Jon, Have heard nothing to date from the reporter. I emailed her about Cincinnati Cemetery in Daveiss County, a few weeks ago....................... ----- Original Message ----- From: "jon andrews" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 9:50 AM Subject: [INPCRP] Maria Creek > I had an e-mail from this reporter back in June and I sent her all I had on > Maria Creek along with phone contacts for myself and the other Knox County > members, historian, etc. and I also referred her on to Doug Dougherty, who > sent her a bunch of material about the Cincinatti Cemetery, but to this date > no one that I know has even heard back from her. Have you Doug? She has not > contacted anyone in Knox County, which doesn't surprise me because things > like this have a tendency to just get swept under the rug around here. > > You guys out there in the rest of the world cannot understand, but in Knox > County and mainly (Vincennes), "Little Las Vegas" as it was once formerly > known and the "Head Shop Capital" of the World, as once referred to by our > local Mayor and called the "Cess Pool of America" on CNN by one of our > previous County Councilmen, you just don't make any waves and especially > reporters just tend to get real busy with something else, when they start > asking questions around here. Did I mention that our former Prosecutor is in > the State Pen. and that there is a full out investigation and pending > lawsuit if our County finances, so......... My guess is, she went back to > Indy and was told not to get involved. You know anything about her, Lee? > > And, I am still waiting for the Conservation Officer to return my calls! > > Jon Andrews > > > >From: "Rich Green" <[email protected]> > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: [INPCRP] project status > >Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 07:09:05 -0500 > > > >In response to the question about the status of the Mariah Creek Baptist > >church and cemetery: > > > >A Star reporter, Ruth Holladay, (apparently an acquaintance of Lee Creed) > >did make initial contact here and request information about the Knox County > >cemetery problem back around the end of June. General information about > >this and other Knox County cemeteries was forwarded to the reporter. I > >suggested that the Star should make every effort to interview the Knox > >County Cemetery Commissioners as well as other local informants who have > >more knowledge about the contemporary history of the Maria Creek cemetery > >site, and it's ongoing destruction prior to recent intervention by the > >DHPA. > > > >Maybe Jon Andrews or someone else from Knox County knows more? I certainly > >hope we don't let the Knox County cemetery issues die on the vine. > > > >Regards, > > > >Rich Green > >Historic Archaeological Research > >4338 Hadley Court > >West Lafayette, IN 47906 > >Office: (765) 464-8735 > >Mobile: (765) 427-4082 > >www.har-indy.com > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN 9 Dial-up Internet Access helps fight spam and pop-ups - now 2 months > FREE! http://join.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200361ave/direct/01/ > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > THIS IS A CEMETERY ----- > "Lives are commemorated - deaths are recorded - families > are reunited - memories are made tangible - and love is > undisguised. This is a cemetery. > "Communities accord respect, families bestow reverence, > historians seek information and our heritage is thereby enriched. > "Testimonies of devotion, pride and remembrance are carved > in stone to pay warm tribute to accomplishments and to the life - > not the death - of a loved one. The cemetery is homeland for family > memorials that are a sustaining source of comfort to the living. > "A cemetery is a history of people - a perpetual record of > yesterday and sanctuary of peace and quiet today. A cemetery > exists because every life is worth loving and remembering - always." > --Author unknown -- Seen at a monument dealer in West Union, IA >