I have permission from Pansy to share this; Joe Stout As an FYI will try to share the outcome of the New Hope Hope court proceedings. (One of my friends at the Sheriff's Offices refers to this as Let's Make a Deal proceedings, and for a time I felt strongly that it was all going that way and was not encouraged.) We were pleased with the bottom line. I shall try to lay it out and I feel certain that if I have anything incorrect, persons also present will let me know! Seven persons were involved, one a minor, so six appeared in court. The damage of $6,000 was reduced by a small figure which will be made up by each person serving 20 hours of Community Service (a total of 120 hours) at New Hope Church, working under the supervision of Wayne Grisson (with the cemetery association) and Gerald Nanney (the witness and person filing the complaint, and my brother) cleaning glass from the church and the outside grass, repairing the donut rutted lawn, etc., and whatever else they are asked to do. They will be required to physically clear the woods at the rear of the church and remove the discarded grave wreaths which have been accumulating there for years. Other work, at Wayne and Gerald's discretion, will be required. The physical church damages (windows, etc.) will be repaired by professionals. Each of the six will be required to pay $815 to the cemetery association, plus some $300+ court costs. One half of this must be paid when this goes back to the court Nov. 29, 3:00. The balance by a date the court will probably set on the 29th. This is pre-trial diversion, which is dependent on an FBI background check. Any prior violations will nullify this agreement. On Nov. 29, Wayne and Gerald will report to the court their satisfaction with the Community Service. Any non-compliance of the court order or report of slacking, making a game of it, or taking it lightly, by any person(s) will result in making this agreement null, and in jail time. All six persons were put on one years probation, with any violations possibly also resulting in jail time. This court procedure was ended by a wise lecture to the defendants by Judge Thomas Moore (who is much interested in history) as to the seriousness of the actions, and the need to understand that scores (perhaps hundreds) of persons had been shocked, dismayed, and inconvenienced by an act of vandalism to a place of worship, active or not. And, he did state that this was an act of justice where all persons were treated equally, regardless of who they were. Our thanks to Tommy!! Hope I have covered all bases and made things clear, as I perceived them. Pansy No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.12.2/966 - Release Date: 8/22/2007 9:05 AM

I'm so proud of Judge Moore. I wonder if we are related? Sounds like a smart, fair man so I'm SURE we must be. :>) Did his family come from the Palmersville area? Leslie Moore ----- Original Message ----- From: Joe Stout To: tnweakle@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 8:46 PM Subject: [TNWEAKLE] New Hope Church Vandalism Court outcome I have permission from Pansy to share this; Joe Stout As an FYI will try to share the outcome of the New Hope Hope court proceedings. (One of my friends at the Sheriff's Offices refers to this as Let's Make a Deal proceedings, and for a time I felt strongly that it was all going that way and was not encouraged.) We were pleased with the bottom line. I shall try to lay it out and I feel certain that if I have anything incorrect, persons also present will let me know! Seven persons were involved, one a minor, so six appeared in court. The damage of $6,000 was reduced by a small figure which will be made up by each person serving 20 hours of Community Service (a total of 120 hours) at New Hope Church, working under the supervision of Wayne Grisson (with the cemetery association) and Gerald Nanney (the witness and person filing the complaint, and my brother) cleaning glass from the church and the outside grass, repairing the donut rutted lawn, etc., and whatever else they are asked to do. They will be required to physically clear the woods at the rear of the church and remove the discarded grave wreaths which have been accumulating there for years. Other work, at Wayne and Gerald's discretion, will be required. The physical church damages (windows, etc.) will be repaired by professionals. Each of the six will be required to pay $815 to the cemetery association, plus some $300+ court costs. One half of this must be paid when this goes back to the court Nov. 29, 3:00. The balance by a date the court will probably set on the 29th. This is pre-trial diversion, which is dependent on an FBI background check. Any prior violations will nullify this agreement. On Nov. 29, Wayne and Gerald will report to the court their satisfaction with the Community Service. Any non-compliance of the court order or report of slacking, making a game of it, or taking it lightly, by any person(s) will result in making this agreement null, and in jail time. All six persons were put on one years probation, with any violations possibly also resulting in jail time. This court procedure was ended by a wise lecture to the defendants by Judge Thomas Moore (who is much interested in history) as to the seriousness of the actions, and the need to understand that scores (perhaps hundreds) of persons had been shocked, dismayed, and inconvenienced by an act of vandalism to a place of worship, active or not. And, he did state that this was an act of justice where all persons were treated equally, regardless of who they were. Our thanks to Tommy!! Hope I have covered all bases and made things clear, as I perceived them. Pansy No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.12.2/966 - Release Date: 8/22/2007 9:05 AM ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNWEAKLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.12.2/967 - Release Date: 8/22/2007 6:51 PM

Leslie, Would you happen to be the Leslie Moore from Paris? Just curious, Elise Wright Myers