say to go, nancee! it's really good that you found an "able" trustee........most of 'em are.......well, never mind. you found a good one and that's the point.......mac ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancee Seifert" <iggy29@grm.net> To: <IADECATU@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 10:22 AM Subject: [IADECATU] UNION CEMETERY UPDATE. >I shared with everyone that I had gone to Union Cemetery in Morgan Twp. the > other day and what a difficulty it was - going thru a homeowner, Rex > Amstutz > (I think I referred to him as Mr. Stutz, which wasn't correct). Mike > Andrew, The Township Clerk and his 'cousins', the trustees, sprang into > action and are in the process of legally informing Mr. Amstutz about the > public access to this cemetery. They've talked with the county attorney > and county recorder and have the 'public access' records from 1877. > Amstutz > believed he owned the cemetery, which is on the property that he bought - > and that he could control who went to see it. He said he'd mow it too.. > duh > > > Unfortunately, for him, he has no legal right to keep people from this > cemetery, which initially had public access (where he planted his sweet > corn)... I understand that the township trustees will be putting up a > sign > for Union Cemetery - and Amstutz decided he'd put hours that it would be > accessible... under the sign. He cannot do that -- the law says there has > to > be public access to this public cemetery, as a courtesy to the public. > Amstutz is very angry about the situation and has put up several large > signs > in front of his property that say "No Trespassing - 24 hour > surveillance"... > ........... Wow, he's determined - and - stupid! I was told that he asked > if he could put up cameras in Mike Andrew's woods, to see the deer?? He > put > up six cameras...??? > Because of liability issues, Mike doesn't allow Amstutz to hunt on his > property and that seems to be a problem for Amstutz.. > > My question -- If you put up 6 cameras on your neighbor's property, plant > a large patch of sweet corn that has a 10" high electric fence around it > (where the deer must be laughing their backsides off about being kept out > of the corn) directly where the public access to Union Cemetery is, isn't > their something 'rotten in Denmark'?? He's completely adament about > anyone being on his property...........It must be a shock to have moved > from out of state and realize that all the land around you has been and is > owned by much of the same family -- and you can't do a durned thing about > it! So, I'd think he'd get it -- that you don't mess with Decatur > Countians!! Nancee > > www.iagenweb.org/decatur > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IADECATU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >