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To: ig who wrote (224692)	10/17/2007 9:37:15 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793931

Columbia noose story. Fallout continues from noose decoration by Melissa Castro Tuesday October 16, 2007, 3:31 PM The day after relenting to pressure to take down a Halloween decoration of a black-hooded dummy hanging from their chimney by a noose, a Madison couple spent the morning dealing with the aftermath. "This turned into a twister - an F5 category storm," said homeowner Cheryl Maines, her eyes skimming online postings about her son's controversial outdoor Halloween display that had angered a neighbor, several members of a local church and organizations such as the NAACP. Madison forum Monday night, the dummy came down, along with Maines' other Halloween decorations. In its place, the family erected a spotlit sign. "Thanks to the assitance of Mille Hazelwood & friends ... Halloween & Christmas will no longer be celebrated here," the sign read. Only a small Virgin Mary display remained in their front yard. Neighbor Millie Hazlewood and several members of her church, the First Baptist Church, had urged the Maines to remove the noose because they viewed it as a symbol of slavery and Jim Crow segregation. Mayor Ellwood "Woody" Kerkeslager had also asked the family to remove the noose. But the Maines family initially would not budge on the display, part of $5,000 worth of decorations put up by Cheryl Maines' son, D.J. Hazlewood said today she is glad the family relented and removed the noose. "I'm glad he took it down but I'm not glad he took down so much and took this so personally. That was never our intent," Hazlewood said. "Hopefully, this has been a process that we'll all learn and grow from." nj.com