Your Work's Cut Out, Moyers Tells Students

Adelia Medowich 
September 1, 1996 
Adelia Medowich, 75, Formerly Of Lower Demunds Road, Dallas, Pa., Died Sunday 
At Berwick Hospital.

Tuesday, September 03, 1996 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Page: 2A 





HEGINS (AP) -- Animal rights activists stormed two shooting fields at an
annual pigeon shoot in this rural Pennsylvania town Monday and locked
themselves into a human chain. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 All 12 protesters were arrested after fire officials spent three hours
delicately removing the U-shaped locks from around their necks, using a set of
hydraulic shears. Other protests were staged at tourist-welcoming centers. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Three other activists were arrested later in the day for running onto a
shooting field and trying to free the pigeons from their traps, Hegins
Township police said. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The Labor Day event drew an estimated 7,000 to 9,000 spectators to this
Schuylkill County farming community. Protesters turn out almost every year. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 About 5,000 pigeons, specially raised for the 67th shoot, were brought to
the site to be slaughtered. Officials did not say how many were actually
killed. About 250 shooters registered for the event. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Protesters with The Fund For Animals originally said they would not protest
this year. They ran into the fields shortly before the event was scheduled to
begin at 8 a.m. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 An hour later, organizers surrounded them with makeshift barricades and
allowed some 250 registered participants to begin shooting away from the
center of the fields. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Heidi Prescott, national director for The Fund For Animals, said the
bicycle locks were a new idea adopted from the West Coast. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 "It's a new tactic, and we'll keep trying new tactics until this thing is
stopped," Prescott said. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 In the past, the group has unsuccessfully lobbied state lawmakers to end
the annual shoot. They have also challenged it in court. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The shoot raises about $40,000 for Hegins Park and local civic
organizations, according to organizers. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The 12 protesters were charged with defiant criminal trespass, persistent
disorderly conduct resisting arrest, and conspiracy, police said. The three
others were charged with trespass and disorderly conduct. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 They were arraigned before District Justice James Ferrier, who scheduled
what is expected to be a combined preliminary hearing on Sept. 12. The Fund
For Animals agreed to post $2,500 bail for each of the accused. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 AP PHOTO &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Two animal rights protesters run off one of the shooting fields Monday at
the Hegins Pigeon Shoot after rescuing an injured bird. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

15 Activists Arrested At Hegins Pigeon Shoot