On Magnolia adopts ordinance regulating wind turbines
It needs to be clarified, Jeff Mitchell is NOT a resident of Magnolia Township NOR does he pay taxes that may be spent in defending this ordinance.
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On Removal of flowers upsets families
Posted on July 31 at 9:17 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
I agree there should be regulations for decorating grave sites at the cemetery and believe the staff should enforce the regulations on a consistent basis.
I do; however, question when the cemetery management chose to begin this compliance.
The manager of the cemetery refers to an incident last summer when a well-intentioned loved one placed a golf ball on a grave. The mower hit the golf ball, sending it through a neighbor's storm door.
If something that dangerous happened, why wait until mid July, the next summer, to enforce the rules? Why wait until folks have invested in planters and nurtured the flowers for half of the summer, only to find them in a discard area of the cemetery?
Wouldn’t it have been helpful to read of the cemetery’s intention to begin enforcing their regulations in 2008 in a church bulletin a few weeks before Memorial Day?
Wouldn’t it have been helpful to post a sign at the cemetery entrances so people knew of the change at the beginning of summer, as they brought their planters in to the cemetery?
My other concern is the cement planter we have on my father’s grave cost approximately $200.00 and is so heavy it takes two of us to move it to the cemetery each year.
My mother is fortunate to have me and my siblings to do this. What about the widows/widowers who may not be as fortunate? I feel bad for the people who might want to honor a loved one by placing flowers next to their grave but would not be able to do so because a cement pot was too heavy.
In addition to that, my mother was blessed to be in the position to afford this planter but what about those who may not be so fortunate? Doe’s this mean people who can not afford a cement planter can not honor their loved ones, with flowers?