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From: "Cristy" <>
Subject: [WVMARSHA] Fw: Something we can all do to help save a cemetery in WV
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 01:06:31 -0500

> > > I know that you're all interested in some way or
> another with WV history
> > > and/or cemeteries in WV. A friend of ours from
> Charleston, WV brought this
> > > online petition to our attention where folks can
> voice their support for
> > > saving a Civil War battlefield and burial ground
> located in Fayetteville,
> > WV
> > > in preference to building a retail complex on the
> site.
> > >
> > > We know that this is a "win-able" situation if as
> many as possible voice
> > > their opinions. In our own city, just a few months
> ago, a planned K-Mart
> > was
> > > moved to a different location when local citizens
> discovered that the
> > city's
> > > plans were to fill in one of the last remaining
> natural lakes within city
> > > limits in order to build the new shopping complex on
> top of it. With
> > enough
> > > signatures they were able to get the cause placed on
> the ballot at the
> > next
> > > election, and it won overwhelming favor from the
> community in favor of
> > > saving the lake and sending the developers to
> another part of town that
> > was
> > > more acceptable to the city residents. Enough
> voices heard together can
> > > make quite a noticeable noise!
> > >
> > > To view the petition and make a choice whether or
> not to make your opinion
> > > heard (and you don't need to be a WV resident to
> take part), visit
> > > http://www.PetitionOnline.com/faybat04/petition.html
> > >
> > > Thanks for taking the time to read this,
> > >
> > > Donna Duprey

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