Activist aims to counter recruiters

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WILKESBORO - Sally Ferrell bounded from the truck and grabbed a posterboard sign that read "War is not the Answer."

Over the years, she has organized dozens of peace vigils like this one being set up in a parking lot. Find common ground, she has always preached, and any conflict can be resolved.

But she's now engaged in a conflict of her own -- a dispute over military recruiting in high schools that has polarized rural Wilkes County in northwestern North Carolina.

For three years, Ferrell has asked permission to distribute pamphlets that warn students to think twice before joining the military. But the school superintendent has stopped her, calling her activities unpatriotic. The American Civil Liberties Union, calling it a First Amendment issue, has threatened to sue.

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