A young lady named Melissa Fleming has posted the message below to the GRAVES
list on Lisbot. Thought I would share it with you and, simultaneously, invite
Ms. Fleming to join us on the Indiana Pioneer Cemeteries Restoration Project's
e-mail discussion group. At a minimum, I hope some of you will take the time
to drop Melissa a line at flem_24310(a)yahoo.com to congratulate and encourage
her in her undertaking. Thanks to Holly Jenks for suggesting that we contact
Melissa.
Melissa, we've heard about your interest in cemetery restoration and hope
you'll join us on the INPCRP e-mail group. There is NO COST and I assure you
you'll find many kindred spirits here. We also invite you to visit the INPCRP
website at
http://www.rootsweb.com/~inpcrp. There you'll find the simple
instructions for joining our e-mail group. (If you need help subscribing,
just let me know.)
Finally, an AP version of a news story about Melissa's efforts is on the
Indianapolis Star-News website:
Teen dedicates summer to cemetery upkeep:
http://www.starnews.com/data/wire/out/0119ap_l0i74ml109.html
This story is on the Star's "wire" page, so it will only be there for a
couple
of days.
The Decatur, IL Herald & Review's story can be found at:
http://www.herald-review.com/0/post0108-1.html (1/8/2001)
Lois Mauk
INPCRP State Coordinator
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Johnson" <steve(a)freudian.com>
To: <grave-l(a)egroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 12:30 AM
Subject: [Grave-L] Cemetery Restoration Pen Pal
> I received this e-mail, and wondered if anyone wanted to respond to this
> gal.
>
> Steve Johnson
>
Interment.net
>
http://www.interment.net
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: flem_24310(a)yahoo.com [mailto:flem_24310@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 9:23 AM
> To: steven(a)deltanet.com
> Subject: column/feature/faught
>
>
> name=Melissa Fleming
> email=flem_24310(a)yahoo.com
> message=I am 15 years old and I am a student at Bethany High School,
> Moultrie County, Illinois. I am currently restoring a cemetery in
> Allenville, Illinois, which has been neglected for at least 50 years and
> has suffered from vandalism. I would love to meet other people who are as
> interested in this as I am. I hope that more people will join the efforts
> to preserve the heritage of our country. Keep Working and Good Luck!!!
>
>
> Read ~Death to Dust~ by Kenneth Iserson M.D. - SECOND EDITION (January
2001)
>
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1883620228/bycommandofemper
> ----------
> The love of cemeteries is not morbid....
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