2 - COVER STORY: Howdy Doody's "Mom" by Richard Wilson

4 - SIDEBAR: Howdy Doody's Troubled Beginning compiled by editor, from information provided by Alan Cook, Rick Liljeblad, Greg Williams, Fred Thompson, and others

5 - REVIEW

Miss Pussycat's Mystery at Squirrel Ranch - Reviewed by Diance Koszarski

6 - S.O.S. From Iraq - How Peace Through Puppets was Born - by 1 SG Bruce Reges and Jean Reges Burn

9 - BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS

Three From Charlemagne Press - notes by editor

10 - Puppets Down Under - by Kevin Menegus

12 - PROFILE

The Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers - by Paul Eide, from interviews with Robin, Erik, and Brian Torbeck

15 - Reconstructing Rudolph - by Robin Walsh
17 - Puppetry at St. Ann's Warehouse - by Steve Abrams
18 - Remembering Ken Spencer - David Malmberg
14 - P of A Awards

COLUMNS

20 - Scene East, by Steve Abrams
21 - Scene West, by Beth Fernandez
22 - Scene Between, by Monica Leo and Teri Jean Breitbach
23 - Poor Alan's Almanack, by Alan Cook
24 - At Large, by Paul Eide, Editor

A Bob's Eye View by Bob Nathanson will return next issue

IN MEMORIAM

27 - Eleanor Boylan - by Roger Dennis
27 - Emily Quinn - by Dona Price

29 - Kuruma Ningyo - The "Cart Puppets" of Japan - by Randel McGee
30 - The Art & Craft of Shadow Theater - A CSUN Residency - by Lisa Marie Pirro
31 - Natural Bridges on Tour for AFE - by Kirk Maynard

32 - POA Financial Report for 2006
26 - Annual Statement of Ownership