Jack: So, keep thinking about my question and let me know. This is exactly the kind of answer that I expected. Nobody really knows for sure just exactly what you can do and what you can't. There is no clear cut and dry answer to these problems. I mean, nothing against you, Jack. We know where you stand, but what about the next guy. And, heaven forbid we could have a deer poached this season. Take care, Jon >From: Jb502000@aol.com >Reply-To: INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com >To: INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [INPCRP] Indiana Cemetery Law or not >Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 18:07:01 EDT > >In a message dated 10/25/01 11:38:47 PM US Eastern Standard Time, >sianoil@hotmail.com writes: > > > > Can I, (John Q. Landowner), get my bulldozer this weekend and start >digging > > a pond right next to the fence of the cemetery that is located on my > > property without any kind of permit or approval? Why, why not and where > > does > > it say that? > > > > Jon Andrews > > > > > Jon, >I forgot to tell you, I went by McClintock Cemetery Monday evening and the >ground that had been "just moved up" and leveled (This is not disturbing >the >ground) has been cut down 6 inches, just 2 feet from the fence. Knowing the >developer, doesn't reinforce my belief he has obtained a permit. Anyhow, I >thought I read somewhere that an Environmental Impact statement concerning >any work within 100 feet of a cemetery also had to be filed BEFORE work >BEGINS. But who am I. I've raised H--- since the first of the year on >violations like this. They are still outstanding. I understand Enforcement >is >tough now, Deer season is in, and the DNR is understaffed for everything >they >have to cover. Enough said > >Jack > > >==== 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 > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

Heck, no one would poach a deer anymore. Its too easy to get them legally. There are so many now that no one wants them anymore. So, what do the CO's do? Set and drink coffee, I bet. And, can you imagine a CO catching someone now with raccoon out of season. Who would want them. Maybe we could get the CO's to hunt the overpopulated deer, raccoons, possums, and squirrels. And, now too many coyotes too boot. But, now you can't find a rabbit in the country. My, how things have changed in 20 years. Art D. ----- Original Message ----- From: "jon andrews" <sianoil@hotmail.com> To: <INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 5:28 PM Subject: Re: [INPCRP] Indiana Cemetery Law or not > Jack: > So, keep thinking about my question and let me know. This is exactly the > kind of answer that I expected. Nobody really knows for sure just exactly > what you can do and what you can't. There is no clear cut and dry answer to > these problems. I mean, nothing against you, Jack. We know where you stand, > but what about the next guy. > And, heaven forbid we could have a deer poached this season. > Take care, > Jon > > > >From: Jb502000@aol.com > >Reply-To: INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com > >To: INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: Re: [INPCRP] Indiana Cemetery Law or not > >Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 18:07:01 EDT > > > >In a message dated 10/25/01 11:38:47 PM US Eastern Standard Time, > >sianoil@hotmail.com writes: > > > > > > > Can I, (John Q. Landowner), get my bulldozer this weekend and start > >digging > > > a pond right next to the fence of the cemetery that is located on my > > > property without any kind of permit or approval? Why, why not and where > > > does > > > it say that? > > > > > > Jon Andrews > > > > > > > > Jon, > >I forgot to tell you, I went by McClintock Cemetery Monday evening and the > >ground that had been "just moved up" and leveled (This is not disturbing > >the > >ground) has been cut down 6 inches, just 2 feet from the fence. Knowing the > >developer, doesn't reinforce my belief he has obtained a permit. Anyhow, I > >thought I read somewhere that an Environmental Impact statement concerning > >any work within 100 feet of a cemetery also had to be filed BEFORE work > >BEGINS. But who am I. I've raised H--- since the first of the year on > >violations like this. They are still outstanding. I understand Enforcement > >is > >tough now, Deer season is in, and the DNR is understaffed for everything > >they > >have to cover. Enough said > > > >Jack > > > > > >==== 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 > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > ==== 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 > >

I hope that when Jeannie Regan-Dinius gets back to her office on Monday she will get permission to disclose to us what DNR has done recently. I know there have been several cemetery-related arrests recently, but don't know any details and don't want to speak "out of school". She has mentioned a couple of incidents to me recently, but I can't say any more than that. One of the problems is getting the County Prosecutors to PROSECUTE cemetery-related crimes. As for the situation at McClintick Cemetery, where the developer allegedly did not "disturb the soil" but instead allegedly built up the soil to within INCHES of the cemetery fence and thus is apparently avoiding prosecution, despite the fact that he did not have a permit from DNR, I have a question myself: If this developer did, in fact, not "disturb the soil" and instead "built up" the soil as he claims, does the prohibition against disturbing the soil within 100 feet of the cemetery now extend to the NEW SOIL he put there? If so, wouldn't the leveling he did of the new soil dumped next to the fence constitute "disturbing the soil"????? Lois