I received an email from Lynda last night. She had some interesting information which we thought everyone would like to know. So, here it is in her words:
A local man who rescues what he calls “heritage trees” – trees with interesting history – has taken our 100+ year old Monkey-Puzzle tree. (Knocked down in the storm.) Because other woodworkers are excited about its wood, he is doing excavating work for us that would have cost a few thousand dollars. Yesterday his excavator operator removed the huge root wad of the tree, filled the space and compacted it so that the stones of the area can be reinstalled. He also removed two other large stumps of fallen trees, and cleared the debris that was still behind the building from the roof being lifted off the columbarium. On Monday he plans to be back with a large crane to remove the crematory machine and the chimney stack and take them away. That will allow other work to be done. When we have enough for the lovely gazebo, he can also help us remove the existing building. The man who took the tree brought us two new “baby” trees to replace it, as is his custom. One is a 3 yr. old Monkey-Puzzle tree which we’ll plant in a solid place as near as possible to the old site. It is an adorable young tree. He also thought to make a bench for the new gazebo from the original tree wood as a memorial to the original tree, since it represents a lot of stories.
Anyway, we are very excited, overwhelmed, and terribly blessed! Thank you so much, again!
Mike & Lynda
As you can see great things are happening! But this is just the beginning. We’ll keep you posted as the cemetery gets fixed up and even more good things come about. Again, none of this would happen without the support of you, your friends and family. Thank you!
To see the details of their story about how their cemetery was ravaged by the only storm described using the word “Hurricane” north of the 45th parallel and to find out how you can not only help restore an Oregon Pioneer cemetery, but own a piece of it too, click here!
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June 19, 2009 6:04 pm 
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