Letters to the Editor

To the Editor:

First off, it was my grandson Trey Torvend, home from the Navy, after a two-year leave, not my son.

Yes, I did address the nine-foot graves. What I didn’t know was ordinance 15.16.080 allows that. (Sorry, Two-Story).

Also ordinance of 1966 says a 3.5-by-9 foot was determined by a plan to maximize capacity. Well, I’m not the smartest in math, but if you make a grave size only to six feet, that size of cemetery you should get 3 to 4 more rows for burial. That would maximize capacity.

Also with the larger and longer sites, you cannot mow around them. Some of the mowers go right over the graves and scatter anything on the site: flowers, decorations, etc. The tracks are not only from cars but also from equipment trying to maneuver to dig new graves. With a six-by-nine foot grave that’s almost an impossible task.

Let’s make it all six feet or shorter to help the maintenance people. That was my main complaint at that meeting, but was not mentioned by this reporter.

True, some people don’t go to the cemetery often, but when they leave after saying goodbye to loved ones, they don’t expect their flowers, decorations, etc. to be transplanted into the next row or two. Show some pride.

P.S. Where’s Maggie when we need her.

Wayne Kaer