We should hear the good news, too, so here's a story about cemetery work being done in Lawrence County by a friend of mine (if you get the Lawrence County Record or the LCHS Bulletin you already know about the recognition and honors that he has received in the past year): http://www.joplinglobe.com/people/local_story_082122649.html/resources_printstory Ross -----Original Message----- >From: jay trace <jibberish66@yahoo.com> >Sent: Mar 26, 2007 7:52 AM >To: molawren@rootsweb.com >Subject: [MOLAWREN] Maple Park Cemetery > >I thought I'd share with you folks the fact that I >drove by Maple Park Cemetery yesterday and I noticed >that a tombstone had fallen over. With the ice storm >we had in January and all of the really big branches >that had come off of the trees, it was no surprise. >However, when I drove through the cemetery, I noticed >that there were a dozen stones, and I mean big ones, >that had the stones knocked off of the bases. These >were stones that I wouldn't be able to lift, much less >put back. Most weren't near any trees, so it was >obviously some snot-nose and his buddies that came >around and kicked them over. > >I called the number that was in the phone book for the >cemetery and left a message for the caretaker, but >it's a shame. All but one were in the section that >was directly facing Elliott Street, so they were >pretty brazen. Luckily, I saw no broken stones. > >jay > > > >____________________________________________________________________________________ >No need to miss a message. Get email on-the-go >with Yahoo! Mail for Mobile. Get started. >http://mobile.yahoo.com/mail > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOLAWREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message