[Peace-discuss] the plot sickens

[Brooke Anderson]

Hi y'all,

I got a call from a reporter at the DI who wanted to do a story on 
yard sign theft. She called me because she knows me from other 
projects, but I told her that she'd do better speaking with y'all 
since you're the ones distributing the yard signs and keeping track 
of the vandalism, and so I gave her Ricky's email address since it 
sounded like he was collecting the stats.

But, Lisa, if you want to call her or if others do, her name is Jen 
Mulhallen and you can reach her at the DI newsroom at 244-2934.

I think that the media seem to grab onto this stuff because its 
sensational, but I think it's important that if we get press on this, 
that it not let it detract from the overall message of ending the war 
asap. (I'm not saying anyone is doing this, cuz it sounds like things 
are going alright so far, but I just thought I'd throw that in for 
food for thought for the future).

Brooke.

At 4:38 PM -0600 4/1/03, Lisa Chason wrote:
>Remember yesterday's story about the dead animals near the No War 
>sign? Well, my kids came home from school this afternoon and said 
>that at the house around the corner -- the only other house in the 
>immediate neighborhood with a sign -- there was a dead squirrel on 
>the sidewalk near the sign. I knocked on the door, happy to finally 
>have a chance to meet this like-minded neighbor. He didn't know 
>about our situation and said this was the 4th dead squirrel he had 
>found next to the sign in a week and a half! He thought it was 
>getting odd but still just a coincidence until I told him about what 
>happened to us. He has called the police (they made a report and 
>said they'd do some extra patrolling) and I called channel 3 news. 
>Trisha Shephard, the newsperson who interviewed me yesterday, was 
>very glad I called. They're busy with the election but will get a 
>camera out tonight or tomorrow.
>
>This neighborhood is southeast Urbana, between Florida and Race. I 
>live on S. Grange St, the new incident is on McHenry. Has anyone 
>else in this area been experiencing such things and maybe now begins 
>to see a pattern?
>Lisa


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Brooke Anderson
Champaign County Health Care Consumers
44 E. Main St., Suite 208
Champaign, IL 61820
Phone = (217) 352-6533, x 17
Fax = (217) 352-9745
Email = brooke at shout.net
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