And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
A good story. A good way to remember him.
>Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 20:40:47 -0600
>From: Will Fantle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>Subject: Re: Walt Bresette
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>I too count myself lucky to have witnessed the event Jeff mentions below.
>The image of Walt hammering away with the war club on the earth mover at
>Ladysmith has been indelibly etched in my mind because of its pathos - an
>Indian warrior with pony tail waving in the wind, dwarfed by the mechanical
>monstor, and swinging away against its indifference and destruction in an
>act of defense for his long suffering culture and the accosted mother
>planet. Too bad so many of us are blinded by the glitter of the modern
>world, too bad so few of us carry torches of awareness in the darkness. We
>have lost one; let us share and fire the imaginations of others with Walt's
>spirit, voice and vision.
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>At 08:19 PM 2/21/99 -0600, you wrote:
>>Zoltan,
>> You mention Black Hawk's war club, which was given to Walt to carry.
>>He carried it well and honored the memory of Black Hawk.
>> I saw the club on a number of occasions, and heard Walt speak of it
>>and how it came to him on others. But on one occasion I was thrilled to
>>see Walter use the club in a righteous act of self-defense.
>> We were on the outskirts of Ladysmith, after RTZ had finished
>>surrounding "their" property with a 10-foot-high cyclone fence and begun
>>the grisly process of scraping topsoil into huge mounds. On top of one
>>of these mounds, in full view of the traffic on Highway 27, a large
>>United States flag had been planted.
>> Having assembled outside one of the gates leading into the mine site,
>>the two dozen or so protesters proceeded to sing, chant, and generally
>>carry on. No arrests had been planned for this day, and it seemed we'd
>>all soon be heading home, one more unremarkable demonstration under ur
>>>belts.
>> A few members of our group had broken away and were walking the
>>fenceline, apparently sizing up the site's security. Suddenly my eye was
>>caught by some unusual movement to my left, and I turned in time to see
>>the first of three (I think there were three; this was eight years ago
>>and my memory is hazy) protesters engaging in a little extra-curricular
>>activity.
>> First Walt, then Jan Jacoby, then Sean Guilfoyle dropped to the
>>ground inside RTZ territory, and as they did, each made a beeline for
>>the hill with the flag on top. As the rest of us watched and cheered,
>>Walt took a sharp right and began running toward a giant earth moving
>>machine parked near the base of the hill. He ran up to one of the
>>mammoth tires and, jumping as high as he could, "counted coup" on that
>>monster machine with Black Hawk's club.
>> Walt then joined his two comrades, who had begun taking down the
>>flag. After it was (more or less) properly folded, they ran back and
>>tossed it over the fence and into the hands of Linda Craemer, who
>>appeared surprised at suddenly becoming an accessory to this little
>>crime.
>> Walt's explanation afterwards was that he felt an exploitive foreign
>>company had no right to fly an American flag over land that they were
>>about to desecrate and that the three fenceclimbers had not intended to
>>keep the flag, only to safeguard it until its rightful owners could be
>>found.
>> His was and is a wonderful spirit. Long may he live in our hearts.
>>
>>Jeff Peterson
>>Luck, WI
>>
>>
>Will Fantle
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