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HELP A LOCAL GROUP SPEAK FOR YOU!
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Folks, many of you have asked how you can help stop this ongoing slaughter,
and it is our duty to inform you of effective ways of doing so. Here is one
very local-oriented way to REALLY make your feelings known.

The 'Peninsula Citizens for the Protection of Whales' is a group of citizens
based out of Port Angeles. They have not asked for any financial assistance,
preferring instead for concerned people to donate to the on-water protest
groups. Now it is time to help out our neighbors.

Unlike the Makah whale killers, the Peninsula Citizens have had to finance
their campaign with their own money. Now they are asking for donations in
order to maintain their presence near Neah Bay. These are the brave folks
you see on television being dragged from the highway and stopping traffic at
the Makah border.

We owe these brave Washington residents more than our gratitude for making
life difficult for the whale killers, we owe them the chance to continue the
fight, even as the Makah speak publicly of going for another whale soon.
Many of them have left their jobs, homes and family behind in order to
maintain a very important presence against Makah atrocities.

Please be generous and help our fellow Washington neighbors out. They're
fighting for all of us.

Credit card donations: Call Olson's Resort at (360) 963-2311 and ask to
contribute to the "Peninsula Citizens" fund. Call
Mailed contributions- send to: Chuck Owens, 612 Schmitt Road, Port Angeles,
WA 98363
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BREAKING NEWS-
BOMB THREAT CALLED IN TO PUYALLUP SCHOOL
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KING-5 TV is reporting that 1000 were evacuated from a Puyallup tribe
elementary school because of a bomb threat. Caller claims bomb planted in
retaliation for the very public Puyallup support of the Makah whale kill...

Also, a local elementray school has been forced to change a children's
puppet show
depicting Makah culture because of complaints and protests from parents.

The WCCA forecast these developments back in October, but the Makah wouldn't
listen. Unfortunately, those who do not learn from history are bound to
repeat it. However, it should be noted that the WCCA consists only of
non-violent protest groups.

More details as they become available.
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