To the Editor:
Regarding your story (Management 101, March 20) on the cutting of timber from the City of Rockingham property on Old Aberdeen Road:
Your article mentioned that a potential park in that area, among other things, would contain a “dog park.”
I thought the City of Rockingham already had a very large dog park and exercise walking trail.
I think it is known as “Eastside Cemetery.”
I have heard people complain in the past how during funerals there that people are seen exercising in the area of a funeral being conducted.
More recently I have been hearing complaints of loud music blaring from vehicles parked at nearby businesses during ceremonies.
But most of all, I hear constant complaints from people observing dogs urinating on flowers on graves or on tombstones. These are not dogs running loose, as I am to understand, but dogs on leashes with the owners observing such activity.
Not to mention piles of dog poop left on graves. At least goose poop at some cemeteries disintegrates almost immediately with rain. Dog poop does not. And, it smells.
I wonder if cemeteries could put up signs, “No Pets Allowed.”
Perhaps more and more people are electing to be cremated after death to avoid being peed or pooped upon in a cemetery.
People seem to have no respect for the living today, much less the dead. What would your dearly departed think?
(I’m impartial because my grave site is in Cheraw, S.C.)
Tom MacCallum
Rockingham