This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------AF2ACB27170C49ED3B63D25D Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I felt this was worth passing on. Sande Viau --------------AF2ACB27170C49ED3B63D25D Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Received: from bl-11.rootsweb.com (bl-11.rootsweb.com [209.85.6.27]) by good.attitude.com (2.5 Build 2640 (Berkeley 8.8.6)/8.8.4) with ESMTP id QAA06338 for <[email protected]>; Tue, 02 May 2000 16:47:59 -0700 Received: (from [email protected]) by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id QAA20316; Tue, 2 May 2000 16:50:12 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 16:50:12 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-Sender: [email protected] Tue May 2 16:50:10 2000 Message-ID: <[email protected]> Reply-To: "Jim Bridges" <[email protected]> From: "Jim Bridges" <[email protected]> Old-To: <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 19:51:59 -0400 Organization: Unknown Organization MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Subject: [ILSTCLAI] Indiana Cemetery Help Needed Resent-Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Resent-From: [email protected] X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/1437 X-Loop: [email protected] Precedence: list Resent-Sender: [email protected] X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 Forwarded from the Illinois mail list for county coordinators: >The Brainer Cemetery near Hymera in Sullivan Co., IN is about to be destroyed. >The Black Beauty Coal Co., which alleges it owns clear title to the cemetery, >has petitioned the Sullivan Superior Court for permission to excavate the >remains of 15 or more people buried there so that it can explore the site for >coal. > >Due to the damage that has already taken place at Brainer Cemetery, we know of >only one CONFIRMED burial here. The surname is McCAMISH. We believe there >may be PLEWs buried here as well. There are estimated by the coal company to >be at least 15 graves here. > >This sort of legalized cemetery destruction is nothing new; coal companies do >this in Indiana all the time. What's different in this situation is that we >have in place a network of people who are trying to stop this desecration or, >in the alternative, at least persuade the Court to compel Black Beauty Coal >Co. to disinter and immediately reinter the remains in an appropriate and >respectful manner. > >The deadline for filing objections is Thursday, May 4, 2000. We don't want a >repeat of what was done to Rhoads Cemetery and Wilhoit Cemetery!!! (The >remains from Rhoads Cemetery were "deposited" in an archeology laboratory in >Indianapolis for nearly 3 years before being unceremoniously "deposited" into >a single grave in an Indianapolis cemetery -- without benefit of family or >clergy being present. The remains from Wilhoit Cemetery are STILL in a >laboratory where they are being used for "research" purposes.) > >If you are a descendant of a person believed to be buried at Brainer Cemetery >or if you would like to get involved in protecting this site in this critical >battle, please go to the Brainer Cemetery page at: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~inpcrp/HallofShame/brainercem.html >read the information there, read the Petition filed by Black Beauty Coal, read >the linked newspaper accounts and print out a "template" for filing your >objections with the Sullivan Superior Court. Remember: Your objections must >be received by the Court no later than Thursday, May 4th. > >Thank you! > >Lois Mauk >State Coordinator >Indiana Pioneer Cemeteries Restoration Project: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~inpcrp > --------------AF2ACB27170C49ED3B63D25D--