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Catwoman Eco-Hero Arrested !

by Steve Haddon (srhaddon [at] hotmail.com)
Celeste Draisner risks her own life!
catwoman.
An environmental protestor disguised in a Catwoman suit was arrested after spending seven hours perched 125-feet above ground on a fiberglass manufacturing plant smokestack. Celeste Draisner, 27, of Mountain Gate said she was protesting health hazards posed by the Knauf fiberglass plant in Shasta Lake, California. Draisner was dressed in black feline gear, donning a mask, cape, ears and a tail. The Knauf Fiber Glass plant has been shut down for years amid concerns over emissions and water use. There’s a good chance it will open again.

Draisner snuck up the smokestack at about 5 a.m., stayed there for several hours and told the authorities she would come down “when she was good and ready”. Draisner, after suffering from the extreme cold, climbed down from the perch and was arrested, handcuffed and taken to jail. She later posted $1,000 and was released. Her choice of protest attire remains a total mystery.

“She packs a pair of brass ovaries”, said Captain Ozone. The costumed super-hero from Environmental Media Northwest said he’d love to have her as a caped crusading colleague. “She risked her life to save the lives of others”, said Draisner's lawyer Eric Berg. Berg said those adverse to the plant want an environmental study conducted before the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation grants Shasta Lake's request for water to serve the fiberglass plant.

The Bureau of Reclamation at the Shasta Dam contact is:
Buford Holt, (530)-275-1554,
Bholt [at] mp.usbr.gov , Bholt [at] mp.usbr.gov .

Denver Federal Building for the Bureau of Reclamation is the place to
contact, since they are the ones who have to clean up their underlings
messes:
Attn: Michael Horn,
Denver Federal Center, Bldg. 56,
PO Box 25007,
Denver, CO 80225,
Phone: 303-445-2203,
FAX: 303-445-6328,
morn [at] do.usbr.gov .

Celeste Draisner:
Phone 530-275-2708,
Stopknauf [at] lycos.com








by Spider Jerusalem
Not to sure about your license to wear spandex, and I'm disappointed by the lack of even an attempt at a daring escape, but nonetheless YOU GO GIRL, YOU JUST GO WITH YOUR BAD SELF!

Brass ovaries, indeed! Major style points, Celeste. That's what I call media savvy - corpate Ameriker will be hard pressed to keep this kind of show off the mainstream radar. It's just too damned cool! Silly, but way cool.

*Sj
§o
by I've Got Yr Spandex For You Right Here, Pal
bh
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