Kudos to all who participated! These are wonderful testimonials to the efforts of cemetery preservationists in your state. And what a wonderful thing for the paper to have a column like this so that people can express their thanks and acknowledgement for kind deeds and gentle people. Keep up the good work. The best kind of "advertising" is word of mouth. Where some people are put off by articles that seem only to complain of a situation, they are more likely to read things that praise others for their work. It says a great deal about the INPCRP membership's dedication to their cause. Sue Silver California ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad Manzenberger" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 5:51 AM Subject: [INPCRP] Greenlawn Cemetery > The Johnson County Daily Journal has a section on the editorial page called > Hearts and Darts. Hearts are for people to thank someone... > > Two hearts appeared in today's paper... > > - Heartfelt thanks to Brad Manzenberger of Johnson County Indiana Pioneer > Cemeteries Restoration Project, John “Walt” Walters of Graveyard Groomers > from Connersville and the many volunteers who helped restore monuments and > stones in Greenlawn Cemetery on July 10. > > After vandals disheartened many of us by their actions, you have restored > our faith in community. The work you did was outstanding. Thank you again > for all your help. > > signed: Franklin park board, cemetery staff and park staff > > - Hearts to all the volunteers who helped repair vandalized gravestones in > Greenlawn Cemetery in Franklin. Special hearts to Brad and Angela > Manzenberger for coordinating the effort. As historian of Grace United > Methodist Church in Franklin, I know how meaningful the stones are to people > in the community, even those stones without local families. > > Rich Gotshall > Franklin > (Rich Gotshall is also a reporter for the Indianapolis Star.) > > > Brad > > > ==== 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. >