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From: "Trevia W Beverly" <>
Subject: Re: [TXCem] Ash Creek Cemetery, Azle - teens caught for vandalism
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 10:30:20 -0500
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We had this happen in our Evergreen Cemetery here in Houston --- the boys
were before a judge; I appeared. The boys had an attorney and when she
asked what I wanted in restitution I told her money could not buy back the
damage ---- I wanted the boys! She told me absolutely that would not
happen. Guess what? probation --- and to me --- for six Saturdays ...
all day long! (8-5) Two of the boys proved they were just 'bystanders' and
got off with a reprimand. The one I got showed up the first Sat and wanted
to stay around --- I say No Way! But they could be assured that I would not
give him what he really deserved. They left and after that it was a drop
off; pick up. I had to keep him by my side because we were also using adult
probationers, so he got an all day long history lesson on specific people
buried in Evergreen as well as Houston and Texas history in general .... the
last day, I asked him if he had learned anything and he promised me never to
do something like this again - and I do believe he had enough interest to
have had good grades in school after that.

Trevia Wooster Beverly
Houston, Harris County, Texas


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Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2006 8:44 AM
Subject: Re: [TXCem] Ash Creek Cemetery, Azle - teens caught for vandalism


> In a message dated 8/12/2006 8:14:42 AM Central Standard Time,
> writes:
> http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/15259549.htm
> This is such a heart breaking disgrace. While we are trying to locate,
> document and work toward preservation of cemeteries around the State, we
have a few
> members of the younger generation trying to destroy those same places.
>
> Either we don't have strong enough laws or they are not strongly enforced.
My
> personal opinion is that in these cases, the "children" and parents should
be
> required to pay some amount of restitution to replace the stones that can
not
> be uprighted and/or repaired. And they should be ordered by a judge to put
in
> community service hours until the cemetery has been cleaned and all stones
> that are repairable have been repaired. Force them to document the
cemetery and
> research and do a history of the cemetery and donate their work to the
local
> Genealogical or Historical Society. May sound tough to some but after all,
a
> cemetery is sacred ground.
>
> Nothing disgusts me more than reading an article such as this.
>
> Doris Lindblad, Pres
> Texarkana USA Gen Soc
>
> Please visit our website at www.rootsweb.com/~txkusa/GenSoc.html
>
>
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