RALLY TODAY:
Thursday, October 27, 2005
1 PM
Camp Casey
802 North Nevada
(Toons Music -- Dale and Nevada)

It happened. It looks like factions opposed to our 6-week war protest have
decided to pull some strings to put a stop to it. I know that there are
thousands of you in Colorado Springs and surrounding areas who are fed up
with the killing in Iraq, and who have over the past weeks driven by and
tooted your horn, or sat home offering your quiet support (sort of like
supporting the troops with a car magnet . Today, I am making an appeal to
you to please take one hour and join those who have committed their bodies,
day after day, to the effort to shut down the war.

Please come and stand with us in protest of those at Colorado College who
would deny us our First Amendment right to continue to speak out against
this war in the manner we have chosen.

It has been an enormous personal challenge for us to continue to hold out
this little corner of peace, week after week, through the weather, and in
the face of those who would stoke the fires of the war. We need your
presence today as support, even if it is to help us break camp if we end up
doing that.

Those of you who have made the visit, we thank you ...but you're not off the
hook.

There's a war to stop.

And if you don't agree with what we are saying, please come to support our
right to say it.

Thank you.

--Dave

RALLY:
Thursday, October 27, 2005
1 PM
Camp Casey
802 North Nevada
(Toons Music -- Dale and Nevada)

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EDITORIAL CONTACT:
Dave Therault
719-459-6471

PRESS CONFERENCE/RALLY
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2005
1 PM
802 NORTH NEVADA AVENUE
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO

Colorado Springs -- Wednesday afternoon, a property management company
representing the Colorado College demanded the demolition of Camp Casey
Colorado Springs, which was established on September 15 on land leased from
the college by a local film and music store.

The peace camp was established by a group of Colorado Springs veterans and
peace activists which traveled in August to Camp Casey in Crawford (TX) to
stand outside of George W. Bush's ranch with Cindy Sheehan in protest of the
war on Iraq. During the past six weeks, the camp has hosted a memorial of
1900 crosses and been used as staging area for peace actions, rallies,
counter-recruitment in area high schools, and an art gallery.

"We have been sleeping in tents and maintaining our vigil for close to two
months now," said Eric Verlo, proprietor of Toons Film and Music, which
leases the property from Colorado College, and who was with the group
traveling to Crawford. "Given the vehemence of the demand, this appears to
be an attack on our first amendment rights," he added. "I would guess that
we wouldn't have heard from the college administrators if I had put in a
outdoor reading café for my customers, rather than a peace park."

Verlo also said he was informed by the Colorado College property management
of the college's intention to file for immediate eviction action on his
business, and to use his employees to forcibly remove the camp site. "He
told me that 'several voices from the Colorado College administration' had
complained about the presence of the peace camp," said Verlo, "and told me
in very angry terms to tear down the peace camp. At one point he threatened
to have workers come and tear it down if we don't remove it immediately."

The camp organizers are gathering at 1:00 PM Thursday, October 27 at the
camp site, 802 North Nevada (Dale and Nevada) to reply to the demands made
by the Colorado College.

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