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CrimeFighter
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Posted: Wed May 14th, 2008 02:10 am |
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nilbog, I'm torn between complimenting you on an excellent avatar, or suing for copyright infringement...
I just can't stay angry at Reagan; excellent choice by you.
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QCVillager
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Posted: Tue May 13th, 2008 05:03 pm |
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Will just Q.C.er's be allowed in that cemetary?
wouldn't be enough customers i am sure. and then... how does one prove they are QC enough ? only by birth ? have to be here x number of years ?
Mark and Carrie don't operate that way.
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Posted: Tue May 13th, 2008 04:54 pm |
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I can't see how or why the cemetary would be restricted to town residents. It's not like it would be run by the town government anyway.
It does sound like a good idea...I've never understood what happened to most people when they die in Arizona. You go back east and there seems to be a cemetary every couple of miles, and most old churches have one as well. Here, it's quite unusual to find one at all.
It's also a rather quiet business that won't be keeping the neighbors up all night. Unless they're worried about CrimeFighters ghostly vengence...
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Posted: Tue May 13th, 2008 02:22 pm |
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QCVillager wrote: count me in. (although i wouldn't want to get there soon). i feel way closer and a part of Queen Creek over any of my childhood homes.
Moving on past the stud farm......................
Will just Q.C.er's be allowed in that cemetary? Not that I care, as I am a "burner" and will have my ashes spread over the San Tans.....right over Gordon Browns home and my home. That means he'll have to live with my "presence" forever....
But, I have family members that live out here that would like a burial plot. I wonder how much he will charge for a burial? It's a very lucrative business, but very depressing....cemetaries. I worked for one once.....once.
I think it's a wonderful gesture on Mark's part on behalf of the local people. Mesa Cemetary holds my parents and my brother. That's because we grew up in Mesa. Grow up in Q.C., seems only appropriate that we are permanently placed here.
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Posted: Sat May 10th, 2008 06:06 pm |
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| Thanks from me too GS Bill!
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Posted: Sat May 10th, 2008 05:46 pm |
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| I didnt think a little ole avatar would draw so much attention. You're all welcome.
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Lisa.Coletto.Cohen
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Posted: Sat May 10th, 2008 04:36 pm |
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GSBill,
Thank you!
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Posted: Sat May 10th, 2008 03:37 pm |
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jrenae wrote: I think they just have tiny ones for small projects.
So CF can still use it!
(sorry, couldn't resist)
That would nulify my planned use of the term "replica", but i digress...
GSBill, on behalf of everyone, I would like to thank you for sparing us the previously displayed horse porn avatar.
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gsbill
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Posted: Sat May 10th, 2008 02:40 pm |
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| Theres one for the ladies.
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gsbill
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Posted: Sat May 10th, 2008 02:36 pm |
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CrimeFighter wrote:
Given the lack of respect that I can expect from certain unnamed members of the community regarding the memorial at my final resting place, I will now be forced to hotwire certain parts of my statue directly into the local substation to give vandalls an unexpected delivery of high voltage electricity.
Cool..I want to be the first one to put a light bulb on your "HOT" parts! You prefer blinking or steady on?
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Posted: Sat May 10th, 2008 06:12 am |
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I think they just have tiny ones for small projects.
So CF can still use it!
(sorry, couldn't resist)
Bill: I'm with the councilwoman on this. The avatar doesn't offend me per se, but it can ruffle feathers that can get some privleges revoked around here and we would have to choose from "stock photos" by the site. Now that wouldn't be any fun, now would it? So I say go for funny, but scale it back a bit.  
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Posted: Sat May 10th, 2008 04:41 am |
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| I think they just have tiny ones for small projects.
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Posted: Sat May 10th, 2008 04:35 am |
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| Do they also sell large fig leaves at Michaels?
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Posted: Sat May 10th, 2008 04:25 am |
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GSBill,
Please do something about your avatar (like change it). If you don't they might have to make this board age restricted or something! Will you change it if I say "pretty, pretty please"?
And as for the CF memorial, all I can say is that I believe they sell small fig leaves and crazy glue at Michael's. Your additional sales tax will go to a good cause.
In the end, I agree, there are going to be many people who want to stay near their loved ones after they are gone and right now, there are no options. This idea has been out there for a long time, I think it's a good one.
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Posted: Sat May 10th, 2008 02:55 am |
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| Given the lack of respect that I can expect from certain unnamed members of the community regarding the memorial at my final resting place, I will now be forced to hotwire certain parts of my statue directly into the local substation to give vandalls an unexpected delivery of high voltage electricity.
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Posted: Sat May 10th, 2008 02:24 am |
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Bill!
What? I say something?
Short story. We lived near a town that had a giant statue of a bull at its main intersection. The bull, like crimefighters proposed memorial was 100% anatomically correct in a BIG way. The bull sported a bright red weiner for a good portion of time each year. There is no doubt that the CF memorial will LIGHT up the new cemetery sooner or later sporting a fancy bright red weiner. Might as well be me laying down the first coat.
Serious now...I think a local cemetery is a good idea.
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jrenae
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Posted: Sat May 10th, 2008 02:09 am |
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Bill!
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Dublin Girl
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Posted: Fri May 9th, 2008 06:08 pm |
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| i think it's an excellent idea, i don't want to be buried here because i don't consider this my home, Dublin Ohio will also be my home any place else is just where i live. but i certainly see the need and the reason why others want to be buried here. i really hope it gets approved.
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gsbill
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Posted: Fri May 9th, 2008 02:23 pm |
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It will be a painstakingly hand chiseled white marble statue of myself, all nude.
I'll be the first one to paint your weiner bright red
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Posted: Fri May 9th, 2008 04:31 am |
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| I think this is a good idea. Even though I haven't been here in town for long, my family has no plans to leave. Hopefully I live many years into the future, thus providing myself more time to design, fund, and construct a tasteful and appropriate graveside monument for myself. It will be a painstakingly hand chiseled white marble statue of myself, all nude.
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Posted: Fri May 9th, 2008 04:24 am |
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| count me in. (although i wouldn't want to get there soon). i feel way closer and a part of Queen Creek over any of my childhood homes. Last edited on Fri May 9th, 2008 04:25 am by QCVillager
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Posted: Fri May 9th, 2008 04:21 am |
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PLANNING CHANGE: Queen Creek farmer Mark Schnepf, standing at the location he has proposed for a cemetery on his farm, says, “Cemeteries can be very beautiful. This will be beautiful from Day One.”
Laura Segall, For the TribuneLast edited on Fri May 9th, 2008 04:22 am by QCVillager
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Posted: Fri May 9th, 2008 04:16 am |
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May 8, 2008 - 8:04PM
Schnepf Farms’ owner proposes cemetery
Sarah J. Boggan, Tribune
Queen Creek farmer Mark Schnepf stands at the corner of his family farm — envisioning his final resting place. “When I pass away, I want to be buried on the farm,” he said. “I figured if I do this for me and my family, why not make it a little bigger.”
Schnepf, who was Queen Creek’s first mayor, is in the preliminary stages of applying to Maricopa County so he can develop the northwest corner of his farm at Cloud and Signal Butte roads into a community cemetery. There is no cemetery in the area and residents have long talked about wanting one in their community. The closest burial grounds are in Mesa and Chandler.
Corn and alfalfa were once growing on the now dusty seven acres Schnepf has set aside. He says it’s enough room for a cemetery and a small mortuary that would be leased and run by an outside company.
There is also room to expand the grounds south, he said.
“I’ve been considering this for years and interest in this was first piqued in the 1970s with my father,” Schnepf said. “The idea was shelved for many years but when I took a look at long-range uses for the farm I thought this was something the community needs.”
Schnepf said the area planned for the cemetery is away from the entertainment portion of the farm and will be flanked by a row of pine trees on each side.
“It’s green, it’s quiet,” Schnepf said. “Cemeteries can be very beautiful. This will be beautiful from Day One.”
Schnepf’s initial research, which included asking friends and community members if they would like to see a cemetery for the town, was met with resounding positive support.
Queen Creek resident Richard Caldwell thinks having a cemetery in Queen Creek is a “phenomenal idea.” As the area has grown, the entire Southeast Valley has seen increased services but not when it comes to cemeteries, he said.
“We lost a child two years ago and we would have loved to have an opportunity or an option to bury them where we live,” Caldwell said. “This is where our roots are.”
The Caldwells’ child is buried in Chandler, where they also purchased lots, but he said he is willing to move everything back to Queen Creek.
“We’re here to stay. We love it,” said Caldwell, who has lived in the town since 2001.
Monte Nevitt, born and raised in Queen Creek, said he loves the idea of having a cemetery in the community.
“I don’t feel the connection to Mesa or Chandler,” he said. “I want to be buried closer to home. It’s absolutely emotional reasons.”
Nevitt said he’s heard people comment over the years about the lack of a cemetery in the town.
“If the option were there for me to stay in Queen Creek, whether I continue to live here or not, the idea of coming home to Queen Creek to be laid to rest appeals to me.”
Deputy planning director Darren Gerard said Schnepf will need a special-use permit requiring a public input process.
“I’m sure if it’s designed well it won’t be a problem,” Gerard said of the cemetery project.
Eric Latto, chief of staff for Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock, said the county works closely with the Schnepf family and has received no calls opposing the planned project.
In the next month, Schnepf said he will determine what the county requires for off-site and road improvements to make the cemetery a reality. Then he’ll know if he can afford to do the project. He said if everything goes as planned, and he can afford the improvements, the cemetery could be open as early as July 2009.
“Queen Creek has always been a unique and special place,” Schnepf said. “There’s a sense of community and camaraderie that doesn’t exist other places. The idea of staying here is very appealing — it’s a sense of completeness.”
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