Fantastic job Jessica. I've seen your work, and it is quite good. It is great that you were able to share the proper restoration techniques with the next generation. Hey, any of you other guys out there, how about getting some of your own schools interested in a project like this. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jessica Felix" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 4:27 PM Subject: [INPCRP] School Cemetery Project > For everyone who gave suggestions for my school > cemetery project, here's the update! > Our first major field trip was Monday. The kids > really loved it, mostly because of the research they > did prior. It was neat to hear them find stones for > the family they researched and get so excited! They > then got to go through the whole restoration process > on a couple of the family stones. Letting them see > their progress from start to finish really made a > difference. They were so proud of their work! We're > planning another trip for a new batch of kids at the > start of November, plus another around April. The > community has really gotten into this and wants to > keep it going. > You can read the article the small town newspaper > published. PLEASE--take it with a grain of > salt....the reporter really took things I said > liberally. I just kept shaking my head as I read it. > Not quite an accurate picture...but the community > won't know the difference. I'm just glad we're > getting some publicity! > > http://www.flyergroup.com/story.asp?id=3394 > > > > _______________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! > http://vote.yahoo.com > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > Blessed are the Elderly, for they remember what we will never know. >

The idea is great. But frankly, I find the calendar offensive. And I agree with what several others have said about it possibly sending the wrong message. But it is a good idea to discuss fundraising activities. While we have this topic on the table, what other fundraising ideas have been successful? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rhonda Stoffer" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 7:56 AM Subject: [INPCRP] A novel way to raise money for a cemetery > Got this from a National Genealogy Society newsletter. Any one want to do a > calendar for INPCRP? > > > Oakwood Cemetery Fundraiser is All an Illusion > > Posing with a Civil War saber beside the grave of Gen. George Thomas, the > only > Union general in the Civil War never to lose a battle, retired Army Col. > Charles > Johnson, 72, appears to be wearing nothing but his Army boots, a World War > II > helmet and a Vietnam-era backpack. > > The photo of Johnson, vice president of the Oakwood Cemetery board of > trustees, > plus photographs of other "seemingly n*ked" board members and prominent > residents of the community were used to create an inventive fundraiser. > > Founded in 1848, the Oakwood Cemetery covers more than 600 acres of > protected > land overlooking the city of Troy in upstate New York. It is one of the > largest > rural cemeteries in America and contains four man-made lakes, extensive > lawns, > two residential structures, two chapels, twenty-four mausoleums, and > monuments > and statuary for nearly 60,000 gravesites, with over half the gravesites > filled > in the 19th century. > > Although the historical value of the Oakwood Cemetery is tremendous, so are > the > maintenance bills. To help raise funds for repairs, the Oakwood Cemetery > board > of trustees decided to take a few risks and produce the "Cemetery Illusions > Calendar 2005." Selling for $14.95 the calendar is carefully designed to > create > a dignified illusion of n*de models taking part in tea parties and other > activities among the tombstones and cemetery structures. But it's all an > illusion. > > "They look n*ked, but they were told to put on Speedo bathing suits," said > Terry > Page, president of the Oakwood Cemetery board of trustees. "That's why it's > called 'Cemetery Illusions.' " > > To view a slide show and/or narrated video clip showing several scenes from > the > calendar and discussing its purpose, visit > http://www.nbc10.com/news/3767302/detail.html > > "Cemetery Illusions Calendar 2005 is available on the Internet at > http://www.oakwoodcemetery.org/calendar.htm > > To learn more about Oakwood Cemetery's history, the many things that can be > learned by visiting it, and the need to protect and preserve it for all > time, > read "Listening to Oakwood" at http://members.aol.com/oakwoodcem/nielser.htm > > Contributed by Carla Ridenour, [email protected] > > Note: An * replaces specific letters in this article so that UpFront won't > be > nabbed by junk mail filters. > > > > > > Rhonda Stoffer > Head of Indiana History and Genealogy Services > Marion Public Library > > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > To UNSUBSCRIBE, send message consisting only of > "UNSUBSCRIBE" to [email protected] > or to [email protected] (for DIGEST version) >

However, we do not have any > legal tax status and would have to pay taxes on anything we raised. I have > discussed this with a couple of people and our options if we want to raise > funds are to get our own 501c(3) tax status which could take a year or > more > (it has taken that long for some other non-profit's, it could be less), or > find a historical society or other existing non-profit to take us under > their umbrella for the purpose of raising money only. Being a treasurer for a state-wide 501c(3) organization, I can tell you that exacting records need to be kept. There also needs to be a formal, structured board of directors, etc. Even another organization would require that there be at least a formal committee to run INPCRP. Raising money to pay for the supplies used would be great. But the one thing that has made INPCRP work so far, it that it is a loose group of people with no formal structure. Each individual is able to join in for what time, or experiences, they want. And if someone wants to drop out, there are no consequences. While structure has its place, I would hate to see the good feelings and volunteerism of this group be dropped because of having to have officers and other formal goings-on. I wonder if any of the $40,000 that the man will have to pay for vandalizing the Greenlawn Cemetery in Franklin will be used to reimburse those of you who supplied the materials to fix the stones? Maybe if we continue to volunteer our labor, but bill the city or county or whomever for the materials, then more judges would fine offenders. Sharon Howell

> Great Job ; Getting the younger generation involed in our run and old cemetery and also getting them involed in learning there genealogy. Its a fun subject if done right and it looks like you got them interseted in doing the work Great Job. That paper never gets it right. GREAT JOB!!! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jessica Felix" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 4:27 PM > Subject: [INPCRP] School Cemetery Project > > >> For everyone who gave suggestions for my school >> cemetery project, here's the update! >> Our first major field trip was Monday. The kids >> really loved it, mostly because of the research they >> did prior. It was neat to hear them find stones for >> the family they researched and get so excited! They >> then got to go through the whole restoration process >> on a couple of the family stones. Letting them see >> their progress from start to finish really made a >> difference. They were so proud of their work! We're >> planning another trip for a new batch of kids at the >> start of November, plus another around April. The >> community has really gotten into this and wants to >> keep it going. >> You can read the article the small town newspaper >> published. PLEASE--take it with a grain of >> salt....the reporter really took things I said >> liberally. I just kept shaking my head as I read it. >> Not quite an accurate picture...but the community >> won't know the difference. I'm just glad we're >> getting some publicity! >> >> http://www.flyergroup.com/story.asp?id=3394 >> >> >> >> _______________________________ >> Do you Yahoo!? >> Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! >> http://vote.yahoo.com >> >> >> ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== >> Blessed are the Elderly, for they remember what we will never know. >> > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > INPCRP State Coordinator: Brad Manzenberger < [email protected] > > http://www.inpcrp.org

That paper never gets it right. GREAT JOB!!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jessica Felix" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 4:27 PM Subject: [INPCRP] School Cemetery Project > For everyone who gave suggestions for my school > cemetery project, here's the update! > Our first major field trip was Monday. The kids > really loved it, mostly because of the research they > did prior. It was neat to hear them find stones for > the family they researched and get so excited! They > then got to go through the whole restoration process > on a couple of the family stones. Letting them see > their progress from start to finish really made a > difference. They were so proud of their work! We're > planning another trip for a new batch of kids at the > start of November, plus another around April. The > community has really gotten into this and wants to > keep it going. > You can read the article the small town newspaper > published. PLEASE--take it with a grain of > salt....the reporter really took things I said > liberally. I just kept shaking my head as I read it. > Not quite an accurate picture...but the community > won't know the difference. I'm just glad we're > getting some publicity! > > http://www.flyergroup.com/story.asp?id=3394 > > > > _______________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! > http://vote.yahoo.com > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > Blessed are the Elderly, for they remember what we will never know. >

I agree with Sue and John. It isn't the cemetery that is in question, it is the proposed photos. The historical approach, as suggested by Sue, seems a viable option that would bring honor to those who are buried in this cemetery. Virginia ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Roush" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 2:56 PM Subject: Re: [INPCRP] A novel way to raise money for a cemetery > Dear Sue, > > So glad to read your opinion and commentary...I too felt the calendar was in > terrible taste and only promotes the thing we all hate to see, > VANDALISM......what a desecration to our forefathers..... > > John Roush > Marion, Indiana > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sue Silver" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 9:45 AM > Subject: Re: [INPCRP] A novel way to raise money for a cemetery > > > > Hello all, > > > > I debated whether to comment on this calendar matter and decided that it > was > > important to say a few words. > > > > I have long been offended by advertisements put out by pharmacies (etc.) > at > > Halloween that associate the holiday with cemeteries by selling mock > > tombstones for placement in front yards. I was also offended back in 1998 > > when MTV was featuring music videos depicting "dark themed" songs being > sung > > in cemeteries. I do not even have to look at the images from this > calendar > > to know that I would object to the use of their cemetery in this manner > > simply to raise funds. > > > > It would have been far more appropriate for them to have researched their > > "residents" and tried to locate photos of the people and stories of their > > lives to put in a calendar along with a photo of the person's grave stone. > > What better way to show the beauty of their city of the dead and to > educate > > the community and tourists as to who settled their town or village? > > Instead, they've mimicked the gals from Britain (and others) by posing > > "seemingly" nude, and in the process have actually done the type of thing > > that offends me, as a cemetery preservationist, the most. > > > > They have used their cemetery in a way they would not want anyone else to > > use it. It is like prostituting the place for a quick fix giving no > > forethought to how the calendar might be perceived by others and using > humor > > in an inappropriate manner. > > > > I can envision that some errant teen will see these calendars and think > this > > is a cool thing to go do. Oh, yes, and let's bring some friends and some > > beer (or worse) and have a party doing it. > > > > To me, this type of project is a recipe for promoting vandalism. > > > > Sue Silver > > California > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Rhonda Stoffer" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 5:56 AM > > Subject: [INPCRP] A novel way to raise money for a cemetery > > > > > > > Got this from a National Genealogy Society newsletter. Any one want to > do > > a > > > calendar for INPCRP? > > > > > > > > > Oakwood Cemetery Fundraiser is All an Illusion > > > > > > Posing with a Civil War saber beside the grave of Gen. George Thomas, > the > > > only > > > Union general in the Civil War never to lose a battle, retired Army Col. > > > Charles > > > Johnson, 72, appears to be wearing nothing but his Army boots, a World > War > > > II > > > helmet and a Vietnam-era backpack. > > > > > > The photo of Johnson, vice president of the Oakwood Cemetery board of > > > trustees, > > > plus photographs of other "seemingly n*ked" board members and prominent > > > residents of the community were used to create an inventive fundraiser. > > > > > > Founded in 1848, the Oakwood Cemetery covers more than 600 acres of > > > protected > > > land overlooking the city of Troy in upstate New York. It is one of the > > > largest > > > rural cemeteries in America and contains four man-made lakes, extensive > > > lawns, > > > two residential structures, two chapels, twenty-four mausoleums, and > > > monuments > > > and statuary for nearly 60,000 gravesites, with over half the gravesites > > > filled > > > in the 19th century. > > > > > > Although the historical value of the Oakwood Cemetery is tremendous, so > > are > > > the > > > maintenance bills. To help raise funds for repairs, the Oakwood Cemetery > > > board > > > of trustees decided to take a few risks and produce the "Cemetery > > Illusions > > > Calendar 2005." Selling for $14.95 the calendar is carefully designed > to > > > create > > > a dignified illusion of n*de models taking part in tea parties and other > > > activities among the tombstones and cemetery structures. But it's all an > > > illusion. > > > > > > "They look n*ked, but they were told to put on Speedo bathing suits," > said > > > Terry > > > Page, president of the Oakwood Cemetery board of trustees. "That's why > > it's > > > called 'Cemetery Illusions.' " > > > > > > To view a slide show and/or narrated video clip showing several scenes > > from > > > the > > > calendar and discussing its purpose, visit > > > http://www.nbc10.com/news/3767302/detail.html > > > > > > "Cemetery Illusions Calendar 2005 is available on the Internet at > > > http://www.oakwoodcemetery.org/calendar.htm > > > > > > To learn more about Oakwood Cemetery's history, the many things that can > > be > > > learned by visiting it, and the need to protect and preserve it for all > > > time, > > > read "Listening to Oakwood" at > > http://members.aol.com/oakwoodcem/nielser.htm > > > > > > Contributed by Carla Ridenour, [email protected] > > > > > > Note: An * replaces specific letters in this article so that UpFront > won't > > > be > > > nabbed by junk mail filters. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Rhonda Stoffer > > > Head of Indiana History and Genealogy Services > > > Marion Public Library > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, send message consisting only of > > > "UNSUBSCRIBE" to [email protected] > > > or to [email protected] (for DIGEST version) > > > > > > > > > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, send message consisting only of > > "UNSUBSCRIBE" to [email protected] > > or to [email protected] (for DIGEST version) > > > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > "Show me your cemeteries, and I will tell you what kind of people you have." > Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790) > >

First, I am not opposed to the calendar, but I think this nude illusion in particular is a bit in bad taste. There are a few, classier angles to approach it from I think. Second, I'm also not opposed to the INPCRP raising money for various projects, and actually think it's a good idea. However, we do not have any legal tax status and would have to pay taxes on anything we raised. I have discussed this with a couple of people and our options if we want to raise funds are to get our own 501c(3) tax status which could take a year or more (it has taken that long for some other non-profit's, it could be less), or find a historical society or other existing non-profit to take us under their umbrella for the purpose of raising money only. I'm open to suggestions. Brad -----Original Message----- From: Rhonda Stoffer [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 7:56 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [INPCRP] A novel way to raise money for a cemetery Got this from a National Genealogy Society newsletter. Any one want to do a calendar for INPCRP? Oakwood Cemetery Fundraiser is All an Illusion Posing with a Civil War saber beside the grave of Gen. George Thomas, the only Union general in the Civil War never to lose a battle, retired Army Col. Charles Johnson, 72, appears to be wearing nothing but his Army boots, a World War II helmet and a Vietnam-era backpack. The photo of Johnson, vice president of the Oakwood Cemetery board of trustees, plus photographs of other "seemingly n*ked" board members and prominent residents of the community were used to create an inventive fundraiser. Founded in 1848, the Oakwood Cemetery covers more than 600 acres of protected land overlooking the city of Troy in upstate New York. It is one of the largest rural cemeteries in America and contains four man-made lakes, extensive lawns, two residential structures, two chapels, twenty-four mausoleums, and monuments and statuary for nearly 60,000 gravesites, with over half the gravesites filled in the 19th century. Although the historical value of the Oakwood Cemetery is tremendous, so are the maintenance bills. To help raise funds for repairs, the Oakwood Cemetery board of trustees decided to take a few risks and produce the "Cemetery Illusions Calendar 2005." Selling for $14.95 the calendar is carefully designed to create a dignified illusion of n*de models taking part in tea parties and other activities among the tombstones and cemetery structures. But it's all an illusion. "They look n*ked, but they were told to put on Speedo bathing suits," said Terry Page, president of the Oakwood Cemetery board of trustees. "That's why it's called 'Cemetery Illusions.' " To view a slide show and/or narrated video clip showing several scenes from the calendar and discussing its purpose, visit http://www.nbc10.com/news/3767302/detail.html "Cemetery Illusions Calendar 2005 is available on the Internet at http://www.oakwoodcemetery.org/calendar.htm To learn more about Oakwood Cemetery's history, the many things that can be learned by visiting it, and the need to protect and preserve it for all time, read "Listening to Oakwood" at http://members.aol.com/oakwoodcem/nielser.htm Contributed by Carla Ridenour, [email protected] Note: An * replaces specific letters in this article so that UpFront won't be nabbed by junk mail filters. Rhonda Stoffer Head of Indiana History and Genealogy Services Marion Public Library ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== To UNSUBSCRIBE, send message consisting only of "UNSUBSCRIBE" to [email protected] or to [email protected] (for DIGEST version)

Great job Jessica! Nice to see the kids taking an interest in it. If you've got any photos you'd like to post on the website send them to me and I'll post them. Brad -----Original Message----- From: Jessica Felix [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 4:28 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [INPCRP] School Cemetery Project For everyone who gave suggestions for my school cemetery project, here's the update! Our first major field trip was Monday. The kids really loved it, mostly because of the research they did prior. It was neat to hear them find stones for the family they researched and get so excited! They then got to go through the whole restoration process on a couple of the family stones. Letting them see their progress from start to finish really made a difference. They were so proud of their work! We're planning another trip for a new batch of kids at the start of November, plus another around April. The community has really gotten into this and wants to keep it going. You can read the article the small town newspaper published. PLEASE--take it with a grain of salt....the reporter really took things I said liberally. I just kept shaking my head as I read it. Not quite an accurate picture...but the community won't know the difference. I'm just glad we're getting some publicity! http://www.flyergroup.com/story.asp?id=3394 _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== Blessed are the Elderly, for they remember what we will never know.

For everyone who gave suggestions for my school cemetery project, here's the update! Our first major field trip was Monday. The kids really loved it, mostly because of the research they did prior. It was neat to hear them find stones for the family they researched and get so excited! They then got to go through the whole restoration process on a couple of the family stones. Letting them see their progress from start to finish really made a difference. They were so proud of their work! We're planning another trip for a new batch of kids at the start of November, plus another around April. The community has really gotten into this and wants to keep it going. You can read the article the small town newspaper published. PLEASE--take it with a grain of salt....the reporter really took things I said liberally. I just kept shaking my head as I read it. Not quite an accurate picture...but the community won't know the difference. I'm just glad we're getting some publicity! http://www.flyergroup.com/story.asp?id=3394 _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com

Dear Sue, So glad to read your opinion and commentary...I too felt the calendar was in terrible taste and only promotes the thing we all hate to see, VANDALISM......what a desecration to our forefathers..... John Roush Marion, Indiana ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Silver" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 9:45 AM Subject: Re: [INPCRP] A novel way to raise money for a cemetery > Hello all, > > I debated whether to comment on this calendar matter and decided that it was > important to say a few words. > > I have long been offended by advertisements put out by pharmacies (etc.) at > Halloween that associate the holiday with cemeteries by selling mock > tombstones for placement in front yards. I was also offended back in 1998 > when MTV was featuring music videos depicting "dark themed" songs being sung > in cemeteries. I do not even have to look at the images from this calendar > to know that I would object to the use of their cemetery in this manner > simply to raise funds. > > It would have been far more appropriate for them to have researched their > "residents" and tried to locate photos of the people and stories of their > lives to put in a calendar along with a photo of the person's grave stone. > What better way to show the beauty of their city of the dead and to educate > the community and tourists as to who settled their town or village? > Instead, they've mimicked the gals from Britain (and others) by posing > "seemingly" nude, and in the process have actually done the type of thing > that offends me, as a cemetery preservationist, the most. > > They have used their cemetery in a way they would not want anyone else to > use it. It is like prostituting the place for a quick fix giving no > forethought to how the calendar might be perceived by others and using humor > in an inappropriate manner. > > I can envision that some errant teen will see these calendars and think this > is a cool thing to go do. Oh, yes, and let's bring some friends and some > beer (or worse) and have a party doing it. > > To me, this type of project is a recipe for promoting vandalism. > > Sue Silver > California > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rhonda Stoffer" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 5:56 AM > Subject: [INPCRP] A novel way to raise money for a cemetery > > > > Got this from a National Genealogy Society newsletter. Any one want to do > a > > calendar for INPCRP? > > > > > > Oakwood Cemetery Fundraiser is All an Illusion > > > > Posing with a Civil War saber beside the grave of Gen. George Thomas, the > > only > > Union general in the Civil War never to lose a battle, retired Army Col. > > Charles > > Johnson, 72, appears to be wearing nothing but his Army boots, a World War > > II > > helmet and a Vietnam-era backpack. > > > > The photo of Johnson, vice president of the Oakwood Cemetery board of > > trustees, > > plus photographs of other "seemingly n*ked" board members and prominent > > residents of the community were used to create an inventive fundraiser. > > > > Founded in 1848, the Oakwood Cemetery covers more than 600 acres of > > protected > > land overlooking the city of Troy in upstate New York. It is one of the > > largest > > rural cemeteries in America and contains four man-made lakes, extensive > > lawns, > > two residential structures, two chapels, twenty-four mausoleums, and > > monuments > > and statuary for nearly 60,000 gravesites, with over half the gravesites > > filled > > in the 19th century. > > > > Although the historical value of the Oakwood Cemetery is tremendous, so > are > > the > > maintenance bills. To help raise funds for repairs, the Oakwood Cemetery > > board > > of trustees decided to take a few risks and produce the "Cemetery > Illusions > > Calendar 2005." Selling for $14.95 the calendar is carefully designed to > > create > > a dignified illusion of n*de models taking part in tea parties and other > > activities among the tombstones and cemetery structures. But it's all an > > illusion. > > > > "They look n*ked, but they were told to put on Speedo bathing suits," said > > Terry > > Page, president of the Oakwood Cemetery board of trustees. "That's why > it's > > called 'Cemetery Illusions.' " > > > > To view a slide show and/or narrated video clip showing several scenes > from > > the > > calendar and discussing its purpose, visit > > http://www.nbc10.com/news/3767302/detail.html > > > > "Cemetery Illusions Calendar 2005 is available on the Internet at > > http://www.oakwoodcemetery.org/calendar.htm > > > > To learn more about Oakwood Cemetery's history, the many things that can > be > > learned by visiting it, and the need to protect and preserve it for all > > time, > > read "Listening to Oakwood" at > http://members.aol.com/oakwoodcem/nielser.htm > > > > Contributed by Carla Ridenour, [email protected] > > > > Note: An * replaces specific letters in this article so that UpFront won't > > be > > nabbed by junk mail filters. > > > > > > > > > > > > Rhonda Stoffer > > Head of Indiana History and Genealogy Services > > Marion Public Library > > > > > > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, send message consisting only of > > "UNSUBSCRIBE" to [email protected] > > or to [email protected] (for DIGEST version) > > > > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > To UNSUBSCRIBE, send message consisting only of > "UNSUBSCRIBE" to [email protected] > or to [email protected] (for DIGEST version) >

I think everyone is missing the point. Cemeteries are beautiful places, and a calender with pictures would be no different than calenders with relaxing landscapes on them. The only people who would be interested in buying them, would be those of us who appreciate the beauty, or other genealogists. Historical societys, librarys would also possibly purchase them. I don't see teenagers ever wanting them, if they are produced right. I have several pictures that I've taken of cemeteries that depict nature, serenity and beauty. I would be interested in buying one. Amy

AMEN!!!!! I AGREE TOTALLY!

This sounds great. I will be willing to do the photography (I have spent 50 of my 55 years behind a camera). Please call or email Tim Turner 317-416-8289 (cell) or [email protected] and we can get together to make this happen. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rhonda Stoffer" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 7:56 AM Subject: [INPCRP] A novel way to raise money for a cemetery > Got this from a National Genealogy Society newsletter. Any one want to do > a > calendar for INPCRP? > > > Oakwood Cemetery Fundraiser is All an Illusion > > Posing with a Civil War saber beside the grave of Gen. George Thomas, the > only > Union general in the Civil War never to lose a battle, retired Army Col. > Charles > Johnson, 72, appears to be wearing nothing but his Army boots, a World War > II > helmet and a Vietnam-era backpack. > > The photo of Johnson, vice president of the Oakwood Cemetery board of > trustees, > plus photographs of other "seemingly n*ked" board members and prominent > residents of the community were used to create an inventive fundraiser. > > Founded in 1848, the Oakwood Cemetery covers more than 600 acres of > protected > land overlooking the city of Troy in upstate New York. It is one of the > largest > rural cemeteries in America and contains four man-made lakes, extensive > lawns, > two residential structures, two chapels, twenty-four mausoleums, and > monuments > and statuary for nearly 60,000 gravesites, with over half the gravesites > filled > in the 19th century. > > Although the historical value of the Oakwood Cemetery is tremendous, so > are > the > maintenance bills. To help raise funds for repairs, the Oakwood Cemetery > board > of trustees decided to take a few risks and produce the "Cemetery > Illusions > Calendar 2005." Selling for $14.95 the calendar is carefully designed to > create > a dignified illusion of n*de models taking part in tea parties and other > activities among the tombstones and cemetery structures. But it's all an > illusion. > > "They look n*ked, but they were told to put on Speedo bathing suits," said > Terry > Page, president of the Oakwood Cemetery board of trustees. "That's why > it's > called 'Cemetery Illusions.' " > > To view a slide show and/or narrated video clip showing several scenes > from > the > calendar and discussing its purpose, visit > http://www.nbc10.com/news/3767302/detail.html > > "Cemetery Illusions Calendar 2005 is available on the Internet at > http://www.oakwoodcemetery.org/calendar.htm > > To learn more about Oakwood Cemetery's history, the many things that can > be > learned by visiting it, and the need to protect and preserve it for all > time, > read "Listening to Oakwood" at > http://members.aol.com/oakwoodcem/nielser.htm > > Contributed by Carla Ridenour, [email protected] > > Note: An * replaces specific letters in this article so that UpFront won't > be > nabbed by junk mail filters. > > > > > > Rhonda Stoffer > Head of Indiana History and Genealogy Services > Marion Public Library > > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > To UNSUBSCRIBE, send message consisting only of > "UNSUBSCRIBE" to [email protected] > or to [email protected] (for DIGEST version) > >

Got this from a National Genealogy Society newsletter. Any one want to do a calendar for INPCRP? Oakwood Cemetery Fundraiser is All an Illusion Posing with a Civil War saber beside the grave of Gen. George Thomas, the only Union general in the Civil War never to lose a battle, retired Army Col. Charles Johnson, 72, appears to be wearing nothing but his Army boots, a World War II helmet and a Vietnam-era backpack. The photo of Johnson, vice president of the Oakwood Cemetery board of trustees, plus photographs of other "seemingly n*ked" board members and prominent residents of the community were used to create an inventive fundraiser. Founded in 1848, the Oakwood Cemetery covers more than 600 acres of protected land overlooking the city of Troy in upstate New York. It is one of the largest rural cemeteries in America and contains four man-made lakes, extensive lawns, two residential structures, two chapels, twenty-four mausoleums, and monuments and statuary for nearly 60,000 gravesites, with over half the gravesites filled in the 19th century. Although the historical value of the Oakwood Cemetery is tremendous, so are the maintenance bills. To help raise funds for repairs, the Oakwood Cemetery board of trustees decided to take a few risks and produce the "Cemetery Illusions Calendar 2005." Selling for $14.95 the calendar is carefully designed to create a dignified illusion of n*de models taking part in tea parties and other activities among the tombstones and cemetery structures. But it's all an illusion. "They look n*ked, but they were told to put on Speedo bathing suits," said Terry Page, president of the Oakwood Cemetery board of trustees. "That's why it's called 'Cemetery Illusions.' " To view a slide show and/or narrated video clip showing several scenes from the calendar and discussing its purpose, visit http://www.nbc10.com/news/3767302/detail.html "Cemetery Illusions Calendar 2005 is available on the Internet at http://www.oakwoodcemetery.org/calendar.htm To learn more about Oakwood Cemetery's history, the many things that can be learned by visiting it, and the need to protect and preserve it for all time, read "Listening to Oakwood" at http://members.aol.com/oakwoodcem/nielser.htm Contributed by Carla Ridenour, [email protected] Note: An * replaces specific letters in this article so that UpFront won't be nabbed by junk mail filters. Rhonda Stoffer Head of Indiana History and Genealogy Services Marion Public Library

Hello all, I debated whether to comment on this calendar matter and decided that it was important to say a few words. I have long been offended by advertisements put out by pharmacies (etc.) at Halloween that associate the holiday with cemeteries by selling mock tombstones for placement in front yards. I was also offended back in 1998 when MTV was featuring music videos depicting "dark themed" songs being sung in cemeteries. I do not even have to look at the images from this calendar to know that I would object to the use of their cemetery in this manner simply to raise funds. It would have been far more appropriate for them to have researched their "residents" and tried to locate photos of the people and stories of their lives to put in a calendar along with a photo of the person's grave stone. What better way to show the beauty of their city of the dead and to educate the community and tourists as to who settled their town or village? Instead, they've mimicked the gals from Britain (and others) by posing "seemingly" nude, and in the process have actually done the type of thing that offends me, as a cemetery preservationist, the most. They have used their cemetery in a way they would not want anyone else to use it. It is like prostituting the place for a quick fix giving no forethought to how the calendar might be perceived by others and using humor in an inappropriate manner. I can envision that some errant teen will see these calendars and think this is a cool thing to go do. Oh, yes, and let's bring some friends and some beer (or worse) and have a party doing it. To me, this type of project is a recipe for promoting vandalism. Sue Silver California ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rhonda Stoffer" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 5:56 AM Subject: [INPCRP] A novel way to raise money for a cemetery > Got this from a National Genealogy Society newsletter. Any one want to do a > calendar for INPCRP? > > > Oakwood Cemetery Fundraiser is All an Illusion > > Posing with a Civil War saber beside the grave of Gen. George Thomas, the > only > Union general in the Civil War never to lose a battle, retired Army Col. > Charles > Johnson, 72, appears to be wearing nothing but his Army boots, a World War > II > helmet and a Vietnam-era backpack. > > The photo of Johnson, vice president of the Oakwood Cemetery board of > trustees, > plus photographs of other "seemingly n*ked" board members and prominent > residents of the community were used to create an inventive fundraiser. > > Founded in 1848, the Oakwood Cemetery covers more than 600 acres of > protected > land overlooking the city of Troy in upstate New York. It is one of the > largest > rural cemeteries in America and contains four man-made lakes, extensive > lawns, > two residential structures, two chapels, twenty-four mausoleums, and > monuments > and statuary for nearly 60,000 gravesites, with over half the gravesites > filled > in the 19th century. > > Although the historical value of the Oakwood Cemetery is tremendous, so are > the > maintenance bills. To help raise funds for repairs, the Oakwood Cemetery > board > of trustees decided to take a few risks and produce the "Cemetery Illusions > Calendar 2005." Selling for $14.95 the calendar is carefully designed to > create > a dignified illusion of n*de models taking part in tea parties and other > activities among the tombstones and cemetery structures. But it's all an > illusion. > > "They look n*ked, but they were told to put on Speedo bathing suits," said > Terry > Page, president of the Oakwood Cemetery board of trustees. "That's why it's > called 'Cemetery Illusions.' " > > To view a slide show and/or narrated video clip showing several scenes from > the > calendar and discussing its purpose, visit > http://www.nbc10.com/news/3767302/detail.html > > "Cemetery Illusions Calendar 2005 is available on the Internet at > http://www.oakwoodcemetery.org/calendar.htm > > To learn more about Oakwood Cemetery's history, the many things that can be > learned by visiting it, and the need to protect and preserve it for all > time, > read "Listening to Oakwood" at http://members.aol.com/oakwoodcem/nielser.htm > > Contributed by Carla Ridenour, [email protected] > > Note: An * replaces specific letters in this article so that UpFront won't > be > nabbed by junk mail filters. > > > > > > Rhonda Stoffer > Head of Indiana History and Genealogy Services > Marion Public Library > > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > To UNSUBSCRIBE, send message consisting only of > "UNSUBSCRIBE" to [email protected] > or to [email protected] (for DIGEST version) >

YES!!!!!!! Brad Manzenberger <[email protected]> wrote:Cemetery vandal sentenced By MICHAEL W. HOSKINS Daily Journal staff writer [email protected] Oct. 5, 2004 A former cemetery employee who damaged dozens of tombstones during a graveyard vandalism spree in June will spend six months in jail and perform 10 full weeks of community service. Clifton A. Beezley was sentenced Monday morning for his role in a nighttime vandalism spree at Greenlawn Cemetery in Franklin. The 18-year-old Franklin man was arrested two days after the incident, and he appeared before Johnson County Circuit Judge Mark Loyd on Monday. He plead guilty to cemetery mischief, a Class D felony that carries a penalty of six months to three years in prison. Beezley will serve six months in jail and must then serve a year on active probation, where he must check in with a probation officer daily. Following that probation period, Beezley must serve 400 hours, or 10 full weeks, of community service. The court also ordered Beezley to pay $40,000 in restitution for the damage to the cemetery, paying at least $100 a month. He must also get his GED. �This is a very, very strong sentence,� Johnson County Prosecutor Lance Hamner said. �This kind of (damage) is outrageous, and we wanted to make a point that there�s nothing funny or cute about this.� Deputy prosecutor Elizabeth Atkinson argued the case in court, and attorney Phil Wilson represented Beezley. Wilson did not return phone calls Monday afternoon. Beezley is a former part-time employee at the cemetery, but police were not positive his past employment is related to the crime, said Franklin police Detective Bryan Burton, the arresting officer who investigated the case. Police believe Beezley was involved in the vandalism because of a 16-year-old juvenile he knew from working at the cemetery, Burton said after the initial arrest. The other teenager has never been arrested or officially charged in connection with the cemetery crime. According to Burton, the juvenile had worked at the Greenlawn Cemetery as assigned community service. A tip from city officials about the juvenile�s behavior at the cemetery led police to him, Burton said. The juvenile told police he had stayed the night with Beezley, whom police then focused their interviews on. Police recovered physical evidence that linked Beezley to the crime, Burton said. One piece included the print of a size-12 tennis shoe from one of the tombstones that matched Beezley�s shoe, he said. Beezley will serve his jail sentence in a community or state jail, and the probation department will determine where the community service is performed. Prosecutors asked that the community service be served in a cemetery, but the community corrections department makes that decision. http://www.thejournalnet.com/main.asp?FromHome=1&TypeID=1&ArticleID=46442&Se ctionID=1&SubSectionID=113 ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== INPCRP State Coordinator: Brad Manzenberger < [email protected] > http://www.inpcrp.org --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish.

Cemetery vandal sentenced By MICHAEL W. HOSKINS Daily Journal staff writer [email protected] Oct. 5, 2004 A former cemetery employee who damaged dozens of tombstones during a graveyard vandalism spree in June will spend six months in jail and perform 10 full weeks of community service. Clifton A. Beezley was sentenced Monday morning for his role in a nighttime vandalism spree at Greenlawn Cemetery in Franklin. The 18-year-old Franklin man was arrested two days after the incident, and he appeared before Johnson County Circuit Judge Mark Loyd on Monday. He plead guilty to cemetery mischief, a Class D felony that carries a penalty of six months to three years in prison. Beezley will serve six months in jail and must then serve a year on active probation, where he must check in with a probation officer daily. Following that probation period, Beezley must serve 400 hours, or 10 full weeks, of community service. The court also ordered Beezley to pay $40,000 in restitution for the damage to the cemetery, paying at least $100 a month. He must also get his GED. “This is a very, very strong sentence,” Johnson County Prosecutor Lance Hamner said. “This kind of (damage) is outrageous, and we wanted to make a point that there’s nothing funny or cute about this.” Deputy prosecutor Elizabeth Atkinson argued the case in court, and attorney Phil Wilson represented Beezley. Wilson did not return phone calls Monday afternoon. Beezley is a former part-time employee at the cemetery, but police were not positive his past employment is related to the crime, said Franklin police Detective Bryan Burton, the arresting officer who investigated the case. Police believe Beezley was involved in the vandalism because of a 16-year-old juvenile he knew from working at the cemetery, Burton said after the initial arrest. The other teenager has never been arrested or officially charged in connection with the cemetery crime. According to Burton, the juvenile had worked at the Greenlawn Cemetery as assigned community service. A tip from city officials about the juvenile’s behavior at the cemetery led police to him, Burton said. The juvenile told police he had stayed the night with Beezley, whom police then focused their interviews on. Police recovered physical evidence that linked Beezley to the crime, Burton said. One piece included the print of a size-12 tennis shoe from one of the tombstones that matched Beezley’s shoe, he said. Beezley will serve his jail sentence in a community or state jail, and the probation department will determine where the community service is performed. Prosecutors asked that the community service be served in a cemetery, but the community corrections department makes that decision. http://www.thejournalnet.com/main.asp?FromHome=1&TypeID=1&ArticleID=46442&Se ctionID=1&SubSectionID=113

I received the following today and want to pass it along. I have asked for some more information about this cemetery and workdays there. Brad ______________________________________ I would like to know if there is anything that you can do to help me get a destroyed cemetery reconstructed. This cemetery was set aside in original deeds dating back to 1832. It was destroyed by a gentleman that bought the land, even though this parcel had been set aside as a cemetery. He tore down the stones, went before a judge and claimed it was never a cemetery. The judge ruled in his favor for him to sell the property (my ancestors). However, it was brought back to court and after further study of the case, in 1978, the first ruling was "set aside" and the cemetery plot was ruled to remain a cemetery. The MCCC (Madison County Cemetery Commission) have been wonderful and is working on this project with me but if I could get the interest of other groups, perhaps we could get this resolved quickly. There is a family that bought a house approximately 50 feet from the end of one corner of the cemetery area. However, they knew that it was a cemetery when they bought the house, a tax record confirms this to be true. The headstones that were taken down were piled in a corner of the property and the MCCC have since taken them into custody to keep them from being further destroyed. Could you please help? There is an American Revolutionary soldier and two War of 1812 soldiers buried in this cemetery. This is pioneers that helped to settle the state of Indiana. Thank you for any suggestions or help that you could offer. Sincerely, Sunni Larsson

We will be working on Saturday only this weekend at Van Sickle Cemetery. Brad

Sharon, I had seen the web-site list, but other people might not have been aware of it. Thanks ! LIST This is a good time for follow up letters to prosecutors for this summers vandalism in Clark, Madison, & Kosciusko Counties. Theresa Sharon Howell <[email protected]> wrote: We need a list of prosecutors from all 92 counties. This lists those prosecutors that have web sites: http://www.in.gov/ipac/links/ I also found out that there are 90 prosecutor's offices representing all 92 counties. Sharon Howell ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== Brad Manzenberger < [email protected] > is the INPCRP State Coordinator. Feel free to contact him directly regarding questions or comments you may have about the INPCRP. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers!