Clara is replying to Rick who replied to Clara on 15 Feb 96 02:31pm
Oh, my goodness, I sure do apologize for my long absence.  Seems
as if I can't do anything without huge IMPORTANT chunks of my
life suffering.  Been hot on the trail of finding a lawyer,
seeing a dentist (crowns, root canal--major stuff), doctor (minor
stuff), & trying to fill in all the stuff Chip was doing before
he started 13-14 hour days.  Ay, ay, ay!!
 RT> Did my Netmail of last weekend arrive intact?
Yes!  The one saying you'd gotten our package?  Yes, I'm sure
that's what you mean.  And I wrote back on Feb. 16 (late), so
when you wrote this letter, you hadn't gotten my mail.
 >> You said you planned to call the lady who tried to help w/the
 >> evictions. Anything come of it?
 RT> An appointment in Williamsburg, four hours distant. While I can't yet
 RT> discuss the primary purpose behind my visit, your case fits well into
 RT> the overall presentation I plan to give her. She is well aware that I
 RT> am not one to cry wolf.
I'm most interested to know what happened in your meeting.
>>[Don't know if more] material can be presented for Kriseya in this appeal.
 RT> This is what I meant by not losing sight of the short term goal. Your
 RT> efforts on behalf of others are worthy of recognition, but you may
 RT> consider placing on the back burner some of your activities to answer
 RT> this key question.  They must be presented with everything that could
 RT> possibly benefit her case.
Rick, you're so right, and I'm trying so hard to keep everything straight.
The problem is my whole life is like overlapping circles. Some of these
"back burner" activities are hard to ignore--like sending shoes to a girl
we promised, calls for Chip (& dealing w/some of his business), not to
mention sending $$ to Kriseya and keeping in touch with her.  However,
I am stretching.  I feel that I'm getting more efficient & focused just
out of self-protection.  We have consistently been told that we can do
nothing until the present appeal is decided, but our search for a lawyer
is precisely for the purpose of getting ready to insert issues not
covered.
 RT> To answer your other question, I had subscribed to WITCHHNT prior to
 RT> moving in October, but I have yet to find a local Internet provider.
 RT> I'm trying to stir up local interest in a FreeNet, as one does exist
 RT> in Central Virginia.  This would allow for tremendous flexibility in
 RT> terms of being able to place all of the information I have so far
 RT> collected on the Web.  ;)
And what you say above/^ brings up some exciting news I have for you:
One of my internet contacts forwarded an Action Alert from a fellow in
Alaska who's forming a coalition to help the wrongly accused.  I've
corresponded w/him online, and he called me tonight.  He's rolling!
Knowing that you want all the info you can get to help the wrongly
accused, I gave him your address.  He asked me to give you his 800
number--at the end of this message so it'll stand out.  His name is
Mike Neligh, and he's been working at justice issues for 6 years now
since *he* was wrongly accused.  He's trying to bring off an "umbrella
clearing house" to route people in need to those who can help.  At any
rate, you can contact him & see what you think.  He's into calling
people when he can (he seems very busy).  He wants his info distributed
as widely as possible, and when I mentioned you and BBS forums, he said
that's a whole area of people working toward the same end and they
are largely separate from the internet group.
Is there any way to post messages found on a BBS forum to an internet
forum and vice-versa?  Only way I can figure is to laboriously copy
the text.  There's much of value on both BBSes and the net, and neither
side is much in contact with the other.  If you have a way, please
give me the instructions in basic kindergarten style: clear, step by
step, asumming I know nothing (which is close to the truth). I know
I can save stuff as text, but that requires attaching it later as a
_file_, doesn't it?  Not what I want to do, if poss.
Let me just quickly tell you some more events:  Jenny Wilcox's hearing
went wonderfully.  Everyone involved, from the attorney, to Marty Yant
(our friend the PI/author) posted exultant messages.  Becki Miller
sent me the newspaper accounts--and it looks like the press took Jenny's
side.  Matt, one of Jenny's contacts (now ours also) reported on a phone
call from Jenny: that she is afraid to be hopeful, and is just doggedly
waiting.  The decision is to come March 1st.  Her hearing was covered
by Dan Rather & aired this week, but I missed it.  I've prayed so hard
for that young woman.  She's been sick at the jail, & guards are their
usual unmmoved selves: "tough, you're in jail."  Such compassion.
Another thing is that one of the witchhnt participants--an activist
we'd contacted & told of Kriseya--gave me a splendid introduction to
some people who have devoted their lives to helping free the innocent,
and I composed a long description for them.  (One good thing is that
my typing is getting faster, and I've almost stopped my compulsion to
be too careful with my messages.  Less elegant, but effective!)
Almost every day that I was not able to get back to you, I was
straining at the bit, thinking that you must think I'm fickle, or
something.  I am not: if anything, I'm responsible to a fault, but
my attempts to leave no ends dangling sometimes results in many
ends dangling for a while.  Please forgive me, Rick.
I haven't checked the rest of the messages here, so my question
may turn out to be redundant, but I was wondering if you responded
any further to the material we sent.
I'll check it all out next.  Blessings to you, Rick, from Clara T.
       Mike Neligh  email: afn@customcpu.com  or mneligh@customcpu.com
       The Coalition of Parents
       12870 Old Seward Hwy. Suite# 105
       Anchorage, AK                     FAX: (907) 345-9862
                1-800-478-9410
afn, part of Mike's email add. stands for American Family Network.
I *just* told him about you tonight (2/23).  I'm excited about what
he's doing, but will try to check him out. You and he could potentially
exchange huge amounts of information--he has amassed lots of resources.
If his plans succeed, some major good things could happen.  There's
also a men's group which fights cases of false accusations with an "
A-Team" approach.  Their own writing boasts that they win almost all the
cases they take on. I think the following info is correct:
F.R.E.E. (Father's Rights & Equality Exch.), 701 Welch Rd, #323,
Palo Alto, CA, 94304  (415) 853-6877, 1-500-FOR-DADS.  Only thing
I have about contacting them: "Be sure to visit our listserv/news
group, bit.listserv.free-1!"  And: Page updated by Brent Wellman,
wellman@vix.com
More Info: Clancy & Firpo, attys at law, are supposed to be experts
in false child abuse (probably sex) charges. They have a videotape
available.  Their BBS: 1-510-256-8040 8-n-1 ANSI.  Phone: 256-6884.
David R. Throop is webmaster for the Men's Issues Page. Reach him at
http://www.vix.com/men/falsereport/resources/whattodo-custody.html
Maybe you already have all this; if so, good, if not, you'll be happy.
Well, I said Goodbye before...can't hurt to say it again:
Blessings to you, Rick.....from Clara T.
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