Thanks to all for replying to my question. I do not want to give out wrong information. I plan on calling the Madison Co. cem. comm. board president soon to see if they actually do have someone who is employed and does the work that Walt does. If they do, I will jump for joy! Like Walt, I would like to see every county in the state who does what Walt and his fellow co-workers do. They are amazing! Angela Tielking ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Walters" <graveyardgroomer@skyenet.net> To: <INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 12:45 PM Subject: [INPCRP] Question > Matt Brooks,executive director of the Association of Indiana Counties stated in an interview with Bill Shaw,reporter for The Indianapolis Star, "That's very unusual. There is no other county in the state that pays someone to resurrect old cemeteries" > It seems to me we need 91 more. I tip my hat to all of the hard working volunteers you are all worth your weight in gold! > I have a great passion for the work I do and believe me it is not all about the paycheck,although it does help. > U.E.B. when you said that people see you and Kyle working they assume you work for the County well here when they see a County employee they assume that he is not working! lol > Walt > > > ==== 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