<BR><BR><B><I>Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com></I></B> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">>From today's (July 29, 2006) Moscow-Pullman Daily News with a special thanks<BR>to Kelly Turk of Pullman -<BR><BR>-------------------------------------------------------------------<BR><BR>Don't ruin cemetery's serenity <BR><BR>The Daily News article about Barry Hart, the cemetery sexton, "A Peace among<BR>the deceased," brought up a couple of concerns with me. Hart states, "As<BR>time has gone by, it has become more popular (the cemetery). <BR><BR>People will come out here and sit and get comfort from being close to a<BR>loved one, or just to think." Now there is a push to put a Wal-Mart parking<BR>lot next to the cemetery. Is that OK with all the supporters of Wal-Mart? Is<BR>nothing sacred but the dollar bill you save? <BR><BR>Over Memorial Day, my wife and I took our 8-year-old daughter to the
Pullman<BR>Cemetery to show and explain to her what Memorial Day, other than being a<BR>vacation day, is about, thanking the soldiers that have died for our<BR>freedom. There were veterans there placing flags on the graves of soldiers<BR>from all the wars, and families were placing flowers and flags on the graves<BR>of their loved ones. It was very peaceful, and moving. Our daughter<BR>understood what all this meant. <BR><BR>The serenity of the cemetery was a big part of the effect on her. Doesn't it<BR>bother the Wal-Mart supporters that this will be gone? Isn't it<BR>disrespectful to treat our deceased neighbors and soldiers this way? I can't<BR>imagine grieving over a loved one next to traffic and bright lights. <BR><BR>Destroying the serenity of the cemetery with a Wal-Mart is bad enough. The<BR>disrespect it shows our war dead is appalling. If you have a "support our<BR>troops" ribbon on your vehicle, and want the giant Wal-Mart next to the<BR>cemetery, please take it
off. Better yet, reconsider your support of a<BR>Wal-Mart next to the cemetery. Show some respect. We can put it someplace<BR>else, like Mars. <BR><BR>Kelly Turk <BR>Pullman<BR><BR>-------------------------------------------------------------------<BR><BR>Thank you, Kelly Turk, for reminding us all of what is really important.<BR><BR>Building a Wal-Mart Super Center near a cemetery? <BR><BR>Hmmm. Now where have I read/heard that before?<BR><BR>Seeya round town, Moscow.<BR><BR>Tom Hansen<BR>Moscow, Idaho<BR><BR>****************************************************************************<BR><BR>"A bad cause will ever be supported by bad means and bad men." <BR><BR>- Thomas Paine (English Writer, 1737-1809)<BR><BR>****************************************************************************<BR><BR><BR><BR>=====================================================<BR>List services made available by First Step Internet, <BR>serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.
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