The News-Review - Racist group meets after applying as African charity

A seemingly run-of-the-mill application for a park permit turned out to be a request to hold a concert and gathering for white supremacists in the Columbia River Gorge town of Cascade Locks, officials said Friday. “About a month ago we had an individual show up at the Port who wanted to rent a picnic area in a public park for about 200 people, and he indicated they were holding an event for displaced African farmers,” said Chuck Daughtry, general manager of the Port of Cascade Locks. The Port granted the request to Randall Krager, leader of the Volksfront, a Portland-based white supremacist group, before learning who he was earlier this week, Daughtry said. “On Monday we discovered his group had ties to extremely racist and controversial organizations so we contacted the Hood River sheriff’s office and they came back with very disturbing information,” Daughtry said. The Volksfront Web site advertises the event as AryanFest ’05, a fund-raiser to benefit “displaced and persecuted South African whites.”