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Please turn your spotlight on John Day.  Last week, the Aryan Nations announced that they are looking for property and want to move their national headquarters here.  When the AN stayed in a local hotel to check out the area, they frightened the non-white housekeepers and the hotel owners say they are not welcome again though they already have reservations to return. The AN say they find the area attractive because it is remote, has mountains (for training exercises), and because they believe they would be "a good fit with the values here." NOT TRUE!  On Saturday, there was a protest organized by word-of-mouth which attracted 75-100 people--not bad for 2 days notice from a population of around 2,000 people including Canyon City.  On Friday, Feb. 26, the local newspaper will host meetings featuring Atty. Norm Gissel and human rights activist Tony Stewart who helped sue the AN back in Idaho in order to "talk about ways to meet this threat to our values."   Please contact the Blue Mountain Eagle (541) 575-0710 or check out the Eagle's website: MyEagleNews.com for more info.  The more people who know about this potential catastrophe, the better chance we have of stopping it.

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Please consider doing a show on the new power lines that Idaho Power is trying to string across eastern Oregon.  It's very controversial out here. Many of us fear that our greatest asset--our landscape--will be ruined. The Blue Mountain Eagle out of John Day has run several lengthy articles about the issue, but opposition is much wider than just Grant County.  

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