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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>That is really so sad – I don’t know why people are not respectful of others property. There are a number of cemeteries that have had significant damage in the last couple years. There is one in Lafayette, Oregon that has quite a number of broken tombstones from vandalism.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Denise<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>A member of the Association of Professional Genealogists</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The web page I made for my parents is at: <a href="http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~merritt/">http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~merritt/</a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>My genealogy related pages are at:<br><a href="http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~merritt/">http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~merritt/</a><br>and <a href="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~merritt/">http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~merritt/</a><br>The latter created using John Cardinal's Second Site</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>User of The Master Genealogist (TMG) <a href="http://www.whollygenes.com/">http://www.whollygenes.com/</a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> or-roots-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us [mailto:or-roots-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Glen Jones<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 11, 2011 5:19 PM<br><b>To:</b> OREGON Rootsweb<br><b>Subject:</b> [or-roots] Historic Old Vancouver City (Wa.) Cemetery<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p><span style='color:black'>Hello Oregon Rooters<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='color:black'>Many of you have probably seen the news on tv or read in the paper about<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='color:black'>the vandalism at the Historic Old Vancouver (Washington) City Cemetery<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='color:black'>this cemetery was estabished in 1867 but he deaths of some of those reinterred<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='color:black'>go back to 1825, many old pioneers from early Washington and Oregon are interred here.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='color:black'>The Clark County Genealogical Society has spent the last two years and nearly $14,000.00 dollars<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='color:black'>in Grant money restoring this cemetery, most of that work has been undone by this vandalism.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='color:black'>The Vancouver City Police say they do not have the time nor resources to investigate this<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='color:black'>Crime and are asking for the public's help.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='color:black'>Glen Jones Portland, Oregon rooter and Past officer of the<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:black'>Clark County Genealogical Society<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=1 width="100%" noshade style='color:#A0A0A0' align=center></div><p class=avgcert>No virus found in this message.<br>Checked by AVG - <a href="http://www.avg.com">www.avg.com</a><br>Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1498/3500 - Release Date: 03/11/11<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>