Grant County residents are taking steps to fight any effort by members of a white supremacist group calling themselves the Aryan Nations to find a new headquarters in John Day. On Friday, residents will gather for two town hall meetings in Canyon City, just south of John Day. Speakers will include Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, attorneys Norman Gissell and Tony Stewart, who helped win a landmark judgment against the Church of Jesus Christ Christian-Aryan Nations in 2000. On Monday, 60 to 70 protesters carried signs in downtown John Day with slogans such as "One Race: Human," "No to Aryan Nations!" and "Say No to Hate and Violence!"/Richard Cockle, Oregonian. More here. (Jesse Tinsley photo: Paul Mullet of the Aryan Nations attends the Freedom Festival at the Greyhound Park in Post Falls Dec. 2. He was asked to leave.)

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Question: Is it fair to say that the Aryan Nations are looking to relocate from Athol to John Day, Ore., when the reincarnation of the movement seems to be a handful of individuals at best?