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Racists Go Calling In Oregon Town

An Aryan Nations member from Athol visited John Day, Ore., last week, making clear his plan to set up a headquarters compound in that rural town. “They just came by the office and said, ‘We’re here in town and we just want to let you know what’s going on,’ ” said Scotta Callister, editor of the Blue Mountain Eagle, a weekly newspaper in John Day. Paul Mullet of Athol was joined by two Grant County, Ore., residents – Jacob Green and Christopher Cowan – and Leif Berlin, supposedly the Aryan Nations’ Washington state leader, a story on the Eagle Web site said. Mullet did not respond to numerous calls requesting comment/Alison Boggs, SR. More here(AP File Photo: Richard Butler salutes along with other members of the neo Nazi group during a rally in Coeur d' Alene on July 3, 1999)

Question: What advice would you give the residents of John Day, Ore., re: how to deal with the Aryan Nations?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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