[Vision2020] Don't Ruin Cemetery's Serenity

[g. crabtree]

So why was looking at the backside of Wheatland shopping center and it's 
attendant parking lot so much different and apparently preferable to 
Wal-Marts? Or is it just a case of say anything to cast the Wal-mart project 
in a negative light. Making a logical argument seems to take a backseat to 
appealing to whatever emotional nonsense that might be made to appeal to the 
like (and weak) minded. Hows about you tell us just exactly how wide a 
buffer is required to maintain a respectful serenity for any given cemetery 
and then tell us how you plan to apply this standard to every other burial 
ground, Pullman and Moscow's included. I would be particularly interested in 
how you'll achieve this at Pullman's other cemetery, but then again, since 
it's not WM encroaching there I suspect those folks respect and serenity 
matters far less.

G. Crabtree
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
To: "Joan Opyr" <joanopyr at moscow.com>; "'Moscow Vision 2020'" 
<vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 8:14 AM
Subject: [Vision2020] Don't Ruin Cemetery's Serenity


> >From today's (July 29, 2006) Moscow-Pullman Daily News with a special 
> >thanks
> to Kelly Turk of Pullman -
>
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>
> Don't ruin cemetery's serenity
>
> The Daily News article about Barry Hart, the cemetery sexton, "A Peace 
> among
> the deceased," brought up a couple of concerns with me. Hart states, "As
> time has gone by, it has become more popular (the cemetery).
>
> People will come out here and sit and get comfort from being close to a
> loved one, or just to think." Now there is a push to put a Wal-Mart 
> parking
> lot next to the cemetery. Is that OK with all the supporters of Wal-Mart? 
> Is
> nothing sacred but the dollar bill you save?
>
> Over Memorial Day, my wife and I took our 8-year-old daughter to the 
> Pullman
> Cemetery to show and explain to her what Memorial Day, other than being a
> vacation day, is about, thanking the soldiers that have died for our
> freedom. There were veterans there placing flags on the graves of soldiers
> from all the wars, and families were placing flowers and flags on the 
> graves
> of their loved ones. It was very peaceful, and moving. Our daughter
> understood what all this meant.
>
> The serenity of the cemetery was a big part of the effect on her. Doesn't 
> it
> bother the Wal-Mart supporters that this will be gone? Isn't it
> disrespectful to treat our deceased neighbors and soldiers this way? I 
> can't
> imagine grieving over a loved one next to traffic and bright lights.
>
> Destroying the serenity of the cemetery with a Wal-Mart is bad enough. The
> disrespect it shows our war dead is appalling. If you have a "support our
> troops" ribbon on your vehicle, and want the giant Wal-Mart next to the
> cemetery, please take it off. Better yet, reconsider your support of a
> Wal-Mart next to the cemetery. Show some respect. We can put it someplace
> else, like Mars.
>
> Kelly Turk
> Pullman
>
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>
> Thank you, Kelly Turk, for reminding us all of what is really important.
>
> Building a Wal-Mart Super Center near a cemetery?
>
> Hmmm.  Now where have I read/heard that before?
>
> Seeya round town, Moscow.
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
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>
> - Thomas Paine (English Writer, 1737-1809)
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