UP
Bernhard Hillila - On the Border
MEMOIR
Elsie Koski Waterman - A Finnish Immigrant - A 1930's Playboy
Irja Wenstrom - My Cinderella Night
FINLAND TODAY
Steve Silberman - High Tech Leader - Why Finland?
Harri Siitonen - Leningrad Cowboy Goes Cell Phone
Finnish Research in Language Learning
Kirsi Siekkinen - Small Minority in Finland - Big Orthodox Family
The Finnish Orthodox Church
Anna Kuusela - Bringing Greystone Towers Back to Life
Sinikka Garacia - Viittakivi International Center
HISTORY
Photograph - Lolling on the Lawn
Matt Wiitala - Escape from Karelia
Otto Oja - The Amazing Steam Powered Yarder
Richard Imp[ola - Finn Funn Weekend - A Mini-FinnFest
Hilkka Pietilä - Finland's Social Welfare Society, Part
three
ART
A Picture Like a Prayer
Joyce Koskenmaki - Pen and Inkj Drawing
ESSAY
Richard Impola - Translation Tales
TRANSLATION -
Poetry aby Erkki Vittaniemi, Translated by Richard Impola
EVENTS
Barry Liimakka - Finn Funn Weekend 99
Satu Mikkola - Kantele Workshop in Portland Oregon
Core Ensemble Performs Myths of the Subtropics
ORGANIZATIONS
Charles Altonen - Ashtabula News
CALENDAR
December 1999
COVER
Winter Landscape Near Kuopio
MAIL
Mika Pekiomaki, Richard Impola, Julie Morello
EDITORIAL
Lynn Maria Laitala - Tradition Lost-and Found
CARTOON
Carl Gawboy
TRADITIONS
Ivy Nevala-Tonttuja
Origins of Joulupukki
A Finnish Traditional Christmas Eve Menu
NEWSMAKERS
Newsmakers, Milestones
FESTIVALS
FinnFest USA 2001 - Return to Delaware Valley
Finn Grand Fest 2000 - "We Welcome the World"
Esto 2000
Finn Grand Fest 2000 - lnvitation to Artists to Exhibit
NEWS FROM FINLAND
Hakkinen Repeats as Formula 1 Champ, Uosukainen Takes Lead, Baltic
Beaders Work for United Europe, Makinen Wins World Rally
CONFERENCE
FinnForum Vl in Jyvaskylä: Call for papers
TRANSLATION
Sinikka Garcia-The Meteorite that Hit Estonia by Lennert Meri
Richard Impola- Earliest Settlers at Otter Lake by Hannes Elenius
ESSAY
Pirkko Borland - SuomenTekijat: The Makers of Finland
GENEALOGY
Finns and Scandinavians in Alaska During World I Era
HISTORY
Otto Oja - The Birth of SparTree Logging
Suzanne Koski - Faberge: The Finnish Connection
Hilkka Pietila - Welfare Was Built By The People With The State
Naselle Sewing Circle
PROFILE
Lynn Maria Laitala - Leo Heikkinen
MEMOIR
Eeva Marjatta Bean - A Child's Wartime Christmas
Irja Wenstrom - My First Memorable Christmas
Esther Lilley-The One-Legged Chick
MUSIC
Oren Tikkanen- "Makin' a List"
Lynn Maria Laitala-Jarvenpaa Singers!
REVIEWS
Jan Tervo - Snow Fun!; Ivy Nevala - Finns in America
TRAVEL
Mika Perkiomaki - By Train across Siberia and Mongolia
REGIONAL NEWS
Gene A. Knapp-Historic Cemetery Returned to Sitka Church
Ladies of Kaleva Meet; Women's Hockey in Duluth; Astabula News;
Finnish Art Song Night; Kurrika's Comedy in Berkeley; Finnish
Band
Conductor a St. Olaf; Oakland Christmas Revels; Finnish History
and Culture Workshop
January 2000
COVER
Emily Stromer and Briana Isaacson pick moss for Heikinpaivä
reindeer
MAIL
Suzanne Koski, Norma Heikkinen, Maryan Egan-Baker
MEMOIR
Irja-Wenstrom - NewYear's Eve Celebration of the Century
Otto Oja - Mickey and Other Dogs
EDITORIAL
Lynn Maria Laitala -The Moral Distance From Seattle to Tampere
CARTOON
Carl Gawboy
JANUARY CELEBRATIONS
Loppiainen, Nuutti and Heikinpäiva
Heikinpaiva in Hancock
NEWSMAKERS
Finnish Radio Programs, Suomi College Changes Name, Newsmakers
MILESTONES
Finnish Arts Patron Leonora Paloheimo Dies
NEWS FROM FINLAND
Expatriate Concerns, Rehn Loses Ground, People's Summit, Gender
Equality Standards
FINLAND TODAY
Sargit Sohlberg Warriner -The Baltic Herring Fair
Mikko Muranen - Portrait of a Seventh Generation Blacksmith
Maria Aitamuto - For Finns Tango is a Feeling
TRAVEL
Richard Impola - A Ski Resort with a Finnish Flavor
Harri Siitonen - An American (Finn) In Paris Finds Paris Finns
Firinish Folk Art Exhibit in Pasadena
Mika Perkiomäki - ByTrain Across Siberia and Mongolia
Mary Kinnunen - Finland and Estonia with Mom, by Bus
Helsinki: European City of Culture in 2000
F!NN!SH!NG UP! by Bernhard Hillila
POETRY
Anni Korpela (J. Kalliokoski, trans. ) A Hundred and Ten Fingers
Alex Rudhe-Untitled
PROFlLE
Sinikka Garcia - Hilda'sStory
Richard lmpola - HenryAkervall: Olympian,Teacher
HISTORY
Otto Oja - Moving the Steam Donkey
Otto Oja - Riding the Rails
Alexis E. Pogorelskin -Edvard Gylling and Karelian Fever
ESSAY
Henry Akervall - The Savu Sauna
MUSIC
Oren Tikkanen - "Kangas and Kaianiemi"
TRANSLATION
Richard Impola - From Kalle Paatalo, Winter of the Black Snow
REVIEW
Ivy Nevala - Between a Rock and a Hard Place, by Oiva Saarinen
GENEOLOGY
Timothy Laitila Vincent - New Finnish Parish Records
FEATURE
Judy Peet - Obscure Breed Making Its Way Into Jersey
Children Design Christmas Cards to Fund Heikinpaiva
ORGANIZATIONS
Astabula Finns Elect New Officers
Finlandia Society of Utah
CALENDAR
Finnish Family Fun Weekend at Salolampi
February, 2000
COVER
Sliding at Laskiainen in Palo, Minnesota
MAIL
Helen Kolehmainen, Sirkka LaPoma, Harri Siitonen, Alexis Pogorelskin,
Ann Hutchings
EDITORIAL
Lynn Maria Laitala - A Tale of Two Cities
FEBRUARY CELEBRATIONS
Laskiainen, Kalevala Day
Laskiainen in Palo, Minnesota
NEWSMAKERS
Finlandia Foundation Solicits Candidates for POY, Newsmakers
NEWS FROM FINLAND
Finnish Presidential Race, New Russian Leader, EU Presidency,
Myllylä 1999 Sports Personality, Finnish Musicians on World
Stage
FINLAND TODAY
Terhi Pietikäinen - Couple Troubles
Winter Swimming World Championships
Helsinki Summer School 2000
Richard Impola - Senior Dance: A Growing International Movement
Aili Tripp - Letter from Finland
F!NN!SH!NG UP!
Bernhard Hillila
HISTORY
Alexis E Pogorelskin - Edvard Gylling and Karelian Fever, Part
2
Otto Oja -The ChokerSetter
Anneli Asplund, Sikka-Liisa Mettomaki - Kalevala: The Finnish
National Epic
Niilo Koponen - A Fifteenth Century View of Finnish People 17ö
TRAVEL
Mika Perkiömäki - By Train Across Siberia and Mongolia,
Part 3
ESSAYS
Kalevi Olkio - Reflections on the Origins of the Kalevala
Elsie Koski Waterman - Blending In, Reaching Out
MUSIC
OrenTikkanen - Matveinenand Virkkala, Hannu Saha, Arne Salli
CARTOON Carl Gawboy
MEMOIR
Philip Nast - Puppy Love that Never Was
REVIEWS
Words and Wisdom from the Kalevala
Traditional Finnish Recipes
Christmas Revels Captured Winter Solstice Magic
PROFILE
Sinikka Garcia - Two Pioneer Finnish Wornen
SPORTS
Tero Kosonen - When Hockey Fever Burst into Flames
Harri Siitonen - Finns in National Hockey League
Emmanuel Piegay - Doping: A Media Problem
CALENDAR
LA Finlandia Foundation to Honor Halme, Finnish Band Music in
Minnesota, Literature Workshop/Conference in Toronto
March 2000
COVER
Finnish Snow Sculpture Team in Colorado
MAIL
George Backholm, Sinikka Garcia, Dorothy Koskela, Mika Perkiomaki
EDITORIAL
Lynn Maria Laitala - LaihianTytto
MARCH CELEBRATIONS
St. Urho's Day
NEWSMAKERS
Finn Grand Fest, Portland Finnish Singers, Milestones
CARTOON - Carl Gawboy
NEWS FROM FINLAND
Tarja Halonen Finland's First Woman President, Finland Is Getting
Warmer, Enso Profits Soar
FINLAND TODAY
Children's Year of Culture
International MediaTakes Note of Finland
Lasse Pere - Short Film Rules Tampere in March
Oras Tynkkynen - Big Changes Are In The Wind
F!NN!SH!NG UP! - Bernhard Hillila
HISTORY
Otto Oja - Steam Power Logging Years
Tim Laitila Vincent - The Telluride Mine Disaster, 1901
Anneli Asplund and Sirkka-Liisa Mettomaki-The Impact of the Kalevala
MEMOIR
Esther Lilley - Grab Hold of Life
Niilo Koponen - How Minot Webster Got His Name
ESSAYS
Sargit Sohlberg Warriner - Finnish Coffee Drinking
Antti Niemela-The Decline of Finnish Track and Field
EVENTS
Suzanne Koski - Finnish Snow Sculptors Compete in Colorado
Richard Impola -The Scandinavian Hop
Adult Programs at Salolampi
Finnish Music Workshop and Concert
Video Premier - The Survivors
Trova Reunion
Sointula Seminar
Finn Grand Fest
Nordic Roots Music Festival
MUSIC
OrenTikkanen - Vanhatja Nuoret
Gerry Luoma Henkel - Finnish Flavored Jazz
1999 Kantele Workshop Leads to Exciting New Developments REVIEWS
Harri Siitonen - The Survivors - North American Finns in Stalin's
Russia
Journal of Finnish Studies
POETRY
Erkki Vittaniemi - March
TRANSLATION
Richard Impola - Scattered Like Chaff in a Whirlwind, by John
Nurmela
Sylvia Hokkanen - On the Way to Soviet Karelia, from Työmies,
1931
ASF Translation Prize for Year 2000
April 2000
COVER
Madam President Tarja Halonen
MAIL
Howard Tamminen, Liisa Bradley, News from FinnFest USA
EDITORIAL
Lynn Maria Laitala - Odd Persisitences
CELEBRATIONS
Sinikka Garcia - Celebrating Easter
Sargit Sohlberg Warriner - Mammi, An Easter Tradition
MILESTONES
Henry Akervall, Eino Aho, Charles Uotila, Sr.
NEWSMAKERS
Daniel Kamunen, Mark Webber, Cheri Honkala
CARTOON - Carl Gawboy
NEWS FROM FINLAND
Ahtisaari Nominated for Peace Prize, Holkari Nominated President
of UN Millenium Assembly, Economic News, Sports HISTORY
Sinikka Garcia - Pehr Kalm
Otto Oja - The Rigging Slinger
Heikki Ylikangas -The Finnish Civil War
Olle Leino - Eyewitnesses in a City at War
F!NN!SH!NG UP! - Bernhard Hillila
FINLAND TODAY
Winter Swimming World Championship
Elina Koivuniemi - The Fifth Snow Castle in Kemi
Susan Heikkinen - Long Way Home
Europe Calls on US to Suspend the Death Penalty
Katti Marjakangas - Drugs Are a Spreading Phenomenon
Pekka Vanttinen - Kids Eat Free
BUSINESS
Ivy Nevala - The Finns Are Coming - Again!
BOOKS
Essential Passions: Fairbanks-Salmenhaara Letters
Nan Mannikko -Thirteen Swedes
Harri Siitonen - Emil Petaja: TheTimeTwister
Bill and Lily - An Alaskan Love Story
Our Only May Amelia
Scandinavian Ghost Stories and Other Tales of the Supernatural
CENSUS
Nonnan Westerberg - Stand Up and Be Counted
MUSIC
OrenTikkanen -The Merry Millers of Petrozavodsk
PROFILE
Richard Impola - Esko Koskinen: Builder and Entrepreneur
MEMOIR
School Times in Helsinki in the 1940s
RECIPE
Pea Soup, from Fine Finnish Foods
REGIONAL NEWS
Halme Honored, Kamunen Decorated, Lahti Honored, LA Workshop
Generates Enthusiasm
EVENTS
Loituma Workshop, Finnish Elderhostel, The Shipbuilder
May 2000
COVER
Bob Selvala, Spirit of FinnFest USA
MAIL
Niilo Koponen, Otto Oja, Ivy Nevala, Bea Bozich, Heikki Leimu
CELEBRATIONS
Vappu
ESSAY
Jeanne Maki - The Care and Feeding of Plastic Bags
EDITORIAL
Lynn Maria Laitala - Bob Selvala: Community Builder
MILESTONES
Robert Selvala, Amanda Wiljanen Larson
NEWSMAKERS
Prime Minister Lipponen at Suomi College, Jukka-Pekka Saraste,
Mary Kinnunen, Justice John A. Laitinen, Hilja Nast, Jarnes Koenig
Decorated
CARTOON - Carl Gawboy
NEWS FROM FINLAND
Strike Shuts Down Paper Industry, Biological Weapons, East Timorese
Leader Thanks Finland, Sports Opera, Harri Siitonen - Sports
News
COMMUNITY ART PROJECT
The Ancestor's Clothesline
F!NN!SH!NG UP! - Bernhard Hillila
FINLAND TODAY
Sanna Koskinen-The Land of Civilized Drinking
HISTORY
J. A. Mattinen - The First Business
Otto Oja - The Whistle Punk
J. A. Mattinen - A Sauna Story
Gene Knapp - Kalevala and Hamlet: The Lindgren Log Home MEMOIR
Irja Wenstrom - The "Queen Mother" of the Finn Halls
Sinikka Garcia - School Times in Helsinki in the 1940s
ESSAY
Robert E. Walls - Finnish Folklife in the Pacific Northwest
MUSIC
Oren Tikkanen - Fiddlers: Social and Solitary
FILM
Suvi Mensalo - ''Geography of Fear"
BUSINESS
Ivy Nevala - What Makes Finnish Business Successful
FINLAND TODAY
Juhanni Artto - Finnish Trade Unions Work with Developing Countries
Study in Finland
POETRY
Erkki Vittaniemi - Grown-up
TRANSLATION
Richard Impola - Antti Tervasmaa's "On the Trail of Father's
Motor Sled"
REGIONAL NEWS
20th Anniversary of the Nordic Heritage Museum in Seattle
IHRC Moves into 21st Century, Finnish Sister Library for Cloquet,
Finland's
National Poet Speaks, LAFF Celebrates 'With All My Heart'
Finnish Class Tidbits, News from Upper Michigan, Connecticut
FAHS in
Library of Congress Program, Long Beach FF
EVENTS
"The Survivors" in Duluth, Racine Scandinavian Festival,
SISU Finnish
Language and Culture Seminar
"The Flying Finn: An Opera"
June 2000
COVER
Fish Storehouses in the 1940s. Aland
MAIL
Nestor Perala, Otto Oja, Nan Mannikko, Olavi Koivukangas
CELEBRATIONS
Juhannus
MEMOIR
Esther Lilley - The Adventures of Judy
EDITORIAL
Lynn Maria Laitala - Finland's New Reputation
MILESTONES
Hugo Allen Hendrickson, Miriam Patchen
NEWSMAKERS
Ameriikan Poijat Observes 10th Anniversary, Tom Belt, Giles Ekola,
Paul Niemisto
Finlandia Foundation Trust Awards and Grants
CARTOON Carl Gawboy
NEWS FROM FINLAND
Paper Strike Settled, Hostages in Philippines, Viagra Suspected
in Finnish
Deaths, Ahtisaari to Monitor !RA Arms, Nokia Profit Up, Halonen
Talks with Albright
Harri Siitonen-Sports News
KOTINURKKA
Midsummer - Sargit Sohlberg Warriner
NEWSWATCH
Richard Impola - Finns in the New York Times
F!NN!SH!NG UP! - Bernhard Hillila
FINLAND TODAY
Helsinki Celebrates Its 450th Birthday
Sinikka Garcia - Donald Duck's Great Sampo Adventure
Linda Hulden - Reflections on Being Young and Swedish-Speaking
in Today's Finland
Emigation Center of Vora
Exhibit of Soviet Photography
HISTORY
Otto Oja - Powder Monkey
Paul Norlen - Zachris Topelius and the Language Debates in Finland
Torbjörn Nikus - Kaitsor Boys in the New Land in the West
MUSIC
OrenTikkanen - Sanna Kurki-Suonio ja Loituma
PROFILE
Richard Impola - Meet Bert and Liisa Stromholm
POETRY
Erikki Vittaniem - Bonfire
BOOKS
Finland in the New Europe, Where the Huckleberries Grow, Hometown
Folks, Man's Sadness
TRANSLATION
Richard Impola - Antti Tervasmaa's "On the Trail of Father's
Motor Sled"
REGIONAL NEWS
Stephen Mylly - Anniversary of the Winter Quarters Mine Disaster
Tim Laitila Vincent - Honoring the Scofield Dead
Old Finnish Hall Gets New Blood, Viking Exhibit Opens, Northland
Music Association, Rautavaara in Philadelphia
EVENTS
Liberty Ships to Tour Great Lakes
Conference Featuring Ordinary Finnish Architecture
Finn Grand Fest
July 2000
COVER
Scowhouses on cedar posts, Finn Slough, B.C. Photo by Eero Sorila
MAIL
Judie Kotila Saaranen, Roy Shoberg, Ruth Ems Adamson
CARTOON - Carl Gawboy
MEMOIR
Esther Lilley - Our Singing Canary
Sinikka Garcia - Diary of a Finnish Girl at the End of the War
CELEBRATIONS
Sinikka Garcia - Summer Weddings
Sargit Sohlberg Warriner-Celebrating Name Days
EDITORIAL
Lynn Maria Laitala - Living Graciously
MILESTONES
NEWS FROM FINLAND
Halonen Meets with Putin, Hostages Crisis Continues, Economy
Booms Poverty Increases
SPORTS
Harri Siitonen - Sports News, Hockey
POETRY
Erkki Vittaniemi - Green Home - Richard Impola, translator
FINLAND TODAY
Brin-Marie Norrgård - A Photograph for the Aunt in America
Finland's Parallels with Northern Ireland
Helsinki Sparkles with Millennium Summer Events
HISTORY
Torbjörn Nikus - The Letters of Edvard Präst
Otto Oja - The HookTender
Reino Hannula - Finland's War Crimes Trial
MEMORIAL
Remembering Bob Selvala
PROFILES
Henry Lahti's Quest for the Finnish Canadian Revival
Ulla Pitkiinen - Emma Laaksonen's Memories; Timothy Vincent,
translator
Salla Tuomola - A Satisfying Ascetic Life
PLACES
Eero Sorila - The Fishing Village of Finn Slough
MUSIC
OrenTikkanen - Worth a Second Listen
Sound of Success- Historical Dictionary of the Music of Finland
TRAVEL
Eila Ruuskanen - From Saudi to Finland by Car, translated by
Irja Wenstrom
CULTURAL EVENTS
Finnish Studies in Toronto, Scandinavian Film Festival, Sointula
Seminar,
Berkeley Historical Exhibit, Kantele Workshop
REVIEWS
From Grand Duchy to a Modern State; Matka Kyrönjärven
Pitäjään;
Laulupiiri; Snowbound; The Kalevala Heritage; Helsinki Haiku
Song Pictures
REGIONAL NEWS
U.P. News; New Jersey; Herman, Mich.; Fairbanks, Alaska; Ancestors'
Clothesline in Hancock
CALENDAR
Naselle Finn Festival
August-September, 2000
COVER
Korpisen Lampi, Tuuri Finland. 1947. Oil painting by Uuno Heikki
Sorila
MAIL
Betty Hill, Irja Wenstrom, Art and Suzanne Koski, Gerry Henkel
MEMOIR
Esther Lilley - Paul's Shoes
EDITORIAL
Lynn Maria Laitala - The Finns We Are
CARTOON - Carl Gawboy
MILESTONES
NEWS FROM FINLAND
Finland and China Advance Relations; Finland and Russian Karelia;
Cellphone comics; Neurologist suspected of embezzlement
SPORTS
Harri Siitonen - Sports News
TRAVEL
Anna Gawboy-Travel Tips for Young American Ladies
Hilja Hautamaa Nast, Richard Impola, trans.-Cities and Catacombs
FINLAND TODAY
Jeff Bickert - Cruising Helsinki
Sanni Anttila - Fishing is more than a job - it's a way of life
ESSAY
EnriqueTessieri - How I Became a Finn
INNOVATIONS
Rappala Story; Sako-lnnovator in Gun Safety; Anti-chloresterol
research
FOOD
Duane Westfield - Camping and Camp Cooking
HISTORY
Chris Susag - lmmigrant Architecture, 1870
Otto Oja - The Head Loader at Work
Britt-Marie Norrgård - Refugees in Their Own Land
Leona Lampi - Excerpt from At the Foot of the Beartooth Mountains
Kalevi Olki - Suomi Hovi, a Finnish-American Shangrila
Jorma Kalliokoski - The Sauna in Central Europe
PROFILE
Lempi Wilson, Richard Impola, trans.-Hilja's Story
POETRY
Anita Koskela Lang - Oh, Friend!
FESTIVALS
Finn Grand Fest 2000 in Toronto
FinnFest USA 2001 on the Way
MUSIC
Oren Tikkanen - Mexican musings on folk music functions
Opera: King Lear; Ulysses; Finland's New Opera House
CULTURE
Suzanne Koski - Salolampi
REVIEWS
Journal of Finnish Studies, May 2000;The Enchanted Wood; Finland
Festivals;The Hungry Years
REGIONAL NEWS
Little Finland; Delaware Valley; Harma House Museum; Ashtabula
CALENDAR
Red Lodge Festival of Nations; Sibelius Presentation in San Pedro;
Ashtabula Finn Funn Day; LA Finnish Language and Culture Class
October 2000
COVER
Albert Salmi, Actor
MAIL
Bill Lagerroos, Svein K. Strom, Sinikka Garcia
MEMOIR
Esther Lilley - Kissa the Cat
EDITORIAL
Lynn Maria Laitala-The Good Life
CARTOONS
Carl Gawboy
Otto Oja
NEWS FROM FINLAND
President Halonen Marries; Older Workers Have Difficulty Finding
Jobs
SPORTS NEWS
FINLAND TODAY
Wouter Klootwijk - Horse Food for Human Beings
Harri Siitonen - Hiski's Gramophone Still Plays
Helsinki Library Wins Gates Foundation Prize
Robin Soine Curoe - Kuortane Sports Institute - A Hit for All
ESSAY
Enrique Tessieri - New Century, New Fmn
HISTORY
August Schauman (Hildi Hawkins, trans.) - Life in Helsinki under
Bombardment During the Crimean War
Otto Oja - The Second Loader
Timothy Laitila Vincent - Finland's Cottage Industries
Elvie Gramlich - Night of the Cloquet Fire
Paavo Kortekangas -The Early Organizers of the Suomi Synod
Chris Susag - A Special Church in Central Minnesota
PROFILE
Sinikka Garcia - A Look into Jean Sibelius' Life, 1865-1957
Albert Salmi, A Master of His Craft
POETRY
Erkki Vittarnemi - Autumn
A.F. Kop'eva - Perhaps a True Story
Otto Oja-Tale of the Yacolt Burn
MUSIC
Oren Tikkanen - A Summer's Pondering
New Finnish Opera Highly Praised at Salzberg Festival
Julie Morello - Finns Learn Gospel from a Master
Leejoy Hoofoagle - In the Footsteps of Vainamoinen
CULTURE
Lennard Sillanpää - Finland's Northern Dimension Initiative
and the Re-emergence of Indigenous Cultures in Northern Russia
HUMOR
How Cold Is It?
Paul J. Lampi - Looking Back
REVIEWS
Oiva Saarinen - "Heroes to Enemies by Varpu Lindstrôm"
An Environmental History of Finland's Waterworks and Wastewater
REGIONAL NEWS
Kaleva 2000 Convention; Altar Painting Returned; SISU Seminar
EVENTS
Finn-Funn Weekend; Siitonen in 12 Angry Jurors; Reformation Festival;
Minnesota Pelimannit
Scandinavian House Opens
FOOD
Marvin Loff - Lohi Salaaati
November 2000
COVER
Eli Gronroos' Barn
MAIL
Mika Perkiömäki
CORRECTIONS
Albert Salmi
HowThey Should Have Looked
COMPETITIONS/GRANTS/SCHOLARSHIPS
Finnish-to-EnglishTranslation Competition
Finlandia Foundation Grants and Scholarships
EDITORIAL
Lynn Maria Laitala - Failing through Success
CARTOON - Carl Gawboy
MILESTONES
NEWS FROM FINLAND
Finland Voted Least Corrupt...And Most Advanced, Hostages Released,
FDA Approves Benecol
SPORTS NEWS
KOTINURKKA
Sargit Sohlberg Warriner - Finnish Literature
PROFILE
Julie Morello - And the Champ is Liimatainen
Sinikka Garcia - A Look into Jean Sibelius' Life, Part 2
Alexis Pogorelskin - A Life of Service: Homage to Ruth Niskanen
ESSSAY : Enrique Tessieri - Endless Journeys
FINLAND TODAY
Harri Holtari - Finland Is Committed to Role in EU and UN
Julie Morello - Finnish Journalist Investigates Wisconsin Welfare
Hanna Miestamo - Local Community Goes Web
HISTORY
Otto Oja - The Log Train
Arnold Alanen - Finnish Barns of the Lake Superior Region
Miriam Eldridge, translator - A Letter from Suoma the Blacksmith's
Daughter
TRAVEL
Mika Perkiömäki - Glimpses of Fmland in the Western
Hemisphere
MUSIC
OrenTikkanen - Rientolan Kaksiriviset and Jepokryddona
Lempi Wilson - Sharing the Gift of Song
Myllarit Returns to Russia
Songs Finland Sings
Doty Plays Sibelius
POETRY
Bernhard Hillila - My Grandfather's Watch
Erkki Vittaniemi - In the Grayness
MEMOIR
Hilja Nast, Richard Impola, trans.- We Are All Children of the
Earth
REVIEWS
Laila Hietamies' "Red Moon Over White Sea"; James Ford
Cooper's On Finland Watch
REGIONAL NEWS
Stephen Mylly - Erkkila-Hautamaki Reunion; Lindgren Cabin Closed
for Winter; Boarding House Moves to Ironworld; Brule History
Draws Crowd
EVENTS
Movies in Berkeley; Independence Day in Canterbury; Scandinavian
Folk Dance and Culture Weekend; Scandinavian Channel on Cable
TV; Finnish Seniors Abroad
December 2000
COVER
Nastola, Finland
MAIL
Niilo Koponen, Anouk van Aanholt, Charlie Douris, Richard Impola,
Harold Karvonen
EDITORIAL
Lynn Maria Laitala - Elections
CARTOON - Carl Gawboy
MILESTONES
NEWSMAKERS
NEWS FROM FINLAND
SPORTS NEWS
KOTINURKKA
Sargit Sohlberg Warriner - The Chatty Finns
FINLAND TODAY
Ilkka Ahtiainen -The Never-Ending Karelia Question
The Finnish Flag, Coat of Arms and National Anthem
The Christmas Holidays in Finland Today
Concerns of Elderly Raised at Expatriate Parliament
ESSAY
EnriqueTessieri - Finnish Conquistadors
Richard Salo - Volunteers in the Americas
CULTURE
URALKULT Festival
HISTORY
Otto Oja -The Steam Donkey
Timothy Laitila Vincent -The Railroad in Finland
MEMOIR
Iona Lind -From Finland to Canada
TRANSLATION
Richard Impola, trans.-Kalle Paatalo's Winter of the Black Snow
Richard Impola, trans.-Lempi Wilson's Out in the World
MUSIC
OrenTikkanen - Kaksi Kanteletta
Barbara Hong's Journey into Finnish Music
Mya Wilkins Making Music
Jarvenpaa Singers Record Favorites
POETRY
Lempi Wilson - Autumn Mood
PROFILE
Alexis Pogorelskin -Homage to Ruth Niskanen
TRAVEL
Mika Perkiômäki - Glimpses of Finland in the Westem
Hemisphere
BOOKS
Consumer Guide to Long-Term Care; History of the Thomson Farming
Area; Tales of the Lumipaikka
FOOD
Christmas Bread
Duane Westfield - Camps and Camp Cooking: Pancakes!
REGIONAL NEWS
Scandinavia House Opens in New York; Finn-Funn 2000; Matti Hyokki
Conducts Finnish Choral Festival; Ambassador Laajava Visits Colorado
EVENTS
Events at Scandinavia House
Heikinpäiva Midwinter Festival; Pikku Joulu in Duluth; Festive
New Port Richey; Knox Creek Independence Celebration
January 2001
COVER
"Frosty Tree," by Erkki Viitaniemi, illustrated by
Eric Martinsson
MAIL
MEMOIR
Esther Lilley-Squeaky and the Rats
EDITORIAL
Lynn Maria Laitala - Law vs. Order
CARTOON - Carl Gawboy
MILESTONES
Norman Westerberg - Reflections on Fifty Years of Marriage
NEWS FROM FINLAND
SPORTS NEWS
ESSAY
Richard Impola - ldentity
EnriqueTessieri - Mistaken ldentity
Harri Siitonen - A Critical Assessment of the Life and Politics
of Gus Hall
CULTURAL EXCHANGE
Luca Rossi - Coffee: A Guide to National Character
Elina Paivinen - How to Survive in France
Sophie Lubet - Vuoronumero
AWARDS
Ahtisaari Recognized as International Peacemaker
Award Made for Research for lndigenous Peoples of Northern Russia
FINLAND TODAY
Ari Lahdenmäki - Psychiatrist Works to Heal Broken Minds
Tiina Aisla - lce Hockey, A Native American, and Finnish Curiosity
Annukka Berg - Finland's New Regionalism
HISTORY
Otto Oja - Getting to Work
Finnish Barns
Arlene Lehto - Aino Vähämaki and Harri Lindholm
MUSIC
Oren Tikkanen - Ending theYear in Fine Style
A Tango War?
Hanna Pesonen - Ruisrock: Part of the Finnish Festival Tradition
Sophia Johnson - Memories of the West Coast Finnish-American
Singers
A Blessing of the Kanteles
EDUCATION
Finland Society Surnmer Seminar
International School Offers Challenges and Teaches Humanity
POETRY
Bernhard Hillila - Cloud Born
BOOKS
A Book about the Victims of Soviet Guerrillas
Connecting Souls: Finnish Voices in North America
EULOGY
Richard Impola - Finland's Beloved Wnter Kalle Paatalo
HERITAGE
Kalevi Olkio - How Baltimore Promotes Its Ethnic Heritage
Nancy Riikonen - House of Finland Celebrates 60th Anniversary
EVENTS
Distinguished Musician to Speak in Minnesota; Finnish Family
Fun Weekend at Salolampi; The Expatriate Parliament; Los Angeles
Events
February 2001
COVER
Katie and Phoebe Koski kicksledding
EDlTORAL
Lynn Maria Laitala - Living in AII Creation
CARTOON - Carl Gawboy
Minnesota DNR Head Studies Finnish Forest Practices
From Years Past: Confusing Ballots
NEWS FRQM FINLAND
Finland Opposes New Estonia Investigation; Recession Bypassed:
Pensioners' Lobby Growing More Powerful
TRADITIONS
The Kicksled
Laskiainen - Finnish Shrovetide
The Kalevala's Contents
ESSAY
EnriqueTessieri - Memory Sometimes Scares Me
FlNLAND TODAY
Anu Nousiainen - A Statistical Portrait of the Average Family
in Finland at the End of 2000
Susan Long - A City of Love Without Words
Jisoo Hyun - Building a Friendship without a Common Language
Anja Miller - The Finnish Expatriate Parliament
HISTORY
Jon Little - Finnish Cabins on Kenai Peninsula Earn Historic
Designation
Otto Oja - The Steam Whistle
Harri Siitonen, Trans. - Finnish Anti-Aircraft Defense Was About
to Shoot Hitler Down
Brad Bolchunos - Finding Freedom Again
Torbjörn Nikus -A Niter Boiler in the Family
MEMOIR
Ruth Esther Hillilä - Shooting the Rapids in Finland
Arlene Lehto - Land of Our Own
MUSIC
Ruth Mackenzie - Kalevala: Dream of the Salmon Maiden
POETRY
Richard Impola, Trans. - Wit and Wisdom from the Kalevala
PROFILE
Wesley Wehr-Helmi: Letters from Elma
BOOKS
Nude in Tub, Reviewed by Nancy Farm Mannikko; The Journal of
Otto Peltonen
LANGUAGE
Britt-Marie Norrgård and Theresa Norrgård - Jussi
Joutsen / Swen Swan
REGIONAL NEWS
Paul Halme Decorated; Matti Suokko, Honorary Consul; Kaleva Hall
Film Schedule
EVENTS
Kalevala Dream of the Salmon Maiden; Johan Ludwig Runeberg-A
Birthday Celebration; An Invitation to the Dance
March 2001
COVER
Flowers of March
MAIL
Ivy Nevala
MEMOIR
Esther Lilley - The Wool Sock
EDITORIAL
Lynn Maria Laitala - Making the Right Choices
CARTOONS
Carl Gawboy
Otto Oja
NEWS FROM FINLAND Finland Leads in Environmental Survey; Finland
Promotes Health Among Northern Indigenous Peoples in Russia;
Foreign Ministry Monitors Health Risks in Kosovo
SPORTS NEWS
ESSAY
Sargit Sohlberg Warriner - The Rya
Ivy Nevala - How Do We Improve Education
Enrique Tessieri - Parting is Dying, A Little
Chris Susag - Winter, Activity and Finnish Art Forms
Serena Scipioni - Finding Courage in Finland
FINLAND TODAY
Russians Re-enact Winter War
PROFILE
Sylvia Terho-Gross - Hanna-Liisa Asnobrygg-Terho-Newfield
Leonhard Seppala, Famous Dog Musher
Sinikka Garcia - Grandpa Heikki
Sinikka Garcia - Minna Canth
K. and J. Savolainen - Melvin Holli, Finnish American Scholar
POETRY
Otto Oja - The Tramp Logger
Susan Niemela Vollmer - Sauna
David Torrel - Ode to St. Urho
GENEALOGY
Ivy Nevala - One Family's Search for Its Roots
FICTION
Juhani Aho-Story of a Marriage
MUSIC
OrenTikkanen - Maailma Musikaali
NEW TRADITIONS
Joan Liffring-Zug Bourret - St. Urho in Cyberspace
BOOKS
Joanne Asala - Finnish-American Folklore: The Legend of St. Urho
Richard Impola, trans. - Kalle Paatalo's Before the Storrn
Hilja Nast-In Wartime Finland
HUMOR
Lehti-isms
Richard Lewis - Finnish as a World Language
LANGUAGE
Sini Lang - ltalian Students Study in Finland to Improve Their
English
28th Annual Seminar on Finnish Language and Culture
Britt Marie Norrgård and Theresa Norrgård
HISTORY
Jon Little -1890s Homestead Still Holds Pioneer's Belongings
Pioneer Cranberry Ranchers in Washington State
FOOD
Duane Westfield - Festive Porridge
April, 2001
COVER
Duane Westfield - "Ontario, Canada"
TRADITIONS
Leila Virtanen - Witches Come Out at Easter
EDITORIAL
Lynn Maria Laitala - Sharing Stories
CARTOON - Carl Gawboy
NEWSMAKERS
NEWS FROM FINLAND
SPORTS NEWS
ESSAY
Sargit Sohlberg Warriner - Easter
Enrique Tessieri - Finland's Four Seasons
Julie Moreilo - Eulogy for a Barn
Esther Lilley - My Blue Handkerchief
POETRY
Erkki Vittaniemi - Wind
Otto Oja - Logger
FINLAND TODAY
Jeff Bickert - Yrjönkatu Swimming Hall
HISTORY
John Niemi - Miners Advertise for Brides
Sinikka Garcia -The Great Finnish Protest
Inglenook Wineries, A Story of Two Families
Richard Impola - To America on a Dare
Richard Impola - History According to Olive Beaupre Miller
More Bad History
Lisa Penner, George Hummasti - Karelian Fever Divided Astoria
Suzanne Koski - Masters of Faberge
Timothy Laitila Vincent - Letters to Michigan
PROFILE
Otto Oja, Historian, Artist, Poet - Logger
MEMOIRE
Norman Westerberg - A Child in the Winter War
ANTHROPOLOGY
Christian Carpelan - Getting It Wrong: The Origins of the Finns
MUSIC
Oren Tikkanen - A Whisper of History
COMMUNITIES
Lisa Harden - Students Preserve Town's Past for the Future
Anita Hakkila Smiley - Finnish Hall of Canterbury, CT
FOR CHILDREN
Otto Oja - Olga'sTrials
Britt-Marie and Theresa Norrgård - Jussi Joutsen
REVIEWS
Harri Siitonen - History of the Oakland-East Bay Labor Movement
Journal of Finnish Studies
FINNFEST USA 2001
Ari Aho - Message from the Chair
EskoTownell - GreatTimes Ahead at FinnFest this July
Performances Not to Be Missed
EVENTS
Lindström and Vähämäki Speak in LA; Vikings
Exhibit Opens in Denver; Gala Suomi Conference in July; Scandinavian
Midsummer in Marquette; Finn Funn Weekend 2001
May 2001
COVER
Kantele, Finland's National Instrument
EDITORIAL
Finn Through the Generations
BRIEFS
Enrique Tessieri
NEWS FROM FINLAND
An Exception In SAK
Criminal Charges for World Bank Presidents Pie-in-the-Face
Baltic Sea Ship Collision Spills Tons of Oil
SPORTS NEWS
Harri Siitonen
ESSAY
An Unforgettable Artistic Experience: League of Finnish-American
Societies essay winner
Finnish Folk Songs in Minnesota
PROFILE
Martti Nisonen by Ruth-Esther Hillilä-Bickel
Brent Buswell: Young Accordionist
Two Finnish-American Troubadours: Hiski- Salomaa and Arthur Kylander
UMD Bulldog Women's Hockey Champs
HISTORY
Bucking: Otto Oja
The Kantele - from Epic to Eclecticism
MEMOIR
Growing Up in Wartime Finland: Norman Westerberg
Saima's Story: Cloquet Fire
Esther Lilley: The One Legged Ghost
POETRY
Tulip - Erkki Vittaniemi
Kevat-Spring
Diane Jarvi: Prose Poem
MUSIC
The Jarvenpaa Singers
Music with Oren Tikkanen
Tampere Vocal Music Festival
Nuuri-Finnish Festival's Young Artist of the Year
Opera in A Box
Kantele Kreeta
Finnish Rock Music
Mikko Herranen: International Young Soloist Award Winner
FOOD
Vappu - MayDay
CHILDREN
Tik N'Tak Pop Music from Finland to America
Britt Marie Norrgård
Iso Papa
EVENTS
Sudbury Finn-Fair
Festival Finlandia
Finnish-Canadian Grand Festival
Yrjo Kilpinen Art Song Competition
June 2001
COVER
Savu Sauna, Finland, Notecard for Salolampi Language
Village Scholarship Fund
MAIL
EDITORIAL
ESSAYS
Esther Lilley - Home Remedies
SAYL 2nd prize Essay winner: How to Sell Finland Abroad
NEWSMAKERS
NEWS FROM FINLAND
SPORTS NEWS
KOTINURKKA
BRIEFS FROM FINLAND
EnriqueTessieri
HISTORY
Richard Impola - One Man's Departure For America
Otto Oja - Bucker's Saw
POETRY
Think - Otto Oja
Time - Erkki Vittaniemi
MOVIES
What it Means - Jeane Moore
PROFILE
Plenty of Sisu in Younger Finns - Nancy F. Mannikko
A Fiddling Legend
MEMOIR
Norman Westerberg: Growing Up in Wartime Finland
1942-1944
FOR CHILDREN
My Grandma - Mary Majewski
Britt-Marie & Theresa Norrgard - Jussi Joutsen
Summer Word Match Puzzle
THE ARTS
ItseTehty Elämä
My Fair Lady - In Finnish
HOLIDAYS
Juhannus - Midsummer
MUSIC EVENTS
Gornick Presents "Mixtures"
Yrjo Kilpinen Art Song Competition
DANCE
Tangomarkldnat
FinnFest 2001 Registration
FINNFORUM VI
July 2001
COVER
The Birches, Leena Iso-Ahola
EDITORIAL
HISTORY
Postal Service's Day of Glory
I Remember
Nimi Paiva - Mae Lumppio
The Swedish Fiddle - Otto Oja
Growing Up in Wartime Finland: Norman Westerberg
NEWSMAKERS
NEWS FROM FINLAND
SPORTS NEWS
BRIEFS FROM FINLAND
EnriqueTessieri
MEMOIR
Mickey the Runt - Esther Lilley
Skunk Around the Sauna
Veli Hall - Harri Siitonen
POETRY
Summer
Poems by Ellen Canterbury: 10
MOVIE REVIEWS
What It Means: Pt. 2
MUSIC
Music Etc. with Oren Tikkanen
ESSAY
Wednesday Morning
CHILDREN
My Grandma
Andreas Modinos: Cartoonist
The Fish Cartoon
Maze
Britt Marie & Theresa Norrgård
BOOK REVIEWS
Misadventures of Bumbleberry Finn By Ernest Hekkanen
Divining the LandscapeBy Diane Jarvenpa
Let Us Therefore Be Finns! By Kathleen Dana
PROFILE
Osmo Vanska
Named 10th Director of Minnesota Orchestra
EVENTS
August/September 2001
COVER
The Vesijärvi Canal, about 1945
MAIL
Invitation to FinnFunn on Cape Cod
POETRY Erkki Vittaniemi-Syksy
MILESTONES
NEWS FROM FINLAND
SPORTS NEWS
FINLAND TODAY
Linus Torwalds: Unique Values in the Dot-Com World?
The Road
KOTINURKKA
Sargit Sohlberg Warriner-Rag Carpets
HISTORY
Otto Oja-Falling a Tree in the 1980s
MULTICULTURALISM
Törbjörn Nikus - My Finn-Swede Identity
The Kven of Norway
TRANSLATION
Jari Tervo translated by Simo Merne
Eeva Kilpi translated by Jill Timbers
Väinö Linna translated by Richard Impola
MUSIC
Oren Tikkanen
ESSAY
Alexis Pogorelskin-In Search of Alvaar Aalto
Marion Kyrola Hedenberg-A School Teacher's View of Finland
Matti Lukkari-Could the Winter War Have Been Avoided?
MEMOIR
Esther Lilley - My Sauna
EVENTS
Harri Siitonen - FinnForum VI Discusses Finnish Multiculturalism
Duane Westfield-The Future of the Steel Industry in America
Snaps of FinnFest
Duane Westfield-Suomi Conference Meets at Pelkie, Michigan
REVIEWS
Five Centuries of Violence in Finland and the Baltic Area
The People of Sointula
Minnesota Tango
REGIONAL NEWS
Immigration History Research Center program to benefit Riippa
Fund; Oiva Saarinen Honored by Finland
Recipe: Mixed Fruit Soup