Norma Lewis wrote: > > Thank you for this, John. I didn't even think to check the Herald Page for > another article. > > Interesting points I noticed - Don't know if everybody noticed: > > 1. The Seniors do indeed have their own attorney! > 2. The city has done a complete turn-around in strategy, as Tom Haensly noted. > They have a good case this way since no evidence remains of the cemetery after > they bulldozed it! > 3. I hope Tom H. was able to give descriptive info on the site, otherwise, the > Judge will see nothing but an empty lot beside the Senior Center. > 4. The gal who testified for Northwest Archeologists gave the impression that > expensive testing was the only way to prove there are additional remains which > is not true. There is document evidence which Tom H. will present with his > defense. > 5. Leslie Moriarty has once again left out pertinent facts. I swear she's > chosen sides. Sorry, Diane, I know she is a friend. Would you talk to her? > 6. This article makes it sound like John Low is the only pioneer buried at > this site and neglects to mention the Indian aspect. > 7. In one of these two articles Leslie should have clearly identified the > parties involved. Wonder if she will in her third article, already. > It is the Moores, their daughter Carolyn and husband, and the Indian tribes > against the city of Snohomish and now the Senior Center. > > I really believe the Seniors are being badly used in this situation. In the > first place, that building should never have been placed there in the first > place, I hope Tom brings that up. The Seniors have resources they are not > using and they shouldn't have had to hire an attorney to fix something the > city caused. If they had enforced their city building laws in the first place > the Seniors wouldn't be in this fix, so why do the Seniors have to hire an > attorney? It is a political ploy. > Norma > > I'm sending this to the list because there are people on the list interested > in this case, so if you get this twice just delete and don't squeek! > > John Wm Sloniker wrote: > > > > This is from this morning's Everett Herald. Sorry to be late. - jws > > > > Everett HeraldNet Home Page > > http://www.heraldnet.com > > > > HeraldNet - Local News - Dispute over the dead > > http://www.heraldnet.com/localnews/ > > > > Tuesday, October 13, 1998 > > > > Arguments begin in trial over use of cemetery site > > > > By LESLIE MORIARTY > > Herald Writer > > > > A dispute over the status of property at Second Street and Pine Avenue > > in Snohomish, once used as a cemetery and now wanted by the city of > > Snohomish for a youth center, moved into Snohomish County Superior > > Court Monday. > > > > The city of Snohomish is asking Judge Charles French to declare that the > > property can be used for purposes other than a cemetery, so that a youth > > center can be built on part of the land, next to where a senior center > > was established in 1991. > > > > But family of at least one pioneer, John Low, who was buried in the > > cemetery near the turn of the century, has asked the judge to preserve > > the cemetery dedication for the property, to keep the youth center out > > and to relocate the senior center. > > > > Many of the remains were removed from the property when the old U.S. 2 > > was built in 1947. The highway, now Second Street, cut the property in > > two. On the north side of the street, some gravestones remain as part > > of Pioneer Village, a replica of old Snohomish built by the local > > historical society. > > > > On the south side of the street, where the senior center now stands > > and the city wants to build a youth center, all visual traces of the > > cemetery are gone. > > > > City officials once believed that all the human remains had been > > removed, however, tests last summer uncovered one set of remains still > > on the south side of the property. They haven't been identified. > > > > Nancy Sharp, an archaeologist with Northwest Archaeological Associates > > Inc., Seattle, who was on site when the remains were found, testified > > Monday that there was a probability that there were more bodies buried > > in the area, but that the only way to know for sure was to complete > > more tests. > > > > City officials, however, said that they do not plan to do that and if > > the judge agrees to remove the dedication as a cemetery, they will go > > forward with plans for a youth center. > > > > Local residents who are members of the senior center testified Monday > > that they did not have the money to relocate and that moving would > > create a hardship for them. > > > > Tom Haensly, an attorney for several parties opposing the city, said it > > was clear by the testimony Monday that the city had changed its position > > from one of saying the property was not a cemetery to a position that > > "they don't care that there are bodies there," he said. > > > > "It seems they are conceding that this is a cemetery, but that they see > > what they are doing with the property -- a senior center and a youth > > center -- to be in the greater public good," he said. > > > > At the end of testimony Monday, Judge French, Haensly, Bill Sullivan, > > the attorney for the senior center, and Thom Graafstra, the attorney for > > the city of Snohomish, ventured out in the rain to view the property. > > > > Testimony in the trial, which resumes at 9:30 a.m. today in > > Department 4, is expected to continue through Wednesday. > > > > You can contact Leslie Moriarty by phone at 425-339-3436 > > or you can send e-mail to her at moriarty@heraldnet.com > > > > Comments: newmedia@heraldnet.com > > > > Copyright (c) 1998 The Daily Herald Co., Everett, Wash. > > http://www.heraldnet.com/about/legal.htm