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P.S. Remembering Jonestown

Althea Roberts, left, and Juana Norwood, right, look for photos of family members who died in Jonestown during the 32nd annual memorial service and prayer vigil to remember the more than 900 victims of the Jonestown massacre in Oakland, Calif., Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010.  Parting ways with longtime organizers of Jonestown memorial services, a group of Peoples Temple survivors announced their own plans Thursday for a granite monument inscribed with the names of those who died at Jonestown in Guyana. The women lost 27 family members in the tragedy. (Eric Risberg / Associated Press)
Althea Roberts, left, and Juana Norwood, right, look for photos of family members who died in Jonestown during the 32nd annual memorial service and prayer vigil to remember the more than 900 victims of the Jonestown massacre in Oakland, Calif., Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010. Parting ways with longtime organizers of Jonestown memorial services, a group of Peoples Temple survivors announced their own plans Thursday for a granite monument inscribed with the names of those who died at Jonestown in Guyana. The women lost 27 family members in the tragedy. (Eric Risberg / Associated Press)

Althea Roberts, left, and Juana Norwood, right, look for photos of family members who died in Jonestown during the 32nd annual memorial service and prayer vigil to remember the more than 900 victims of the Jonestown massacre in Oakland, Calif., today.  Parting ways with longtime organizers of Jonestown memorial services, a group of Peoples Temple survivors announced their own plans Thursday for a granite monument inscribed with the names of those who died at Jonestown in Guyana. The women lost 27 family members in the tragedy. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

DFO: I was working a Saturday night shift putting the Sunday newspaper out for the Daily Inter Lake in Kalispell, Mont., when the first news of the Jonestown massacre began appearing over the AP wire machine. What were you doing when you heard about Jonestown?

Question: Could a Jonestown massacre happen again?



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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