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Resident urges cleanup of Lone Oak Cemetery; city staff says property is owned by Lone Oak nonprofit
Summary
Polly Grieves told the Stayton council the Lone Oak Cemetery is overgrown and littered and asked for help; staff said the site is not city property but is owned by the Lone Oak Cemetery nonprofit (Odd Fellows) and that the city will seek permission to facilitate cleanup.
Polly Grieves told the Stayton City Council during public comment on June 16 that Lone Oak Cemetery is overgrown and in need of cleanup, and she asked the city to help coordinate work.
"I drove by it the other day and was pretty appalled and pretty upset...it was like Potter's Field," Grieves said, describing tall weeds, overflowing trash receptacles and general neglect around family graves. She said she has difficulty maintaining her mother's…
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