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The KIT Newsletter, an Activity of the KIT Information Service, a Project of The Peregrine Foundation / P.O. Box 460141 / San Francisco, CA 94146-0141 / telephone: (415) 821-2090 / FAX (415) 282-2369 / http://www.perefound.org / e-mail: peregrin@sirius.com KIT Staff U.S.: Ramn Sender, Charles Lamar, Vince Lagano, Dave Ostrom, Brother Witless (in an advisory capacity) EuroKIT: Joy Johnson MacDonald, Susan Johnson Suleski, Carol Beels Beck, Elizabeth Bohlken-Zumpe, Ben Cavanna, Joan Pavitt Taylor
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KEEP IN TOUCH August 26th will mark the tenth anniversary of Ramon Sender's daughter Xaverie Rhodes' unexpected death from melanoma cancer just after having given birth to her second child. This predates the tenth anniversary (we miscalculated in the June issue) of all that galaxy of activities that have come to be known as KIT. One overriding question many may wish to address in the upcoming get-togethers is "Where are we headed?" To some extent, KITfolk must react to whatever the Bruderhof does. Just now there seems to be a newly added shimmer of Christian rhetoric on their website, after the previous focus on "Revolution Now!" meetings and political activism. Although the seeds of the present have deep roots in the past, it appears that the Bruderhof many remember is simply no longer there, the 'primavera of the soul' an eroded dust bowl, even as the woods of Primavera are largely gone, replaced by the depleted soybean and wheat fields of Friesland. The Whole Kit And Caboodle

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Toll-Free Phone for former Bruderhofers in need of advice and referrals: 1 888 6 KINDER For ongoing discussions between ex-members, members and other interested parties, access the newsgroup alt.support.bruderhof -------- Table of Contents -------ITEM: Arson in Montana Hutterite colony ITEM: Hutterites Face Judge article ITEM: Four Young Hutterites Sentenced Rev. Terral Miller ITEM: Hutterites - A Growing Force Dan Stevens ITEM: Bruderhof Video Studios Paul C Fox Mike LeBlanc Blair Purcell Betty Chesley Wayne Chesley Nadine Moonje Pleil Joan Nicholson Name Withheld John Stewart Nadine Moonje Pleil Paul C Fox Betty Chesley Mel Fros Paul C Fox Hans Zimmermann - 'Mercedes' Part II A REMINDER Folks, we note that many hundreds of you now are reading the newsletter on the Internet. The KIT Newsletter is produced by an all-volunteer staff. Please consider mailing in a $25 annual subscription or at least a small donation so that we can continue this service. Thank you! click here to return to Table of Contents ITEM: An Associated Press article in The San Juan,

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