Sorry about my first message Bob Real In a message dated 10/17/01 9:36:44 PM US Eastern Standard Time, > loismauk@home.com writes: > > > The Brown Co. Democrat newspaper ran a story today (10/17/2001) > entitled, > "SEPTIC CEMETERY? Neighbors say fingers invade graveyard". > > A Helmsburg man allegedly moved headstones and put a septic field over > an > old cemetery site in Brown Co. The property owner (Daniel Scalpelli) > acknowledged that there was an "old cemetery, approximately 100 feet > from a > residence" but denies doing anything wrong, stating, "It was falling > down, > it was washing away, I thought it was abandoned. As far as I was > concerned, > I was morally obligated to bring that place back so the graves > wouldn't wash > away." > > > Jeannie, He is really civic minded,How do graves wash away > in a abandoned cemetery > this guy addmitted he broke the law to the Newspaper. He said he had > permits. did Brown County give him a permit to run sewage into a graveyard. > they need to check closer on what people are doing. is > someone going out to investigate. He broke the law the minute he did the first digging of the > Lateral Lines for the septic system in the cemetery, or even within 100 > ft. > of it. I can't believe the DNR will allow a septic system to be put in > a > cemetery. i have read the law. he is as guilty as anyone i ever saw. > This makes > have came > almost > gods > sake,when does this stop. Make an Example of him so the word gets out. > a graveyard is not abandoned unless there is no bodies there. I > remember > hearing, ignorance of the law is no excuse. This has to be > investigaeted At > least check the story with the newspaper for the actual facts > > Bob Real > bjreal332@aol.com >