Thank you for sharing this article with us, CC. It seems the people of Snohomish are never going to know the truth about their own cemetery unless/until they read Carolynn Crawford's book which she has started. We need Scruffy Dan to tell this story to the people of Snohomish. The construction crew in 1947 said emphatically there were numerous graves on each side of the road, which includes where the Pioneer Village is located. I think everyone concerned knows the whole story, they just act dumb to cloud the issue. The city of Snohomish hasn't had a problem finding building sites for a fairly new city hall and a new library coming up, but the only place they can build a Senior Center and Youth Center is on an old cemetery. I know if I had to use those facilities, and I'm sure glad I don't, I'd tread lightly on that ground. And the Seniors are complaining about losing the parking lot they built over a grave yard. Seems to me they ought to stay out of there until that lot is dug up to see if there are any graves in there as we all know there are. Like Carolynn said in court, any of them could have gone to the library and read "River Reflections" or looked up a few records at the Courthouse to see if there were any graves left there, instead of insisting wrongly that there are not graves left there. They just don't want to know about it. I'm sorry for you CC, I'm sooooo glad I don't live in Snohomish! BTW, I recently said on the Cemetery List that I tend to agree with the Indians. I think remains should be left where they were buried. Dust to dust implies for me that bodily remains should be allowed to decompose into the earth. When remains are occasionally found, as on the Seattle Water Front at the Trade Center of the West site, you know that was an accident of progress, nobody knew those bones were there. In the case of Snohomish, however, they have constantly "pretended" no graves were there and they have been proven wrong, so they are blatantly using progress as an excuse to disrupt the normal peace of the old cemetery. I think, CC, the guilty parties will be sorry some day that they were ever involved in this cemetery fiasco. Evidently the city administration thinks the voters approve of their methods. It will be interesting to see how the next city election turns out. Norma Norma Carroll H Clark wrote: > > Snohomish Tribune, Vol. 109, Nr. 44, Wed, Nov 4, 1998 Page 4 Opinion > QUOTED AS FOLLOWS: > Editorial > City can build pride with youth center > The decision to allow the City of Snohomish to keeps its senior center > at its current site is a positive motion for the communityh. > At debate was whether or not the Snohomish Senior Center m,ust move > from its property that once was a cemetery, is slated to become a youth > activities center. > With the court's decision to allow the propertyh to remain as it is, > the city cvan move ahead with positive community-building projects. A > youth center will be a vital part of the communityh, a place kids can > derive pride from, much like the pride of the original Snohomish settlers > and native peoples. > While proper respect must be paid to the founders of the city, time has > already taken away the chance to preserve the cemetery, which was > officially moved decades ago. In deference to those who once rested at > the site, a memorial of some kind should be erected. > The best memorial of all, though, will come from a bridging of > generations - seniors with memories and family stories of the city's > history sharing those memories with the city's youth as a senior and > youth find their homes next door. > END OF QUOTED EDITORIAL ARTICLE ON P 4 OF THE OPINION SECTION OF THE > SNOHOMISH TRIBUNE. > > What will be the longevity of the two together? When growing pains take > place, who will move? > > Tempest Fugit, and of the Essence? > > Carroll, Snohomish. > > * * * 30 * * > > ___________________________________________________________________ > You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. > Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com > or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]