Prebster Cemetery Restoration CITO - Day 1 Cache In Trash Out® Event
jcurtis55: Thanks to all cachers who assisted with this CITO. Look for a repeat in the spring at another cemetery.
Prebster Cemetery Restoration CITO - Day 1
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Saturday, September 29, 2007
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Come learn cemetery restoration for a professional restorer
My sincere thanks
to the following people who donated their time to this
project:
Ubear & Stinky
doobies
IC1
ProfessorZoom
lakedawgs
Danske
SixDogTeam
dougsmiley
Rupert2
BikeMobile
TeamShydog
braclet lady
oldtimers
JimHoney
Rinkey
fishersfinders
WilliamsFamGC
Parkrats
superstutz
jtbrady01
If I missed anyone, by all means let me know.
There have been many caches placed in cemeteries. The Indiana
Spirit Quest is a fantastic series that emphasizes the historic
nature of our cemeteries and takes a very reverent approach to our
sharing of these public sites.
This will be a two-day CITO, and will be posted as two separate
CITO events. We are lucky to have the Hendricks County coordinator
for the restoration of pioneer cemeteries joining us. She will be
teaching the proper techniques for cleaning headstones, resetting
fallen stones and otherwise restoring old cemeteries. The schedule
will call for work to be done from 9-3 on Saturday and Sunday.
There will be work available for those of various ages and physical
conditions. There will be heavy lifting when we right larger stack
stones than have fallen. There will be plenty of opportunity to dig
holes as we place new footers to reset slab headstones. There will
also be lots of cleaning of stones, which will be the least
strenuous of the work. Shovels will be handy, but what we will need
the most of will be water. Corrosive agents are not used to clean
fragile stone, so most cleaning will be with soft bristle brushes
and water.
Jess, our leader will show us the techniques. So come with lots of
gallon jugs filled with water, including some to drink. I'm really
counting on the caching community to come through here. This is a
tremendous opportunity to pay back some of the enjoyment we having
gotten finding caches in cemeteries, and to show cemeteries are
more than just a place to hide a cache. Certainly you don't have to
be there for the entire day or for both days, but please come and
help if you can.
The Prebster Cemetery is also the location of an Indiana Spirit
Quest cache, ISQ #176, My Bleeding Legs (GCNHEZ). Parking may be a
bit of a challenge, depending on the turnout, but there is off-road
parking near the cemetery and there is a pumping station south of
US 136 we can use. When Rupert2 posted his cache listing for the
ISQ cache, he noted this cemetery was on the Indiana DOR Hall of
Shame for the abhorrent condition of the cemetery. Boy Scouts have
cleared much of the brush, so it is up to us to complete the task.
The table is set. Geocachers, let's show the restoration community
what we can do.
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