Monday, June 15, 2009
Cleaning up an Eyesore
We talked a couple months ago about how a young man wants to beautify the pioneer cemetery on Washington Boulevard as an Eagle Scount project. The cemetery is the place where Steve Dunkelberger and I took the last photo in the Lakewood history book; we thought the site symbolized how the memory of Lakewood history is at risk. The Scout, Leavitt Castro of Troop 410 BSA, has set up an account for donations: the Old Settlers Cemetery Eagle Project, account number 123697, at Sound Credit Union. The address of the closest branch is 7717 Bridgeport Way, though Leavitt says you can make donations at any of the branches.
Let's help this young man out. The cemetery gets some minimal care but there's no cemetery district or anything like that to manage it; it relies on the kindness of citizens, of which Leavitt is a gem.
